Thursday, September 28, 2006

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

New DVD could end format war

Britain-based New Medium Enterprises (NME) said on Tuesday it had solved a technical production problem that makes it possible to produce a cheap multiple-layer DVD disk containing one film in different, competing formats.

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Complete HDD data recovery guide (including software lists)

A backup guide which had hit the Digg's hompage showed that the topic is hot... Okey, and what to do if you found that article too late? Read this one: guide to data recovery with 1) types of damage overview; 2) file systems overview; 3) freeware soft list and step-by-step manuals; 4) commercial soft list.

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Worried about the airline losing your luggage? No problem. Just pack a gun.

The airline wouldn't want to be responsible for losing a gun, right? That's one photographer's solution to making sure his expensive camera equipment is watched carefully by the airline when he has to check it as luggage. He packs a starter pistol in his camera bag and declares it as a firearm.

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Hilarious Windows 2000 Source Code Review

Two years ago the source code of Windows 2000 (the basis of XP) was leaked. It's good code... but who knew Microsoft programmers swore so much?

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