Archive for May, 2008
It’s Not a Bomb, It’s an Art Project
As Al Gore continues his onslaught against global warning and the go green initiative makes waves in corporations throughout the western world, courier company DHL has different aspirations. With a virtual slap to Gore, they chose to support an artist with a clever viral marketting campaign. The artist crafted a self-designed briefcase device with a [...]
Using drfgui to Disable Vista’s Automatic Disk Defrag
Disk Defragmenter rearranges fragmented files on your harddrive so that the PC performs better and more efficiently. As disk fragmentation occurs over time, it progressively gets worse until the problem is addressed. Vista, as have previous versions of Windows, ships with a disk defrag utility. What’s important with Vista’s version is that it’s scheduled to [...]
Carbon Nanotubes - The Asbestos for the Rest of Us
A damper may be placed over the engineering and scientific possibilities of carbon nanotubes should a study out of the UK garner a lot of attention. Mice injected with specific lengths of the tiny fibers were found to cause asbestos-like symptoms in their lungs - a finding that will surely get the Lab Mice Union [...]
Are You Sure You Want to Move this Folder to the Recycle Bin?
What’s with all the confirmation boxes in the computer industry? You really don’t see them in other parts of your daily life. The television doesn’t ask for confirmation when you hit the Power Off button. The car is perfectly compliant when it is shifted from Park to Drive. The expresso machine provides the morning fix [...]
You’ve Been Hit by a Brick-and-Run
Those of us that work in the PC industry have wanted to initiate a permanent denial of service (PDOS) to a temperamental piece of hardware from time to time, usually with the aid of a sledge hammer or a gentle knudge down a flight of stairs. Rich Smith, head of research for offensive technologies & [...]
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