Do we forget so easily?
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:16 -0000
When Windows Vista was first released there was a degree of unhappiness
in the user community. There were three main causes of complaint:
1. Vista was slow and bloated, and required more memory and more
processor (particularly graphics processor) power than its
predecessors.
2. Vista was encumbered by a tr ...
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Graduate Position: University of St Andrews, Cyanobacterial Genomics
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:05 +0000
We are seeking applicants for a PhD position at the University of St
Andrews, Scotland.
EVOLUTION AND FUNCTION OF CYANOBACTERIAL GENES AND GENOMES
Supervisors:
Dr Daniel Barker, University of St Andrews, and Professor Geoffrey Codd,
University of Dundee.
This project will improve knowledge of the evolutio ...
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ANY GOOD: Thomson 585 wireless router
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:16:43 GMT
I'm in the UK. I've got cable broadband at home and want to switch
to ADSL broadband. The ISP will provide a Thomson 585 v7 wireless
router.
Is it a low grade fault-prone unit which should be replaced.
Or it is half decent?
My needs are straightforward:
One home PC which I would like to attach usin ...
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Lifetime of a laptop battery before it loses storage capacity
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:35:16 -0000
How long should a laptop battery last before it loses the ability to hold
its charge?
I have an HP laptop which is less than a year old and it's recently started
running out of battery after only about half an hour. Typically it will show
full charge, estimate that it will last for 90 minutes and then cut out ...
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New PC initially detects SD card reader then stops doing so
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:29:05 -0000
I was setting up a new PC with Vista. Initially it detected a card in its SD
card reader (*) and displayed it as an additional drive. But then I changed
the drive letter in Control Panel | Admin Tools | Computer Management | Disk
Management to avoid a clash with a pen drive which had to be on a specific
drive ...
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Win 7 wireless adapter
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:58:25 -0000
I need a wireless adapter to run in Windows 7, as my Netgear WG111v2 still
doesn't have a driver available for it. Any thoughts?
cheers
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OT: Anyone with a Spotify invite?
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:31:55 -0800 (PST)
Anyone here with an invite to Spotify?
Thanks in advance.
Stone ...
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Final CfP, Ada-Europe 2010 EXTENDED submission deadline Nov 23
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:28:46 +0100 (CET)
Considering the requests of several potential contributors, and to give
all authors the same opportunity of further refining their submission,
the Conference and Program Chairs decided that the submission deadline
for regular papers, tutorials and workshops will be extended by 1 week
until Monday, November 23, 200 ...
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Magic Windows Folders
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:59:14 -0800 (PST)
Hi,
Why am I getting folders suddenly appearing on my main drive in (Win7
Pro) usually in Hex format ... e5fb213b0f02eb5a ...... etc etc.
Is it crap left behind by Windows? (read only so can't view it) Crap
being the operative word, but Win7 is a bit of an improvement.
Can I safely delete these folders?
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Easiest way for people to give me remote access to their PC?
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:18:42 +0000 (UTC)
In common with most techies, I have a sizeable group of friends and
family who look to me for technical support. It can get quite time
consuming to visit people just to sort out their email or fix up some
other problem.
On a couple of relatives' PCs, I have installed TightVNC, so that I
can start up VNC viewer ...
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