Ever wondered what the code to a computer virus looks like?
Neither have I. But this guy has taken the actual source code of common computer viruses and turned it into a visual image of each computer virus.
I’d like to know more about how he did it, but the article doesn’t say, it just includes some very cool pictures.
Computer Virus Visualization
No….it doesn’t remove all the noise that you hear while you’re trying to concentrate, although that would be REALLY nice.
This little program removes digital noise from photographs. This is really obvious when you’re either taking a photograph at high zoom (when camera starts digital extrapolating) or when you’re taking photos at night and you have a high ISO on. Its all the little red and yellow dots that appear over the image. This program learns as it fixes noise and removes it to provide a much cleaner image. Now…sadly, this thing is one of the few programs that is posted at flashladybug that…isn’t free 
However, you can clear up a few photos using the trial edition which is for 15 days, or buy the full version for 20 bucks. Still kind of sad that it isn’t free. I had expected the standard edition to be free and the profession ed to be paid…but such is not the case.
Check it out: Imagenomic
Here’s an interesting little program that I have found to be quite nice for the few days I’ve had it. Nubs allows you to use all 4 sides of your monitor as “taskbars.” When you drag a window to one of the sides, it makes a little “nub” on the side that looks like the taskbar minimized window. So, right now, I have firefox on the top of my screen, aim windows on my left, and the rest on the normal taskbar. This lets me organize a bit better, and I dont know, I seem to like it 
Give it a shot, Nubs
A day or two ago, Firefox passed the 500 million download mark!
Go Firefox!
Right now, they’re at 501,036,641 downloads.
Learn more at
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/
My poor desktop…while having an extremely large amount of hard drive space, is suffering from duplicate files. I’m pretty sure i have 2 copies of alot of music, quite a few redundant backups that are useless, and just in general, a lot of doubled up files. Double Killer will hunt down and remove those duplicate files for you. First off, its NOT just based on file name, because thatd be kinda stupid. It checks name, size, date, and checksums of your files to make sure they really *are* duplicate. And hey…its not like its erasing it from the face of the earth, you can set it to put the files in the recycle bin 
And of course, it excludes system files, because god knows whats in that whole group of stuff.
Best of all…its made by Big Bang Enterprises, and is free!
Check it out: Double Killer
A nice utility that I’ve been looking for quite a while. You have programs to burn .isos, mount them, etc, (Alcohol 120, daemon, etc) but do you have a tool that can create .isos or burn dvd video files? Burnaware is a cheap solution, meaning…free. Its currently in beta and supports HD and bluray in the off chance you have the hardware. Its a very nice utility that comes in handy quite a while if you burn or meddle around with media alot.
Check it out: Burnaware
“Kodak says its KAC-05020 Image Sensor is a 1.4 micron, 5-megapixel device that allows capture of high quality images in small cameras, with resolution that equals what is available from current devices using larger, 1.75 micron pixel CMOS designs.
Kodak said unlike other small-pixel sensors which can produce poor images, especially under low light conditions, the 1.4 micron pixel used in the KAC-05020 Image Sensor changes this convention, providing image quality that can equal or surpass what is available from current 1.75 micron-based devices. . .”
“At 5 million pixels, the KAC-05020 offers high resolution in the popular 1/4″ optical format, and enables imagery up to ISO
3200 and support for full 720p video at 30 fps. The sensor is also
supported by the Texas Instruments’ Omap and Omap-DM packages,
supporting digital image stabilization, rapid auto-focus, red-eye
reduction, and facial recognition that promises digital camera-like
performance in a camera phone, Kodak claims.”
Read more about it here
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24665
There are programs out there that just suck up CPU. Many of them can freeze your computer and cause it to crash. Process Lasso goes and takes control of these processes. It monitors processes and before they go and freeze your computer it lowers the priority of those processes so your other programs will still function. You can also set process rules such as forcing a certain process to run on a certain processor. Finally, its free, works on Vista and XP, and uses up a rather small footprint of 10 mb ram. Check it out: Process Lasso
Take a look at whats inside the MacBook Air, the different chips, really thin display, and how easy it was to take it all apart.
I found this nice pictorial/text guide from Ifixit, showing the relatively simple process of disassembling the MacBook Air.
So just how much do you have when it’s all taken apart?
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We’re left with 88 screws and lots of parts. It’s hard to believe everything here weighs in at only three pounds.”
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Air
My personal take on the MacBook Air is that its a really neat idea, but I don’t see it being practical at all. A laptop without a CD drive? I mean, I own a 17inch MacBook Pro. My only complaint about the thing so far is that, well, its too darn big, but I knew that when I chose the 17inch. I don’t mean its too heavy, or too thick. It’s just too wide. And for the occasional train trip, or airplane ride, its not that much of a big deal. If I actually wanted something smaller and more compact, I’d just buy a MacBook, or get a smaller MacBook Pro. I mean, the MB is 5 lbs, the MB Air is 3 lbs. . . . .I think most people I know can handle carrying 5 lbs.
“After
years of twiddling their thumbs over the issue, ICANN has voted 13-0 to
begin the bureaucratic process of putting an end to “domain tasting,”
the slimy practice whereby speculators buy up millions of URLs but
avoid paying any fees because they renounce the names within a 5-day
grace period.
How do they propose to accomplish this? Simple: Ditch the grace period.”
So, I guess the next time I got to register a domain, I should really uze spel cheek, shouldn’t I?
On a more serious note, I REALLY hope that this helps to kill some of those really crappy websites that are just pages and pages of ads and dead links. They just annoy me, but I can at least be thankful that I’ve yet to have trouble with domain name availibility.
Read More (and quoted from) here :
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24521