Sleep: Gadgets giveth, gadgets taketh away
PCs and gadgets give us lots of things to do that keep us up at night and cause us to lose valuable sleep. But some new gadgets could help solve our sleep problems.
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Insider at Cal Water steals $9M and runs
On the night of April 27, 2009, hours after he had resigned from his job as an auditor at the California Water Services Company, Abdirahman Ismail Abdi used his still active electronic key card to steal over more than $9 million electronically.
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Kumo expected, Adobe patches with Microsoft
The mystery surrounding why fraudsters shelled out big bucks for old Nokia phones was solved this week. The answer, of course, involves illegal activities. Another puzzle possibly close to being solved involves Microsoft's new search engine, which supposedly debuts next week. In security news, Adobe Systems took a patch practice from Microsoft and Conficker isn't dead yet.
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Bugs & Fixes: Solving a mysterious plug-in crash
With Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Apple added a helpful new troubleshooting feature to the "unexpectedly quit" dialog. Because the addition only pops up occasionally, I had never had any personal experience with it until last week. However, its appearance on my Mac turned out to be the key to a quick resolution of the problem.
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Shrinking your mobile gear
Over the past few weeks, I've covered a few ways to lighten your laptop bag and reduce bag clutter. One suggestion was to carry short cables and adapters in lieu of full-sized versions. Another was to make your AirPort Express Base Station double as a USB charger for iPhones, iPods, and other gadgets. Those articles turned out to be quite popular; while serious road warriors may not be able to do without particular heavy gear, most people can lighten the load of gadgets they carry when traveling.
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Use QuickTime Player to create a video wall
Have you ever wanted to create a "video wall" on your Mac--that is, fill your screen with a bunch of different video clips, all playing at the same time? I can't say that this is something I've ever needed to do myself, but it does make for an excellent demo. While I've seen commercial rigs that do this with a mix of separate monitors and associated hardware and software, I've not seen anything like today's tip, which uses QuickTime Player to create a do-it-yourself video wall on your monitor.
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Dead Laptop
What do you do when a laptop does nothing when you try to turn it on. Rommel asked the Answer Line forum for advice.
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Review: BlueAnt Q1 headset adds another voice to your calls
BlueAnt Wireless adds voice recognition to its good-looking Q1 Bluetooth headset, making it easy to use, although some misinterpretation is possible.
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One more day in space: NASA postpones shuttle landing
NASA officials postponed today's scheduled landing of the space shuttle Atlantis due to low clouds and thunderstorms.
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Save Time and Money With Online Meeting Tools
If you're like me, you probably hate attending business meetings. But a number of useful Internet-based tools have arisen that can help workgroups schedule and run them more effectively. All of the tools here work within most popular Web browsers, and most of them are available for free or for fairly low monthly fees. The challenge is in understanding which tool suits a particular situation, because not every meeting is held under the same circumstances.
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