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HowTo: UNIX / Linux Convert DOS Newlines CR-LF to Unix/Linux Format article tells how you do that conversion with command line tools. Sure editors like Notepad++ can do it also (Edit-EOL Conversion-UNIX/OSX format), but there are cases where you don’t have such tools on hand when you need the conversion most. One of the simplest →
Ten… technology FAILS article shows you examples of tech that might have at the time revolutionized your life but you have now completely forgotten. Many products and entire categories of goods and services have been hailed as the Next Big Thing only to disappear with nothing but a handful of miserable early adopters to show →
Netduino is an interesting dev board built around the .NET Micro framework with the goal of being compatible with Arduino shields. Netduino is an open source hardware platform that can run .NET Micro Framework 4.2 code. The Netduino is a dev board built around the .NET Micro framework with the goal of being compatible with →
How to protect RS-232 serial connections article pointed me to a recent white paper from APC-Schneider Electric that explains specific power protection issues related to RS-232 cabling. The Protection of RS-232 Serial Connections document contends that the RS-232 port often represents the “Achilles heel” of computer installations which are otherwise well protected by UPS systems →
Slideshow: A History of Intel x86 in 20 CPUs article presents the chips that built the PC revolution from 1971 to 2012. →
Since its introduction of the iPad nearly two and a half years ago, Apple has held onto the lion’s share of the tablet market. Welcoming the son of iPad–introducing the iPad Mini article tells that with the 7-inch market growing at an exponential rate, it was only a matter of time before Apple would address →
MaKey MaKey is an interesting gadget that allows you to easily build your own touchpad keyboard to your PC. →
Mozillla announced that it will soon start prompting Firefox users to upgrade select old plugins. This means that Firefox users who have outdated versions of the most popular plugins will soon see a notification urging them to update when they visit a web page that uses them. Old versions of Silverlight, Adobe Reader and Adobe →
Interop: Don’t sweat 802.11ac Wi-Fi – because 802.11ad will knock your socks off article tells that industry experts at Interop NY already look beyond the coming advent of 802.11ac. While the Wi-Fi world is rightly abuzz over the rapidly approaching large-scale deployment of the new 802.11ac standard, experts at an Interop NY panel said today →
I have long time used GIMP as my main image manipulation tool when making images for ePanorama.net. It can do all the normal image manipulation needed well. Some days ago I found a new interesting image manipulation tool called FotoSketcher. FotoSketcher is free program for Windows which converts your digital photos into art automatically. It →