Every pickup truck owner wanted their rig to be more functional and reliable as well as protected from all sorts of damages. That is why installing their trucks with various performance add-ons is always an option. If you want to increase the usefulness and hauling capabilities of your truck bed while ensuring that its finish is free from scratches and dents, outfitting it with bike racks is a smart move. These are functional add-ons that are designed to carry and hold your bikes behind your truck. No matter how careful you place your bike on your truck bed, still they…
Automotive
Bike Racks as the Best Hauling Alternatives for Your Truck
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Touch sensitive keypad
[Viacheslav] built a keypad that uses human capacitance to detect key presses. Unlike normal keys which close a physical connection, his project detects touch through the PCB substrate. He uses the ADC capabilities of an AVR ATmega8 to measure a change in capacitor charges for each sensor in the keypad.
He’s posted the schematic, Eagle files, and source code with his writeup. He also points to a document on the theory behind this: QMatrix Technology White Paper (PDF). We’re impressed at how simple the circuit is: a microcontroller, capacitors, resistors, and a homemade PCB.
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 v9.0.0.698 beta
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 9.0.0.679 Beta
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is a totally new approach to data security The main feature of the application is restricting the programs 39 rights to access the system resources It helps prevent unwanted actions by suspicious and hazardous programs The application 39 s capabilities in the protection of user 39 s confidential data have been considerably enhanced The application now includes wizards and tools which substantially facilitate execution of specific computer protection tasks
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foobar2000 v0.9.6.9 beta 1
Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats Features Open component architecture allowing third party developers to extend functionality of the player Audio formats supported quot out of the box quot WAV AIFF VOC AU SND Ogg Vorbis MPC MP2 MP3 MPEG 4 AAC Audio formats supported through official addons FLAC OggFLAC Monkey 39 s Audio WavPack Speex CDDA TFMX SPC various MOD types extraction on the fly from RAR 7 ZIP amp ZIP archives Full Unicode support on…
Tech Support
Apple Tablet May Launch in September
Much has been said about the rumored Apple Tablet but this is the first time we’re saying that this device could probably replace the Apple TV.
If rumor is true, the Apple Tablet or the iPad could make a breakthrough in the digital tablet industry. It could feature the iPhone apps and just make them larger or not. It could also be a media center extender.
UK’s Telegraph is reporting that the said hardware will be positioned as a home media hub, which will feature streaming content capabilities and services. Of course, Apple is keeping mum on this rumor,…
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Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.1.3
Adobe reg Acrobat reg 9 0 Professional software is the advanced way for business professionals to create combine control and deliver more secure high quality Adobe PDF documents for easy more secure distribution collaboration and data collection Assemble electronic or paper files even Web sites engineering drawings and e mail into reliable PDF documents that are easy to share with others using free Adobe Reader reg software Manage document reviews synthesizing feedback from multiple reviewers while preserving document format and integrity Extend commenting capabilities to anyone using Adobe Reader Windows users can design intelligent Adobe PDF forms that include business…
Facebook
Facebook Launches New Ad Targeting Filters
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been writing about hints of new targeting features for Facebook Ads. As of today, those features have gone live. This evening Facebook posted a note on the Facebook Ads page about three new filters: Connections, Locations, and Birthdays. We already posted about the multi-country advertisements but not about the additional two filters: connections and birthdays.
Connections enable advertisers to target members of groups, pages, or events that they own or target those users that are not already members. This avoids having ads show up for people that have already joined. Facebook is also now…
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Vista Codec Package 5.3.3
With Vista Codec Package installed you will be able to use any media player limited only by the players capabilities to play DVD 39 s movies and video clips of any format Streaming video real and quicktime is supported in web browsers Visit the homepage to get a 64bit Addon which enables xvid divx and DVD playback in Vista 39 s MediaCenter Vista Codec Package does not contain a media player and it does not associate file types With this package installed you will be able to use any media player limited only by the players 39 capabilities to play…
Internet
Happiness is more subject in your subject line.
If a certain lack of variety has weighed on the format of your day-to-day, feed-to-email deliveries, things are looking up at last. Recent advances in dollar-sign technology have brought some strange and fascinating new capabilities to the Email Branding section of FeedBurner’s Email Subscriptions feature. Read on, ostensibly for the many useful pictures and descriptions, but really for the danger and excitement only a new checkbox can bring.First, sign in to your Google Account on FeedBurner and then click your feed’s title, then Publicize > Email Subscriptions > Email Branding.Always want to feature the title of the latest post in…
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Messenger Plus! Live 4.82.368
Messenger Plus Live is an add on for Windows Live Messenger that adds tons of features and extras to the software Extend the possibilities of Messenger and make your experience a lot more entertaining The only thing needed to use Messenger Plus Live is Windows Live Messenger the latest version of MSN Messenger which requires Windows XP or above Messenger Plus Live is compatible with Windows Live Messenger 8 0 to 9 0 and can be installed on 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista Installed more than 350 million times since 2001 when it started as…
Facebook
Facebook Pages Have Become Your Friends, Can Be Added To Friend Lists
This afternoon Facebook made a small modification to the friends page which changed “All Friends” to “All Connections”, integrating Facebook Pages and friends. It’s a small change but it’s a step in the direction of decreasing the distinction between Pages and profiles. Mark Zuckerberg previously stated that the two products: profiles and Pages, would increasingly become similar. This is yet another step in that direction.
Another big component of this new feature is the ability to add Facebook Pages to friend lists. This means that users will be able to now create custom feeds that group friends and specific friend…
