WinZip reg is the most trusted way to work with compressed files No other compression utility is as easy to use or offers the comprehensive and productivity enhancing approach that has made WinZip the gold standard for file compression tools With the new WinZip you can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space speed up e mail transmission and reduce download times State of the art file compression strong AES encryption compatibility with more compression formats and new intuitive photo compression make WinZip the complete compression and archiving solution Microsoft Windows 7 is here and WinZip…

[Totoro] sent in this cool little email notification device he made. Using a paper model of Wall-E, he added some servos and connected it to his computer using a PIC. Mail-E has independent arm rotation and head rotation. He admits that the PIC processor is major overkill and plans some upgrades such as making it wireless and using a little better suited chip to control it. Not bad for a proof of concept.

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Yes, you read that correctly: electronic mail carried by birds. [Ferdinand] tipped us off to this story, which involves combining new and old methods in transferring data. The Unlimited Group, a firm in a remote section of South Africa, transfers loads of encrypted documents to a second office 50 miles away. A pricey broadband connection would take between 6 hours and two days to transfer a standard load (4GB) of data between these locations. On the other hand, Winston (seen above) can complete an equivalent flight within 45 minutes. A memory card is strapped to his leg, and using his wit and instinct, Winston…

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Maybe you don’t want that one person that has barged into your life to know your private phone number? Could be a salesperson or a co-worker who you aren’t that impressed with, but have to get in contact with. Check out inumbr.
inumbr is a free online service that gives US users the ability to set up a unique phone number, have it forwarded to any number within the US and then have it set to expire without a trace when finished with it. The unique inumbr’s are never reused, and can be extended if longer terms are required.…

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Discover the new standard in Web browsing Opera lets you surf the Internet in a safer faster and easier way One of the most full featured internet power tools on the market it includes pop up blocking tabbed browsing integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera 39 s groundbreaking E mail program RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat You can customize the look and content of your browser with a few clicks of the mouse Opera started out as a research project in Norway 39 s largest telecom company Telenor in 1994 and branched out into an independent development company named…

While many businesses on Facebook are looking to get new page fans, many want instant results, which is why Facebook is now offering advertisers direct response ads. Last week Matt Zarzecki posted screenshots of a new Chick-fil-A homepage advertisement. After click the ad, users are encouraged to enter their address in order to get a coupon for a free Chicken Biscuit. Until now Facebook has refrained from offering any form of direct response ads but as of last week, that all has changed.

This is a pretty significant offering for Facebook as it shifts from the traditional Facebook sales funnel,…

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Starfish PBX takes the very popular Asterisk telephony platform and adds an open source, fully functional web management interface. Asterisk allows you to be your own private branch exchange; think of it as your own telephone company. You can setup extensions in your home or office, configure an intercom system, implement a hold system with music, manage voice mail, and integrate Voice over Internet Protocol. Starfish PBX, available in alpha release today, aims to make Asterisk available to a wider user base by simplifying the interface used to setup and maintain the system.
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I got a phishing spam PayPal email that mimics the address Support.com in my Gmail account, with title “Important Message” and a html file (Restore_Your_PayPal_Account.html) that asks me to fill up my Credit The form sends the filled in details to the host http://74.108.18.44/user/infos.php
and when processed it will redirect you to the PayPal web site. When we tested this we got a Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Driver error as a result. which is not paypal’s website.  Here’s part of the heading of the email from the original message, which can be seen in GMail by clicking the…