Facebook will be pushing out a minor change tonight for ad feedback. Rather than clicking on the thumbs up and thumbs down icons, Facebook will be replacing the feedback systems to “like” or “X” according to a Facebook representative that we spoke with. Other subtle changes to the site tonight include the expansion of the site’s header to be the width of the screen. While both are subtle changes, I’ve already received a number of emails from users who’ve seen the changes go into effect.

In regards to the new ad feedback settings, Facebook has told us, “Since ‘like’ and…

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Traffic monitoring has been available on Google Maps for some time, but has been limited to highways and major roads. According to the Google LatLong blog, traffic tracking support is now available for smaller surface roads in select cities. The data is gathered through mobile phones running My Location. Anybody wishing to help out can sign up their phone and opt into My Location to participate in the anonymous data collection. Now you won’t have to gamble on whether or not your back road alternative route is congested when there’s construction on the freeway. Dash tried something similar with…

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An important part of owning a personal computer is keeping your software up-to-date. Security es, upgrades, and hotfixes need to be installed to make your computer safer while connected to the Internet. When using a computer running Microsoft Windows, this checklist can include windows, antivirus, antispyware, and firewall updates. However, for most computer users this can seem like a daunting task and I hardly ever work on a customer’s computer without finding at least one missing needed update concerning hardware or software. The Basic UpdatesWindows UpdatesAt the very least, you should keep your computer up-to-date with the latest Windows…

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When Will This Recovery Work?You’ll want to use the steps on this page to recover from a corrupted registry when you have already tried other options such as System Restore and you receive a message similar to one of the following when you try to boot your computer with Windows XP. * Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM * Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE * Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or…

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Although we’ve covered DIY ECGs before, [Scott Harden] sent in his version that gives an in-depth explanation of what to do with the collected data. He built a basic battery-powered op-amp-based ECG for under $1. The circuit just amplifies the signal from the chest leads and feeds it into a computer via the microphone port. He then used GoldWave to record, filter, and save the signal. From there, he used python to analyze the heartbeat and calculate his heart rate and further manipulate the data. His previous blog posts go into more detail on how the python code works…

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The new Messenger has more than just a chat tool it is fun and easy to communicate to facilitate the sharing of characteristics of a perfect fusion of community based instant messaging software whether it is the management of documents photo album or with friends classmates colleagues To keep his family closer links are easy off line to install packages in addition to Live Messenger software also added a new version of Windows Live Movie Maker Mail with Calendar synchronization Writer Photo Gallery Family Safety and Outlook Connector and other content with a total capacity of more than 100M nbsp…

micro Torrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint It was designed to use as little cpu memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in micro Torrent including bandwidth prioritization scheduling RSS auto downloading and Mainline DHT compatible with BitComet Additionally micro Torrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification compatible with Azureus 2 4 0 0 and above BitComet 0 63 and above and peer exchange micro Torrent was written with efficiency in mind…

Recently, our friends over at Adafruit released a new version of their popular TV-B-Gone kit. Built in cooperation with [Mitch Altman], the inventor of the TV-B-Gone, the new kit sports four high power IR LEDs, two wide beam and two narrow beam. The four LEDs give the new TV-B-Gone increased range, with a maximum distance of over 150ft. One of the most impressive features of the kit is the fact that the new TV-B-Gone is universal and can now work in Europe and Asia in addition to the US. Users are able to select which region they want to…

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