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Bypass found for Windows piracy check

News Using a secondary Microsoft validation tool called GenuineCheck.exe, it may be possible for people to trick the checking mechanism, Mohanty said in the posting. The primary Windows Genuine Advantage checking mechanism uses ActiveX, which is not...

24 May 2005, 10:09

Email addicts get help in 12 steps

News One of Egan's clients cannot walk by a computer -- her own or anyone else's -- without checking for messages. She also recommends checking emails not more than three or four times a day. For Grace, relief from her email addiction means she is not...

21 February 2007, 10:44

Men rely on flash phones to pick up girls

News According to Yates, both men and women will try to 'maintain face' in same sex groups by checking caller IDs -- with women double checking an intimate call isn't incoming and blokes worried it could be their mums on the other end of the line.

14 November 2006, 11:14

NASA's talking computer to help astronauts

News Those include checking vital signs, performing maintenance and conducting scientific experiments. However, Hockey said that Clarissa, in its early form, handles simple, non-life threatening tasks, such as checking for potable water.

27 June 2005, 10:26

Web postings cloud job hopes

News Employers are increasingly checking out online personal information about candidates when making recruitment decisions. Net reputations built up through online activities -- such as blogging, posting videos to YouTube or using social networks such...

29 March 2007, 10:11

Microsoft: iPod? We could do that

News If you're trying to understand where Microsoft is headed with its services push, you might want to start by checking out the iPod. Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's newly appointed services guru, pointed to Apple's iconic music player as a "perfect example...

27 October 2005, 11:12

Addicted to email? You're not alone

News If you find you're checking email about as often as you inhale, you're not alone. Be it on holiday, at work or straight out of bed, an American email user finds it difficult to resist its lure for long, according to a study released on Thursday by...

27 May 2005, 11:27

News.blog: Notches in your bedpost now online

News That's my advice after checking out the online database, MyBlackBook.org. Want to keep track of all your sexual activity? Write it down! In a book! Then lock the book in a safe. This Web service lets you record, in great detail, who you had sex...

6 September 2006, 10:21

'Fat Man Walking' gains Web following

News Tens of thousands of people are regularly checking in on 39-year-old Vaught's progress through his busy Web site, TheFatManWalking.com. When simple-minded Hollywood hero Forrest Gump ran across the country, he gathered followers faster than he grew...

25 July 2005, 10:33

Photos: A view from the E3 floor

News At the Blizzard booth, players try their hand at World of Warcraft, checking out Burning Crusade, an expansion to the popular online role-playing game. Checking out the hardware design for the PlayStation 3, behind glass, at the Sony booth.

12 May 2006, 13:09

Vodafone bundles mobile data with tariffs

News Today, with our new price plans, Vodafone customers have the confidence to browse for as long as they need, with no extra costs when checking their email, visiting their favourite social-networking sites or making a final bid on eBay," said...

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6 May 2008, 9:16

Google tests personalised news feed service

News Instead of continuously checking your favourite sites for updates, you can let Google Reader do it for you. Google launched a test version of a new service on Friday that gathers reports from syndicated news sites and blogs across the Web.

10 October 2005, 10:55

Podcast fans favour Apple and Star Trek

News Emailing is still the most popular online activity at 92.7 per cent, with news reading (71.5) and weather checking (63.9) in second and third place, respectively. To whom should you be targeting your podcasts?

13 July 2006, 11:19

Sony desktop doubles as flat-screen TV

News But media enthusiasts and space-confined flat-dwellers may jump at the chance to have a single machine for checking email and watching Dragons' Den. Sony on Tuesday launched the Vaio VGC-LS1 desktop, which serves as both personal computer and TV.

23 August 2006, 12:00

Vista upgrade workaround exposed

News The key to the method discovered by Liron (and explained below) is that the upgrade package contains a complete version of Vista, which it can be encouraged to install on a machine without checking for an existing authorised copy of Windows.

15 February 2007, 11:11