tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78633992024-03-07T15:21:58.487-08:00TekZonBlogs on Science articles, New discoveries, and emerging technologiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-14646214108892715682011-03-27T20:11:00.000-07:002011-03-27T20:11:10.093-07:00Free OS on the Cloud for one yearIn case you didn't know already, Amazon is offering a free cloud hosted Linux VM for one year, when you sign up for their Cloud services. It's called a Micro Instance and comes with a load of freebies including:
750 hours of Amazon EC2 Linux Micro Instance usage (613 MB of memory and 32-bit and 64-bit platform support) – enough hours to run continuously each month*
750 hours of an Elastic Load Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-57963501240618811442010-04-06T15:32:00.000-07:002010-08-24T18:51:30.237-07:00Video editing for NewbiesThis purpose of this guide is to introduce Newbies (like me) in getting started with making short videos or personal home movies and wish to add cool stuff in their movies. The idea is to make do with as much free tools as possible. You'll need the following tools to get started:1. Avidemux - Video editor for simple cutting, filtering, and encodingRetrieved from Avidemux on 04/16/2010: "AvidemuxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-88263131271891137242009-07-14T16:55:00.000-07:002009-07-14T16:55:58.484-07:00Myka's Linux-based BitTorrent box great home theater PC for lazy people | Tech Gear News - BetanewsMyka's Linux-based BitTorrent box great home theater PC for lazy people | Tech Gear News - Betanews: "With as many set-top boxes as there suddenly appear to be in the home video market, as long as any one of them has a strong central feature, it could be the one that becomes a household name. Look at TiVo, Slingbox, and AppleTV: Each of these built a TV-based ecosystem around a single unique Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-45071039655141243952009-07-14T10:46:00.000-07:002009-07-14T10:53:42.879-07:00Slashdot IT Story | German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret KeySlashdot IT Story | German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret Key: "'The SSL Root CA responsible for issuing the German digital health insurance card lost its secret private key during a test enrollment. After their Hardware Security Module (HSM) dutifully deleted its crypto keys during a power outage, it was all 'Oops, why is there no backup?' All issued cards must be replaced: 'Gematik Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1144373529247913682006-04-06T18:32:00.000-07:002006-04-06T18:32:09.316-07:00How I Work: Bill Gates - Apr. 4, 2006How I Work: Bill Gates - Apr. 4, 2006A look into how the world's richest spends a working day. You'd surprised at how a man so powerful spends his time in such a modest manner. Of course, I'd also like three monitors on my desk when I walk into my "office" with a secretary who handles my appointments.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1142655301588612522006-03-17T20:15:00.000-08:002006-03-17T20:15:01.646-08:00Slashdot | Earth Life Possibly Could Reach TitanSlashdot | Earth Life Possibly Could Reach TitanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1141748734067647422006-03-07T08:25:00.000-08:002006-03-07T08:25:34.116-08:00Slashdot | NPR Story on the Future of Nuclear PowerSlashdot | NPR Story on the Future of Nuclear PowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1141745865495738122006-03-07T07:37:00.000-08:002006-03-07T07:37:45.543-08:00Slashdot | Open-Source Router to Take on Cisco?Slashdot | Open-Source Router to Take on Cisco?Interesting developments in the fields of Open Source. Open Source has been gaining significant strength in the recent years. In a couple of years a lot of corporate applications will be replaced by Open-Source applicationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1131136783095857242005-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:002005-11-04T15:21:30.646-08:00Microsoft acquires FoldershareThe good news just keeps pouring. Microsoft recently announced it is acquiring file-sharing firm Foldershare http://www.foldershare.com (See: http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=25212) How does it make a difference to me, you ask? I'll get to it in a bit. I've been using the Foldershare technology ever since they offered their software as free Beta to the users over Internet. If you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1130445673066199882005-10-27T13:09:00.000-07:002005-10-27T13:41:13.126-07:00Biology news 5: Bird fluWith bird flu on the horizon, this is the time to learn about it. I'll try to explain it in simple terms. You can learn more at www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/.What is bird flu, or avian influenza? First of all, it is important to know that there are different strains of flu in the world. There are the ones that infect humans, the ones that infect pigs, the ones that infect horses, and the ones that ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694830200137225257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1125350422286997362005-08-29T13:54:00.000-07:002005-08-29T14:20:22.330-07:00Biology news 4: Taming CholesterolWe're back. In this issue, as you munch on festival sweets and cakes, biologists bring you new insights into a scary aspect of diet: cholesterol. You can read the actual article here: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16100574.There's a lot of bad hype about cholesterol: it can cause heart problems, you want to keep your numbers low, and it can lead to a bigger ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694830200137225257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1122434169769920042005-07-26T19:48:00.000-07:002005-07-26T20:18:00.500-07:00Biology news 3: Cats don't have a sweet toothThe third in the series might surprise you: it turns out that cats can't taste sweetness! Anyone who's ever tasted cat food knows it certainly isn't sweet. If you want to read details, see here: http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0010003.It turns out that most ordinary (that is, tame pet) cats have normal taste, but they can't taste sweetness.ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694830200137225257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1118347837536919822005-06-09T12:48:00.000-07:002005-07-26T19:48:00.690-07:00Biology news 2: Male and female dinosaursThe second in the series is an interesting one: now you can tell which dinosaurs are male and which are female. The story is here: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/308/5727/1456So, how can you tell a girl dinosaur apart from a boy? If you had a whole dinosaur, it would be easier: you could look at reproductive organs, which ones laid eggs, who raises the kids, who wears lipstick, ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694830200137225257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1116359947113821662005-05-17T12:11:00.000-07:002005-07-26T19:48:26.726-07:00Biology news 1: Antibodies protect against HIVHi everyone,As a biologist, I feel I need to educate people about biology and what the latest news is. We'll start with a simple discovery: that certain antibodies can protect against HIV infection. A full description is here: http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050509/full/050509-2.htmlWhat is HIV? Well, it is the virus that causes AIDS (no doubt about that). In AIDS, the cells in your body that ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694830200137225257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1116354757891719742005-05-17T11:32:00.000-07:002005-06-13T22:17:21.416-07:00Have you tried the RSS feeds on My Yahoo! website?Now you can customize your My Yahoo pages with RSS feeds for various websites. You can even have different pages for different categories. You can aggregate all the News websites you want in one page, All Tech-related feeds in a second page, Bargains and Deals in the third page and so on. RSS aggregation on My Yahoo! really makes life easy for many of us who do not have visit each website Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863399.post-1091673171208755192004-08-04T19:31:00.000-07:002004-08-04T19:32:51.210-07:00Tek corner Blog siteWelcome to my Tekzon. Here you'll find articles and snippets on Tehnology related stuff.
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