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Archive for June 1st, 2007

I’ve caught Nessie on Tape

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Gordon Holmes, a technician at Bradford University and Loch Ness Monster researcher, claims that he has caught Nessie on video. He was at the Loch attempting to listen for Nessie using hydrophone equipment when he noticed something unusual moving in the water and grabbed his video camera. If you have a comment on the video, [...]

Meet the CAVEman “Virtual Human Atlas”

Friday, June 1st, 2007

DAWN WALTON. From Thursday’s Globe and MailMay 31, 2007 at 12:22 PM EDT
CALGARY — The body of a man with his skull intact, but his skin pulled back and skeleton removed to display every vein, artery and internal organ, floats in a dark, cube-shaped room.
This one-of-a-kind virtual human, known as CAVEman, has more than 3,000 [...]

Transfer files securely with SFTP

Friday, June 1st, 2007

 
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was once the most widely used protocol for transferring files between computers. However, because FTP sends authentication information and file contents over the wire unencrypted, it’s not a secure way to communicate. Secure Copy (SCP) and the more robust SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) address this security concern by providing data [...]

Running Linux GUI Super Fast with Old Hardware [Part-II]

Friday, June 1st, 2007

 
We have seen how to design a fast and appealing desktop with old H/W. But what about the application S/W ? We can use KDE and GNOME based tools, but these S/W again slow down our system, specially KDE. Then what is the use to design such a fast desktop ? Well, we are lucky [...]

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