Saturday, May 3, 2014

Stop those ad trackers on your smartphones! | Komando.com

Stop those ad trackers on your smartphones! | Komando.com: "The battle to maintain some semblance of privacy in our online lives is a classic one-step-forward, two-steps-back situation. Just when you start to feel you have a grasp of things, we get hit with new revelations about government spying."



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How the Air Force Could Finally Give You a Decent Wi-Fi Connection | Enterprise | WIRED

How the Air Force Could Finally Give You a Decent Wi-Fi Connection | Enterprise | WIRED: "Hoping to improve the way its planes communicate in hostile environments, the aerial branch of the U.S. Armed Forces is sharing $2.7 million with computer science researchers at the University at Buffalo who will spend the next four years developing software that can make wireless radios significantly smarter and more efficient. It’s called cognitive radio, and though the concept has been around for awhile, there are some signs that it’s getting ready for prime time, and it could be used to boost wireless networks well beyond the Air Force. Microsoft has tinkered with cognitive radio, and some think that Google could use it as a way of improving its self-driving cars."



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Windows Admin: Learning to Use the Registry Editor Like a Pro

Windows Admin: Learning to Use the Registry Editor Like a Pro: "Over the years we’ve covered a lot of registry hacks, and while most people can handle the step-by-step instructions for how to make a registry change, or double-click a .reg file to insert it into the registry, you will be much better served having a solid knowledge of what the registry is and how it works."



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