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News - Useful Links Mid-month, 15 August 2010


Aerospace News

  The Maverick Flying Car - Gizmag

NASA Reveals Key to Unlock Mysterious Red Glow in Space

  Boeing Sugar Volt looks to the skies in the year 2035 - Gizmag

Perseid Meteor Shower Lights Up August Skies

Smoke over Western Russia - Image of the day

  Rare solar storm expected to provide quite a light show - New York Daily News

NASA Lightning Research Happens in a Flash

NASA Ames Re-opens Door to Discovery and Adventure

A Galactic Spectacle

  Man-made bee's eye could mean big things for flying robots - Gizmag

Planets Align for the Perseid Meteor Shower

  Project Firefly: Sikorsky unveils electric helicopter technology demonstrator - Gizmag

A Unique View of Hurricane Wind Speeds


Useful Downloads

Paltalk

YouSendIt Express - Send very large files for free

Hotspot Shield - Encrypt your data and packets while in a public spot

The greatest collection of free Windows software - NetworkWorld

Google Calendar Sync - Synchronize Google & Outlook calendars - Google

Article - Reliable Encryption for the Rest of Us - PCWorld

RM New Albion - Free font - PCWorld

VAG Rounded - A free font of the month

Disk SpeedUp 1.0.0.262 (Windows) - Tune-up your PC and defrag your disk - Glaryutilities @ ZDNet

FastStone Image Viewer - Displays, edits, and changes format - FastStone

BatteryCare - Track battery condition and laptop operational statistics - Win XP, Vista, 7

System Spec - Tiny utility reveals your system's secrets (Win 7 version soon; others OK)

Phatzzo - Free font


Photo and Computer Articles

Article - The Best Windows 7 Downloads - PCWorld

Article - Get a Deal on Windows 7, Learn Office 2010 for Free - PCWorld

Article - Firefox Is Losing the Browser War to Internet Explorer, Chrome: 10 Reasons Why - eWeek

Article - Position-based quantum cryptography: A scientific breakthrough? - NetworkWorld

Article - Intel Debuts Optical Interconnect at 50G bps - Prototype hits 5x the speed of copper - eWeek

Article - DNS Enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2 - WindowsITPro

Article - 11 free open-source apps your small business can use now - ComputerWorld

Article - Social media's dark side: The privacy dilemma - Federal Computer World

Article - Mozilla plans to silently update Firefox - ComputerWorld

Article - How long will Microsoft support XP, Vista, and Windows 7? - ZDNet

Article - Solve On-the-Go Hassles: Wi-Fi Woes, Sluggish Netbooks - PCWorld

Article - Microsoft's Windows Azure: What a difference a year makes - ZDNet

Article - 5 tips to protect yourself on Facebook - ComputerWorld

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