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Can a virus melt the CPU?
I was just wondering if a virus could melt a CPU by altering te voltage in the bios. :) (and no, I'm not planning on making that kind of a virus...)
Split Terminal windows on Snow Leopard
I'm not sure if anyone ever noticed, but in snow leopard in Terminal on top corner of your scrolling there is an icon also can be used through apple key + D How do i use both windows independent from each other? Otherwise what I see I get a mirror
How do you make Google's interface always be in your chosen language?
Google's interface and search results don't always appear in my preferred language, English. I'm located in Mexico City and, although I generally have no problem with Spanish, I would prefer search results in English most of the time. (The exception is when I'm using search terms in Spanish.) I'd a…
Why does Windows Vista's Notepad randomly move the cursor after saving a file?
What is happening: Initially my cursor was at "initially here". When I press to save the file my cursor automatically moves to the second position. After many tries, I've seen that it randomly moves to a point one or two lines above the place where it initially was. (The red line is the cursor - I'…
Can you run ONLY Windows on a Mac?
I'm aware of plenty of options like Boot Camp and Parallels that allow you to run Windows on a Mac, but can you remove OS X and run only Windows on new Mac Intel based hardware?
Firefox: non-Vimperator way to do mouseless browsing?
Is it possible to do efficient browsing with Firefox using only the keyboard (like in Opera)? By efficient I mean something faster than using TAB - this takes far too long. The arrow keys should be for navigation (in Opera it is Shift + arrow key). It can done with the Vimperator add-on or its succ…
Which are the non-x text editors in Powershell?
Are there some editors like emacs, vi/vim, specifically for power shell, if so which are the best? I will have to do some work on windows and I need some unix productivity - which means for me shell + text editor with syntax highlighting (for python, java, c, c++), so which are my options? Edit: I'…
How to tell where an item in the Trash came from?
The Mac OS X 10.6 Trash shows an option "Put back" for files that were trashed after installing 10.6. However, it does not show where the file will be put back to. So: using Finder, is there any way to tell where a trashed item came from? (I know the original locations are stored in , so if I reall…
Visual Studio: significant performance difference on VMware Fusion vs Bootcamp?
I've just purchased a new MacBook Pro and was looking at installing Windows 7 via Bootcamp, so that i can do Visual Studio development work, but i was thinking it would make more sense to move my non development stuff (email etc) to the Mac and launch Windows 7 via VMWare Fusion. Im also looking at…
How can I join multiple .mpg movie files?
I create a lot of these small clips on my digital camera. These are in .mpg format and before I share them with others, I would love to just join, clip a few seconds here and there. I use Google Picassa to create new start and end points, but I dont know a good way to join mpgs yet. Whats the best …
What's IE8 equivalent of Chrome and Firefox/Firebug inspect element?
I'm currently having some issue for my web app in IE8 only. Does anyone know if there's an IE plugin which is similar to Chrome or Firefox/Firebug inspect element?
Create a keyboard shortcut for fast user switching in Mac OS X
How do you create a keyboard shortcut that activates fast user switching (i.e. brings up the login window) in Mac OS X Snow Leopard? I'm trying to emulate the Windows Start+L keyboard combination, which I miss from my time using Windows.
How can I upgrade from Vista 32-bit to Vista 64-bit?
I just ordered a laptop, and it came with Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I want Vista Home Premium 64-bit on it. I'm planning a reinstall. Does anyone know if my product key for Vista 32-bit will also work for Vista 64-bit for an OEM copy? As far as I know, I just need to get the 64-bit media. Is this …
ManicTime Alternative for Mac OS X
Is there software like ManicTime for Windows that can track of everything I do in Mac OS X? For those who doesn't know what ManicTime is, it is a time tracking software that records your activities on the computer.
Recover sheet protection password in Excel
I have an Excel workbook. Two years ago I set password protection option for one of the sheets. Now I have forgotten the password. Is there any way to recover the password of that Excel sheet?
How do I convert a .vhd disk image to work with VMWare Fusion 2?
I’ve just installed VMWare Fusion 2 on my Mac. Microsoft makes available some Virtual PC disk images containing different versions of IE, so that us humble web developers can test our code on them: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&display…
How to disable the screen (Linux without X)
I would like to know if there is any way I can disable the screen on a linux distro I'm using Debian. I found a few way to do that with X installed, but not without X.
What's the advantage of using RAR's?
The RAR file format is somewhat new to me and I'm trying to understand why people are switching to it over the "zip" file format. What's so special about RAR's? My initial assertion is that it's a poor choice for an archive format since native extraction programs do not come bundled with every OS.
How do I launch a bash script from Finder in OS X?
How do I launch a bash script from Finder in OS X? I'm OK working at the CLI, but my little script is not so loved by my GUI-bound colleagues.
Are Time Machine backups incremental? And is Time Machine any better on Snow Leopard?
I would like to understand how Time Machine backups work and has this been made any better in Snow Leopard?