Archive for June, 2007

Wireless LAN world record - 382km across Venezuela

Posted on June 23rd, 2007.

Ermanno Pietrosemoli from Venezuela had broken the previous W-LAN world record with a phenomenal distance of 382 km of two computers connected via wireless connection. The previous record was a wireless connection between a ballon and a PC on the ground with a distance of 222km.
To overcome the route between El Aguila to Platillon Mountain, [...]

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Cool: USB Mini Fridge

Posted on June 14th, 2007.

In usb.brando.com.hk, you will find this cool USB gadget with 5V power consumption. You can put your 0.33 liter can and the fridge will cool it down to 8.5°C in only 5 minutes. According to the manufacturer, this fridge is only 362 g and 19.4 x 9 x 9 cm in dimension. Therefore, it is [...]

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Problem to set Firefox as standard web browser in Windows Vista

Posted on June 3rd, 2007.

Somehow I could not set up Firefox as fully standard browser. At first start up of Firefox, I was reminded that Firefox was not a standard browser and asked to make Firefox as standard web browser. I did tick the selection and Firefox icon appeared on the very above of the start menu.
But, when I [...]

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