Monday, April 1, 2013

Netanyahu hails 'historic day' as Israel starts pumping gas from major offshore find | The Times of Israel

Netanyahu hails 'historic day' as Israel starts pumping gas from major offshore find | The Times of Israel: The gas from Tamar is expected to help meet Israel’s energy needs for the next 20 years, Channel 2 said, and will save the economy some NIS 13 billion (some $3.5 billion) per year. Its ahead-of-schedule use will also save Israeli citizens some cash — lowering a planned rise in electricity costs to 6 percent, less than originally planned.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Greek Jews get sudden boost in neo-Nazi fight | The Times of Israel

Greek Jews get sudden boost in neo-Nazi fight | The Times of Israel: THESSALONIKI, Greece (JTA) — Antonis Samaras stood in the pale morning light coming through the stained glass windows of the only Thessaloniki synagogue to survive World War II and vowed, “Never again.”

For Greek Jews marking the 70th anniversary of the destruction of this city’s historic Jewish community, the Greek prime minister’s words were long awaited. So was his presence — the first time a sitting Greek premier had set foot in a synagogue in 101 years.

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Google Reader (1000 ): For the first time, Israel has become the world’s largest center of Jewry, with the United States at second place with 5.5 million Jews – two million in New York City alone

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Analyst's View: Antivirus Rescue CDs | Neil J. Rubenking | PCMag.com

Analyst's View: Antivirus Rescue CDs | Neil J. Rubenking | PCMag.com: I examine nine AV rescue CDs designed to remove particularly nasty malware to determine which is the best disc, and if the free ones are good enough.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Remove "Shortcut" Text From New Shortcuts in Windows 7 or Vista - How-To Geek

Remove "Shortcut" Text From New Shortcuts in Windows 7 or Vista - How-To Geek: A source of annoyance for many Windows users is the ” – Shortcut” text that is added to the name of newly created shortcuts, and every time you have to manually edit the shortcut and remove that text. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a registry hack for this?

Sunday, October 21, 2012

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network's WPA Password with Reaver

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network's WPA Password with Reaver: I have the open-source router firmware DD-WRT installed on my router and I was unable to use Reaver to crack its password. As it turns out, DD-WRT does not support WPS, so there's yet another reason to love the free router-booster. If that's got you interested in DD-WRT, check their supported devices list to see if your router's supported. It's a good security upgrade, and DD-WRT can also do cool things like monitor your internet usage, set up a network hard drive, act as a whole-house ad blocker, boost the range of your Wi-Fi network, and more. It essentially turns your $60 router into a $600 router.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Cocoon privacy plug-in for Chrome watches your back as you browse | PCWorld

Cocoon privacy plug-in for Chrome watches your back as you browse | PCWorld: Cocoon, a browser plug-in designed to protect your privacy and security online, is now available for Google's Chrome browser, according to its maker Virtual World Computing.

The software is offered as a free plug-in with advertising, as well as in a paid premium version with added features, and works by placing Cocoon's servers between a consumer and the Internet. That hides the consumer's identity from anyone trying to track a web user's activity on the Web.

A beta version of the software was released Monday. A version for the general public is expected to be available Nov. 12.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

MakeMKV - Make MKV from Blu-ray and DVD

MakeMKV - Make MKV from Blu-ray and DVD: MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise called "transcoder". It converts the video clips from proprietary (and usually encrypted) disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way. The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information and preserve chapters. There are many players that can play MKV files nearly on all platforms, and there are tools to convert MKV files to many formats, including DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Five free wireless networking tools | TechRepublic

Five free wireless networking tools | TechRepublic: Wi-Fi is relatively easy to configure, but optimizing, securing, and diagnosing problems with a wireless network can be a challenge. Here are five free tools that can help.