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    EXIF format reader

    Hello, Can you guys recommend an EXIF format reader?
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    Authentication mechanisms for POP3

    Hello, I am trying to understand authentication mechanisms for the POP3 protocol. My understanding is that SSLv3/TLS1.0 provides authentication and communication confidentiality. Would this mean that the authentication mechanisms provided by the optional command set of POP3 (USER+PASS and...
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    IMAP access on yahoo

    Hello, Does yahoo offer IMAP email access. i was browsing the net for the pop settings of yahoo and came across this link. http://forum.dailymobile.se/index.php?topic=3368.0
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    power issues wd passport hard drive

    Hello, I was interested in buying the Western Digital My Passport Essential 250GB USB Portable External Hard Drive (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi...9455038&sr=8-3). I read that the drive may have issues with USB 2 ports with 500mA ratings as it requires 1000mA and that one can get...
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    book on supplier/vendor relationship management

    Hello, I am managing a vendor relationship Could you guys recommend a text book which would educate me on improving the relationship and getting the maximum out of supplier relationships.
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    automatic deleting mail on google

    Hello, I am using mail 3.5 on my imac with my google account. Is there a way to delete mail on the google server when it is deleted in the apple mail 3.5 client. i tried to change the inbound mail protocol from pop to imap but no luck. can you guys help here.
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    Noise cancellation in office environment

    Hello, I work in a very noisy office with people pretty much shouting on the phones. Can you guys recommend a pair of headset/headplugs to help me alleviate the problem. I tried to do a search on the net and came across the following headset Sony Mdrnc22/Blk Noise Canceling Headphone...
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    airport extreme driver for windows vista ultimate

    Hello, I am not sure if this is the correct subforum to place this query on as it relates to running windows vista ultimate as a virtual machine via parallels on mac os 10.5.6 I have got a mac running 10.5. just installed parallels and windows vista. I am trying to network using windows...
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    difference between cookie and cookie2

    Hello, i was trying to understand the difference between cookie and cookie2 My understanding is that cookie2 contains some extra fields (e.g. port...) is more secure some servers send cookie2 while some servers send cookie clients should support both cookie and cookie2 is my...
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    getting my laptop to connect to wifi which has broadcast address disabled

    hello, i am trying to hide the boradcast address of my wifi, but when i turn off the broadcast address of my wireless router my laptop is not able to se the router. how do i configure my laptop to connect to wifi router with the broadcast address disabled
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    OLED vs LCD

    Hello, Is the dynamic range of a typical OLED display more than that of an LCD display? i know the response tiems of OLED's are far superior.
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    my imac isnt displaying pdf documents

    Hello, I bought a new imac, downloaded a pdf, but the imac just wont display the pdf document. i downloaded adobe reader 9.0 from the net for the mac but still no luck. any idea why i cant diaply the document? also is there an apple helpdesk for noob's in case i have these nagging issues...
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    external hard disk cases

    Hello, i have got a couple of internal hard drives (IDE/PATA), i want to copy their contents to my new imac :), my old pc is busted, and i think one way to get to the contents is to get an external enclosure to convert the IDE drive to an external storage drive, and hence woud be able to use...
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    questions regarding imac and mac-pro

    hello i was contemplating buying a mac and was not sure if i shoud go for an imac or a mac-pro. i did a bit of research and have the following questions, would appreciate any answers what is the antivirus an firewall provided with the macs? what is the max size of hard drive on the imac...
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    computer starts for a few secondsand then shuts down

    hello, i have a 4 year old desktop which uses a gigabyte 81875 ultra and runs a p4-2.2 ghz. Today when i came back home, i discovered that the pc had shut itself down(i had been onholiday till yesterday and had only turned on the pc in the morning with no problems) i tried to turn it on. the...
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    BT/wifi stereo headset for pcs

    hello, i was interested in getting a wireless headet for my pc. would you guys recommend a wifi headset or a bluetooth headset. my understanding is that wifi gives out more power and bluetooth less, so the bluetooth one is a more healthy option, what do you guys think? my concern is...
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    can you guys suggest a wifi card which will run both on windows xp and linux

    Hello, i was looking for a wireless datacard which i could rn on windows xp and on linux i had a look around and was keen on buying the D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL G520, but as per this cnet review, it wont run on anything other than windows xp...
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    looking for a labeller (brother PT-1010 vs dymo labelmanager 210d vs ?)

    hello, I wanted to get a not too-expensive label printer for my home needs (basic home desk de-cluttering) and the following models interested me. brother PT-1010, dymo labelmanager 210d (was initially interested in letratag LT-100h but i think it is a basic model which does offer ac...
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    in built GPS and com port question

    hello i am trying to understand what a virtual serial port is and came across this article piece "Virtual serial port emulation can be useful in case there is a lack of available physical serial ports or they do not meet the current requirements. For instance, virtual serial ports can...
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    cant convert unallocated space to ext3

    Hello I was trying to install ubuntu on my desktop. does the ext3 file system partition need to be at the beginning of the drive. what is the use of linux swap? presently i have got unallocated space at the end of my drive(the drive has NTFS partition at the beginning). when i try to...
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    trying to change read only attribute of folder

    hello, i have shared a folder on my desktop and i was trying to copy a file from my laptop to the shared drive on my desktop by using my laptop(kind of kile pushing the file onto the desktop). i got the error message "cannot create or replace file: access is denied. make sure the disk is not...
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    are .mobil domains popular

    hello, ay idea how popular .mobi domains will be. now that most mobile browsers can easily surf to .com domains?
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    is HTML the way forward

    hello i was trying to understand the differences between HTML and XHTMLand came across a quote from tim-berners lee which made me feel that HTML is the way forward, at least that is what i understood "The attempt to get the world to switch to XML, including quotes around attribute values...
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    does yahoo, google mirror its mail servers

    Hello, Does yahoo (and likewise google, hotmail) mirror it's mail servers to enable a subscriber quick ccess to his mails. e.g. i have got a yahoo.com account, if i am in the Uk will i be connecting to a yahoo mail server in the us or in the UK?
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    trying to remove software/services from boot up process

    Hello, i am trying to speed up my boot up process and started up msconfig and went to the services tab. at present the following software seems to popup a-squared anti-malware and superantispyware. i guess in addition there are other software which starts up but i can not see it. i...
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    windows explorer continues to show files of previous dvd

    Hello i am using windows xp and seem to be having a problem with my dvd RW drive. when i load a dvd say "DVD_A" containing a film, all the files in the dvd can be seen. now when i replace the dvd DVD_A with DVD_B, i cant see the content of DVD_B in the windows explorer. the windows explorer...
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    can i use any SATA cable with my SATA 150 Mbps based motherboard?

    Hello, I have got a SATA (150 MB/sec) drive on my motherboard (81875 ultra from 2003). I wanted to get a SATA drive, my understanding is that i should get a SATA 150 Mbps drive else i will have compatibility issues. i have selected the following drive WD Scorpio WD800BEVS i dont...
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    yahoo widgets question

    Hello, this noob is trying to download and install a user created yahoo widget (.eg. sys monitor - http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/sys-monitor ) whenever i go to the link and click on the "Get it!" button, the get it button scrolls up but nothing happens with my yahoo widgets application on...
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    linux installation questions

    Hello I wanted to take the linux plunge i was thinking of installing it on a SATA drive and this would not be my primary or secondary master or slave. do you guys think this would be a problem? i also wanted to have the ability to access all my files stored on my windows xp drive...
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    installing linux on a SATA drive

    Hello I wanted to install Linux on my computer. is it possible to install linux on a sata drive? would this be considered as a third IDE master? My computer at present has got the primary and secondary master and slaves all taken up. would i be abel to access the files on my windows drives?
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    telnetting to see how HTTP works

    Hello, i was trying to see hwo the HTTP protocol works, and tried to do a telnet to news.bbc.co.uk 80 and the prompt just hangs(?) at Connecting to new.bbc.co.uk. have i got the syntax wrong or is it because i am behind a firewall? are telnet not supported by microbrowser, i tried to...
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    hwo is HTTP pipelining used

    Hello, I am trying to understand how HTTP pipelining is used? would a request to say the home page for www.cnn.com results in one HTTP request, in which case is it correct to say that if i am opening up multiple pages e.g. www.cnn.com, www.reuters.com, www.time.com, this will result in 3...
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    determining IP address sent to gmail account

    Hello, I got spammed my a certain email address on my gmail account, is it possible to find out the IP address of the spammer?
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    persisten connection

    Hello, I was wondering why a client would require more than one persistent connection. Can not all requests to the server be handled by a single persistent connection. When a server is handling multiple multiple http connections, are all the requests destined for the same port, i.e. port...
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    key locator

    Hello What do you guys think of this key locator? http://www.maplin.co.uk/module...99295&doy=10m3#popular
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    recommendations/references applying for an MS program

    Hello, A friend of mine wanted to apply for an MS, he already has an MS and is unable to contact/approach a number of his MS professors for recommendations. (actually he has applied to 6-8 universities, and he has managed to get one MS professor to give him a few recommendations, the guy was...
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    darkening paint shop pro image

    Hello, I have got a paint shop pro image in .psp format. there is this image in raster format (outlines of cars and captured cursive texts) which are in shades of purple. is it possible to change this image to shades of blue, or preferably darkers shades of bluw. What i would like to do is...
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    is the nintendo wii cheaper in the US or in the UK

    Hello, I wanted to buy the nintendo wii console. my understanding was that it would be cheaper to buy it in the US then the UK with the buying power of the british pound. but it seems that the nintendo priced in the UK for around 180 pounds (corrected from dollars, sorry about that)is...
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    problem with running youtube on my windows xp box

    hello, not sure if this is the right subforum, youtube runs flash so perhaps i am close in the fact that it is flash application running on windows sometimes, the video i am trying to watch on youtube just freezes. the red progress line indicating i guess local download of the video creeps...
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    cana file be JFIF and EXIF compliant at the same time

    Hello, can a file be JFIF and EXIF compliant at the same time. My understanding from wiki is the following The JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) is an image file format standard. It is a minimal format for exchanging JPEG files, and uses JPEG Interchange Format compressed image...