Monthly Archives: December 2009

You don’t have to be a hero!

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“you don’t have to be a hero to make a difference in the world” – Shawn

New Features in Wolfram|Alpha: Year-End Update

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The guys at Wolfram|Alpha have been working hard to bring you the best computational knowledge engine available out there, and for free. Even though Wolfram|Alpha is already a most powerful tool, developers have been working to improve it even further and have brought a full pack of entirely new and improved features before the year-end.

This new features cover all available categories, from mathematics and computation to science and culture. Comparing house prices in your area, reading available crime statistics from FBI, exploring a vast information about music, and check on military information, are just a few of the new planned features before the year-end.

You can read all about the new features at Wolfram|Alpha official blog and don’t forget to check the engine itself at WolframAlpha.com. A must see, if you haven’t already.

Take care.

A simple way to change Windows 7 logon background.

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Throughout the net there are plenty of different alternatives on how to change Windows 7 logon background.
Well, Julien Manici, using WPF, created a very simple application that allows you to change Windows 7 logon background with only a few mouse clicks.

Windows 7 Logon Background Changer allows any user to change the logon background of Windows 7 by just selecting a folder, picking an image, and it’s done. It doesn’t even requires an installation.

Julien also made available the application source code, written in C#.NET using VS2008.

You can find out more about Julien application at his own website.