Scientist Spotlight: Hamilton O. Smith and Clyde A. Hutchison III

Scientist Spotlight: Hamilton O. Smith and Clyde A. Hutchison III

Lockerz

http://www.lockerz.com

Lockerz launches in early 2010. Get in now and start earning PTZ (Pointz)

Lockerz is an invitation-only website created to connect members through commerce, content and social networking. Once invited, you'll be able to watch exclusive video, buy great products, discover new music, play games, and connect with friends. You'll be able to do this all in one place, AND you'll get rewarded for just doing the things you love. When you watch a video, play a game, or even log in, you'll earn Pointz (or "PTZ") Lockerz own form of currency. Turn around and redeem your PTZ for incredible merchandise, unique experiences and exclusive deals and sales.

Our mission is to be your daily habit, not a site for your parents or grandparents looking for their long-lost friends from kindergarten. Thanks to our millions of members around the world, Lockerz is already taking off beyond our greatest expectations. While still in beta, we've been sending today's most coveted items, from iPods to Xboxes, to members around the globe who have redeemed their PTZ and earned great prizes.

Too good to be true? Why are we doing this? To thank you for joining early. To build a Lockerz community of leaders and trendsetters. To give you a taste of how PTZ will work when we go live in early 2010. And to test out different prizes and PTZ levels. That's key. This version of PTZ Place is a test. PTZ levels will change when the full Lockerz site launches.

We're excited to have our early members join now, and explore and help shape the site before our official launch. We hope you'll join us.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WHAT IS LOCKERZ ?Lockerz is an invitation-only worldwide community where members can find entertainment, shopping and a full social network all on one website. Members are rewarded for almost everything they do on the site--whether it's buying a new brand, watching a video, playing a game, answering a daily question or even just logging in. At launch, Lockerz will have more than 15 ways for members to earn PTZ.

Create a Basic Website

There are many people here who want to create a website but don't have any knowledge. This tutorial will help them. All typed by me, no copy paste ;)

NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY CODING IS REQUIRED, ONLY SOME COMMON SENSE ;)

NOTE - Any doubts, ask here. Please don't scrap me. If you scrap regarding this, you will have the privilege of getting added in my ignore list for free

Please do not post till I complete the tut ;)

Setting up a website :

Setting up a website can be simple as well as tedious, the way you look at it. Follow these steps and you are going to have a brand new site for yourself within a few minutes. If you think that you need the most simplest and the non-fussiest way of setting up a website, open up a new tab or window and go to Blogger or Wordpress.

If you want to try something new, just go to google and search for blogging but I still suggest you’ll use one of the above.

If you select Blogger, then just go the home page, sign in with your Google account (the one you use for Gmail, Orkut, etc.) and create a new blog. Now configure your settings and you are ready to blog.

Now, if you didn’t like Blogger (It’s too simple, not much of themes, no plugins, blah blah), use Wordpress. Believe me, if you use Wordpress, you won’t use anything else, ever! This website, Techaddicts, is fully based on Wordpress and ‘I am lovin’ it’. Now, Wordpress also has two options:

-> Go to Wordpress, sign up and set up a blog in minutes (not recommended because you can’t add much themes, and put Adsense which converts to no earning).

-> Download Wordpress, and host it on any free/paid hosting site (in details below). It will be in a .zip format. Please don’t extract it.

Hosting:

In case you have downloaded Wordpress, this paragraph is for you, or else you may skip it. Now, to get a free hosting, just go to Google and search for free or premium hosting, as per your budget. (I am using free hosting and there is not much of a difference). But those who’ll are sure that their site will be a hit should go for premium hosting. (Premium starts from $2 and can go upto $200 or more where you even get a dedicated server).

Domain:

Domains are of two types, free and top level domains. To get a free domain, just go to Co.cc or [content suppressed] (Preference to 1st), register there and grab up any domain available. If you intend to buy a premium domain, go to Name or GoDaddy check out the domain you want (.com starts from $8.99 while .info is for jus $0.95). Once you purchase a domain or grab one for free, go to the settings page. There you will find a tab called nameservers. If there are any nameservers included, just remove it and add the ones of your host (It’s generally NS1.*****.com and NS2.*****.com where ***** refers to your host name). Now, go to your Vista Panel and under the Domains Tab, click on Addon Domains and add the domain you just purchased or grabbed for free. Just scroll down on that page and you will also get the nameservers of the website.

Setting Up Your Website:

Setting up a website is very simple if you follow my steps. If you use x10hosting, just go to your cPanel and inside the directory of your website, upload the Wordpress.zip which you had downloaded previously. If your host has a max file upload of 2 MB, use a FTP client like CuteFTP or Filezilla. Your details will be found in the cPanel. But I insist on x10hosting coz of the quality and service though you will feel bandwidth is less, it is enough. My website gets 200-500 hits daily but 10 GB is still more than enough.

Setting Up A Database:

Now go to the MySQL tab in your cPanel and create a new database. After that, add an user to that database. Now to to the website link where you have hosted and you will get a error like it is not configured and you have to configure. Just give your SQL databse name and SQL username and password.

In case you use any other host, you will get the sql host details in your cPanel or Vista panel.

Your website is now hosted ;)

Now go to yourwebsitelink/wp-admin and start maintaining your site ;)

1000's of Hotmail MSN Live passwords Leaked Online

Thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked online, according to the Neowin.net tech blog.

According to Neowin, it received information from a source claiming that a "hack or phishing scheme" allowed hackers to post passwords from thousands of Hotmail accounts.

Neowin first viewed the passwords on a developer forum on Pastebin.com. The posting was added to the site on October 1. According to Neowin, it saw "part" of the posted list and "can confirm the accounts are genuine and most appear to be based in Europe."

Although it was unsure how many accounts were hacked, the original list displays accounts with names starting with "A" and "B." It included users with @hotmail.com, @msn.com, and @live.com domains, the publication claimed.

Although Microsoft has yet to confirm the existence of the list or a breach of security, the company told BBC News on Monday that it knows about the claim and is working to determine whether it is accurate.

"We're actively investigating the situation and will take appropriate steps as rapidly as possible," the Microsoft representative told BBC News.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment.

Whether the passwords were leaked is still in question. That said, Twitter and other social networks are abuzzwith people advising others to change their passwords.

Read my blog !!

Boot Windows XP Faster:

•Open Notepad and type del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q,and Save it as ntosboot.bat in C:\ Drive.
•Open Group Policy Editor.
•Look at Right Pane and Double click Windows Settings under Computer Configuration.Then Double Click again on Shutdown.
•Then a new Window,named Shutdown Properties Opens.In this new window,click Add--->Browse and locate your ntosboot.bat Fileand click Open.
•Click Ok in the Add a Script Box and click Apply in the Shut Down Properties Window.
•Go To Start--->Run and type devmgmt.msc.
•Double Click on IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
•Right Click on PRIMARY IDE CHANNEL and select Properties.
•Select the Advanced Settings Tab,Then you can see two parts;i.e..Device 0 and Device1.In any of these,that doesn't have the Device Tye greyed out,Select None,instead of Auto Detection and click Ok.
•Right click on SECONDARY IDE CHANNEL,Select Properties and Repeat above Step.
•Reboot your computer and Experience the Change!!

Your computer can take your photograph

After three years of development and millions of dollars in venture capital funding, the Amazing Camera is finally being released to the public. Your computer can take your photograph and develop it in a matter of seconds. Best of all, no camera or special equipment is required.

http://www.amazingcamera.com/

Must TRY!!! :)

Few Windows Shortcuts

FEW WINDOWS SHORTCUTS........

Windows: Display the Start menu
Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows
Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer
Windows + F: Display Search for files
Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer
Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center
Windows + R: Display Run dialog box
Windows + break: Display System Properties dialog box
Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows
Windows + L: Lock the workstation
Windows + U: Open Utility Manager
Windows + Q: Quick switching of users (Powertoys only)
Windows + Q: Hold Windows Key, then tap Q to scroll thru the different users on your PC

Hide the Text Below Desktop Icons

Hide the Text Below Desktop Icons

Some icons you use so regularly that you don’t need that annoying text below the icon. A good example of this is Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. We all know what those icons look like. To remove that text, just follow these instructions.

Right-click on the shortcut icon, and choose Rename. Now hold down the Alt key and type in 255 on the keypad to the right of the keyboard. You can’t use the number keys right above the keyboard. If you have a laptop, you can turn on Numlock and then use the little number keys next to the regular letters.

The way this works is that the Alt+255 character is blank, so the shortcut filename is actually just named with a character that is completely blank. For the first shortcut on the desktop, you would use Alt+255, but for the next shortcut, you’ll have to enter the combination twice (Alt+255, Alt+255). For the third, three times… and so on. This is because you can’t name two different shortcuts or files the same thing. Entering Alt+225 twice would give you two blanks instead of one.

Now we have a beautiful icon, with no text underneath it!

REMOVE TIME RESTRICTION FROM RAPIDSHARE DOWNLOAD

REMOVE TIME RESTRICTION FROM RAPIDSHARE DOWNLOAD

Downloading from RAPIDSHARE often becomes a headache due to the time delay for FREE downloaders!!!

Do as follows :
———————————————————–
>> Click a Download link for Rapidshare !

>> Click the Free button on Rapidshare Page !

>> Now as usual the timer starts !!!

>> Now, go to the address box of your browser.
(Address Box >> Where you type the websites !)

>> In the address box type: javascript:alert(c=0)

>> Click OK on the alert box that arises.

>> NO WAITING.........ENJOY......