http://www.upcomingtechs.com Explore the most interesting stuff of today and tomorrow, from all over! Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:07:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A dinosaur fossil in a Bern museum The eastern Chinese province of Shandong is home to the world's largest mass dinosaur grave, as proven by the unbelievable number of fossils that have thus far been unearthed in more than 30 locations around the site. According to local authorities, more than 7,600 ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2009/01/worlds-largest-dinosaur-grave-unearthed-in-china/ In my opinion, Adobe Acrobat Reader is annoying as it's kind of heavy and sucks up too much of the free memory, especially the newer verisions. For now, among many alternatives available, Foxit PDF Suite stands out as the winner. It's a complete package with a PDF Reader, Editor, PDF ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/foxit-pdf-suite-simple-powerful/     Truely, Windows XP is the most flexible, fast and very easy to operate. I think Ubuntu, being a freeware and a community developed OS, can give a good competition to Windows XP in future only if it is consistently worked on for improvement. I won't call Windows OS's or any ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/unmasking-the-hidden-potential-of-windows-xp/ Giardia parasites can change the proteins on their surface, which helps them to evade the immune system, but only one protein is on the surface at any one time. This Giardia parasite has been engineered to exhibit two proteins on its surface, shown in green and red. Dr Hugo D. Luján ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/studying-the-chameleon-like-properties-of-giardia-parasite/ FTP Error Codes Explained The FTP errors suck. Not knowing the meaning of the error code can avoid a user from troubleshooting the issue. Here is a useful reference list that i found dumped inside the deepest region of my HD: Code Description 100 Codes The requested action is being taken. Expect ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/ftp-error-codes/ I have been a regular reader of Digit Magazine since very long. I always loved their style of presenting the atricles in the magazine and their Goodie bag full of free softwares, games, videos, e.t.c. And you know what, their online portal is even better. ThinkDigit.com helps me do more ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/review-thinkdigitcom/ Bill Christensen says, BAM - or boron-aluminum-magnesium alloy combined with titanium boride is super hard and slicker than Teflon. This "ceramic alloy" is the hardest material after diamond and cubic boron nitride. It's "greener" because it could save hundreds of millions of dollars in energy wasted every year in overcoming friction. “If ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/bam-its-more-slippery-than-teflon-and-greener/ This Auto Shutdown feature is among the most "under rated" features of Windows XP, probably because it's not famous. There are applications dedicated to perform this function but, why increase the registry entries when you have a much better alternative? 1st Way: Create a new shortcut, Right Click Menu >> New ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/12/using-the-auto-shutdown-feature-in-windows-xp/ I've experimented with and buried many RAM optimizng applications and all of them were sick enough to not-optimize-the-RAM. I don't know if it's my 1GB DDR2 RAM that sucks or should i blame it on the code. Whatever the case may be, i am happy with using the RAM freeing ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/11/increasing-the-ram-speed-windows-xp-style/ Tuning your PC from this, To this! Leta face it. Windows XP is far the only best thing that Microsoft could do till now. Windows Vista is pure BS. Only the Future Man(an imaginary character created by me who often travels in time) is aware of how well will Windows 7 do. A ... http://www.upcomingtechs.com/2008/11/turning-off-the-useless-services-in-windows-xp/