Archive for February, 2007
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Macbook
Now, as a new Macbook user and ex-Powerbook user, I can express my opinion about both.
The Macbook is the black version, 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2Gb RAM. The Powerbook is 2 years old and it’s the 15″ version with the Powerdrive.
The performance of this Macbook is really awesome. Everything is super fast. It’s the […]
No Comments » - Posted in English, Tech by nuno
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Lunar Solar Power
I was watching a documentary on TV about the moon and I was impressed with the plans or project drafs they have for the moon.
One of the things that caught my eye was Lunar Solar Power. This is not anything new, but I just became aware of it.
Everyone knows that the consumption of electrical power […]
3 Comments » - Posted in English, Tech by nuno
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Daylight Saving Time
Yesterday, I got the MacOSX updates for the Daylight Saving Time’s change in the US.
Million of computers will be updated because in accordance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Daylight Saving Time has been expanded by three weeks this year. Beginning in 2007, the United States will observe Daylight Saving Time from the […]
1 Comment » - Posted in English, Tech by nuno
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
SONAECOM sobe preço da OPA para 10.5EUR
A Sonaecom decidiu há minutos subir a oferta para 10.5EUR.
Eu tinha uma teoria sobre esta OPA. A minha teoria era que o Belmiro queria separar o cobre do cabo, coisa que conseguiu durante a OPA, quando o CA da PT veio a público anunciar o spinoff da PTMultimédia, quer a OPA vingasse quer não. Sempre […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Português, Opinião, Economia by nuno
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Phishing detection system
I was reading a paper about an engine to detect phishing Web Sites - CANTINA - developed by Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh. I guess they came up with an interesting idea:
Roughly, CANTINA works as follows:
• Given a web page, calculate the TF-IDF scores of each term
on that web page.
• […]
1 Comment » - Posted in English, Tech by nuno
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
ClamAV
I guess ClamAV folks released the long awaited ClamAV 0.90.
This version introduces lots of new interesting features and marks a big step forward in the development of our antivirus engine.
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As part of the Google Summer of Code program, we have introduced support for a new phishing signatures format that has proved very effective in […]
1 Comment » - Posted in English, Tech by nuno
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
In metro de Lisboa
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Originally uploaded by Nuno Loureiro.
Tags:foto, lisboa, metro, telemovel
1 Comment » - Posted in Português, Mobile Photos by nuno
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Combustível - parte II
Depois do meu último post sobre o tema, achei uns links interessantes:
Preços dos combustíveis - Portugal vs União Europeia
DN: Combustíveis sobem mais em Portugal do que na União Europeia
Para onde vai mesmo o dinheiro dos contribuintes?
Tags:diesel, oil, preços
No Comments » - Posted in Português, Critica by nuno
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Bush’s budget calls for big increases in military spending
In the US, the proposed budget for the next civil year for the Defense Department has a 11% increase over what Congress provided for this fiscal year and a 62% increase over 2001.
From NY Times:
The proposed basic budget for the Defense Department is $481.1 billion, a 62 percent increase over 2001, Mr. Bush’s first year […]
No Comments » - Posted in English, Critica, Economia by nuno
Sunday, February 4th, 2007
New Layout
I’ve been trying different themes lately, but of course all of them need some customization.
This new layout is based on Connections Reloaded v1.5 theme, but heavely changed. Hope you like it.
Tags:themes, wordpress
