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Intel will ship x86 android 2.2 this summer – The Inquirer
Intel will ship x86 android 2.2 this summer - The Inquirer. Now this would be interesting. If this is actually true then instead of me having to get a smartphone with the high price of the cell carriers scamming built in I can get a netbook...
Synchronizing Roaming Profiles Between a V1 & V2 Profile
Synchronizing Roaming Profiles Between a V1 & V2 Profile. The news is..you can't. So if you want to move to server 2008 and keep your profiles you have to stick with either xp and below(not a good long term solution) or have all vista and above machines. Users...
Office 2010 Licensing changes… (Thanks sky-Knight)
Office 2010 Licensing changes... - Untangle Forums. This is interesting. Keep watching MS they want their fingers in everything.
A case for Linux on the Corporate Desktop
The author makes some great points here. Take a gander. Not using desktop Linux? You're wasting your money | Linux - InfoWorld.
When Cloud Computing Can Help Security
Right now cloud computing isn't a security enhancement..it's a security nightmare. Most cloud apps actually require you to download and install an executable file that then connects to the cloud. The operating system requirements are? Windows...most of the time. I...
Stay away from the HP ePrint series
Want to see those ink cartridges really disappear? Buy one of these printers. They'll find your router..hook to the internet and then get "targeted" advertising sent to the printer which it will then print out. HP's ePrint printers, some of which will become...
Windows Server vs. Linux…which is better?
Windows Server vs. Linux. There are some serious errors in this..i'll address them inline. Text below: Windows Server vs. Linux by Ellen Messmer June 8, 2010 — Which is better? Microsoft Windows Server or open-source Linux? This debate arouses vehement opinions, but...
Want to have an Iphone..it’s going to cost you a ton
The Iphone 4 is going to gobble video like there's no tomorrow..AT&T's response? Let's push everyone into high per/gigabyte overage buckets and rake in the cash. My question is...how long until folks wise up to the scam and drop their iphone plans altogether? ...
Major Security Issue With Adobe Products.
This problem is being actively used by the "bad guys" and wasn't found until it was being used to attack machines. There is no patch yet..and there's no easy way to get around this issue. The best thing you can do is delete the .dll file that causes this issue. in...
How to reduce the size of the sharepoint database
I logged into a client's machine today and saw this one sharepoint file was over 7 gigs in size. I am thinking this is one reason sharepoint has been pokey as of late. Some googling showed me that by default MS basically has the database in debug(which means every...
SSD versus Enterprise SAS and SATA disks – AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
SSD's are so fast that if you use more than one SSD(which you have to for ANY RAID) you may just hit a wall due to the RAID controllers not being fast enough to keep up. What's interesting is at one point they went to purely software RAID and saw the kind of speed...
The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ – AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News. I don't know why I didn't blog this last year. It's becoming more and more relevant though as folks start diving into SSD's without realizing the...
MS SBS is rapidly loosing its luster.
The times really are getting smaller and smaller. You really need to have 5 or more machines active. Running e-mail out of house can be done but it's not easy as exchange really wants to be the mail hub(which makes since as it IS a full featured mail server). The...
The $840 scam from Sprint
I had a horrid experience with Sprint lately. My current phone, a LG Rumor, has the tendency to power off instantly when it goes into standby. It's random in occurrence. I finally called up Sprint again and asked what's going on with the phone. Instead of the...
Social Media = Bad Corporate Security
Report: Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers. Especially with Mark Zukerberg(CEO of Facebook) calling his users obscene names and now being accused of securities fraud, this revelation isn't surprising. Right after the first series of Zuckerberg rants...
Terremark vCloud Express: First month « TechOpsGuys.com
Terremark vCloud Express: First month « TechOpsGuys.com. Oucies. That's horrendously expensive. I'm assuming he's getting great service..:) There are less expensive options out there...like mine..:)
DailyTech – Report: Facebook CEO Doesn’t Care About Privacy
From a corporate standpoint and security standpoint this should be the end of FB use. Wired reports that new information has surfaced that claims Zuckerberg just doesn't care about the privacy of Facebook users. The revelation came in the form of a Tweet...
It Turns out the “new” features of facebook are even worse than noted before
Your Mom’s Guide to Those Facebook Changes, and How to Block Them. It goes further than i noted in my previous post. Log into FB then you have a uber-tracking/login cookie following you around. Also other applications by friends can still leak your information even...
More Railing aginst a non-existent monopoly
He said that with 70 per cent of the US market for Internet search, Google is the gateway to the Internet. How it tweaks its proprietary search algorithms can ensure a business's success or doom it to failure. via Consumer group calls for google breakup - The...
Facebook Is Becoming More of a Security Issue
Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information | Electronic Frontier Foundation. Facebook is slowly making everything you do there public. Here's another step towards Facebook no longer giving you control over anything.
Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 go RTM..time for all your off 2003 and under users to move.
Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 go RTM.
More Facebook Hoaxes…This Time Farmville
Please folks. Please don't post these hoaxes. there is no virus for farmville. IF you get a popup that you don't normally see check YOUR system..it's not farmville. Call a professional to scan your system please.
Why does Google Chrome nail my cpu’s?
This is by design. Chrome is multi-threaded and will distribute all aspects of the site(especially audio and video) across of all of your cores it can. This leads to high intensity sites NOT getting slow or having issues provided your bandwidth holds up. I have...
Get Ready for Office 2010
Office 2010 is the typical Microsoft release. If you already have the previous edition of their office suite, upgrading is purely a choice of preference. If you are running older generations of Office it's really a good idea. If you are looking to purchase Office...
It’s time to move to Windows 7
Microsoft has put out a winner this time. I have been running Windows 7 since the first beta. It runs perfectly on my old 1.6 ghz celeron notebook with 2 gigs of ram. Vista on the same machine was a horrid experience(yes Vista is that bad). The conventional wisdom...