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XBMC based Home Entertainment System
Next to computer gaming, my next greatest passion is definitely watching movies and shows. My wife and I watch something every evening for family time together, and we have a slew of shows we follow. So it should not be … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Films & TV, Information Technology
Tagged Apple, Tivo, XBMC
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Siri should not be the deciding feature to upgrade to iPhone 4S
The iPhone 4S has been out three months now (has it only been that long?) and I’m still seeing and hearing questions from individuals whether they should upgrade to the iPhone 4S from an older version of the iPhone. Or … Continue reading
Why the decline in Android sales?
I don’t have any more of a granular view into the cellular handset market than the next guy, but what I do have is what I consider to be the average user understanding and desire. After all, I’m one of … Continue reading
Gigabit wireless represents the beginning of the end for wired networks
We’ve known this day would eventually come, but the anticipation is finally nearly over. The first Gigabit wireless chipsets were announced at CES yesterday, and they represent the beginning of the end for wired networks. Moreover, with the eventual widespread … Continue reading
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Federal plan to consolidate data centers is an expensive gambit
I have two colleagues that are deeply involved in the DoD aspect of this overall Data Center consolidation effort, both of whom laughed when I mentioned this article. I’ve been involved myself in a more limited fashion during specific periods … Continue reading
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Microsoft sues a retailer for something every home user can do?
Seriously? How is creation of restore disks — an activity WINDOWS itself helps you do for free — copyright infringement? I hate the fact that OEMs have gotten away from deliverying physical restore media with new hardware, and instead are … Continue reading
And you can be certain a lot more deserve it
With so many liberals, labor activists and other assorted whack jobs acting so despicably lately I’d all but forgotten the last instance of union violence. Normally I’d pass on commenting about this sort of thing on my blog, but in … Continue reading
Backups as important as computer security
If you work in the IT industry you’re undoubtedly already aware of this, but if you have even the remotest position in the IT Industry you become the IT guy for your entire family. Not just your immediate family, taking … Continue reading
Posted in Howto, Information Technology
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Hardware manufacturers and gaming industry in cahoots
In my experience the gaming industry tends to drive most of the computer upgrades for home users. In fact I’d go so far as to say if it weren’t for the gaming industry the computer hardware industry would see about … Continue reading
Apple’s Security Chief to step down
So after three (is it?) lost IPhone prototypes, and a controversy a mile-wide regarding an attempted effort to recover one of them, Apple’s security chief John Theriault is finally “stepping down“. It’s not really his fault that a handful of … Continue reading
Installing VMWare Tools in Linux Guest
I’m a big supporter of desktop virtualization, and have posted before how to use VMWare Player to install and test other Operating Systems. However, along with installation of a guest Operating System you will also generally want to install VMWare … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Linux, Operating Systems, Virtualization, VMWare
Tagged foss, Linux, LinuxMint, Tools, VMWare
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Upgrading can be such a hard thing to do
Excellent article about upgrading to a new version of Linux. But even though you’d think the problem might be more difficult on a Linux or Unix system, it’s actually more difficult on a Windows system where you don’t generally have … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Linux, Operating Systems, Windows
Tagged foss, Linux, Windows
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How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists?
This is the kind of open-ended discussion I truly love to see and on a topic I care deeply about. Originally posted HERE, a Slashdot reader asked a candid question about how Open Source (free) software is treated in the … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Linux, Operating Systems
Tagged CENTOS, GPL, Linux, Red Hat
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Adding desktop shortcuts problematic in Unity
I’ve been using UBuntu 11.10 for a week or so now but hadn’t really had an opportunity to poke around much yet. That began to change yesterday when oddly enough I wanted to add a couple shortcuts to my desktop. … Continue reading
Posted in Howto, Information Technology, Linux, Operating Systems
Tagged Desktop, Gnome-Panel, Shortcuts, Ubuntu, Unity
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Microsoft, Windows 8, and the UEFI controversy
I’ve been following the “Windows 8″ UEFI controversy for a few weeks now and remain as concerned today about it’s impact on the average user who might wish to try Linux as I was then. As is to be expected, … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Linux, Operating Systems, Windows
Tagged Microsoft, Open Source, UEFI, WIndows 8
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