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Crave 51: Why robots shouldn't sing (podcast) Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:53PMThis week, robot lightsaber duels, emotion-sensing animatronic cat ears, and a robotic mouth that will haunt your nightmares.
EaseUS Partition Master 9.0.0 Coming Soon While Beta is Ready for Testing Now! Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:16PMNEW YORK, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EaseUS Software , a leading provider of storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions for Windows, announces today that its beta program of the latest version of EaseUS Partition Master 9.0.0 is ready for testers. EaseUS invites users to experience the new advanced features and this beta testing is valid until 30th July, 2011 and ...
Free hypervisor adds virtual machine cloning Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:54PMOracle released a new version of its free virtualization software, now offering an easy way to clone virtual machines (BMs).
Turn An Old Computer Into A Networked Backup, Streaming Or Torrenting Machine With FreeNAS Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:51PMAt its most basic, network attached storage, or NAS, is a great way to share files on your local network. But it’s also a perfect solution for backing up your computers, streaming media across your home network, or even torrenting files to a central server. If you have an ageing computer lying around, you can turn it into a NAS for for free with the open-source FreeNAS operating system. Here’s ...
Windows Phone gets server management tools Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:44PMFor the home or small business.
Linux: Secure as a Brick Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:18PMPeople who are familiar with me know that there are two things I’m not forgiving about. The first is backups, the second is security. If backups interest you, perhaps we can discuss it some other time. This time we’re going to discuss security. I’m going to outline in the following article some of the best practices I’ve learned along the years and help you “almost brick up, but not just yet” or ...
Panel PCs are environmentally sealed Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:54PMWinSystems announced a family of environmentally sealed panel PCs that feature Intel Atom N270 processors plus CompactFlash or hard disk storage.
Windows Phone gets Windows Home Server integration with new app Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:24PMMicrosoft has announced a new app that will appeal to Windows Phone users who happen to also use Windows Home Server 2011 - and has given it the longest name it possibly could. The Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector app effectively integrates Windows Phone with Windows Home Server and offers access to files and data stored on the server right through the phone. Read the full story here.
Remotely Manage Servers with Windows Phone 7 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:54AMMicrosoft releases solutions for adminstering Windows Servers from Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft fait communiquer WP7 et Windows Home Server Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:24AMLes possesseurs de smartphones Windows Phone 7 disposent désormais d'une application dédiée à la gestion à distance d'un serveur domestique ou professionnel équipé du système Windows Home Server. A [...]
Microsoft integrates WP7 and Window Home Server Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:04AMRemotely manage and access your own server
12.1-inch netbook runs Ubuntu on dual-core Atom Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:24PMAsus released a netbook that comes with an unusually large 12.1-inch screen and -- at least in some markets -- Ubuntu Linux.
Microsoft releases apps to hook up Windows Phone with Windows Home Server 2011 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:54PMThe Windows Home Server team on Friday announced the final release of Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector, an add-in utility that lets users turn their Windows phone into a remote Windows Home Server 2011 management terminal or media streamer.
How to Stream Your Media from Home to Your Phone Anywhere You Go with Plex [Video] Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:29AM# streamingmedia Your smartphone is great for catching up on your favorite TV show on your commute or watching that movie you'd been meaning to get to, but there's one pesky detail that often gets in the way: you have to remember to do a time-consuming sync beforehand; if you don't, you're out of luck. Here's how to stream any media from your home computer (Windows or Mac) to your smartphone ...
Youngstown Village Diner: Tasty food, river view Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:03AMYOUNGSTOWN -- Nestled between shops on Main Street in Youngstown, the quaint Youngstown Village Diner sits as a picture-perfect nook to grab breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Worldwide PC shipments increase 2.3% in 2Q11, says Gartner Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:31AMWorldwide PC shipments surpassed 85.2 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 2.3% increase from the same period last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner. These results are below Gartner's earlier projection for 6.7 % growth.
How To Set Up A File-Syncing Dropbox Clone You Control Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:51PMFile syncing is a godsend when you work on multiple computers or devices and want to make sure you have the most up-to-date files wherever you log in. While online services like Dropbox may be the most convenient options, there are plenty of reasons you may want to “roll your own cloud” and sync your files to your own web server or just on your local network. Below, we’ll detail how to set up a ...
Flash Player 11 beta returns to 64-bit Linux Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:39PMAdobe has released a beta of Flash Player 11, touting 64-bit support across Windows, Mac OS, and -- after a year-long hiatus -- Linux.
Eval kit supports COM Express Type 6 development Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:09PMKontron announced a "Starterkit" evaluation platform for COM Express Type 6 modules.
How to Set Up a File-Syncing Dropbox Clone You Control [File Syncing] Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:29AM# filesyncing File syncing is a godsend when you work on multiple computers or devices and want to make sure you have the most up-to-date files wherever you log in. While online services like Dropbox may be the most convenient options, there are plenty of reasons you may want to "roll your own cloud" and sync your files to your own web server or just on your local network. Below, we'll detail ...
TRAVEL: Tour a nuclear reactor that's a national landmark Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:57PMIDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- The Idaho National Laboratory, one of the nation's first nuclear research labs, was built deep in a vast desert for a reason. Its founders wanted isolation as they experimented with the new technology of splitting atoms.
Bouncer Tries to Sort Out the Crowd at Churchill Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:04PMIt took me a long time to figure out why Winston Churchill was not re-elected in 1945, after World War II. It is hard to imagine something like that happening these days: A strong public figure leads his nation through its finest hour, only to be defeated by someone from the opposing party when a...
Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference Previews Upcoming Hardware Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:49PMWhile much of today’s keynote on the second day of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference was about some pretty dry subjects, mainly targeting the enterprise market space, some time was taken show off some of the hardware that will be sporting … Continue reading → Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference Previews Upcoming Hardware is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle ...
Patent pile-on may pose serious threat to Android Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:54PMGoogle's Android operating system could face new legal attacks from Microsoft and Apple, now that their "Rockstar Bidco LP" consortium has won court permission to purchase Nortel Networks' patent portfolio.
Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:36PMAntiSec hackers release data on the consulting firm that mirrors an attack on HBGary Federal earlier this year.
A Hassle-Free Approach To Making Your Windows PC Adapt To Your Environment Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:06PMYour laptop follows you wherever you go, and so do all your settings. When you move locations you don’t always want the same network configuration, default printer, security settings, file sharing options, and so on. Adapting to a new environment doesn’t have to be a constant annoyance. Here’s how to do it painlessly on a Windows notebook. (more…)
Three great little Squirrelmail plugins and how to install them Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:14PMMarco Fioretti lists his three favorite Squirrelmail plugins fore both convenience and security and tells you how to install them.
ViON Chooses Epicor Distribution Software for Centralized ERP System Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:58AMIRVINE, Calif./Washington July 11, 2011 -- Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced that ViON Corporation , a specialist in designing, delivering and maintaining storage...
A Hassle-Free Approach to Making Your Windows PC Adapt to Your Environment [Automation] Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:14AM# automation Your laptop follows you wherever you go, and so do all your settings. When you move locations you don't always want the same network configuration, default printer, security settings, file sharing options, and so on. Adapting to a new environment doesn't have to be a constant annoyance. Here's how to do it painlessly. More »
I, 40 - Family put waiters feet to fire Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:33AMWhen my family travels to West Virginia, we just roll down our windows and toss change to the poor folks along the highway. Scratch that. Apparently, those folks are toll booth operators.
You've Got To Check Out ChatO Brasserie Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:42PMChatO Brasserie is a new restaurant located at 200 Manufacturers Road (Renaissance Park), across from Foodworks and behind Keller Williams Realty. ChatO describes the restaurant as “New American with an upscale yet casual setting”.
Microsoft's 'Aurora' hybrid cloud server is available, but Office 365 add-on not until fall Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:17PMMicrosoft's hybrid cloud/on-premises server for small business is available as of this week. But the Office 365 cloud component won't really be usable until this fall.
Ballmer, Branson Headline Microsoft's Partner Conference Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:46PMWindows Phone, cloud and office product updates on tap from Microsoft.
HOME PAGE Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:36PMNews and events in your neighborhood
Dining Review: A welcome taste of Italian in Cooper-Young Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:00PMThe general intersection of Cooper and Young is a culinary cluster, and in the best way. Throw a stone and you could hit a plate of sea bass, a pitcher of margaritas, a California roll, a bowl of Low Country shrimp and grits, even vegetarian fare, hand-cut fries and lattés.
Mini-ITX board uses Via's Nano X2 E-Series CPU Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:09PMVia Technologies announced a Mini-ITX board using its dual-core Nano X2 E-Series processor. The Epia-M900 accepts up to 8GB of RAM, has VGA and HDMI video outputs, includes both PCI and PCI Express x16 expansion slots, and offers both S/PDIF and analog audio outputs, according to the company.
PCI Express 3.0 debuts on ATX motherboard Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:39PMMSI announced what it says is the world's first motherboard to offer PCI Express 3.0 expansion, for bandwidth up to 32GB/sec. The "Z68A-GD80" accepts "Sandy Bridge" Core processors, has seven expansion slots, includes 6Gb/sec.
Improve Network Security with Open Source Monowall: Part 2 Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:48AMPart 2 of our series on Monowall, an open source firewall, focuses on using it to set up secure remote access.
IETF considers IPv6 for home networking Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:46AMIDG News Service - The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes.
Mini-ITX board taps dual-core 1.8GHz Atom Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:09PMAxiomtek announced an "industrial-grade" Mini-ITX motherboard equipped with a dual-core Intel Atom D525 or single-core D425, either clocked to 1.8GHz.
Qualcomm roadmap reveals quad-core, 2.5GHz ARM CPU Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:39PMNew details have emerged about Qualcomm processors that will run the ARM version of Microsoft's Windows 8 -- and are also likely to run Android and Windows Phone 7. The MSM8960 will include dual "Krait" cores clocked at up to 1.7GHz; the MSM8930 offers the same but with a 1.2GHz maximum and simpler graphics; and the MSM8974 will have quad cores clocked up to 2.5GHz, according to a ...
Schaffer censure tabled Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:10PMAlthough the St. Francis City Council was expected to discuss censuring Councilmember LeRoy Schaffer at its meeting Tuesday, the issue has been tabled.
Virtualised desktops: provisioning done the MS way Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:22AMTwo paths to IT happiness A virtualised desktop offers huge advantages, both to the user and to the IT department.…
Cormier is a 'man with no remorse,' victim says Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:07AMFollowing the conviction of her tormenter, the New Brunswick woman kidnapped at knifepoint by Romeo Cormier said she's thankful she can finally put the entire episode behind her.
Sarasota woman accused of animal cruelty Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:15AMA 28-year-old Sarasota woman is accused of confining her 8-month-old pit bull in a plastic doghouse
Stratus Technologies Avance Software Now Delivers Uptime Assurance to X86 Servers From the Four Market Leaders Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:48AMStratus Signs First IBM Reseller, Sumisho Computer Systems, to Provide Japanese Businesses and Organizations With High-Availability Computing
Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.3 Now Available Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:00AMREDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - 07/06/11) - Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL - News ) News Facts Continuing to enhance its desktop virtualization portfolio, Oracle today announced Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 3.3. Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.3 features an enhanced administration portal with role based access control; introduces Oracle Linux as a supported host platform; and ...
Febooti Software Releases Automation Workshop, a New Business Process Automation Solution Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 6:15AMAfter five years of R&D and three years of close cooperation with a growing customer base, Febooti Software has released version 1.0 of Automation Workshop, a business process automation solution for Microsoft Windows, reaching a fundamental milestone in its functionality, reliability and customer services.Latvia, Europe (PRWEB) July 06, 2011 Febooti Software is announcing the release of version ...
New Imperio Android App Provides ‘Everyone’ the Ability to Enjoy Access to PC’s Remotely from Phone or Tablet Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:04AMA new app launches today, named after the "Imperius Curse" from the popular Harry Potter films - one of the three "unforgivable curses", as it allows the caster to control another person remotely. "Imperio" for Android phones and tablets lets you wake up and control your PC from anywhere in the world, with an interface so simple even a Muggle could figure it out... ...
Boozy downtown damage ignites judge’s wrath Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:18PMOnly mother's courtroom presence keeps young vandal from spending a summer in jail