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How-to: Install boxee and XBMC on the Apple TV

How-to: Install boxee and XBMC on the Apple TVOr Spend the extra money on a Mac MiniThat's what I did and I love it. I went Plex though as it seems a little more mature and is VERY girlfriend friendly.I think Boxee is the future but it is not...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, XBMC, Plex, How-To, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TV

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

How-to: Enable Emoji on your iPhone

How-to: Enable Emoji on your iPhoneonly for iPhonersThis is really fun. Just be careful to only send Emoji text messages to those of us in the secret society of iPhone users. Emoji text messages sent to others may result in blank text messages and/or no message received at...

Tags: Emoji, Apple iPhone, How-To

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

How-to: Restore Visual Voicemail after iPhone tethering hack

How-to: Restore Visual Voicemail after iPhone tethering hackThere is an easier way..Just go to Settings--General-Network-Cellular Data Network.Then change the APN under Visual Voicemail to acds.voicemail. Problem solved! Tethering still works.This is truly pathetic.I have been tethering a cell phone ever since I got my first Motorola StarTac in 1996! And...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

How-to: Sync subscribed calendars OTA in iPhone 3.0

How-to: Sync subscribed calendars OTA in iPhone 3.0alternate subscription processYou can also just email the webcal address to youself (webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/UK32Holidays.ics for instance), open the email on your iphone and click the link. Your phone will ask if you want to subscribe to the selected calendar. Say yes and you're there.Thanks...

Tags: E-mail, Apple iPhone, How-To, iPhone 3.0, OTA

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

How-to: Enable tethering under iPhone 3.0 right now

How-to: Enable tethering under iPhone 3.0 right nowIphone Tethering on ATTI thought apple clamped down on this option with the latest release of iTunes. And do Push Notifications and Visual Voice Mail now work properly with this hack? Previously in the beta's of 3.0 you could not use visual voicemail...

Tags: 3G, Backups, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3.0, How-To, ATT

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

How-to: upgrading the SSD in your Dell Mini 9

How-to: upgrading the SSD in your Dell Mini 9Dell "Mac" MiniI ordered a Dell 9" Mini for the sole reason of doing the "hackintosh" setup.I followed the tutorials over at MyDellMini.com and was able to successfully and easily install Mac OSX 10.5 with out any problems. I used an external...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Mini 9, How-To, SSD, Mini

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with Ikea

How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with IkeaDIYI used to have a voltage 110 to 220V convertor housed in a cocoa box, the guy who DIY-ed for me forgot to wash the box, so everytime the convertor got hot, that's every time, I got the nice cocoa smell all...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, DIY NAS device, NAS, How-To, IKEA

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

How-to: Getting started with .VHD files in Windows 7

How-to: Getting started with .VHD files in Windows 7Native or still virtual?If you use this method, is the OS being ran natively then or still in a virtual environment?More helpfull info....1. Vista/Win7 system backups are kept in VHD files, great for P2V conversions and accessing backups without going through the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), desktop virtualization, Microsoft Windows, VHD, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

How-to: Burn your Windows 7 .ISO to DVD disc

How-to: Burn your Windows 7 .ISO to DVD discSome other minor suggestions.....1. If you aren't Familiar with Image Burn, make sure Windows Media Player, iTunes, Zume Player, Rozio, Nero or any other program capable of burning DVD/CD's is closed otherwise when Image Burn tries to lock the DVD-RW drive for...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, ISO, disc, How-To, Microsoft Windows, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

Additional Resources

Will business users get onboard with the Verizon Droid? [podcast]

The Verizon Droid launches Nov. 6 amid a lot of hype and anticipation. It's also being aimed at business users. We discuss how it measures up. by Jason Hiner

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Business User, Podcasts, Internet, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-11-05

HP: How about your own personal smart grid for your data center?

HP combines data center energy management portfolio into real-time "smart grid" solution. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Smart System Informer 2.1 (Windows)

How do you get the PC features quickly? You may surely use special tab or panel, but the data will be located in different places. Smart System Informer will make it for you swiftly. Specific information includes computer ID, processor, BIOS, memory, disks, video, motherboard, monitor and other. This information...

Tags: Performance, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Computer, Smart PC Solutions, BIOS, Performance Management, Productivity, Flash Memory, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked

We've already seen a prototype of Microsoft's Courier, the company's hush-hush multitouch tablet PC. Now more information has leaked about how its touch interface functions. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Short clip: American Airlines social media experiment

Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines describes how the company is embracing Twitter and Facebook, and how these social networking tools are benefiting interactions with customers.

Tags: American Airlines, Social Media, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Videos 2009-11-04

Gallery: The past and future of MSN

Microsoft reveals its MSN's 2009 redesign, which features a new logo and new look with fewer links and more videos and images. See how it has evolved over the past 13 years. by Andy Smith

Tags: MSN, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andy Smith, CNET

Image galleries 2009-11-04

Malwarebytes accuses rival of software theft

Sooo, how do you sue China?You don't. They don't have much use for patents

Tags: Malwarebytes, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Aster Data architects application logic with data for speeded-up analytics processing en masse

So it's BitBlt for large scale apps ;)?Remember BitBlt? Kinda did the same thing, except for sprites on a PC.Ah, how all of old stuff becomes new again.

Tags: Financial Planning, analytics

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Blackboard embraces and extends into open source movement

Oh BlackboardHow I loathe the...

Tags: open source movement, open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Blackboard embraces and extends into open source movement

Anyone seeking a case study of how a proprietary software company can "embrace and extend" itself into the open source world should stop thinking Microsoft and start thinking Blackboard. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source Movement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-02

BOINC 6.10.17 (Mac)

BOINC is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources. Many different projects can use BOINC. Projects are independent; each one operates its own servers and databases. Participants can participate in multiple projects; they control which projects they participate in, and how their resources are divided among these...

Tags: Project, Apple Macintosh, University Of California At Berkeley, BOINC, Projects, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Network Technology, Management, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-30