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- Long-term Mozy for Mac review
- Sad to read thisI have not found a "cloud" solution to backup either.I tried Backblaze, but the 1 month for the initial backup was not for me. Then, when I UNinstalled it, I was shocked to find a bit of it running on my iMac over 3 months later.The problem...
- Tags: Backups, Desktops, backup, Mozy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, online backup
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.
- fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...
- Tags: Storage, Mac ZFS, Actualy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, NetApp Inc., ZFS, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- 4 reasons NOT to upgrade to Snow Leopard today
- AV software is not compatible.For companies and universities that use NAC, there are little to no AV products that are compatible. Prior to SnowLeopard, there were McAfee and Symantec/Norton. Right now about nothing works, screwing the NAC policies for folks.Oh wait, Mac's dont get viruses. LOL ...
- Tags: Scanners, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, AV Software, Disk Utility, operating system, Robin, Snow Leopard, hardware, scanner, Time Machine, Apple Macintosh, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Snow Leopard fixes disk capacity bug
- a step backwardsI guess people can't deal with the truth.Well, it's nice to know nothing is missing.True the world todayForget educating people, change the answer to accommodate their ignorance. Then label it as fixing a bug;-)not a bugmeh.What is Truth, grasshopper?Both measurements are correct. One is simply more understandable by...
- Tags: disk capacity bug, Swahili, Snow Leopard, Robin, Base 2
- Discussion threads 2009-08-30
- Cut. Scan. Read.
- Cut. Scan. Read.i dunno man.there's something about destroying books that makes me queasy. i know you're not destroying the information... but it's a visceral response, i guess.My biggest issueRight now when I fly, or when the power goes out, I have a book in my lap, reading comfortably by natural...
- Tags: natural light, eInk
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Bing is not alone; similar techniques alive and well in existing vertical search
- Microsoft's Bing is attracting plenty of interest today, and perhaps deservedly so as it brings some interesting fresh ideas to the world of generic search engines. Whether it is sufficiently compelling to break our deeply ingrained association of 'search' with 'Google' remains to be seen. It should...
- Tags: Endeca Technologies Inc., Technique, Robin, Podcasts, Productivity, Search, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arrays
- RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arraysDroboSo.. the article says not use use RAID 5 - then recommends that the consumer buys a box Drobo - which essentially just operates as a RAID 5 array when its full???? (put in 4 x 1 TB disks and get 3...
- Tags: Storage, Robin, RAID, RAID 5
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Inside a Microsoft data center
- Inside a Microsoft data centerWow, on topic AND not brimming with anti-MS FUD!Will wonders ever cease? Good job Robin.Don't blame me. . . .My brand new Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 v.1 wouldn't let me!Other than that, love the keyboard.Cheers,RobinIs that all it takes?Are you saying that for a...
- Tags: Keyboards, Data centers, Robin, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft data center, keyboard, data center
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Start your company with a credit card and a cloud
- Start your company with a credit card and a cloudThis is a joke, right?"Whip out your credit card, load and go - on a cloud-powered data center."Do you have [b]any idea[/b] what's happening with the economy right now?You'll be lucky if the credit card company allows you to put $0.02...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, credit card, debit card
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Dissecting Apple's new eight hour battery
- Dissecting Apple's new eight hour batteryHard to say, time will tell...From my own experience, it's rare that I go more than an hour or two on battery. I guess for students who might use their machines around campus through the course of the day. Though they'd probably opt for the...
- Tags: Engineering, Robin, battery, hour battery, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- Techies choose Obama - by a landslide
- Techies choose Obama - by a landslideGee...Robin posts a full-page Obama AD.And after Obama is done raping us with all of his tax increases, exactly how will any of these things be paid for?Aside from a few good policy positions meaningless talk Obama would be a disaster for our nation...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Robin, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-10-05
- Notebook SSDs disappoint
- Notebook SSDs disappointEee PC - OS makes a differenceOne of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off...
- Tags: Notebooks, performance data, failure rate, SSD, Notebook SSD, Thanks Robin, notebook, Eee PC, hard drive, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Build a SuperZune!
- Build a SuperZune!ThanksFor wasting my time with something so stupid.Where Can I Buy One...?Should have saved this little tome for April 1st! ;-)Well......there went 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back.FunnyNow, if he had actually hacked the iPod to work with the Zune screen and controller I would...
- Tags: Robin, SuperZune
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Making unnecessary choices
- Robin Harris' post on whether flash memory will ever replace disk? got me thinking about the false dichotomies we often see in IT. Robin's answer is "never." He's right, because that's the wrong question. The flash vs. drives question reminds me of the wi-fi vs fiber...
- Tags: Disk, Fiber, Robin, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Wireless, Networking, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Study: speciality IP telephony management tools best for enterprise VoIP costs
- In Network World, Nemertes Research executive vice president and senior founding partner Robin Gareiss provides highlights of a study that quantifies the cost savings of specialty IP telephony management tools for enterprises that are deploying VoIP."What we have found, " Robin writes, "is companies that buy specialty IP telephony management...
- Tags: Enterprise IP/VoIP
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Big impact lessons in email protection
- Big impact lessons in email protectionBenefits of email archivingRobin's observations are spot-on and highlight a common thread that we are seeing in email archiving today – your system is only as good as the people managing it. Human error always has the potential to sabotage the best laid implementation...
- Tags: Robin, trusted vendor, e-mail archiving, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- Solving the computing problem in education
- Ever since my daughter Robin was born, I've been covering education technology. It has been a history of failure.Back when Windows was rendering everything obsolete every three years, technology coordinators in education were dead men or women walking. As soon as they got systems ready for training teachers, the systems...
- Tags: Open Country
- Blog posts 2006-06-12
- On drafting insects
- On drafting insectsJust CreepyAlthough they might be easy to spot (HEY, that moth ISN'T flying into the light!). I wonder how much they would cost . . . Spending thousands on a beetle that gets snagged by a dive-bombing Robin - just to see the inside of a Robin's belly,...
- Tags: Robin
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- Alien Racer 1 (Windows)
- Race against hover boarding aliens in this futuristic game. Avoid the fire balls, mount the turbo pads and watch your alien perform tricks as you collect the gold rings. Features 3 play modes - race, arcade, and time trial.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Alien, Robin, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-01-30
- Yahtzee 123 1 (Windows)
- A 3D computer version of the classic dice game Yahtzee. Roll key combinations to achieve the highest scores. Featuring real physics, a clean interface and a high score list, this game will have you hooked.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Robin, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2005-12-28
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