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Microsoft preps StartKey: A 'Windows companion' on a USB stick

Microsoft preps StartKey: A 'Windows companion' on a USB stickRE: Its not an OS on a stick......So it doesn't have stand alone functionality. It will always depend on finding a computer with Windows. Sounds more like a gimmick than a tool. As for KDE, you do know...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Portable Apps, Scandisk, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows companion, StartKey, OS-on-a-stick, KDE, Microsoft Corp., desktop

Discussion threads 2008-03-02

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Apple plugs Airport Extreme Base Station firmware flaw

Apple plugs Airport Extreme Base Station firmware flawWhen do you guys get to use your Apple stuff?It seems to me that you have to spend all of your time patching it. Doesn't Apple test stuff before they stick the big price tag on it? :(RE: Apple plugs Airport Extreme Base...

Tags: Workstations, Airport Extreme Base Station firmware flaw, firmware flaw, Apple Inc., AirPort Extreme Base Station, firmware

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

The+SSD+failure+debate

The+SSD+failure+debateMost SSD doom and gloom writers seem uninformedThey know one thing - that NAND and NOR have erase cycle endurance limitations. Then, they create a whole doom and gloom campaign around that one limitation. It's irresponsible technical journalism. Not only are SSD's super reliable, they are are future...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Notebooks, Storage, SSD

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

XP Disk Cleaner (exe)

XP Disk Cleaner will target these specific types of files which are missed by common disk utilities like Defrag, Scandisk, Uninstaller. It is a powerful tool for cleaning disks from information that clogs your system and reduces the performance of your computer. With the help of this tool you can...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Software downloads 2008-01-16

Data-center worker sabotages Calif. power grid

Data-center worker sabotages Calif. power gridThat data center was outsourced - wonder who to?IBM used to manage that data center in Folsom. The contract was re-bid in 2005, but I did not hear who won it. I guess that winner is the employer who the worker was mad at.Moral of...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, Adobe PDF, Data-center worker, data center, computer specialist, grid

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Tech Shakedown #10: Windows Media Player's error dialog road to nowhere

Tech Shakedown #10: Windows Media Player's error dialog road to nowhereLOL, when is volume not volumeYou are thinking it is the sound volume of a file, but they are actually saying the disk volume the file is located on. Google solved this one.http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/w2000Msgs/3801.mspxSo, is this a corrupted file or...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Tech Shakedown, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media, media player, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Windows Vista SP1 gallery (Sneak preview of Windows Vista SP1)

Windows Vista SP1 gallery (Sneak preview of Windows Vista SP1)Note for next time, use GIF or PNG for screenshots, NOT JPG! ...RE: Windows Vista SP1 gallery (Sneak preview of Windows Vista SP1)you can remove the search yourself by right clicking the start button in taskbar and go to properties then...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista SP1 gallery, Sneak Preview, gallery, SP1

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Data corruption is worse than you know

Data corruption is worse than you knowOpportunity for software designers, maybe ...Maybe this is an opportunity for software designers to create and implement data integrity applications similar to the rise of security applications that are all the rage today. By and large, most software today does not have any data...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, data integrity, software, virus, Unix, server, disk, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

My 7-step Windows Vista reliability action plan

My 7-step Windows Vista reliability action planA bit over the topYour article implies that you have to go to extraodinary lengths to run Vista reliably. Nothing could be farther from the truth. While many of your steps are valid ways to improve the experience you are setting a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware, PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

How Microsoft puts your data at risk

How Microsoft puts your data at riskYawnTalk about troll FUD.As a computer user since the 60s, all that has happened is that both hardware and software have become more reliable. You manage to mention NTFS disparagingly even when it outperforms the other file system and with FAT32 is the...

Tags: ZFS, file system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

High Capacity version of Secure Digital to revolutionize video cameras

High Capacity version of Secure Digital to revolutionize video camerasI wonder the quality of SC-HMX10Will it record Internet-ready H264 at around 4-6mbit/s using a very advanced variable bitrate encoding chip? Or will it only do a 11mbit/s type of bitrate?I'd like to see some clips to see the quality of...

Tags: Corporate communications, camera, video, SD card, video camera

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

Perfect for the holidays: The blue screen of hive death

Perfect for the holidays: The blue screen of hive deathOne possible fix.....Though I haven't seen the specific error message they usually flahs by to quickly upon rebooting, I have had similiar situations where power was interuptted or some other unclean shutdown.Here's what I do: I reinstall a clean copy of...

Tags: Backups, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Voska, system restore, hive death, backup, CD, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-12-18

Apple releases Mac OS X security update

Apple releases Mac OS X security updateif it's only for versions 10.4 or later I guess...I needn't worry if I'm running an earlier version of OS X. also, doesn't look like any further patches for their wireless cards.gnu/linux...giving choice to the neX(!!)t generation.p.s.s. finally I'm the first to post. :-)Thanks...

Tags: Modems, Security administration, Desktops, Patches, Operating systems, Improves Apple File Sharing, Apple Inc., Third-party Resolves, Apple Macintosh, external Apple USB Modem, Improves Express Card, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

Windows Desktop Search 3.0 beta 2 released

Windows Desktop Search 3.0 beta 2 releasedYou mean like'grep'?[You can use this search engine to index a program's content and to obtain instant results when you search within a particular program.]I guess I just don't generate enough documents as I don't see any value in this.No Network indexingLooks like I...

Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Grep, Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta, Windows Desktop Search 3.0 beta 2, Windows Desktop Search 3.0

Discussion threads 2006-08-23

McAfee fixes flaw--without realizing it

McAfee fixes flaw--without realizing itThere's an old sayingin engineering:When something doesn't work and you don't know why, you have a problem.When something [b]does[/b] work and you don't know why, you have a disaster.Not SurprizingI had used there software when I was under Time Warner-AOL who gives this to customer as...

Tags: flaw, McAfee Inc., America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

Hard Drive Crash: Crawl into a bottle? Or a USB enclosure?

Hard Drive Crash: Crawl into a bottle? Or a USB enclosure?Don't torture yourselfFollow Yagotta's advice for booting up Knoppix and mounting the drive so you can raw copy it to another drive--and be done with it! ;)Oh the Humanity!Here's what I didUSB access to hard drives at a low level...

Tags: hard drive, USB, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2006-06-16

Welcome to my defrag-safe mode hell

Welcome to my defrag-safe mode hellMethinks his drive is shotIBM sold out to Hitachi. The sound David described is close to what I heard when a drive in a Compaq Evo POS I was using was about to die. I was lucky - was able to do a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, xpSP2, service pack

Discussion threads 2006-06-15

Flobo CHK identifier (rar)

One of the problems running scandisk is that if it finds FAT chains or MFT records without any corresponding files, it creates its own set of files, typically in the format File0001.chk file0002.chk etc in the folder named FOUND. When there are only a few files it is possible to...

Tags: Nightmare

Software downloads 2006-04-10

The best Wintel how to advice? Get a Mac

The best Wintel how to advice? Get a MacOuchZDnet is saying get a Mac? Boy, that's gonna hurt some feelings in the Northwest. But it's true, of course.Like a growing number of IT professionals I can no longer recommend Windows for home computer owners. They buy their new...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Apple Macintosh, computer, Wintel, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-09-12

Nucleus Kernel FAT (exe)

Nucleus Kernel FAT recovers data from deleted, formatted, damaged, or corrupted FAT partitions. Easy Recovery after partition loss, boot sector corruption or any other type of file system corruption or after using fdisk or scandisk programs. Hard Drive Data Recovery Software supports FAT16, and FAT32 partitions on Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP.

Tags: File System, Boot Sector, Nucleus Technologies LLC., Kernel, Nucleus Kernel FAT

Software downloads 2005-08-29