Scribd isn’t Flickr. Sure, they’re both similar: both are social “web 2.0″ websites established on the principle that people love to share stuff, both let you tag and group objects, both give you unlimited space, and both are great examples of the internet being put to good use. And, let’s not forget, both seem to [...]
Archive for 2007
Scribd Isn’t Flickr…
Published by December 12th, 2007 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Reviews, Software 5 CommentsMicrosoft’s .NET-Powered Windows Live Writer
Published by December 11th, 2007 in Microsoft, Programming, Software, Windows 20 CommentsBelieve it or not, Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer is important in more ways than one. To most PC users, Windows Live Writer is simply the best tool that gets the “job” done. More importantly is how “job” is defined though, because WLW does things quite well and quite thorough.
Windows Live Writer has a huge range [...]
Are you Still Manually Approving Online Sales? Don’t!
Published by December 9th, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Programming, Software 1 CommentThe whole point of the online sales revolution, and as a direct result, the growth of companies like Amazon, eBay, and dozens of smaller sites like Newegg and ZipZoomFly, is to take advantage of the benefits brought by technology to the retail industry. These advantages include less overhead costs, fewer employees, constant availability, and instantaneous [...]
Vista’s Purple Screen of Death
Published by December 3rd, 2007 in Design, Software, Windows 29 CommentsWe’ve all heard of (and, quite unfortunately, experienced) the infamous Blue Screen of Death. Some of us who tested the earlier Windows Vista beta builds had the unique experience of trying out the Red of Screen Death, which occurred when the bootloader experienced an un-handled exception (we experienced more than our fair share of these [...]
Gutsy Gibbon and Really Slow Internet
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Linux, Operating Systems, Reviews, Software 28 CommentsLast month, Canonical Ltd. released the newest update to their extremely popular Ubuntu: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)… But it hasn’t been all fun and games, as thousands of irate users will tell you… If you search the web, the blogosphere, usenet, and the Ubuntu Support Forums for slow internet problems, you’ll get more than [...]
Why Skype for Windows Mobile Sucks… On Purpose!
Published by November 22nd, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Software, Windows 36 CommentsSkype is a great and most-useful program, and undoubtedly one of the revolutionizing services in the world of online communication. Windows Mobile (both versions 5 and 6) is an awesome examples of mobile productivity and portable office that fits in your pocket. But unfortunately, the two just don’t mix… not at all. Skype for Windows [...]
Windows Vista SP1 RC1, Server 2008 Nov. CTP Released to Testers
Published by November 15th, 2007 in Microsoft, Software, Windows 5 CommentsMicrosoft [[MSFT]] has just released another version of its most-eagerly anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, labeled as Release Candidate 1; along with another build of Windows Server 2008: the November CTP. Both releases are available to official testers from Microsoft Connect.
This is the third SP1 release made “available” to the public, starting with [...]
Microsoft FastCGI Updated – But Should You Upgrade?
Published by November 15th, 2007 in Microsoft, Reviews, Software, Windows 2 CommentsWe previously covered the final release of the IIS FastCGI module, jointly developed between Microsoft and Zend… But just this week, Microsoft [[MSFT]] announced the availability of the RTM of the IIS FastCGI module.
So what’s going on? We’ve downloaded the current release (which, by the way, is not compatible with the old one, you must uninstall [...]
Proper Shell Scripting on Windows Servers with Perl
Published by November 13th, 2007 in Guides, Hacking, Linux, Macintosh, Operating Systems, Programming, Software 5 CommentsFact: Shell scripting is a must for any serious IT admin managing a server. From automating backups to checking logs and keeping server performance and load in check, scripting is a must.
Fact: Shell scripting on Windows sucks. ((Hopefully Monad (Microsoft Power Shell) will provide a solution, but so far the results are mixed; and [...]
EasyBCD 1.7.1 Released!
Published by November 12th, 2007 in NeoSmart Technologies, Software, Windows 5 Comments EasyBCD 1.7.1 has just hit the press, our caching engines have been activated, and we’re ready for you to come and get it!
EasyBCD 1.7.1 is a bugfix build that fixes a couple of bugs and improves some other aspects of the program:
Compatible with the new Wubi Gutsy Gibbon releases.
EasyBCD now warns users [...]
