After last year's compilations of green IT suggestions, this year I wanted to report one of the recent Green changes I've been able to make to my organization that's saving us over $3000 a year in electricity costs and 113 KWH per night. Also read until the end of the article for a cool announcement about Legos and going green. This year, between hardware updates and getting … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
McAfee Nukes Windows XP Computers World-Wide
McAfee's definitions for today, 5958 dated April 21st, has a false positive that is detrimentally affecting computers around the world. The definitions are detecting C:WindowsSystem32svchost.exe as W32/Wecorl.a virus. Svchost.exe, as you may be aware is a critical Windows files that is required for network/Internet communication to work. More info as the story breaks and I … [Read more...]
Now Hosted by WiredTree
I recently changed hosting companies and I hope you're able to tell the difference. I certainly can and I'm pleased with spending my money now with a host that doesn't have downtime every other day. The downtime and general instability was the primary issue that caused me to switch companies, but there were other benefits to switching to WiredTree as well. One of the most … [Read more...]
Streaming Netflix with your Wii
Update: Here are instructions on how to watch Netflix on your Wii without the disc: How To Install The Disc-less Netflix App On The Nintendo Wii. Last week Netflix announced and shipped out discs that enable its customers to view its streaming movie collection on their TVs through their Nintendo Wii consoles. All you have to do is pop the disc into your Wii and ta-dah! … [Read more...]
Sleep Is Death – A New Game That’s Always Different
Sleep Is Death (Geisterfahrer) is a new game that came out to pre-orders last Friday and comes out today to the public that is just packed with potential. Sleep Is Death is strictly a two-player game that provides the medium for visual story-telling over the Internet or a local network. I've had the chance to play Sleep Is Death where I just kind of jumped in and learned as I … [Read more...]