I miss Windows XP SP2 and SP3, those service packs were real game changers. Heck, wifi was barely usable pre-SP2. Since then (in my old man voice), these service packs have been nothing more than update roll-ups. Don't look for that trend to change with Windows 7 SP1 today though Server 2008 R2 is receiving a little more significant of an update. You can review the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Goodbye Netflix, Hello Amazon! Instant Streaming Launches For Amazon Prime
Today, Amazon has announced it has launched unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming for 5,000 movies and TV shows as an additional benefit to Amazon Prime. At $79/year, not only does it undercut Netflix's Instant-only plan in cost but it also adds the benefit of free two-day shipping to your Prime-enabled Amazon orders. With Redbox also planning to enter the market of … [Read more...]
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Coming Soon
I worked with Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 in an HP MultiSeat setup a little less than a year ago and I was excited to learn today that a new version of the Windows MultiPoint Server would be coming out shortly with new features. Over on the Windows Team Blog, they posted an update that shows some upcoming features correcting many of my previous complaints. For a quick run … [Read more...]
The Way Back Machine By The Internet Archive
The Way Back Machine is not exactly new. It's been around for a long time but if you're unfamiliar with it, it's a component of the Internet Archive that allows you to browse the archived snapshots of websites that were captured. This allows you to see websites as they were back in the day. The archives go back to 1996 (though not all websites ever created are archived) and the … [Read more...]
The Internet Is Safe In The Future! The Next Generation of Hackers Isn’t Very Good.
I just saw this video for the first time even though it's been online for 2.5 years. If you have any tech knowledge in you at all, you will cringe at these explanations of traceroute (not "tracer t"). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM Shakin' my head... … [Read more...]