Google has announced OnHub, their new home wireless router. Meant to address modern problems with WiFi, OnHub has 13 internal antennas to cover 802.11ac (and previous WiFi standards), Bluetooth, 802.15.4, Weave, with Gigabit WAN and LAN ports. OnHub is created by partnering with TP-LINK to make a smart hub that auto-selects the best WiFi channel, provides auto-QoS, and provides … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
Western Digital upgrades Black and Red hard drives to 6TB
Find yourself needing a large amount of storage capacity? You're in luck! WD just announced that they will offer their Performance drives (Black) and NAS drives (Red Pro) in 5TB and 6TB sizes. "Shipping now, WD Red Pro 5 and 6 TB drives leverage an enhanced design and 128 MB cache to deliver data transfer rates of 214 megabytes per second (MB/s). WD Red Pro 6 TB hard drives … [Read more...]
MDT 2013 Update 1 now available to image Windows 10
Microsoft has released the final version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Update 1. Previously available as a preview, the final version is now available for download. The free solution accelerator from Microsoft not only introduces compatibility with deploying Windows 10 but it also introduces a new type of Task Sequence deployment scenario for the in-place upgrade. … [Read more...]
Microsoft provides virtual machines to test the web against all versions of IE
Microsoft has provided virtual machines in a variety of platforms to allow testing the web against Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. In yesterday's post to the Microsoft Edge Dev blog, it was explained that the team had improved the VM build process so that VMs of Edge could be provided sooner. You can download these VMs for Windows, Mac, or Linux on platforms like HyperV, … [Read more...]
Google introduces Project Sunroof
Google is the source of answers, right? They want to provide the answer of how much sun your roof could generate with solar panels. Using Google Maps to find out that information, they'll take it to the next step and provide you with installer information as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BXf_h8tEes Project Sunroof is mapping the planet’s solar potential, one rooftop … [Read more...]