Rare earth elements are vital to our current technologies. As the name implies, they're not easy to find. What are these elements and where do we find them? This infographic explores seven rare earth elements that we use. (Credit: 911Metalurgist) … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Six Flags and Samsung team up to combine roller coasters with VR
Six Flags and Samsung have announced a collaboration to create the world's first interactive gaming roller coaster experience. The Demon roller coaster will get a plot to go along with all of thrills with riders wearing a Samsung Gear VR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzCpq6XpXo8 From the video above, you can see a bit of the excitement you can enjoy in Rage of the … [Read more...]
Setting up Comcast Xfinity X1 TV service
Comcast's Xfinity X1 TV service is the cable company's latest entertainment offering. TV and Internet packages vary with your area from how many channels are offered and what speeds of Internet. I picked up their X1 Starter Double Play service for Internet and TV. The Internet package I chose was the 75Mbps tier and I use my own modem and router to reduce costs. Testing the … [Read more...]
ADMX templates released for Windows 10 v1607
The Administrative templates for Group Policy have been updated for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update release. The files were not available on the release day but were available for download a few days later. The download of the 'Administrative Templates for Windows 10' was updated when version 1511 was released last November. With the recent release of version 1607, I … [Read more...]
VMware Remote Console on Windows 10 gives ‘Failed to install the hcmon driver’
Trying to install the VMware Remote Console software on a new Windows 10 computer consistently resulted in the error message 'Failed to install the hcmon driver.' After several attempts with minor troubleshooting changes (fresh reboot, background processes killed), I still could not install the software. Searching for the error message, resulted in a knowledge base … [Read more...]