Got Sun? Go Solar by Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt (2nd ed.) doesn't exactly relate to IT like most topics here on 404 Tech Support but nor have we been strangers to talking about the saving energy and going green motives of the day. This book is an excellent source for that part where the "rubber meets the road" when discussing renewable energy. If you've been thinking about the … [Read more...]
Google Announces a New Indexing System It Calls Caffeine
Google announced on its main blog and the Google Webmaster Central blog that it has created and implemented a new search index it likes to call Caffeine. The new index moves away from a layered approach to a faster refreshing index that can add new or newly discovered items into search results faster. So why did we build a new search indexing system? Content on the web is … [Read more...]
Google Gets Into the Spirit of the World Cup
With the World Cup kicking off in 3 days, Google is having a little fun of their own. You can find it for your self if you do a Google search for 'World Cup' and scroll down to the bottom. Click this image for an enlarged screenshot of the easter egg. I'm enjoying all the little easter eggs Google has been planting lately like the Pac-Man Google logo. They're simple but … [Read more...]
Microsoft Desktop Player
Microsoft has created a one-stop shop for its TechNet resources that are useful to all IT Pros and Developers. This Silverlight-powered portal allows you to create a query from your perspective for Webcasts, Podcasts, White Papers, and Links. You can search for resources related to Microsoft .NET, Exchange Server 2010, Office, Sharepoint, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2010, … [Read more...]
Product Review: Apple iPad
I had the opportunity this past week to check out an iPad and use it as my own for a few days. The conclusion I'm walking away with is that I'm underwhelmed and grateful that it wasn't my own money that I spent on the gadget. This may be one of the few critical iPad reviews out there but of course, it isn't all negatives. There are a number of positive features on the device … [Read more...]