At my current apartment I was able to get AT&T's U-Verse service with a fiber-to-the-premise connection. Before I signed up for the service, I did a quick search on the web and couldn't find much information out there about user's experiences, reviews, or anything beyond AT&T's domain. Here to amend that, I wrote this article to shed some details about the AT&T … [Read more...]
Microsoft Hohm – Finding Ways to Save
Following Earth Day, I wanted to post about Microsoft Hohm, a virtual community of energy-conscientious people. Whether you're going green to save the planet or save some cash, Hohm offers you custom energy-saving suggestions relevant to your location and your home. Whether through changing your home or changing your habits, Hohm can estimate how many pounds of carbon dioxide … [Read more...]
Earth Day 2010
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...]
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...]