Puppy Linux is a mini-distribution, which was designed to be a portable (on a live CD/DVD or flash drive installation) operating system that can be carried from computer to computer, or used in a disaster recovery mode. When installed to a USB connected flash drive, approximately 100 MB is used to store the operating system […]
When you’re putting together your IT tool belt, your software tools can play just as an important role as your cable crimper and continuity tester. Network World’s Gearhead (Mark Gibbs) posted two articles (here and here) listing his top ten networking and PC optimization tools, many of which are free for personal use. Of course, […]
Think you’ve got a great deal on a hard drive? Counterfeit and outright fake hardware is all too common, especially when purchasing from overseas resellers. You may think you can spot a fake, but now fakes are becoming more and more sophisticated, such as this 500GB hard drive that is actually a perpetually rewriting 128MB […]
Google+ is a new social networking platform that will be available to the public on July 31st. So far, the reviews have been mixed, with bloggers weighing in on both fabulous features and where Google is falling short. In an article at TechCrunch, MG Siegler draws battle lines for the social media war among Google, […]
Paul Venezia, writing in Infoworld’s blog, gets it partially right when comparing the Graphical User Interface to the Command Line Interface in his example of reconfiguring translation tables for a firewall when a new communications provider is chosen. He writes of the ability to utilize a stream editor (sed) to easily convert a text file […]
Tom’s Hardware Guide takes a look at the current state of Wireless Power and potential future incarnations of powering devices without cords or cables. Today, Powermat is available in the Chevy Volt, and Qualcomm is in discussions with auto manufacturers to incorporate their solution into vehicles. Bosch is working with Qi wireless power to recharge […]
Tech Report is out with an update on the state of USB 3.0 for those not lucky enough to have recently purchased a motherboard or system with built-in USB 3.0, and answers the question “is it that much better than USB 2.0?”. Transfers of mixed files sizes (both reads and writes) took about half the […]
Wednesday, June 8 was World IPv6 Day, a large scale 24 hour experiment aimed at indentifying problems associated with IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol IPv4, reported an article on NetworkWorld. Over 400 organizations, including Google, Facebook, AT&T, Cisco and Microsoft all participated along with other businesses, universities and government agencies enabling […]
Google UK has introduced a quarterly magazine “Think Quarterly” which is intended to cover a variety of topics related to data. New issues are expected in July and October. The articles are poised to cause reflection on the need for and handling of data, as well as its storage and retrieval. This issue’s articles include one […]
Western Digital was the first with a 3 TB hard drive, but Hitachi is now out with a 3TB drive that spins at 7200 RPM, vice WD’s 5400 turns per minute. The Tech Report has a write up here, that is notable for not only comparing Hitachi’s monster drive to Western Digital’s drive, but also […]