Digital storage is relatively cheap these days. You can buy a 2 TB hard drive for home for about $60 on sale. I’m a geek and when the PS3 slim came out I figured it was a good time to get this BluRay player, game system, and media center all in one. The problem is, 160 GB doesn’t hold a ton, they don’t tell you that Dolby Digital (via bitstream) is off by default even for DVD/BluRay discs, and there is no easy way to play movies or FLAC files. Read on! »
An old problem has resurfaced with Linksys NAS devices and Vista, perhaps it occurs with other NAS devices as well. I believe this was fixed in Windows 7, but wanted to post this in case anyone is still experiencing this issue. Your NAS is almost certainly using CIFS, and Vista’s CIFS uses SMB2. By default Vista will only authenticate using NTLMv2, which, although not quite as good as Kerberos, is good in and of itself from a security standpoint, but is bad when trying to talk to your Linksys NAS that probably wants LM/NTLM, aka hashed password that can be cracked. Read on! »
If you’ve read about a recent study done by CareerBliss, then you know that IT manager is the most hated job in the country right now. The reasons listed are as follows:
- Long Hours, too much time on call
- Dealing with old technology that won’t get upgraded
- Stress of working with people that don’t understand technology
- Trying to remain calm while helping panicking and angry users
Tags: Career, Management
I really liked IE 8, or Internet Explorer 8. IE9 looks about the same, defaults to a cleaner look which is okay, but that’s not where I have a problem. The problem I have is that the browser doesn’t display some sites well at all. Sites that worked fine in IE8 will only work in compatibility mode in IE9, but if I view all sites in compatibility mode I have far greater and more frequent problems.
Sadly for Microsoft and IE, I have found that Google’s Chrome is not only fast, but works fine for almost all websites I had a problem with in IE. The only issues I have with Chrome are Java based and web-admin type interfaces that are touchy or are designed to only work with IE, which is fine, those still work well with IE.
I’m just tired of the guessing game with IE for whether or not to use compatibility mode or not. It’s so bad I’m going to downgrade to IE8 because I just can’t take it anymore. And all this time I defend IE at work against the myriad FireFox supporters. ARgh.
Quick update to my Torch review…
All I can say is with the new firmware release 6.0.0.246, they’ve gotten rid of the murderous delay that plagued the Torch, previously called the “Torture” by many users. I just wish they would put back the N/P Next and Previous settings to how they were.
Also, the decided to ONCE AGAIN change where the “Mark Previous Read” button is. Read on! »
Tags: BlackBerry
There was a Verizon outage in Chicago today on 10/1/2010, which started about 10pm CST on Sept 30 and was fixed by 11:30am CST on 10/1/2010. They said it just affected a building at 2N Lasalle St.
Workers Repair Fiber Line
It affected digital lines that carry voice and data. The fiber line that was cut is a backbone line that Sprint, AT&T, Verizon or other services may run over.
Intrusion Detection or Prevention Systems can be expensive. These systems perform “deep packet inspection” or Layer 7 inspection to determine the intent or content of each packet’s payload. Despite the upfront cost, substantial financial benefits come included with these systems such as:
- Reduces labor cost by faster detection of network attacks or problems.
- Secures and even increases revenue by securing customer data in an age where big name creditors lose sensitive customer data.
Announcing that you lost a million clients’ data could make a company go out of business. Read on! »
EMC Clariion CX300 Series
Update to VMFS Expansion
Back in 2008 I wrote about expanding a VMFS partition on a SAN prior to VSphere. A lot has changed since then, forcing me to write an update. Now VMware supports, and recommends, expanding a datastore a different way.
New Datastore and LUN Expansion on the Fly Method
They recommend expanding a LUN on the SAN to the desired size (up to 2 TB), then expanding the VMFS datastore from your VSphere Client. Of course there are caveats, this approach is not always desirable. Read on! »
Sure this may seem a little late, lots of geeks out there posted up reviews before the device even came out. Let me say that I’ve been using the new BlackBerry Torch since it came out and am an “intense user” of mobile devices.
BlackBerry Torch
I find the new Torch both refreshing and completely maddening at the same time. This new touchscreen mobile wonder may not be as hot an item as the iPhone, nor will it ever get the same attention or glory. For those of you looking for BB to wow the pants off of everyone, well forget that for now.
Do I like it? Yes. Do I frequently want to throw it off of the balcony? Yes. Let me explain. Read on! »
Tags: BlackBerry, iPhone, mobile
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