Interesting

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Getting more from your Draytek 2820 router

This entry was posted in Hardware Interesting Internet Tips on September 10, 2009 by HAL

Did you know the Vigor 2820 Series’s USB port can also be used to add storage memory to the unit in the form of a USB memory key or for higher capacity a USB hard drive (normally requires its own power). The Vigor 2820 then provides FTP access file uploading/downloading which can be from the […]

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Another Update for Itunes

This entry was posted in Interesting Software on September 10, 2009 by HAL

Sometimes I think that Itunes gets more updates than other similar apps. Indeed every time I look around I’d swear an update pops up. So no surprise after Steve Jobs presentation yesterday announcing a slew of product updates we see a newly formed delivery in the shape of Itunes 9. From the Apple spiel about […]

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Vsphere Center 4 upgrade

This entry was posted in Interesting Software Virtualisation on September 2, 2009 by HAL

I recently upgraded my Vmware Vcenter (sic) 3 installation to the latest and greatest Version 4 which has been out for a while. I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of the inplace upgrade that is required before upgrading any ESX 3.5 hosts that the Vcenter comtrols. Once upgraded I did have some issues regarding […]

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First Windows 7 gotcha of the week… No XP mode in Home Premium..

This entry was posted in Interesting on August 19, 2009 by HAL

I upgraded a HP Touchsmart TX2 to Windows 7 home premium at the weekend without too many issues other than some extended pauses in the upgrade process but ultimately it completed successfully and has been working well since. The first compatibility issue I’ve come across on this specific machine was when I tried to launch […]

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Say hello then WAVE goodbye …

This entry was posted in Interesting Software on August 17, 2009 by HAL

Well actually – Wave hello …. to Google Wave that is. Mentioned during a meeting this morning on colloborative working and innovative ways of dealing with clients and colleagues… So from Googles preview announcement site – with the note that this may be released later this year Google Wave is a new model for communication […]

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Spiceworks 4.1 update

This entry was posted in Interesting on August 13, 2009 by HAL

A summary of the fixes and changes since version 4 of the Spiceworks Helpdesk application and what they address. Nice to see some niggly issue sorted so quickly after V4 release Update 1 (10/8/09): A new build of 4.1.39229 is now available. This fixes the bug where end users are being emailed the weekly report […]

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Be Alert – your wordpress needs lerts …. WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release

This entry was posted in Interesting on August 12, 2009 by HAL

From the maintainers of this great blogging tool ….. Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) […]

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Burn Baby Burn

This entry was posted in Interesting Must Have Software and tagged ISO Image Burning on August 12, 2009 by HAL

While diagnosing a fault with a DVD writer – I needed a utility that would confirm that the drive was operating correctly while writing an iso file (an image file containing in the case the contents of a DVD) ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that can […]

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