“…it looks like the server will have a US list price of $596 for the 500GB version and $745 for the 1TB version…”
Who needs Windows Home Server with Linux around?
I Beta tested WHS and was 100% unimpressed with it. There isn’t anything there you can’t get from another OS and/or product. I didn’t even understand the rational behind the offering. First, most folks don’t need or want a home server. Second, any OS you want to use is fine, you don’t need a “server OS”. Windows XP or better yet Linux will do just fine. Oh, and note to the author of the article… No it isn’t a joke, just another attempt by you-know-who to separate your money from your wallet.
Comcast denies monkeying with BitTorrent traffic
Word spread over the internet the last few days about Comcast throttling torrent downloads. Comcast is denying it. I’ve got Comcast and have seen no evidence of that. I’m not saying it is or isn’t happening, it just isn’t happening to me.
Edit: Just in is a rebuttal from TorrentFreak:
Last week we reported that Comcast is making it impossible for its customers to seed files on BitTorrent. Not surprisingly, Comcast’s PR department does all it can to deny there allegations, but we – and with us some of the leading BitTorrent developers – know better…
ReNamer 5.00 Released
ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as removing contents of brackets, adding number sequences, changing file extensions, etc.
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Microsoft: We're not Google, and we're proud of it
This is why so many people hate Microsoft, protecting corporations at the expense of the consumer. They actually admit it, as they try to slam Google.
AutoRuns v8.73
This version fixes a bug that omitted nameless Browser Helper Objects from display.
Pidgin 2.1.1 has landed.
FREE instant messenger program. Works with most of the biggies. Download & Info.
Geek Fight!
Ed Bott vs. Jim Louderback! I’m hoping this is just round one, it could be fun!!!
I’m interested to hear what any of you may have to say on the matter.
Sysinternals Tools Updated
ProcessMonitor v1.22, TcpView v2.51, DebugView v4.7, AutoRuns v8.72
For those of you who don’t know, these are awesome free tools. I highly recommend ProcessMonitor and AutoRuns is a must have. Hit up the link above for more info and download links.
Ccleaner 2.0 BETA Released
A newer, prettier version of Ccleaner. It’s BETA folks, you’ve been warned 😉