At CES this week, Microsoft announced the forthcoming Windows Home Server and Apple quickly upped the ante with a great new mobile device tagged the iPhone. Guess who won the limelight? Apple of course. Their stock is up 8% as of writing and RIM is down 8%. I watched the keynote. I want one of […]
How do I know? I just downloaded IE7 and it made me do the whole Windows validation thing to even download it. Apparently Microsoft only wants to fight the browser war on its own turf… Technorati Tags: IE7, validation, Microsoft
MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much much more. You get MediaPortal […]
Where is my SMTP server on Vista? I’m not sure why more developers haven’t asked this question. Simple, it is not included – Full Link Technorati Tags: Vista, Microsoft, SMTP, mail, email, server
Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can’t run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista – called SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 – but it’s in beta and can be licensed only for testing purposes. Microsoft hasn’t set […]
The Simple Dollar outlines a great list of free software for Windows. Technorati Tags: free, software, Windows, list, open source
I haven’t noticed much difference but here is the link anyway Technorati Tags: rdp, remote desktop, remote, control, desktop, Microsoft
Ever wanted to automate tasks on your computer? I know I am always looking for a way to automate repetitive tasks such as backup and file move/copy/delete, etc. Automise does it for you. I downloaded the trial last night and it is pretty slick and powerful. Try it for free, and today only you can […]
I’ve been playing around with Visual Studio 2005 Express building and proto-typing some client applications. After I had the first application almost ready to go to production (ie: change the database string to use my in house SQL server instead of the local database I was building the project with), I noticed one big problem: […]
A Sheffield man has won a refund from Dell for not installing Microsoft’s Windows XP on a laptop he bought from the PC giant. Freelance programmer Dave Mitchell ordered a Dell laptop on 21 October, and the machine was delivered a few days later. As Mr Mitchell was planning to run the Linux open source […]
Jon Barnhardt
