According to Techcrunch both Microsoft and Google are making serious advances on DiggIf Google were to buy it how long before they manage to break it? … [Read more...] about Digg – Microsoft and Google To Start Bidding War?
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Bye Bye Windows – Hello iMac
You'll have to excuse the horrible photo, but I haven't had a chance to even plugin my new "toy". It arrived by courier late this morning, but I got caught up in client meetings for most of the afternoon...For the last couple of years I've been forced to maintain a Windows PC in the office so that I could access AIB's online banking service. While it was possible to "bludgeon" … [Read more...] about Bye Bye Windows – Hello iMac
Google Believes Its Own Hype
The big news story of the last few days in the technology world has to be Microsoft's bid on Yahoo!While there has been a lot said about the possible outcome and longterm effects of such a merger / takeover a lot of people were probably waiting to see what Google would say and do.Google have now released a statement of sorts on one of their corporate blogs and it is amusing to … [Read more...] about Google Believes Its Own Hype
Restarting Windows XP Remotely Using DOS
This is more of a reminder for myself than anything else ....If you need to reboot a Windows XP machine from DOS prompt the command is:shutdown -rIf you just use the command:shutdownwithout passing any other parameters to it you'll get the help screen with a variety of options.Kind of useful if your PC (located remotely) is acting up and a reboot is required :) … [Read more...] about Restarting Windows XP Remotely Using DOS
New OS Releases Coming Soon
Both Apple and Microsoft are working on releases of their operating systems.Apple's release is scheduled for the end of October, while Microsoft's server 2008 has been delayed several times. I hope to be playing with a release candidate of Server 2008 over the next couple of weeks. I'll probably put it on a virtual machine of some kind... or maybe even on a spare server in the … [Read more...] about New OS Releases Coming Soon