Gravatars Working Once Again

After a period of downtime due to issues with my current host, I’ve been able to start coding on the site once again. Gravatars have now been fixed, and appear whenever you comment on a post. If you don’t have a gravatar yet, feel free to signup at http://gravatar.com – many sites now use them, …

Cisco to Implement Regular Patching

In a security notice posted on Cisco’s web site recently, the networking giant unveiled its new patch program that will see them regularly updating its IOS software for Cisco switches and routers on a timely basis, similar to Microsoft’s “patch Tuesday”. From the note: “This schedule change will not restrict us from promptly publishing an …

Microsoft to Enter VDI Market with Kidaro Acquisition

UPDATE – it looks like the figure on this one is around 100M.  Microsoft has announced that they are planning to acquire VDI solution provider Kidaro today, according to Reuters. From the Reuters article: “Microsoft said Kidaro’s technology will be incorporated into its desktop virtualization product, which allows companies to deliver over an Internet network …

CoD4 Custom Classes: User Submitted

Here are three custom classes our users have submitted. I have personally tried them all out, and they are pretty fun! Feel free to post your own in the comments, and we’ll highlight the ones that do you good. From Timmaigh: HOST: Primary: AK-74u (Silenced) Secondary: M1911 .45 (Silenced) Perk 1: Bandolier (or Flash x3) …

Network Appliance is now NetApp

NetApp has announced a major rebranding initiative today – new colours (blue!) new (?) name, and a full website redesign for the better online marketing results. The marketing speak: NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today debuted a new brand identity designed to achieve a broader and deeper awareness of the company and to communicate a consistent promise …

IE8 Beta Download

A nice offshoot of MIX 08 is the public availability of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 1 as of yesterday. While the new browser has many features, the standards support is what has me tickled pink, and you’ll be happy to hear blandname still renders properly in the new version. So head on over to …

Parallels Server Beta 2 Download

You can now register to download Parallels Server Beta 2! From the announcement: Key Features (Parallels Server Beta 2) Hardware-optimized hypervisor-based virtualization solution. Installable on host servers running Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, including the Windows Server 2008. Bare metal version for non-OS server installation. x64 (64-bit) and x86 (32-bit) host and guest OS …