I finally had to use the telephone Windows Activation process today. My Windows XP Home Edition (yea, it’s old) install had finally gone through enough changes that it wouldn’t activate via the internet. The problem was relatively painless. I called an 800 number (at least here in the US). It was all voice automation. I [...]
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Apple released Apple TV 2.1 today which includes support for MobileMe and a new Remote Control app for the iPhone/Touch that will be available in the App store. It also contains several security updates.
I updated without a problem or anyt noticeable change. MobileMe has been down and I don’t have an iPhone/Touch.
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There were a couple interesting events in the world of site statistics for this site (it’s a very small world).
Windows climbed to the top of list for operating systems used by visitors to this site and as of now 50% of all visitors is are on Windows. Since it’s launch OS X has always held [...]
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Philip Churchill, on his MS Windows Home Server Site, is reporting that the Windows Home Server Disk Management Add-In may have compatibility issues with the upcoming WHS Power Pack 1 update and shouldn’t be used with it.
I’ve mentioned before that I use the disk management add-in so wanted to pass this along. Although I’ve yet [...]
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It seems there’s never enough space. I just added an additional terabyte of space to my Windows Home Server recently and already I’d eaten that up and added another 500GB through the eSATA connection. Prior to expanding the disk I had cleaned up old files and had nearly a terabyte free. Clearly I [...]
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Canonical has released Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in both desktop and server editions. LTS means “Long term Support” and the desktop version will be supported through 2011 and the server through 2013.
Canonical has instruction for upgrading from earlier versions via the GUI .
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