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V-Blocks - do they mean you're V-Locked in?

V-Blocks - do they mean you're V-Locked in?

Blog V-Blocks: it's a new form of packaging for servers, switches and storage for your datacentre, and...

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[November 6 2009]

by manek

Moblin v2.1 – new polish or just box ticking the building bl...

RE:Moblin v2.1 – new polish or just box ticking the building bl...

Blog Comment Adrian - Your timing on this was perfect for me, I just finished installing Moblin 2.1 about 5...

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[November 6 2009]

by J.A. Watson


RE:Using Windows Is Like...

Blog Comment I have several notebooks and netbooks which dual boot Vista and a variety of Linuxes. The one thing you have to watch out for is that when Vista is installed, it copies its own bootloader to the...

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[November 8, 2009, 20:38 by J.A. Watson]

RE:Using Windows Is Like...

Blog Comment I should really clarify this as I wasn't trying to be unfair to Ubuntu, the Vista System was HP DV9000 2.53GHz Intel DV9000 with 4GB Ram, Nvidia 8400M Graphics with a fast 500GB WD SATA hard disk...

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[November 8, 2009, 20:15 by adamjarvis]

RE:Using Windows Is Like...

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RE:Using Windows Is Like...

Blog Comment @adamjarvis - I haven't commented on your Win7 saga for exactly the reason you mention, you've said it all, and made it clear, so there really isn't anything worthwhile for me to add. I absolutely...

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[November 8, 2009, 18:06 by J.A. Watson]

RE:Using Windows Is Like...

Blog Comment Been There - Done That. Switched to Linux and solved those issues.

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[November 8, 2009, 17:22 by ocjack]

RE:Using Windows Is Like...

Blog Comment @jamie, luckily I do live very close to the beach, and yes I could do with a walk there. I'm really surprised you haven't commented on my posts regarding the problems regarding delivery of Windows...

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[November 8, 2009, 10:03 by adamjarvis]

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Talkback Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your...

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[November 7, 2009, 18:35 by roxyrohit]

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Talkback Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your...

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[November 7, 2009, 18:35 by roxyrohit]

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Talkback Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your...

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[November 7, 2009, 18:35 by roxyrohit]

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Talkback Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your...

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[November 7, 2009, 18:34 by roxyrohit]

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Talkback Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your...

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[November 7, 2009, 18:33 by roxyrohit]

RE:Windows 7 pricing all over the shop..about as stable as Wind...

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Human weakness can never be avoided

Talkback If something is sufficiently valuable - whether it be physical objects or 'mere' data, there is no such thing as 'secure', as Securitas discovered when their guy had his entire family kidnapped and...

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[November 7, 2009, 18:09 by Tezzer]

RE:Windows 7 pricing all over the shop..about as stable as Wind...

Blog Comment 'Tesco's mess with Windows pre-order' @CA, here's the reason they are banging on about the postal strike... (This must be effecting quite a few customers, Tesco are not admitting how many)...

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[November 7, 2009, 14:50 by adamjarvis]

Using Windows Is Like...

Blog A long time ago at a Usenix conference (I think it was the one in Salt Lake City), there was a "quiz" passed around. I'm going to update one of the questions I remember from that, because it is...

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[November 7, 2009, 6:34 by J.A. Watson]

RE:Email archiving - who needs it?

Blog Comment 2010

RE:Bye bye browser?

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RE:Windows 7 pricing all over the shop..about as stable as Wind...

Blog Comment There banging on about the royal mail postal strike and yet they delivered it using city link, so how is it they still failed to honor the original delivery times? given the fact that they are...

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[November 7, 2009, 3:01 by CA]

RE:Bye bye browser?

Blog Comment Good read, and good questions raised. :) It's a tricky one because local machines still haft to boot up into a launch platform whether that be in the traditional sense from a storage device or...

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[November 7, 2009, 1:57 by CA]

RE:Email archiving - who needs it?

Blog Comment Yeah exactly something of that nature for corporate uses etc.

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[November 6, 2009, 23:21 by CA]






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Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 3 (Kubuntu Netbook)

In Part 1 of this series, I looked at the "standard" Ubuntu distribution, and found that with some adjustments, it could be made into what I considered to be a fairly nicely usable netbook. In...

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KBOX update simplifies Windows 7 migration

KACE is updating its K2000 systems management box to include a module that allows you to migrate to Windows 7. Although there are plenty of products that promise similar benefits, KACE seems to be...

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