MFD Printers are Hell, and so is Family PC Tech Support.
According to TheOatMeal.com, Printers were sent from Hell to Make Us Miserable. I'll raise him one -- so is doing PC tech support for your family.
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Unix forum cheers Linux
Linux is getting popular even with the staunchest Unix-heads.
Maxtor MaxAttach 4100
Usability9 Capability7 Performance7 Interoperability9 Manageability9 Maxtor's MaxAttach 4100 proves that Windows 2000 is a good server appliance operating system. MaxAttach supports Windows, Unix, NetWare, and Macintosh environments, and is easy to administer using Windows 2000's built-in tools.
HRH Prince Penguin
Did anyone else happen to notice that Prince Charles is a closet Penguin?On our UK-based sister site, ZDNet.
The reality TV series we all really want to watch
I'm not a big fan of reality TV shows, particularly the ones that are focused on the life of a particular celebrity. For a while, I liked watching Ozzy, and then some of Gene Simmons, strictly for the bizarre aspects, but then the morbid fascination tends to fade quickly.
Talkin' netbooks on blogtalkradio
Ken Hess and I are at it again on Frugal Friday, this time discussing the Netbook revolution. Click on the photo above to listen to the podcast.
Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace
Will custom, home-brew systems go the way of the Dodo or the Duesenberg with the retreating economy?
Puget Systems: Independent PC Building is Very Much Alive
My post from Monday about the imminent collapse of the system builder ecosystem and the death of homebrew rattled more than a few feathers, including the folks over at Puget Systems, who's $16,000 PC became the object of my ire when one of their PR people shot it across my bow as an item of interest for the blog.This blog and ZDNet as a whole has had a tradition of allowing vendors the right to an editorial response to anything that is published.
DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!
My DVD collection is 3 layers deep and takes up 2 tall ugly fiberboard IKEA book cases. I'd like to get them out of my living room and into a random access, cataloged digital media format.
Frugal Friday: Oracle/Sun, VMWare vSphere 4, Pano Logic
Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the Oracle/Sun merger, VMWare's vSphere 4 release, and talk to Pano Logic co-founder Aly Orady about desktop virtualization using his company's innovative thin client devices and management software.Click here to listen to the podcast.