tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52416583284530694902012-01-25T21:53:59.543-08:00We talk cheap tech. If you are looking for tech ideas to get things done on the cheap, we got your blog. If you are looking for ways to spend thousands to solve problems worth ten bucks, we're not your blog.indymikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087056804630828127noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241658328453069490.post-17306901987811910752010-12-13T03:29:00.001-08:002010-12-13T03:29:52.029-08:00

Well, it looks like the iPad has competition - low cost Android powered tablets that cost 1/3 of what an iPad does. We'll see if they are any good over the next few months.

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When you are irrelevent in technology, you look to litigation to save your company's rapidly dimming future. Instead of seeing new markets and new products, you try to bully your way into getting a cut of someone else's success.Oracle, who just purchased Sun Microsystems has just declared their irrelevence by trying to use litigation to get dealt in to Google's Andorid ecosystem. First, it's

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Martin Owen, a KDE developer has posted a very enlightenting article on why Windows XP just won't go away. While surfing Dell's website he ran across this little gem:Read the rest on DoctorMO's Blog.

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Web hosting is a great business, as long as you can stay away from infinite tech support work, 24/7 expectations and data center costs. What if you could avoid all the hassles and be able to offer hosting without being on the hook for personally providing unlimited 24/7 support? That's where Reseller's Panel comes in. Reseller's Panel provides hosting, a hosting sales website for you to use to

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OK, I've never associated the word "fast" with waiting for a modern PC to boot, but this video has given me a new appreciation for how quickly Ubuntu Linux gets itself running. It's interesting to see just how long it takes Windows to get from "logged in" to useful.  I guess there's one more reason I'm glad I made the jump to Kubuntu last year: I suspect an identically equipped Mac would have

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I've been using Google Voice since before it was called Google Voice (originally it was called Grand Central). It's really, really useful. This summer Google Voice made the news when Apple kicked the Google Voice app out of the App Store. Describing Google Voice is a little tricky, because it really doesn't fit into a specific category.  It's not a VOIP

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Everyone has a theory on why Vista was underwhelming. The most curious theory is that of Steve Balmer who said to the Telegraph:"We got some uneven reception when [Vista] first launched in large part because we made some design decisions to improve security at the expense of compatibility. I don't think from a word-of-mouth perspective we ever recovered from that."Hmm.  Something tells me that

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I've just been browsing through my client's Yahoo Analytics. Internet Explorer's fall from the dominant web browser has been stunning. A few months ago, here is what most websites would see (and Internet Explorer was Pac-Man):Now, things are a lot different. Suddenly, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera have ganged up on Internet Explorer and stole it's lunch money. Here is a typical

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After reading enough forum posts where someone challenges Apple's products, I've come up with a brief checklist (in the spirit of the famous spam solution checklist) that Apple fans can use to quickly and finally answer unenlightened challenges to Apple's products. Feel free to use this whenever you need it:Simplified Anti-Apple Response Sheet v.01You have posted a comment on an Internet forum,

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Call me a stickler, but I am sick and tired of emails that contain so-called confidentiality notices at the bottom of emails. I have some advice:STOP USING THEM.First, email confidentiality notices provide little to nothing in the way of protection and may actually may create a loophole in your non-disclosure agreements if you put them on every email you send. So you look like a douche bag, and

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With Windows release date set for October 22, there's a lot of buzz in Microsoft reseller community. I have to ask this question: is Windows 7 even relevent? Many organizations have stated they have no intention of upgrading.It's late to the party. In many ways the competition is defining what desktop computing is, from open source web browsers, to Apple and Linux GUI innovations (yes I said,

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Computers are inexpensive these days, but they are not so cheap that forgetting to protect your computer with a surge suppressor is a good idea. Take the example of the Nebraska BMV, who tried to go live yesterday with a new $2.9 Million data system that was taken offline completely by a power surge caused by a mylar balloon hitting a power line:Mylar balloons, the kind that cost about $5, might

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Google just announced an operating system for low cost netbook computers. Google's Android is poised to to take over the smart phone market (here's a look at new Android Phones you'll see by Christmas 2009). I've been working developing a few Android applications, and it's pretty clear what Google is up to.This isn't about pushing MS out of the box. It's about getting into the application

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Recently, in a discussion on a local social network, Robby Slaughter, an Indianapolis business process consultant asked why SAAS (software as a service) is not sold to the Information Technology department.  The discussion revealed that IT needs it's role reevaluated in many organizations. Why? Because business has changed.  The workforce has changed.  The law has changed.  And very little of the

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If you run Windows, Antivirus software is an essential part of day to day life. Recently, David Hall told BLORGE's John Popsil something that seemed directed at Microsoft's new and free antivirus product:“If you are only relying on free antivirus to offer you protection in this modern age, you are not getting the protection you need to be able to stay clean and have a reasonable chance of

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Image via WikipediaSay what you will about Microsoft Windows - there is one version that just refuses to go away: Windows XP.  Last year MS tried to kill support for it and made it unavailable for new PCs. Then netbooks came out.  $250-300 lightweight laptops that ran Linux.  Vista would not fit.  So what does Microsoft do?  Allow manufacturers to install XP.Corporate customers never have been

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2009 is not the year of the Linux Desktop. It is shaping up to be the year of the Linux powered smartphone as Palm re-enters the game with the Palm Pre and most importantly Google's Android is positioning itself to be the de facto standard in smartphone operating systems. With companies like HTC, Sony Ericson, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Archos, Motorola and Yuhua all announcing phone and netbook

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Wonder why people think IT people are from another planet? Take this complaint about Google's Android Operating system from a discussion on Slashdot:"The OS is still missing native MS Exchange support. Our company currently utilizes T-Mobile as a wireless provider and this is the single biggest hangup from us deploying the G1 handsets. I do realize that there are 3rd party apps that provide this

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Cloud computing is getting all the attention right now, and rightfully so as it has great promise. Problem is, the cloud just isn't the answer for small websites with less than 200,000 visits.  Even when you cross 200,000 visits, a dedicated server may be a better answer.Clouds come in thee flavors:Systems that can't do parallel execution and rely on simple starting processes on different CPUs,

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If you manage a mailing list, market your product, do billing by email or operate a social network, you probably have had at least one run in with a hostile recipient. You know, the guy who gets one email confirming that he filled in the "join" page and is going to report you to everyone ranging from the town constable, to his ISP, to Spamcop to the POTUS for spamming. Our hostile recipient

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News Headline: Microsoft, Facebook work to fight Koobface virus - Dayton Business Journal:Should Read: Poor Windows Security puts Facebook Users at Risk.Dear Mr. Dayton Business Journal Editor:I've not seen a business periodical spin a tech article this badly since the old PC World days (when you could guess the editor's choice award by counting full page ads).  Koobface would not work were it

indymikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087056804630828127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241658328453069490.post-57978885573981245232009-04-06T06:50:00.001-07:002009-04-06T06:51:17.157-07:00

Seems like the cloud computing bandwagon is really accelerating. The quesion is, is the cloud better than good old fashioned, inexpensive shared hosting or just renting a dedicated server? The answer is, "buyer beware." Here's why: there are two kinds of clouds:Application platform clouds where you write your website's code to the cloud's API. These types of clouds offer the best performance

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OK, pet pevee #1 for so-called smartphones: the browser is dumb as a box of rocks. That thing that lurks in Windows Mobile? Terrible.  The abomination that passes for a web browser on a Blackberry? Ugh.  Palm? HA.  Why is it that my phone has more computing power than my desktop had in 2001 and I can't surf like it's 1999?  I'm not sure what the answer is... but...Here's the deal: most

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Ok, so you are tired of Comcast's absolutely awful DNS. You also have kids and would like to at least protect them a little from the red light side of the internet. If you believe all the ads, then you need a bunch of security software, ad blockers, and anti-spyware software right? Wrong. Try OpenDNS out.Here's how it works: it replaces the domain name server (DNS) your ISP provides. DNS is the

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Ok, so you've probably heard a little about Open Source. Chances are most of the websites you see are served using the Apache Webserver. You've also probably used the Firefox browser, used OpenOffice and maybe even have played around with Linux. Here are four incredible open source applications you can download and use for free. There's no strings, and if you want to get source code to the

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