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Mar/08

dvd::rip

Filed Under Linux, Review at 25th March 2008 0:55 by

I have been using dvd::rip on Ubuntu for about a week now. It has some really nice features and once you find out about clustering it’s amazing. NOTE I’m not condoning piracy but it does serve as a backup utility … Continue reading →

12

Feb/08

Microsoft Windows Vista Voice Recognition

Filed Under Review, Windows at 12th February 2008 13:13 by

I was uninstalling some programs when I noticed there was the voice recognition in Windows Vista. I didn’t notice it before so I decided to try it out. It was pretty slick. I’m using the built in microphone on my … Continue reading →

04

Feb/08

Microsoft ReadyBoost

Filed Under Review, Windows at 4th February 2008 21:26 by

I got a Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB as a Christmas present so I transfered all my files off my old Iomega Micro Mini. Tommy gave me the idea of using the old flash drive as a ReadyBoost drive when he … Continue reading →

26

Nov/07

Firefox 3 Beta 1

Filed Under Review, Web Browser at 26th November 2007 11:26 by

I will be nuking my boot camp partition because 15GB is not big enough on my MacBook Pro. I decided to try the new beta version of my favorite web browser, Firefox and it seems pretty stable so far. I … Continue reading →

26

Nov/07

Visual Studio Express 2008 (Orca)

Filed Under Programming, Review at 26th November 2007 10:28 by

I installed the new Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2008 edition which I got last week. I didn’t install it straight away because I was busy. My initial thoughts on the new version are pretty good. It seems to make my … Continue reading →

07

Nov/07

G25 Present

Filed Under Peripherals, Review at 7th November 2007 13:31 by

It has arrived! I got it yesterday but I had to complete the rest of my assignment for today so I couldn’t play it for that long. The setup is so sweet. It smells like leather and feels like leather. … Continue reading →

30

Oct/07

Seemless Connectivity

Filed Under Linux, Mac, Review, Windows at 30th October 2007 21:44 by

I was using the 802.11n protocol to transfer some files between my Alienware and my MacBook Pro and saw it would take around 35 minutes for 9.84GB. I thought this would be a good time to test how good the … Continue reading →

25

Oct/07

Ubuntu 7.10

Filed Under Linux, Review at 25th October 2007 13:17 by

I have finally installed the new release of Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” on my linux box and it ran fine till I tried to get WPA working. THe support for WPA is very dodgy. Using network manager to configure the WPA … Continue reading →