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May/11

WiTopia VPN Service Review

Filed Under Networking, Security at 25th May 2011 0:01 by

I have always wanted to get a VPN server running at home so that I can tunnel back into the network remotely and also to protect myself on public hot spots. The former was more complicated than I thought and … Continue reading →

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Sep/10

July 2007 MacBook Pro Battery

Filed Under Hardware, Mac at 25th September 2010 8:54 by

My notebook is over 3 years old and it’s holding up to the test of time fairly well with the exception of the battery. I have taken a screenshot from CoconutBattery to illustrate my point: It holds such a small … Continue reading →

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Nov/08

O2 Home Broadband & O2 Wireless Box II

Filed Under Networking, Review at 24th November 2008 23:32 by

Overview I have signed up with O2 Home Broadband. It was very cheap as I am an existing O2 customer. Like most broadband companies they offer an “up to” speed of a certain amount and a free router. Ordering To … Continue reading →

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Nov/08

Ubuntu 8.04 Upgrade To Ubuntu 8.10 No Sound

Filed Under Linux at 2nd November 2008 13:52 by

Overview The new version of Ubuntu was released last week on Thursday (29th October 2008) with Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”. There have been many talks and reviews about the new release and people even think it’s a more stable release … Continue reading →

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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 →