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Drobo Review, Part One: First Impressions and Setup
Ever since Geekbrief.TV host Cali Lewis demo’d the very simple-to-use Data Robotics Drobo ($499 MSRP) storage system as it was introduced in early 2008 at Macworld Expo San Francisco, I’ve followed the product’s evolution cycle with great curiosity. Imagine for a moment a self-managing high-speed data array with simplified RAID-like qualities, all in a handsome, [...]
Apple iPhoto ‘09 Mini-Review: Faces Tell Many Stories
If you’ve had the chance to play around with Apple’s new iLife ‘09, you no doubtedly have encountered some pleasant surprises with the updated iPhoto. No, I’m not talking about the useful geo-tagging or the integration with Flickr and social-media heavyweight Facebook… I’m referring to iPhoto’s amazing facial recognition which uncovers subtle things that make [...]
Howto: Replace or Upgrade your MacBook Pro RAM
Sure, there have been many tutorials done about how to replace the memory chips in Macs but doggone it, I just had to make one myself. This one is custom-tailored for the IT staff at the public agency where I work to demonstrate how simple the procedure is. Don’t worry guys, it’s a piece of [...]
Technology Populism Will Drive the Next Wave of IT Adoption
“For many employees, the telephone and e-mail are being replaced by text messaging, instant messaging, and mobile devices, such as iPhones and BlackBerrys, and social computing tools like Facebook and Wikipedia.”read more | digg story
XMPP (Jabber) is the future for cloud services
In just a couple of years Google, Apple, AOL, IBM, Livejournal and Jive have all jumped on board. This post explains how XMPP is the future protocol of choice for cloud services.
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