The long anticipated Consumer Preview (beta) build of Windows 8 has finally been released by Microsoft. So far I am enjoying this new OS. It’s quick fun and best of all “new”. According to Microsoft, the next milestone will be the Release Candidate and after that will be the Release to Manufacturing (RTM), and general […]
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In a previous post I went over using Virtual Box because I was unable to run Windows 8 (* preview) in a VMware Player and it required me to have Workstation 8. Well my wait is over and now the latest version of VMware player will run Win8. Oh happy day… About:VMware Player With […]
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Windows 8 & Sun VirtualBox
While I wait for Windows 8 I look for ways to run this in a virtual machine on my workstations. I have been successful in running Windows 8 on ESXi and VMware Workstation 8 I had no luck with using the free product VMware Player 4.X. VMware Player was updated and now supports the […]
I just got my IPv6 Address – and with the help of Vyatta now all of my home systems can reach the IPv6 address space. If not, perhaps you should register for a free one and give yourself the hookup – http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ Next Up: jermsmit.com goes IPv6 Hurricane Electric provides free IPv6 tunnels via the […]
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Switch to Pink Facebook’ Survey Scam
And again my friends are being scammed and spamming me with crap on Facebook This message appearing on Facebook claims that users can switch the colour of their profile from blue to pink by clicking a link (yeah, lame and why do people fall for this stuff) The post looks like this: The message is […]
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VLC Media Player 2.0 FINAL
VideoLAN Organization has announced the release of VLC 2.0 FINAL. VLC is a popular cross-platform, open-source video player capable of handling most media formats, and version 2.0 represents the first landmark update since its first official release in June 2009. The most radical changes in VLC 2.0 will be found on the Mac platform, with support […]