Jan 31 2006
Google have just released an update to their Google Toolbar bringing the version number up to version 4 (Beta). Unfortunately this is only available for Internet Explorer at the moment, which is a shame. However, I’ve just installed and tested it and it definitely gets two thumbs up for me! The coolest feature is that […]
Jan 31 2006
Someone has managed to get Windows XP dual booting on one of the new Intel Macs. The article below describes how to do it on a MacBook, but this is really only for the geeks out there as there’s a lot of tricky work involved. Windows XP on Mac? at Ramblings of a Computer Guru
Jan 25 2006
The next version of IE has a feature that displays all of your open tabs as thumbnails in a seperate tab. Not to be outdone, a plugin has released which does the same thing for Firefox. It’s really cool – you can add the button to any toolbar or click on the icon in the […]
Jan 25 2006
Update: New post on spam I get for the HearTheMusicPlay Scam Performancing for Firefox has just been upgraded to version 1.1 – you can read more here: http://performancing.com/node/945 I’ve been testing out a few desktop publishing tools for blogs recently and haven’t really found one that I like. I’ll give this one another go and […]
Jan 12 2006
Hot off the press… Thunderbird 1.5 has just been released by Mozilla. I’ve been using the betas and release candidates and am very impressed with the new features. Best feature for me is the inline spell checking, but there are a whole heap of other improvements too. Read more here: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Jan 12 2006
I’ve just published my first article to my new ActiveDir site on BlogTown NZ which is a “how to” article: “Remotely reboot a server into DSRM” Hope you like it – feel free to comment on the article.
Jan 10 2006
I’ve just set up a new blog where I’ll post all my Active Directory related stuff. Here’s the link: activedir.blogtown.co.nz
Oct 21 2005
VMWare have released a free tool called the VMware Player. You can use it to run virtual machines that have been created with VMware Workstation (or GSX/ESX). You can’t create VM’s but it’s definitely useful if you’ve only got a few full VMware licenses available. I haven’t tested it yet – it won’t install on […]
Oct 13 2005
After weeks of rumours, Apple today announced the new iPod that is capable of playing videos. It isn’t being called an iPod Video, it’s just the iPod, but it has a 320 x 240 (QVGA) screen with 260000 colours. The new iPod comes in two sizes, 30GB and 60GB, but each model is the same […]