There was a power outage at my house last weekend. Three of my computers are on UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) systems. Two of them survived the blackout.
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October 6, 2010UPS and DownsOctober 5, 2010Internet Explorer Down to 50 PercentAfter nearly two decades of dominating the browser market, Internet Explorer is passing the 50 percent mark, on its way down. Firefox is holding steady. The big increase is coming from Google Chrome. October 4, 2010Text Editing With SwypeThe Swype keyboard is brilliant for quickly typing text, but you may think that it falls far short when it comes to editing that text. Au contraire, mon frere!
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October 3, 2010Windows XP is Still Da KingFully 66 percent of Windows users out there are still using Windows XP. That means a few things, primarily that their computers are ancient. Glad that I still keep Windows XP tidbits in all my books. October 2, 2010Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Phone PatentsWhen you lack innovation, you sue. I don’t own any Microsoft stock, but to me this would be a good sign that it’s time to sell. October 1, 2010Google Releases the WebP Image File FormatI don’t know how well this new graphics file format will go over. It always seems like there are too many graphics file formats anyway.
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September 30, 2010The Internet is Almost Full!Well, full of crap mostly, but what’s really cramping the Internet is a lack of IP addresses. The world is running out. Quickly! I last blogged about the ipv4 and ipv6 problem back in 2008. Could this be the real end of the Internet?
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September 29, 2010Once-Vital Utilities of YesteryearThe year 1988 was quite a while back, over 20 years. Running a PC back then was different than it is today. Not only was DOS the king PC operating system, but there were a slew of utilities you routinely ran on your DOS computer, stuff that may seem trivial and stupid today. September 28, 2010For Future Development, Android OS beats iOSThough Apple has the limelight now, there is a strong consensus that Android is the mobile operating system worthy of your future programming efforts. Yeah!
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