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The Perfect Sync
In a previous article, I detailed my awkward experience with Windows Home Server and setting up a stable FTP server. In the end, I converted it into an XP server and assigned my clients with NetDrive...
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Power Saver, Balanced, or High Performance?
Power settings matter a great deal, especially on notebooks. Many pre-built computers come with their own power settings built into the OS, usually called something like “Dell Recommended.” These...
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Windows 7, Windows\CSC, Manage Offline Files & the Sync Center
I miss the old days of Windows when there was always a way to get something done. Fast. There was always a “do it anyway” button, if you will, with Microsoft products. You could hack it together and...
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Is WPA/WPA2 Vulnerable to Brute Force?
Just for fun, I attempted to bruteforce my own WPA2 (“Wi-Fi Protected Access”) network using Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery. Since I had rather awful results in the past with *.PDFs, I...
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Why Windows Vista (SP1+) is Better Than Windows 7
You’ve been brainwashed. Brainwashed by clever marketing and the classic underpromise-and-overdeliver strategy employed by Microsoft to fix the mistakes they made with Vista. I know, I know, everyone...
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Wow, Windows 8 is Really Awkward (Review)
I’m not one to be easily confused by UI decisions. Comfortable with the command-line, and having used dozens upon dozens of different distributions of Linux, and nearly every version of Windows since...
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Computing is Getting Worse
The state of user interfaces has reached the point of diminishing returns. In retrospect, it is clear that many user interfaces reached their peak balance of ease and complexity in 2007. Since then,...
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Something Old
Something curious happened during Microsoft’s PDC in 2003 (See ‘geeks bearing gifts‘). They unveiled the then-exciting and anticipated Longhorn operating system that was powered in large part by the...
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nothin’ new to see here
Full disclosure: this is a rant. I offer an apology in a #sorryNotSorry kind of way. Thanks for your understanding. I registered VariableGHz.com in 2006 when I realized that I solve a lot of esoteric...
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