GrandCentral is an awesome service that Google acquired last year. It lets you get a brand new phone number that simply links all your other phone numbers together. Not only that, it gives you a load of features that let you do anything from record incoming calls to switch between your mobile and […]
Archive for February 15th, 2008
Feb15
GrandCentral suffers major outage
Filed in: Google
Feb15
Crowdsourcing Puts Crucial Superdelegates Under a Microscope
The Democratic Party’s pick for presidential candidate may be decided by 795 party members with no obligation to respect the views of rank-and-file voters. Now thanks to collaborative software and lots of volunteers, voters can find out who they are, and how they plan to vote.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb15
Five debugging tips for solving software problems
“It’s broken,” said the client. “Broken?” I responded. “In what way?” “It’s not doing what it’s supposed to do.” “Could you describe for me what it’s supposed to do that it isn’t?” “You know — it compiles fine, but when you run it, it just dies.”…
Filed in: Software
Feb15
Capturing SQL Server 2005 database file size information
It’s very important to capture trends of the sizes of your SQL Server 2005 database because it allows you to plan for future space needs, notice types of problems, and plan for time periods of heavy volume. I’ll show you the simple method that I use to capture this information….
Filed in: Software
Feb15
Tip the Odds in Your Favor: How to Count Cards
There are few card games in Vegas with better odds than blackjack, but just knowing how to play the game isn’t enough to gain a significant advantage. To really clean up, you need to learn how to count cards. Follow this simple guide from Wired’s How-To Wiki.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb15
Project Resolution: Four 1080p Projectors Tested and Rated
We compare four fine 1080p projectors that won’t break the bank.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb15
Customers Shrug Off Amazon S3 Service Failure
Amazon’s virtual storage service, S3, suffered a 2.5-hour service failure Friday morning, causing outages and other problems at a wide range of web businesses. Most customers remained unconcerned, however.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb15
Hardware Withers, Software Blossoms in Jan. Gaming Sales
The Wii once again took the top spot in console sales, according to January figures released by NPD Thursday. The Nintendo console sold some 274,000 units in the U.S. last month. Sony’s PlayStation 3 had another month of strong sales, ringing up 269,000 units to beat out Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which sold 230,000.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb15
Olympic Committee Removes Hurdles for Athlete Bloggers
The International Olympic Committee reportedly has ruled that competing athletes will be allowed to blog from the Beijing Olympic Games this summer. This is certainly a positive step, but not enough, according to experts who insist that blogging has a rightful place at any major political or sporting event. However, the IOC’s blessing on blogging does come with limits.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb15
How private is your Web-based service?
As I have said many times before, the two major components of security assurance are privacy and control over your resources. Each of these plays a part in the other. Remote, Web-based service providers are generally concerned about controlling their resources. Using such a Web-based…
Filed in: Security
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