A while back I wrote about the new Lenovo X300 being a good competitor to the worshiped MacBook Air. Well I found this advert on youtube, it’s probably not as funny as the “I’m a Mac I’m a PC” ads from Apple but it does show that the X300 got it right where Apple got [...]

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Connecting my SLED10 (Suse Linu Enterprise Desktop) to my office’s Windows VPN was something of a struggle, I had to try several different methods just because PPTP didn’t come installed by default on my Gnome NetworkManager.
To make it work you need to install the following:
On Suse Linux (Using Gnome)
1 – Use the Software Management, search [...]

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Asus is to go mainstream with Splashtop on its Motherboards.
Spashtop is an instant-on Linux OS that manufacturers can implement into their motherboards giving the user an option to instantly use internet and skype without having to boot up a full OS.
Up to now only top-end Asus motherboards had this feature but after good [...]

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Nagios is a network monitoring service that is designed to run under Linux or any othe unix-like system with a C compiler.
I have been reading about Nagios for a while and so decided to give it a go. I haven’t put it to full production yet but the trial has already impressed me.
Some of the [...]

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I was in Officeworks this past weekend picking up some stationary for my son when I noticed that Officeworks now sells Dell laptop and desktop computers.
Although the practice of Dell selling computers in retail outlets has been common in North America for a while, it is a first for Australia. This change represents a large [...]

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You can hide the Google Ads on your personal page in Ning. Ning is a Social Networking platform where you can create your own Social Networking site. Well you could say it’s mean to hide the ads that will generate income for the creators and I sympathize with that but let me tell why [...]

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