Taipei, Taiwan, May 2010 - QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading provider of world-class Network Attached Storage (NAS) today announced its entire TS-x59 Pro Turbo NAS series has achieved iSCSI and NFS VMware Ready certification. This NAS series features ultra-high performance for its incorporation of Intel dual-core processor, positively capable of processing multiple concurrent tasks and transferring intensive data, with extremely low power consumption. The Turbo NAS is a powerful and affordable storage solution for SMB and entry-level enterprise customers to flexibly deploy an NFS or iSCSI datastore and benefit from virtualization technology. This Turbo NAS series includes 2 to 8-bay tower models, with up to 16TB of mass storage capacity, and two other rackmount models that customers can choose from according to their storage and budget requirements.

Everyone knows, when you go to see a 3D movie... you don't do so on your first date!  Why? because of the stupid glasses they make you wear.  I don't know who got paid to design them, but I should not have to pay to wear them.  The only reason someone should pay for those 3D glasses is because they will laugh like crazy looking at how stupid people look wearing them.  Now, television manufacturers want us to wear these ridiculous glasses on our couches! That's right, didn't you realize that you need 3D glasses to watch 3D TV!?! Luckily for us, Look3D has a new take on the old fashion of new technology. Read More...

Taiwan, Taipei, May 2010 - QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class Network-Attached Storage (NAS) servers, Network Video Recorders (NVR), and Network Multimedia Player (NMP) today announced its 8-bay tower model TS-859 Pro Turbo NAS has been certified as compatible NFS and iSCSI datastore with VMware vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform. TS-859 Pro Turbo NAS can serve as both IP-SAN and NAS which offers flexibility, ultra-high performance, easy configuration and management, and affordable price points that enable SMB and entry-level Enterprise customers to be able to enjoy the advantages of VMware Cloud Computing environments. VMware vSphere is the industry's first cloud operating system that offers a way to reduce IT costs and increase responsiveness. Shared networked storage is an essential component of a Cloud Computing infrastructure. TS-859 Pro Turbo NAS can be easily integrated into to vSphere and allows the interoperability between VMware virtual machines and QNAP's high performance certified storage.

I am not one to take jabs at companies... wait... WHO AM I KIDDING?!?!?!? I love jabbing companies! Well anyway, as I was saying... Lately companies have really been surprising me with some of their antics. My rants stretch back from AOL to Microsoft and today the latest crazy chicken on the chopping block is Apple, again. This time, they are refusing to sell you an iPad! Read More...

This is definitely a new one for me. If you frequent C.O.D. (everyone should!), you would know that the last two articles we posted here, Will KHOBE Be The End of Windows? and Are PC Users in The Dark?, were in some way, shape, or form referring to viruses or PC users lack of knowledge. I had never thought that one day this site would be listed as a security threat for doing so. I run Microsoft Security Essentials on all my machines as do most of my friends. Today, we were presented with an interesting piece of doo doo slung from a fan blade. Read More...

Having been in the technical ring for as long as I have, I have become increasingly aware that many people just don't have a clue. I hear all kinds of stupid things from why PC's break to how crappy they are, accompanied by a host of other reasons why PC's suck. Most of the times, people don't realize that they are the cause of many of their own problems. Read More...

It was a dark and stormy night, May 5th; it was intense, my dog was hiding in the bathtub, the wind was blowing like a child with a new kazoo, the rain was coming down in sheets (11 x 17), and my PC was left to fend for itself.  Suddenly, the ground shook and my home felt epileptic.  The phone rings, the same quake is hitting China, the U.K, Japan, Canada... this is a worldwide earthquake? This wasn't a typical earthquake, this was a digital earthquake; at least that's how Matousec.com describes it.  They named it KHOBE! Read More...

Taipei, Taiwan, May 2010 - QNAP Systems, Inc., the leading provider of network-attached storage (NAS), network video surveillance systems (NVR), and Network Multimedia Player (NMP), is pleased to announce we are exhibiting at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010, the largest computer exhibition in Asia. We are going to demonstrate the new-generation Intel-based Turbo NAS series with significant breakthrough in hardware design to bring groundbreaking performance enhancement and the upcoming management software V3.3. The recent VioStor NVR pro series, the world's first Linux-based NVR with local display feature, the entire lineup of VMware Ready™, Citrix® XenServer certified, and Microsoft Hyper-V compliant Turbo NAS, and high definition (HD) NMP-1000P network multimedia player will all be showcased.

As someone that is expected to fix everyone's computer in my family, there is nothing more than "WOOT!" that can  be said about a product that makes my family obligations easier.  My family isn't exactly the most "in touch" when it comes to computing (you will read an article / rant soon about that) and they make a bunch of dumb mistakes... most of which ends up with them contracting a I.T.D. (Internet Transmitted Disease, a.k.a. VIRUS!). That's when the frenzy starts, the claims that the world is collapsing, the seas are rising, they can't send email!  I must work quickly and efficiently to alleviate their ailments.  With that said, products like the USI-2535 makes my job easier. Read More...

Taipei, Taiwan, May 2010 - QNAP Security, a world class manufacturer of Linux-embedded, standalone Network Video Recorder (NVR) solutions is pleased to announce its participation at IFSEC 2010. QNAP will showcase the world's first 2, 4, and 6-drive Linux-based NVR with a VGA port for local display. All the new VioStor NVR models support PC-less system configuration, monitoring of IP cameras over the network, and video playback by connecting a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse to the built-in VGA connector. The NVR incorporates Intel® Atom™ D-510 dual-core processor to deliver exceptional performance of maximum network throughput of 176 Mbps with extremely low power consumption. The entire line-up of QNAP's 1 to 8-drive high performance VioStor NVR models and the latest Intel® Atom™ D510 processor-based, VMware Ready™ Certified Turbo NAS (network-attached storage) models will also be exhibited.