C.O.D. Protests The Protect IP Act

Personally, I am sick and tired of the United States government meddling more and more in our lives.  The movie and music industry is using our elected officials like puppets (muppets) and we are sitting idly by and letting it happen.  Well, I signed the petition, and my voice will be heard next election.  G.R.I.P. – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians.  If we really want to make changes, we have to get those that pander to big business out of office and let them know that we have the power to do it.  After all, they are there to represent Read More…

Taipei, Taiwan, February 2011 – QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class NAS servers, NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Media Players today announced Hitachi (Deskstar7K3000 HDS723030ALA640) and Seagate (Barracuda XT ST33000651AS) 3TB hard drives are fully supported by the entire lineup of Intel-based and ARM-based Turbo NAS series.

Face it, most of us like the idea of having an HTPC (Home Theater PC) hooked up to our TV.  The flexibility we get with an HTPC over just a DVD player or a gaming console is enough alone to justify the cost.  I have built a bunch of these for people and until recently, I have never used pre-built systems.  There are many advantages to building a custom machine for your theater, but the biggest disadvantage is the cost.  Lately, I have been using Small Form Factor (SFF) HP's and believe it or not... they make great HTPC's.

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If you have opened up your WordPress site up to user registrations, there are inevitably some things that you just don't want them to see. Unfortunately, by default, there is no way to accomplish this directly from the options within WordPress. Until this day comes, you can remove dashboard items by adding some simple code to your functions.php file.

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If you take into consideration that WordPress is the most widely used blogging platform, it is confusing why they are still living in the past.  I am referring to the usage of AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo in the user's profile.  Currently, within WordPress, there is no way for you to modify these choices.  However, with a few simple lines of code in our functions.php file, we can bring WordPress into the 21st century.

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There are a lot of plugins running around that will let you embed videos and media into a post easily.  The funny part about this is that WordPress has had the functionality to handle this all by itself since version 2.9.  The functionality is powered by oEmbed and getting started is easy as pie.

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QNAP to Showcase IP Video Surveillance Systems with High-definition Local Display at Intersec Dubai 2011Taipei, Taiwan, February, 2011 - QNAP Security, the premium Linux-based and PC-less NVR solution provider, today announces its technical synergy with Brickcom, supporting a full range of indoor and outdoor megapixel IP network cameras to create customized surveillance solutions to meet the security needs of small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises.

QNAP Enhances Performance and Capabilities of its Turbo NAS Servers with New V3.4 NAS Management SoftwareTaipei, Taiwan, February, 2011 - QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class award-winning Turbo NAS servers, VioStor NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Media Players today announced the availability of the new V3.4 NAS management software. The V3.4 NAS management software is embedded into the NAS as V3.4 firmware, which enhances several key aspects of the QNAP Turbo NAS units allowing owners to maximize their investments in a QNAP NAS. New enhancements in V3.4 include:

I recently created a VM for Windows 7 and proceeded to waste hours trying to figure out why the Ethernet controller was missing from the Device Manager.  Installing VMWare Tools didn't fix the issue, tracking down the correct Ethernet driver didn't help; other people that created the same Virtual Machine were not having problems (of course), just me.  Fixing the problem is easier than you may think...

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For a long time, I was a cooling enthusiast; it was water or nothing.  However, as improvements have been made over the last few years, the idea of air cooling has become an attractive option.  The days of drilling holes in my case for mounting radiators and clumsy water pump configurations have gone out the window.  Although nothing looks as cool as a water cooled rig, it is troublesome to maintain, a bear to move to a new case, and it can get expensive.  Stock heatsinks have come a long way too and, with their improvements, other manufacturers have stepped up their game.  GlacialTech has an inclination that the Alaska can find itself a home in our bench rig.  Let's see if that assumption is correct.

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QNAP to Exhibit at CeBIT 2011, Hannover, Germany Booth at Hall 17, G67, March 1-5 2011Taipei, Taiwan, February 2011 -  QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class award-winning Turbo NAS servers, VioStor NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Media Players is joining this year's CeBIT, the digital industry's biggest and most influential international event. QNAP will be showcasing the entire lineup of IP SAN Turbo NAS servers with the newest V3.4 management software, the ONVIF-conformant VioStor Pro Series network surveillance systems, and the high definition (HD) NMP-1000P network multimedia player. We sincerely invite you to visit us at CeBIT 2011, Hannover, Germany, Booth at Hall 17, G67, March 1-5 2011.