| Installing Windows 7 Public Beta on a Virtual PC |
 Yesterday Microsoft made the Windows 7 Beta available for public download.
"If you have a spare test machine that supports the system requirements then I highly recommend installing the beta on your test machine. But if not, one way to mitigate the risks of using pre-release software is to use virtualization technology such as Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.
Creating a Windows 7 Beta 1 virtual image (aka virtual machine) is fairly similar to the process you would go through to install the Windows 7 Beta “on the metal” (non-virtualized). But for people who have never used Virtual PC before there are some differences.
Here is how to install the Windows 7 Beta with Virtual PC 2007." |
· Lee on January 10 2009 04:00:00
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| Windows 7 Public Beta Now Available! |
Windows 7 is…
the next release of the Windows client operating system, built on the secure foundation of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Performance, reliability, security, and compatibility are core tenets of this release as we collect your feedback to meet our engineering goals of making Windows 7 the best-performing and most stable Windows operating system to date. New innovations in the product are designed to augment your ability as an IT professional to better provision and manage increasingly mobile PCs, protect data, and improve both end-user and personal productivity.
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· Lee on January 09 2009 22:00:00
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| And you thought your mobile phone bill was big... |
Another jet-setting TV addict has fallen foul of unreasonable roaming fees, this time to the tune of £31,500, just to get their TV fix - just as the EU considers how best to curtail the operators' roaming rates.
The chap concerned was on holiday in Portugal when he decided to forgo the local sights and download an episode of the TV drama Prison Break, along with a few music tracks, and was stunned to get a bill for £31,500 on his return. |
· Lee on July 07 2008 13:59:29
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| Site Update |
 This site has now been upgraded to the latest version of PHP-Fusion.
A big thanks to Digi and team / crew for working so hard on the new version.
Here's to a few more years of PHP-Fusion!
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· Lee on June 22 2008 09:54:36
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| Explosion knocks out hundereds of servers at The Planet |
My weekend has been ruined. My favourite website B3TA.org has been knocked off the web due to an electrical explosion at their hosting provider.
"Today at approximately 5:45 p.m., a transformer in our H1 data center in Houston caught fire, thus requiring us to take down all generators as instructed by the fire department. All servers are down."
A load of other sites have also been affected - PocketPCThoughts, MobilitySite.com to name two others.
The guys and girls at The Planet have been working round the clock to restore services, but it's a massive task for them but they are getting there - slowly.
The last reported update (at the time of putting this article up) was:
"Power in H1 Phase 1 has been restored. We are starting to turn customer servers on in batches."
To be fair - they have kept people informed - even when they have no real news on a few occasions. This is how it should be done and a few companies could learn a thing or two from their forum thread.
Fingers crossed for some hardcore B3ta action tomorrow!
More news here and hourly updates from The Planet here.
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· Lee on June 02 2008 14:09:15
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| Say hello to the HTC Diamond |
As you know, Microsoft are a rather large company with lots of software (and re branded hardware) One of those product lines provides HTC with a mobile operating system - Microsoft Windows Mobile.
Today in London, HTC launched their latest device at an invite only press event - the HTC Diamond, which is of course powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile.
The device also incorporates a new version of the HTC TouchFLO technology called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D is similar in the way it operates to the Apple iPhone.
I'm not really an Apple fan to be honest, although I recently "upgraded" my old Creative Labs Touch (what's with the name Touch these days?) MP3 player to a nice new Apple video iPod - which is very nice indeed.
Anyway, we digress. The HTC blub reads:
Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones… the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.
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