Datarobotics (DROBO) released the Drobo Pro in the summer of 2009 and it was a very welcome product by many, including yours truly. However, they have now outdone themselves with a new line of products, one of which is the Drobo Elite. The ‘Elite’ is geared towards a small to medium sized business and offers [...]
Ironically I wrote a blog post yesterday(click here) about how to use Google Voice from your cell phone/iPhone, and today I wake up to news that Google is about to release mobile apps for Android and Blackberry devices. The apps should allow full integration of Google Voice. Notice that the iPhone is missing from this [...]
Great news out of Google Today…the BETA tags are gone. Here is the full story via (The Official Google Blog): Google Apps is out of beta (yes, really) 7/07/2009 08:02:00 AM We’re often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than [...]
If you are ever going to consider upgrading your Windows operating system to the latest and greatest then you need to take advantage of the upgrade pricing Microsoft has in effect. Even if you decide on using something older then Windows 7, you should purchase this license. Why? The licensing method that Microsoft users is [...]
Apple issued a few software and firmware updates tonight. The firmware for the Airport and Timecapsule Base Stations, a hp printer driver update, and and update for final cut pro. Here are the details of the Airport/Timecapsule Update: About Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.4.2 The Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort [...]
About MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 “MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 addresses an issue reported by a small number of customers using drives based on the SATA 3Gbps specification with the June 2009 MacBook Pro. While this update allows drives to use transfer rates greater than 1.5Gbps, Apple has not qualified or offered [...]
So here I was downloading a file from an associate that was quite large in size. When we started the ftp transfer the speeds were about 580kbps up and down. I have cable modem service and usually get about 10-15mbps down and the fios user gets about 6-7mbps up….which is in line with our transfer [...]
