Debug your Internet. I ran across this today, an interesting tool to debug your internet connection (Thanks Dr Stewart) this is a project of Berkeley.edu, and according to the about us page. The Netalyzr analyzes various properties of your Internet connection that you should care about — including blocking of important services, HTTP caching behavior …

Very interesting new product i saw last week (sorry for lagging and just now posting this) It is called Geode icache, and the product has a few interesting features, it combines a fingerprint reader for authentication, a small e-ink screen to display barcodes for purchases, and finally a card you can use in case your …

I found this today when looking for a Sysdiff and Windiff a command line tool to allow comparison of a system before and after installing software. This is especially useful when working with Citrix and non terminal server aware applications (read Legacy apps) The software is System Sherlock Lite. Check out the product and let …

Recently i was troubleshooting a lack of disk space on Hyper-V host servers and was baffled by the large (50+gb ) of disk space that was missing from the system. The host servers have modest (read 160gb) Partitions for the DOM0 partition.  I found that VSS in the default setting when disabled in set to …

I ran across this company today that is building what they describe as a “Tricorder” Obviously the founder is a Star Trek fan. The product aims to overcome the following obstacles or barriers as they call them, “the Final Frontier” The final frontier. — It’s coming sooner than you think, but we must overcome these …

According to Google: Our goal is to be able to offer our users a speedy, simple, secure Chrome experience across all platforms, which includes both the desktop and Metro versions of Windows 8. When i was playing with the developer preview, i installed Chrome on the desktop since i wanted to actual make Windows 8 …

I actually had this happen to www.genesiscommunications.biz this week, i found that a conditional redirect was added to the .htaccess file. This conditional redirect was sending traffic to a malware site in Russia. This could have resulted in Google flagging our site as a source of malware. I removed the .htaccess file and it appeared …

You heard me right! The consumer preview is now available for download from microsoft, here is the link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview?ocid=S_GOO_W8P_Google_na_EN-US&semid=ef_GGL_e_4b21c4f372246f77f804c8778cbed056&WT.search=1   Here is the overview for the lazy: See what’s new Swipe, slide, and zoom Touch a full-powered PC. It’s fast and it’s fluid. Take natural, direct, hands-on control. More Apps, front and center Apps in …

Google announced yesterday that before the end of 2012, you will be able to buy augmented-reality smart eyeglasses from the search giant. The Android-powered glasses will have an onboard camera that monitors in real time what you see as you walk down the street. The lenses will then overlay information about people, locations, and whatnot …