Archive for January, 2010
I-Pad disappoints and Asus Intrigues
Jan 29th
Apple's New I-pad Disappoints
With the release of Apple’s shiny new I-Pad many enthusiasts were left wondering “What’s it for?”
This inherent identity crisis on the part of Apple’s new toy might or might not break it, since the price point resembles that of the original I-Phone. We all know how that turned out…
It doesn’t quite measure up to other tablets in any major arena : processing power, hardware, upgradability, versatility, and the list goes on.
I can imagine the disappointment to be largely due to Apple’s strong history of unveiling devices that re-pave the way for particular gadgets we’ve all used and loved – the cellphone and the MP3 player.
The question here is “What is being innovated?”.
I’m not sure even Mr. Jobs completely understands the specific direction for this device
Asus will debut their new EEE Tablet PCImage courtesy: www.techticker.com
Enter Asus. Another example of a company that has positioned itself to be known for innovation, minification, and basically answering the call of the wild market. I’m sure this device will be everything the I-Pad is not, and because of the price point set forth by Apple, I’m positive this little gadget, once polished, will be just as affordable.
I for one, will definitely be in line to pick up one of these tablets.
Let us know which device you think will accomplish what the Apple didn’t. And to be fair, let us know what the I-PPad does actually accomplish, or what need you think this pretty gadget fills – In The comments!
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Using AppLocker on Windows 7 to lock down what applications can run.
Jan 14th
This is a Windows 7 only feature don’t be jealous…
Do you want to lock down what applications the kids can run on your shinny new Windows 7 computer? Well they have a little known feature built into the latest and greatest version of Windows. It takes a little know how to get it going but that is what we are here for – right?
First set up the machine in question with the applications you want on it. Install the versions you want to run. Then we will need to open up the Group Policy editor or Local Security Policy Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
- Click Start, type secpol.msc in the Search programs and files box, and then press ENTER.
- In the console tree, double-click Application Control Policies, and then double-click AppLocker.
- Right-click Executable Rules, and then click Create Default Rules.
- AppLocker rules are automatically created .
To get into AppLocker and more advanced setups check out this page from Microsoft entitled AppLocker step by step scenarios http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee791835%28WS.10%29.aspx.
Software Giveaway: Audials One.
Jan 14th
Sure it has been a while since our last giveaway – and they all can’t be $1000+ computers right? Yes you should be kicking your self for not entering that! But I digress…
Today we are giving away a nifty commercial application that normally costs $60. It is called Audials One and it allows you to capture ANY audio that you can hear on your computer. You can rip songs from Blu Ray or DVD’s. It is billed as a professional media converter, organizer & player.
You can grab a track right from a audio stream. Audials One will save the track to a MP3 that you can then listen to offline, burn it to a cd or throw it on your iPod. The application also has a built in search feature to scour the Internet for specific audio bytes and to top it all off it doesn’t care one bit about DRM or any other SILLY copy protection scheme.
You can actually play a DRM’ed track on your machine and magically strip it off when you are saving it as a MP3 – you can learn more via their tutorials here.
As I said before we have 5 copies to give away so step right up and enter our contest all you need to do is leave a comment on this post as to why we should give it to you. Be funny, be witty and this might just be yours. The publisher also told me if we see a lot of comments and tweets we can up the number to 10 or maybe even 20. Let’s see how much you guys need this..
A comment will get you one entry, tweeting about the contest will get you 2 entries (tag it #AskTheAdmin) and blogging about the contest will get you 3 votes.
The contest will go for one week from today! So get your entries in, starting NOW!
Find out who is unfollowing you on Twitter.
Jan 12th
You ever have a conversation with someone, or perhaps stood in front of a group of people and in the middle of whatever you are talking about, someone gets up and walks out. It hurts a little, and is rather rude. Well, unfollowing people is sort of like that.
Granted, sometimes it is warranted. I mean, I have posted about tools to do mass unfollows to keeps your Twitter stream nice and fresh, but you don’t want people unfollowing you right? I mean, you are not a spam bot, so people should stick around to hear what you have to say right? Double standard much? That is besides the point.
Well, here are two tools that will snitch when someone unfollows you so you know who the jerks are:
- Goodbyebuddy: Goodbyebuddy will DM you when someone unfollows you. So far they claim to have busted over 2759413 unfollowers. To use this service, all you have to do is follow @GoodByeBuddy.
- Twitterless.com: Twitterless tells you who stops following you and graphs your follower history over time, making this info available in a variety of useful views. Once again, all you have to do is follow them to get started. @tless.
Know of any other Twitter tools to give you the goods on those walking out on you? Let us know in the comments!
[Via Bauer-Power.net]
Open Windows Control panels from the command line.
Jan 12th
So Johnny command line needs to be cool and open his computer management console or maybe just his services how can he do it?
Here you go little Johnny Command Line:
- Computer Management – compmgmt.msc
- Component Services – comexp.msc
- Disk Managment – diskmgmt.msc
- Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
- Disk Defrag – dfrg.msc
- Event Viewer – eventvwr.msc
- Group Policies – gpedit.msc
- Local Security Settings – secpol.msc
- Local Users and Groups – lusrmgr.msc
- Performance Monitor – perfmon.msc
- Resultant Set of Policies – rsop.msc
- Shared Folders – fsmgmt.msc
- Services – services.msc
And for the n00bs hit Start—Run—type anyone of these commands (include the .msc extension) and viola… Console Magic
Easy CD DVD Burner is the shiznit for free burning action on windows.
Jan 7th
Free Easy CD DVD Burner 3.9 rocks hardcore. If you need a free light weight easy to use CD or DVD burner look no further.
Grab the installer from http://www.koyotesoft.com/en/products.html. Install it and you are good to go. No rebooting just lots and lots of burning goodness – for free! Thanks KoyoteSoft you guys are awesome.
