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Comment Remote Desktop Support - Showmypc (Score 1) 454

by jonnyboy3us on Sunday November 22, 2009 @07:01PM (#30197236) Attached to: Simple, Free Web Remote PC Control?

One solution that I've always used and works great is located at showmypc.com. The user you're supporting will download the client (VNC) that will connect to their servers that serve as a bridge. It will give them a code after you download the client that you will type into your showmypc client that authenticates the session. It's very easy to use and works great. I never need to install VNC or any other clients and it doesn't cost me a dime. Good Stuff. Of course, LogMeIn works just as well. For the iPhone lovers out there, there's LogMeIn ignition that costs a pretty penny if you're into paying for it. Lots of solutions exist, it's up to you to decide which one you like best. Hope this helps.

Submission + - win7 runs better than XP.....just barely (extremetech.com)

Submitted by

gadget junkie

on Friday November 20, 2009 @06:48PM

gadget junkie writes: "An interesting Article by Extremetech does a quick and dirty comparison between Windows 7, Vista, and good ole Windows XP. none of the tests are real life tests, and the hardware was dated, but "[...]For the most part, these tests don't show Windows 7 soundly trouncing XP. But for an operating system that's far richer in features and more advanced in interface, Windows 7 is quite close to the older OS and tops it in several tests. Most impressive among Windows 7's wins were its JavaScript and shutdown time results."
One phrase was rather defensive, tough:"For gamers, the results are pretty much a wash between XP and Windows 7. In any case, power gamers are far more likely to be buying for a new high-end machines and not upgrading an old XP system."
Now, I am not a big geek, but I DO play games .My quad core intel runs on XP, and you'll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers; and many other people I know choose hardware sellers on one big service they offer: they do the downgrade from Vista or Win 7 to XP.
I do not have the time and resources to buy a win7 machine for inhouse testing, expecially the user experience: what's the score for slashdotters on this one?"

Submission + - Best Practise for Infrastructure Upgrade? 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20, 2009 @07:12AM

An anonymous reader writes: I was put in charge of an aging IT infrastructure that needs a serious overhaul. Current services include the usual suspects, e.g. www, ftp, email, dns, firewall, dhcp — and some more. In most cases, each service runs on its own hardware, some of them for the last seven years straight. The machines still can (mostly) handle the load that ~150 people in multiple offices put on them, but there's hardly any fallback if any of the services dies or an office is disconnected. Now, as the hardware must be replaced, I'd like to buff things up a bit: distributed instances of services (at least one instance per office) and a fallback/load-balancing scheme (either to an instance in another office or a duplicated one within the same). Services running on virtualized servers hosted by a single reasonably sized machine per office (plus one for testing and a spare) seem to recommend themselves. What's you experience with virtualization of services and implementing fallback/load-balancing schemes? What's Best Practise for an update like this? I'm interested in your success stories, anecdotes but also pointers and (book) references. Thanks!

Submission + - Windows 7 seems to hate real LANs 5

Submitted by jakie on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @02:39PM

jakie writes: Windows 7 really tries to make things better for the average user — as long as he or she does not try to set up a static-IP LAN without default gateway and DNS. This leads to Windows crippling this network's connectivity by categorizing it as "Unidentified" and it's location as "Public", which it does not even let you change. This — in my eyes — is a very poor design decision and has already caused much grief in the Windows community. Microsoft also does not seem to acknowledge the problem. Does any persistent solution exist for this problem?

Comment Wii Fit Is a Step in the Right Direction (Score 1) 301

by jonnyboy3us on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @07:15PM (#23563985) Attached to: Consumer Reports Gets Its Game On

So far, I've really enjoyed playing Wii Fit for the past week. The game does focus heavily on balancing your body. While I don't really go for the yoga exercises, I do love the Skiing, Snowboarding and Running Exercises. While it may seem boring to be running on an island, the game really steps it up by having the other Mii's you've created run with you which makes the running entertaining. I recommend you hold the Wii Remote in your hand for it to be more accurate since when I put it in my pants, it tends ruin your pace.

I'm usually always worn out after 30 minutes of these exercises. The strength exercises are really good if you do them right. Just like Wii Sports, once the family plays this game, they'll love it. My younger boy who has difficulties with his gross motor skills loves the balance games. For $90, you can beat this type of therapy.

It's fun having your friend get registered as being 'obese' when he's really got a lot of muscle mass. You guys will get a kick out of watching your wife do the hula hoop...

Well worth the money in our family. My wife also loves it which is rare for any game.

And Finally, once we get some decent skiing and snowboarding games that use the balance board, it's going to be a blast.

Just my two cents...

Microsoft Wants 360 To Have PS2-Like Lifespan 160

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @01:21PM from the just-finish-out-the-mass-effect-trilogy dept.

Gamasutra is reporting on comments from Microsoft executive Mindy Mount, reacting to Nintendo's Satoru Iwata and his observations about the modern console life cycle. Mount indicated that the company is looking towards the PlayStation 2's success well into its lifespan for inspiration. "In comments very similar to those made by Iwata, Mount suggested that a rush to create a new generation of consoles was not necessary until there was a compelling hardware feature to justify it. 'At this point from the technological perspective, there are some real advances ... that make it worth having a next-generation console," said Mount. "Right now there aren't that many things on the horizon that you think, wow, that's going to be a game-changer.'"

Submission + - Hackers and Suits: 10 Tips for Managers to Bridge

Submitted by

Esther Schindler

on Friday October 19, 2007 @04:58PM

Esther Schindler writes: "Managers and software developers live in two separate worlds. In Hackers and Suits: 10 Tips for Managers to Bridge the Gap Hal Fulton — who you probably know as the author of The Ruby Way — shares his advice to PHBs about how to motivate, communicate with and (maybe) understand these strange people who build the software solutions upon which they rely.

The average hacker has no business sense. He isn't even aware that he lacks one. His world is megabytes and milliseconds, not dollars and cents. He likely has never had a management course—perhaps has never had any kind of business course whatsoever. He evaluates things by their performance and their technical excellence. He may tend to overlook the user; usability and user-friendliness, good online help and good documentation are not usually highest on his list of priorities. Even farther over his horizon is "the bottom line" itself. He is buried so far in the internals that he is unaware of any positive or negative economic impact his actions have.

So here is Tip 1: Remind the developer that technical excellence is no guarantee of success.

"

Submission + - High-Tech Vest Lets Gamers Take a Hit (pcworld.com)

Submitted by

mytrip

on Friday October 19, 2007 @04:45PM

mytrip writes: "Sure it sucks to get killed while playing a shoot-'em-up, but you know you can just get up and start over again. But what if you actually felt all that carnage? Would it make you think twice before charging in? Don the 3rdSpace gaming vest, and you'll be feeling gunshots, missile attacks, kicks, punches, and other types of body impact. Designed by a surgeon, the vest was originally created for use in the medical field to poke and prod patients in order to get a sense for what they were feeling. Since then, the vest has been adapted for the game industry, capable of delivering hits and shots exactly where you would feel them. Utilizing air pouches — four on front, four in back — the vest nudges and jabs gamers at eight different contact points. The vest, uh, hits in November for $189, and will ship with Call of Duty. Another vest is also in the works, this one aimed at flight and driving sims."

Super Smash Brothers Brawl Controls Detailed 55

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 19, 2007 @02:56PM from the why-can-donkey-kong-do-that-helicopter-thing dept.

Ars Technica notes that, as more information leaks out from a recent Nintendo event, the control scheme for Smash Bros. on the Wii is now available for your examination. You're pretty much going to want to use the 'classic' controller for this one: "Holding the remote sideways like an NES controller, the d-pad is used for movement, A is used for taunting, B for guarding, the minus button for grabbing, the 1 button for special moves, the 2 button for the standard attack, and a combination of buttons for the "Smash Attack" ultimate moves." You can hear a detailed description of the control scheme in last week's 1up Yours podcast, starting at right about 13:40.

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