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Moved by Freedom – Powered by Standards » Leaving the OpenOffice.org project

Hester PC — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:19:02 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Moved by Freedom – Powered by Standards » Leaving the OpenOffice.org project. Charles H. Schulz is leaving the Oracle run OpenOffice.org. Mentioned below he will be continuing with the Document Foundation. Their primary focus was LibreOffice. LibreOffice is a repackaged OpenOffice.org. However, now indeed forced to be a complete fork of the [...]

Motorola announces 4G-ready USB modem for LTE networks worldwide

Hester PC — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:01:42 +0000

Motorola announces 4G-ready USB modem for LTE networks worldwide | ZDNet. By Rachel King | October 20, 2010, 8:52am PDT Motorola got things rolling yesterday at the 4G World 2010 conference in Illinois this morning with the introduction of its portable LTE USB-lt key. The FDD LTE USB-lte 7110 device is intended for use on 4G LTE [...]

Verizon calls “first!” on $599 Samsung Galaxy Tab

Hester PC — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:45:46 +0000

Image via CrunchBase Verizon calls “first!” on $599 Samsung Galaxy Tab By Chris Foresman | Last updated about 4 hours ago Verizon and Samsung announced Wednesday that the 7″ Android-powered Galaxy Tab will be available on Verizon’s network beginning November 11. Samsung has already announced plans to bring the device to all four major carriers—and [...]

Verizon’s Tiered Data Plans Reportedly Coming This Month – PCWorld

Hester PC — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:48:21 +0000

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Verizon’s Tiered Data Plans Reportedly Coming This Month – PCWorld. Verizon will introduce tiered data pricing on October 28, Engadget reports. Unlike AT&T’s two-tiered data plan, however, Verizon will not be abandoning the unlimited data option for smartphones. The popular wireless provider has been hinting at moving toward tiered [...]

Single 3TB Drives Now Available!

Hester PC — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:30:55 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Western Digital has released 3 TB Drives! Seagate also has drives soon to be released. Supported for Vista and Windows 7. You must use GPT for booting and have an EFI capable system. Otherwise you need an add-on card. Amplify’d from news.cnet.com WD breaks capacity limit with 3TB hard drive The new [...]

Server Moved

Hester PC — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:00:36 +0000

Image by mayhem via Flickr Once again I have updated my site. It’s been refreshed some

Long time, but here is some fun

Hester PC — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:08:31 +0000

Image via Wikipedia I had pretty much neglected my site for some time. Though I have a been busy and well gotten hooked on Counter Strike: Source. Just last week I had started up a small public CS:S server. I had also updated it to run on the new orange box source engine. So join [...]

Need a Scratch Pad for Search? Yahoo Has One

Hester PC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:55:30 +0000

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Most of the hubbub about search lately has centered on Bing and Google. But the one that started it all, Yahoo, will try to make its own splash in search, with a new feature called Search Pad. The service will go live Tuesday night at 9:00 PM Pacific Time. [...]

Researchers Expose Security Flaw in Social Security Numbers

Hester PC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:46:19 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Have you posted your date of birth and birthplace on any of your social networks? If so, you may have provided enough information for hackers to figure out your Social Security number. Well, in theory, anyway. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have successfully devised a way to guess a person’s Social Security [...]

Why is Microsoft even offering Windows 7 Ultimate?

Hester PC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:27:11 +0000

Image via CrunchBase Through July 11, Microsoft is offering steep discounts on Windows 7 upgrades for the Home and Pro versions of the software–but not Windows 7 Ultimate. According to a CNET report, users can “preorder Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional at roughly half the list price, but the Ultimate version is offered at [...]