Cablevision offers 101Mbps, cap-free Internet: \”Cablevision on Tuesday claimed the title of the fastest cable Internet provider in the US by launching Optimum Online Ultra. By using the newer multi-channel DOCSIS 3.0 standard, the carrier promises a peak of 101Mbps downstream and a still-fast 15Mbps upstream. The service is theoretically twice as fast as Comcast\’s […]
Firefox 3.0.10 Released, Fixes Major Stability Issue [Updates]: \” Firefox may have updated to 3.0.9 just last week with a few critical security fixes, but the folks at Mozilla are already pushing out 3.0.10—this time fixing a major stability issue and one security fix. Seems like a little bit of a bungle on Mozilla\’s part […]
Question: I just did a huge cleanup of my backup drive, and my system is running slow, and I see a process named Locum?  What\’s locum? PID COMMAND    %CPU  TIME  #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT  RSHRD  RSIZE  VSIZE 75035 Locum    23.3%  6:12.20  1   30   25 […]
Even when not explicit, ISP data caps still haunt users – Ars Technica: \”Even when not explicit, ISP data caps still haunt users Time Warner Cable\’s data cap plan might be history (for now), but unpublished data caps live on thanks to the \’acceptable use policy.\’ ISPs that continue to rely on ambiguous metrics for […]
There is a neat trick to help export your mail in Entourage 2008. If you drag a folder out of the folder list, and onto your desktop, it creates a .mbox file just for that folder. This is a good way to move emails from Entourage to many other formats, especially if you\’re only concerned […]
Technologizer is checking back, and seeing what happened to the Top 15 Web Properties of April, 1999? As I quietly lamented (or at least noted) the impending death of GeoCities today, I wanted to double-check my memory that it was once one of the very largest sites on the Web. Yup–ten years ago, in April 1999, […]
Fear and Terror! All your data are being stolen! Wow, this is just asinine, with emphasis on the ass part. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm This article is telling everyone that if you really want your data to be safe when you throw away your computer, you need to beat the thing to a pulp with a hammer.  The most […]
You may to wish to back up your mailboxes, messages, addresses, and account settings as part of your regular backup strategy. To back up this information, make copies of the files listed below. Copy all the files located in ~/Library/Mail. Copy the file \”com.apple.mail.plist,\” located in ~/Library/Preferences. This file stores the preferences you set in […]