Man, Time Warner Cable — you are some shady players. Hot on the heels of the ISP\’s decision to withdraw DOCSIS 3.0 trials from areas that have rejected its tiered billing plan, we\’re hearing that TWC\’s teamed up with Embarq to persuade the North Carolina state government into banning community-owned broadband services. via Engadget. Â Read […]
According to Time Warner Cable\’s most recent annual report, the company has largely rolled out DOCSIS 2.0 across its hybrid fiber-coax network and \’plans to deploy DOCSIS 3.0 selectively in its systems during 2009, which will enable TWC to deliver speeds significantly faster than currently achievable.\’ But will it? Alex Dudley, the company\’s vice president […]
Open Street Map, is a FOSS version of an internet based map… (ala Google Maps). OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth. OpenStreetMap A quick examination showed my region of the globe, without any […]
If you are having odd issues with a mail message attachments, before you start tearing the system apart, try rebuilding the mailbox. Â Occassionally, I will receive a call complaining that the user can not open a particular PDF with Preview, Acrobat Reader, or quick look. Â Yet, the message when forwarded somewhere else opens fine, the […]
One method to setup a Windows drive letter mount on is to use the command line interface. Â The Net Command controls a large number of windows functions, including File Share (Net Use), Printing (Net Print), Time Syncronization, Â Account information, and much much more… For our purposes the Net use command, would look like this: net […]
What\’s the fastest way to shut down Windows? With a mouse, it takes at least two clicks, plus the time required for the various menus to appear. The quickest Windows-shutdown technique I know of is to create a shutdown shortcut and then assign the shortcut a keystroke combination. Start by right-clicking the desktop or any […]
The DNS protocol has been around for decades and is a stable and reliable protocol. Even so, DNS does occasionally have problems. These problems might stem from a loss of connectivity, an invalid DNS record, or a number of other issues. When a DNS server doesn’t behave in the way that it is expected to, […]
Indigo 4.0 We\’re happy to announce the immediate availability of Indigo 4.0. See below for a list of new features. New features: Indigo 4.0 now comes in 2 flavors: Pro and Lite. Pro is basically everything: all features of 3.0 plus the new features. Lite is a less expensive version that has some high-end features […]