Category: 657: Updated Xserve, iTunes DRM is Dead, Browser Spoofing, Windows XP Downgrade

I wrote last week about figuring out which FireWire chipset is inside your computer. The technique involved single user mode, which is great if you happen to be restarting, or are investigating the innards of a brand new machine without a configured user on it. But what if you don’t want to restart, or are…

We reported some time ago that Microsoft planned to make Windows XP available through June 2008. Later, the company extended that date to July 31, 2009. With the release of Windows 7 approaching, Microsoft announced today that the XP “downgrade” will remain available through April 2010. Windows XP was first released in October 2001. That…

Today we had a wonderful customer in the store who had just switched to Apple by buying a new MacBook. He was running into trouble with his company’s web-based calendaring and collaboration system, as the site required Internet Explorer 6 or greater to run. He’d browse to it using Safari or Firefox, and the site…

The success of the iTunes Store is undeniable (it’s the #1 music store in the US). It has proven that people are willing to pay for digital music, movies, TV shows, and games, as long as the content is priced fairly, and the purchase process is fast and easy. I appreciate the iTunes Store and…

Say it with me: “NAH – HAY – LEM” Today Apple introduced an all-new Xserve line that reportedly delivers up to two times the performance of the previous generation while providing enhanced energy efficiency. Based on next-generation Intel “Nehalem” architecture, the new Xserve features a single-die quad-core architecture, a fully shared 8MB L3 cache design,…

Happy Tuesday, Vermont today became the fourth state in the union to legalize same-sex marriage, and the first to do so through the legislative process instead of by court order. The Senate voted last night to approve a slightly revised version of the House bill, and, as promised, Governor Douglas vetoed it shortly thereafter. This…