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Some of us have been using computers for a long time. If you’ve been through the era of, say, Windows 95, you’d think computer crashes are just part and parcel of using a computer. However, crashes are far less ...
Category: Technology
All technology things, computers, networking, IT security, etc.
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I’ll be honest. There’s no way you’ll become a skilled network techie just by reading this blog post. After the recent loss of BGP route reachability to parts of StarHub’s network, I thought I’d ...
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IPv6 network connectivity on my home fibre broadband service is broken at the moment. I’m definitely not happy about it. So perhaps I’m mostly just ranting when I complain about their network engineering being a ...
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By now, a good number of people already have Xiaomi’s Redmi budget Android smartphone. Xiaomi has held four rounds of sales on their website. It’s also sold by our local telcos, and online marketplaces like Qoo10, all ...
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Western Digital has unveiled the world’s first Thunderbolt portable hard disk, the My Passport Pro. I’ve got one unit for this review, and even although I’ve hardly got started, I can’t wait to share some ...
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Microsoft Windows XP will reach the end of its support life on 8 April 2014. It’s under two weeks to go. No, Windows XP will not stop working after that day, nor will the world grind to a halt. But many people have voiced ...
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For over the last 30 years, the Internet ran on a suite of protocols, the principal one known as the Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4. You’ve likely heard of it, and maybe also how IPv4 addresses are scarce, and that ...
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Earlier this year, I shared about my plans to build a storage server. I had been quite excited about Btrfs. Btrfs has very nice features, particularly attractive to home users needing flexibility in growing, shrinking, or ...
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I have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of KitKat on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGS4). Unless you have a pure Android Nexus device, or one of those Google Play Edition handsets, you’d typically have to wait for the ...
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While most companies have transitioned from conventional spinning hard disk drives to solid state storage using some form of hybrid storage solution, Western Digital has taken quite a different approach with their Black2. It is a ...