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Nothing defines unlimited like the Slashdot effect
Posted on 27. Jan, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
According to Webster’s dictionary, the word unlimited means: lacking any controls: unrestricted boundless, infinite not bounded by exceptions Apparently to many hosting providers, the word unlimited actually means: a whole lot less than you think as much as it can until it becomes a problem for them Sharing the resources of a three year old [...]
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HP opens first wind-cooled green data center
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Jes Darmanin.
Hewlett-Packard has officially opened its newest green data center in northeast England, cooled entirely by cold wind blowing off the North Sea. HP Enterprise Services says its new 360,00 sq. ft. Wynyard center is 40 percent more energy-efficient than conventional data centers thanks to its harnessing of wind to lower temperatures of IT equipment and [...]
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Icon Finder
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Recently, I came across a great website, Icon Finder, which allows you to search for icon for almost every application. IconFinder.com allows you to search through a huge database of almost 124,176 icons. All you need to do is type the name of the application or a web service and it will show you all [...]
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Traumatic Data Loss – Backup now!
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Most of us have owned a computer for years now. We practically store our whole life in those little machines; photos, videos, music, documents, emails and more. Unfortunately however, only a few consider data backup seriously. In my own experience as a freelance technician for a couple of years, only a really small percentage of [...]
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Do not buy the Nokia n97!
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Today I was off with a start of a great day. I woke up early took my new car for a spin in the less trafficky than usual streets and arrived at work early. All was great until I came across a blog mentioning the release of the Nokia n900! How could Nokia do this? [...]
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Twitter 2.0 – My vision for a better Twitter
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Anyone who has been a twitter user for some time,has probably noticed that recently, twitter has changed more into a link posting site with loads of spam. Just today I noticed my follower count increasing quite a lot, and I noticed a bunch of (what I assume are) fake users just posting eBay listings. Whilst [...]
