2008 May « WilksNet Tech Blog

IE 8 Beta 2 Due in October

Posted in microsoft on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »

According to PCWorld:
“Microsoft will release a second beta of Internet Explorer 8 before the end of October, said a manager in its technical support group, who also warned Web designers to start adding a new tag to their sites or risk those sites “breaking” when the new browser ships.
“We are encouraging site administrators to get [...]

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Second RC of Firefox 3 Confirmed

Posted in mozilla, open source on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »

Courtesy of MozillaLinks:
“On today’s Firefox 3 status meeting, the need for a second release candidate was confirmed and it has been tentatively targeted for early June.
RC2 will fix about a couple of dozen bugs including some top crashers, some affecting performance and localization related. Most of the bugs already have patches waiting for review or [...]

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Samsung Introduces 256GB SSD

Posted in hardware on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »

This is pretty amazing, I can’t wait for the prices to go down, and the capacities to continue to rise…
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Samsung shows 256GB flash memory-based SSD
Samsung plans to begin sampling the 256GB solid-state disks in September

By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
May 27, 2008
Samsung Electronics plans to launch within this year a flash memory-based solid-state disk [...]

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Google Gmail and Talk Still In Beta…

Posted in software on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »

What’s the deal with this? I noticed that my Gmail and Google Talk are STILL in beta?! Or at least by the nature of their icons. Get it together man, for pete’s sake!

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Cisco IOS Lab Emulator Dynamips/Dynagen/GNS3

Posted in Cisco, networking on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »

These are some very cool and innovative tools for emulating (not simulating) a Cisco Lab with real IOS images. The first thing you’ll want to look into is:
Dynagen/Dynamips
Internetwork Expert Tutorial
then…
GNS3
and then…
hacki.at - cisco lab forum
then some…
blindhog.net - tutorials
courtesy of…
Cisco Blog
Cisco Subnet @ Network World

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IE 8.0 Beta 2 is Coming…

Posted in microsoft on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »

I found out that Microsoft is planning on releasing Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 later this year and that it’s going to be geared towards end users rather than developers. Yipee. None of the new features of IE 8 are particularly interesting to me and I know that I will find the same functionality on [...]

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NYTimes Reviews Browser Wars

Posted in microsoft, mozilla, open source on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »

I found an article on the New York Times website describing the new Firefox 3 release and the state of the current browser wars.
“SAN FRANCISCO — The browser, that porthole onto the broad horizon of the Web, is about to get some fancy new window dressing. Next month, after three years of development and six [...]

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Pidgin Instant Messenger 2.4.2

Posted in open source on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »

Pidgin IM has released a new version 2.4.2 for Windows and Linux. You can download the open-source IM client from here:
http://pidgin.im/
“Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, [...]

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Firefox 3 RC1 Destroys All Other Browsers

Posted in mozilla, open source on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »

In the SunSpider JavaScript Bechmark test, the newly released Firefox 3.0 RC1 was far and away the best performer. The new browser was pitted against a bunch of others including Opera, Safari, and IE 7 with various builds.
Here are the results of the test, courtesy of ZDNet.
Source: Asa Dotzler’s Blog

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How To: Perform Password Recovery on Cisco 2900 Series Switch

Posted in Cisco on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »

I have been experimenting with a new Cisco Switch that I got today. Here is the model:
Cisco WS-C2924C-XL-EN Catalyst 2900 XL 24 port Switch
This switch has 8MB of DRAM and 4MB of system flash. This switch was also purchased used from eBay and therefore comes with a sort of “use at your own risk” mentality. [...]

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