Yesterday Nokia rolled out two new handsets E6 and X7. This will be available in stores Q2 2011. They will be powered by the new Symbian OS, Symbian^3 or now known as Anna. The E6 follows on the form factor…
SQL Express 2008
This is the first time I used SQL Server 2008 Express. A most interesting experience. First off there are several types, database only, management tools only, both and Advanced Services that comes with reporting services. I installed the database only…
Network Load Balancing
Microsoft Load Balancing Service. It is very similar in to Cluster Service in setup, but administration is quite different.
Compellent is now Dell
Compellent storage is a company that provides top tier storage solutions for medium tier pricing. Even though their entry model can be pricey when compared with the giants like HP, IBM. The nice thing is that it comes with storage…
Another reason not to use Javascript.
Javascript is suppose to you give you a richer browsing experience. It can detect the browser client that you are using and adjust the content for your viewing pleasure. The downside is that the web pages can be take a…
Converting from Windows to Linux.
After a long period of procrastination, I have decided to replace the old dead PC with a Linux box. This was mainly driven by the fact price of RAM is falling and 32bit Windows can only support 3Gb of RAM.…
3 things that made me smile
3 things that made me smile. 1. Got the technical spec off my chest. 2. Managed the Sharepoint migration now, instead of doing. 3. Showed another way to control data loss.
How wide is it?
I was tooling around Microsoft SQL server in preparation for a 64 bit migration when I came across this interesting command. xp_msver It returned the following for my Intel box. 1 ProductName NULL Microsoft SQL Server 2 ProductVersion 589824 9.00.4035.00…
Earthquake caused Tsunami in Japan
An earthquake off the coast of Japan caused a tsunami. The Tohoku 8.9 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan triggered a 10m high tsunami causing massive flooding at coast and Sendai Airport. The earthquake disrupted the cooling for…
Tablet / Smart phone CPU
The processor used in smart phones used to be some low end, cheapest CPU core the handset manufacturer can squeeze into the BOM. Nowadays you get 1GHz class CPU in phones and tablets with nearly as much horsepower was a…