Archive for the “Software” category

Google Chrome Cloud Synchronization

by Rohan on August 6, 2009

This isn’t exactly “fresh” news, but I’m excited to see Google Chrome’s cloud-based synchronization. Apparently it works on the google talk protocol (XMPP, as far as I know). It should be fun to see how they did this with XMPP. Also, yesterday, the Chrome crew released a beta out for next Chrome. Apparently they improved (…)

Lab in a box

by Rohan on July 8, 2009

After playing around a bit at UOIT’s Hacker Research Lab, I decided that I needed (wanted) my own lab. Unfortunately, that was way too expensive. So, I decided to make my own lab..in a single box. OS of choice: VMware ESXi 4.0 Now, I haven’t used any of their competitors products (Citrix XenServer, or Microsoft (…)

Fences

by Rohan on April 20, 2009

For those of you that haven’t heard, Stardock (the same people who made DesktopX, ObjectDock, WindoBlinds, etc…) has a program called Fences. Basically, this program lets you create zones where you can put stuff on your desktop, and basically creates “fences” so that you can categorize your icons. Also, double-clicking hides all the icons/”fences” by (…)