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Archive for March 2008

Apple Pushes Safari on Unsuspecting Windows Users

Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 2:36 PM by Malcolm

Apple is distributing Safari as anautomatic "update" for iTunes.

Posted in Tech (RSS)

Cluster computing gets thumbs up from NSF head.

Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 2:35 PM by Malcolm

From the article: "A large-scale computing collaboration between Google, IBM and the National Science Foundation holds the key to some of science's most pressing puzzles, NSF director Arden Bement said in a conversation Friday with Wired editors."

Posted in HPC (RSS), Tech (RSS)

Windows Vista VPN Error 609

Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 at 2:34 PM by Malcolm

If you have problem with Windows Vista VPN with error code 609, you can try the following fix from this post.

uninstall miniports:

>netcfg -u ms_l2tp

>netcfg -u ms_pptp

install them again (order may not be important):

>netcfg -l %windir%\inf\netrast.inf -c p -i ms_pptp

>netcfg -l %windir%\inf\netrast.inf -c p -i ms_l2tp

Posted in Tech (RSS)

Microsoft's response to Google Earth. World Wide Telescope.

Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 at 2:34 PM by Malcolm

World wide telescope takes all of the best pictures of the universe from dozens of telescopes from all over the world and space to recreate an interactive universe. Microsoft believes that this free program will change the way people look at the universe and it may very well happen.

Posted in Tech (RSS)

High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas

Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008 at 2:33 PM by Malcolm

The race to save the Cougar Ace. The Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Cougar Ace has tipped over off the coast of Alaska. All 23 crewmembers have been rescued. The same cannot be said, however, for the 4,700 Mazdas aboard the ill-fated 654-foot ship.

Posted in General (RSS), Tech (RSS)