Managing Virtual Operating Systems Using Virtual Box

Sun's VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization software that allows you to run a number of operating systems from within your main, host operating system.  You can install them, and pretty much abuse the 'guest OS', break it, tear it up from the inside out, and never hurt your main operating system.  This is a great tool for people who want to learn about Operating Systems like Linux and BSD.  Linux user's can even install it to run Windows inside their Linux environment if needed....

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Windows Fix of The Day: Outlook Distress!

I have learned something very valuable of the last several weeks.  I recently bumped into a situation where I needed to support a couple of people's Outlook 2007 email clients.  I have seen a couple pretty crazy problems as of late.  And I will cover a little guidance for those this afternoon.  The first Outlook oddity: Outlook was extremely slow to open, then the program would stop responding while it was partially open.  This would result in the user seeing the GUI (graphical...

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Software of The Week: TVersity free media streaming!

Recently, I was in need of a solution for accessing my media via streaming from my computer. First, I figured out exactly what my needs were.  Simple, I needed away to access media from my desktop computer via my local wireless network.  I would be accessing the files mainly from my iPod Touch and possibly from a laptop or two later down the road.  After a few minutes searching the web, I landed on TVersity.  The download was only 13.5 MB's for the free edition.  TVersity...

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This Week In The News: 'My Bad McAfee', iAndroid, and more

This week has a few noteworthy news topics. McAfee Attacks! iPhone meet Android, you're new OS. We get a new Doctor...Who that is! First up this week, McAfee attacks! During an update that McAfee rolled out, widespread complaints started rolling in. Apparently, the update quarantined the 'svchost.exe' file therefore causing affected computers to continuously reboot themselves. The 'svchost.exe' file is a critical system file that Windows uses during boot and runtime to operate. McAfee is...

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Video Clips for the Week: Empty Promises and Zombies

I saw this clip on another site this week of more leaked 'Duke Nukem Forever' footage.  Quit teasing us with empty promises and hope.  I loved 'Duke Nukem 3-D' back in the day, and if I had the chance (which will never come) I'd play 'Duke Nukem Forever'.  Check it out: Also this week check out the first trailer for the new 'Resident Evil' film.  Here we finally see Wesker, Zombies from RE5, and more. Have a good d...

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This Week In The News: In A Galaxy...wait My Living Room?

This week in the news we have several newsworthy events.  We have a new announcement from George Lucas, the iPad has finally been set free into the wild, HP is going after the iPad, Xbox 360 Update, and my short review of 'The Clash of The Titans-3D'. First up, this week Mr. George Lucas (yes, of Star Wars fame), has made an official announcement.  There will be a new 'Star Wars' heading our way in the future.  However, don't look for a Sequel of Prequel or the Originals.  Instead,...

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Buyer Beware: Atari/Digital River Issues

I just wanted to through something out there.  This morning I decided to take the plunge and purchase a license for 'Champions Online'.  After playing the unlimited demo and really liking my character and the initial gameplay was pretty fun for me.  And from what I hear the game 'post-starting area' is pretty good too.  I figured if I could pick it up for a decent price with the additional 30-Days free after purchase, if I didn't end up liking the game I could drop it. So I...

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