Here are my news picks for the week…

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite debuts in the App Store
Windows 7 Release Candidate Drops May 5
Chrysler’s Peapod EV lets iPod double as ignition key
Cheap Blu-ray players will hit U.S. store shelves
Dilbert Takes on Cellphone Rebates In Epic Battle With Rebaterus [Comic]
This is not how you’re suppose to wardrive
2009 is an Android year declares Google’s Schmidt
Do You Have a Google Profile?
Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles
SMS messages could be used to hijack a phone
MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach
The Palm Pre is already in mass production
Kadoink Seized By Creditors
New Get a Mac ads after “Laptop Hunters”

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Lobby Groups Launch Full Assault For Canadian DMCA
Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate arrives
Windows Mobile 6.5 takes personalization to the next level with themes and Titanium plugins
What’s up, bot? Google tries new Captcha method
Celebrities Take Over Twitter
Apple Comments on Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads
Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment
Windows 7 RC coming May 5 for public consumption, out now for MSDN / TechNet subscribers
How many paper cups do you trash in a day?
Apple tops PC customer satisfaction survey
Piracy causes nightmares for Stardock’s Demigod
BBC explains DRM restrictions on HD broadcasts
Let your friends crash on these CTRL-ALT-DEL Pillows
Windows Mobile 6.5 coming soon?

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Windows enthusiast Cullen creates “Cophenhagen” user experience concept video
The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail time
A warning against premature adoption of cloud computing
Job cuts to happen at Sony Ericsson
Hilco / Gordon Brothers acquires Polaroid brand, assets and dignity
iPhone beta OS cracks before release
Microsoft Family Safety Filter Blocks Google
LEGO Boombox looks sweet, still can’t make your kid’s music sound good
Simplify Media- Legally Share Your Music Library with Up To 30 Friends
A Few New Functions Spotted in iPhone 3.0 Beta [Unconfirmed]
Vonage now charges 29% in fees (at least for me)
4 Reasons Apple Should Deliver the iPhone to Verizon
Microsoft targets Barmy Army with Silverlight
Windows Mobile 6.5 to officially “launch” on May 11
If You Become a Yahoo Engineer, You Too Can Have 7 Monitors on Your Desk [Yahoo]
Verizon’s subsidized HP Mini 1000 leaks out
Report: Hulu planning iPhone app
Stone Neo 101 drops into the netbook pond, doesn’t cause a ripple
Tweetie for Mac looks fantastic!
Nintendo sells 435,000 units in the US in first week
AT&T iPhone Exclusivity Expires in 2010, AT&T Asking for Extension?
Samsung, Dell bring SSD encryption solutions
Photo Sharing feature in Live Messenger: Kill it dead

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

This DSi Can Take Itself Apart, Thank You Very Much [Teardowns
4400 Radioshacks Now Accepting Old Gadget Trade-Ins [Retail]
“Apple Tax” Report Backfires On Microsoft
ZuneHD specs leaked, supposedly confirmed by Microsoft
Sun begs IBM to come back and talk
German iTunes Store adds movie purchases, rentals
Mac OS X 10.5.7 update appears to be nearing release
Apple patent shows front-facing camera: Hello, video calls
Genius sues Activision and 7 Studios over Scratch game delay
Iomega opens sub-£2k box of storage tricks
Pirate Bay server becomes museum artefact
Apple, your Mighty Mouse sucks. Please fix it.
Ning hits 1 million social networks
Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones
WSJ’s Free iPhone App Is Already Better than the NYT App [Apps]
The Gadgeteer’s ZuneHD Rumor Mill Roundup
DivX 7 video software released for Mac
Apple growth turns negative as worldwide PC shipments plunge
Lose Your Amazon Account and Your Kindle Dies
They’re gone! After outcry, Time Warner uncaps the tubes
Apple and AT&T: Should the Exclusive Deal End?
Are Skype’s founders going to buy back the company from eBay?
SlingPlayer banned from App Store?
Google: We’d love to supply ads for Twitter
It begins: Palm Pre trickles out to accessory manufacturers
Light Up with Windows 7 Libraries
Apple: A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want
YouTube launching premium section with movies, TV shows
Apple market share drops slightly in the past year
Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options
Verizon Sues Dastardly Californian Fiber-Optic Cable Slicers [Crime]

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Virgin Media switches to Gmail
Apple Offering 8 GB RAM Kits for 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz 15″ MacBook Pros
Nirvanix Adds $5M to Keep Data in the Cloud
US company steps in with three new displays for mini-DP Macs (Updated x2)
eBay to spin off Skype in 2010
Eee PC hacked into a digital picture frame
DIGG: (Yet) Another DiggBar Update
OWC Releases Plug & Play Desktop Hardware Raid Solution
Google finally lets Blogger users earn money with AdSense ads
Reports: Mac OS 10.5.7 release imminent
ZuneHD details “confirmed”
CNN acquires leading Twitter account
Microsoft to allow on-campus pub after all
eBay buying stake in Gmarket; Yahoo selling its

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

OTA feature updates for Windows Mobile in the works
OQO could be hurting
app4mac Intros Jump, Projector Productivity Apps
Twitter is at least a dress rehearsal
Google official announces Android OS 1.5
Apple isn’t making your next iPhone, these guys are
Microsoft ends mainstream XP, Office 2003 support
Better Place experiments with WPF & Windows XP for in-car electronic console
Next-gen iPhone shows 15+ parts supply vendors
Reporter drives the Chevy Volt (almost)
Libraries Under the Hood
Ubuntu 9.04 due April 23, includes native ARM port
10 Of The Most Annoying Vista Irritations Solved
Coming Soon, Yet Another Re-Org at Yahoo
Vista Post-SP2 Is the Safest OS On the Planet
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 is out
Google search referer changes
Apple posts third iPhone OS 3.0 beta with minor API changes

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Bluetooth 3.0 specs revealed April 21, 480Mbps
Want to Sync Files Between Computers and Platforms? Check Out Dropbox!
Microsoft: have it your way on IE 8
iPhone Jailbreaking Still Going Strong
YouTube bypasses Korean law by ‘blocking’ uploads and comments
Kwiry- Another Web Service Shutters Its Virtual Doors
Palm’s “Touchstone” induction charger to cost $70?
HP MediaSmart now streams to iPhone, iPod
Burn ISO Images Natively in Windows 7
Sony to sell PSP game without UMD copy?
German Wikileaks Suspension Not Related To Police Raid

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Apps Featured in the MacHeist Bundle

iSale $39.95 Value	Picturesque $34.95 Value	SousChef $30.00 Value
World of Goo $20.00 Value	PhoneView $19.95 Value	LittleSnapper $39.00 Value
Acorn $49.95 value	Kinemac $299.00 Value	WireTap Studio $69.00 Value
BoinxTV $199.00 Value	The Hit List $49.95 Value	Espresso $80.00 Value
Cro-Mag Rally $19.95 Value	Times $30.00 Value
Bundle Value: $980.70

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I recently got a ADS Tech FMRadio Recorder on sale cheap at a local staples store for $5 thinking it would be cool to play with. It works great even on vista since it uses os built in drivers. One of its main selling point the ability identify songs as they play no longer exists… Snaptune One no longer exists and the newest page on archive.org is in 2008. It did seem to have some issues with two local station’s RDS signal and it sometimes scrambles the station ID text.

If i had got it at full price  id return it easily but for the price i paid it works good enough

Pictures

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Here are the links for: Friday, January 23rd 2009…

25 Years of Macintosh in photos
Acer intros 10in Aspire One netbook
App Store mirrors allow for browsing sans iTunes
Apple fans mark 25 years of Mac devotion
Apple reaches $22.5 million settlement for scratched iPod nanos
Boxee now supports ABC with Lost and Scrubs now streaming
Bugs In Microsoft Technical Documentation Rising
Delay in analog TV shutdown presents challenges
Download Windows 7 Now, Before It’s Too Late [Reminder]
Engadget goes all the way with Windows 7 Beta
Engineering the Windows 7 “Windows Experience Index”
Happy 25th, Macintosh!
How to Get Emoji Emoticons in iPhone SMS Messages Easily
iPhone App Store rewards the lazy
John Slater: So, What Exactly *Is* Mozilla?
Lian-Li PC-888: The New Big Blue [PCs]
Microsoft Flight Simulator developers hit particularly hard by job cuts
Microsoft To Cut 5,000 Jobs As Profits Fall 11%
Palm Responds to Apple’s Legal Posturing With Even More Posturing [Palm]
Police seize Indymedia server (again)
Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 Is Red Like Dead Zombie Blood [Xbox 360]
Samsadness: Samsung sales down
Samsung Android to land within months?
Senate OKs DTV Delay, Still Needs Money for Coupons
Skype Sees a Bright Future; Will It Be Spun Off?
Snow Leopard Screenshot Leaks?
Sony’s Webbie HD reviewed: cheap but not a bargain
The Mac at 25: Six of Apple’s worst products
The Mac at 25: Storage
Top 50 Linux Alternatives to Popular Apps
What would life after Microsoft look like? Think LEGO.
Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!) [Windows 7 Tip]
Win 7 Tip: ISO Disc Image Burning Is Built Right In [Windows 7]
Win 7 Tip: Maximize and Dock Your Windows by Dragging to the Screen Edge [Windows 7]
Win 7 Tip: Where the Hell is Add/Remove Programs? [Windows 7]
Windows Vista SP2 delayed?
YouTube officially enables HQ in embedded videos
YouTube To Allow Self-Serve Ads For Major Media Players

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Why is NAS (Network Attached Storage) important? It is important for off-PC backup. Should something happen to your PC, the backed-up data on the NAS system is safe. One advantage this setup has over the pre-built systems is the customizable setup. I have one of those mini boxes and its near useless. my DLink DNS-120 can’t even handle large files and is only USB 1.1. That was the whole reason for this project.

Ever wanted to have your own dedicated NAS system but didn’t want to spend much money? If you’ve got an older PC that you don’t use anymore, you may be able to repurpose it for network storage. You can use almost any older generation ATX PC… Celeron 500 or faster with 512mb RAM works. The faster the better.

My goal was to turn some spare parts into a working, usable NAS box. The parts i used for my NAS storage was: Generic Black ATX case, older generation ECS motherboard, Celeron 500 CPU, 512mb RAM, 4gb hard drive (boot drive), 60gb hard drive (storage drive), and my old Liteon CD-RW drive. My initial setup used Ubuntu Linux but had file permission issues so I switched to XP. It’s a bit of an art making XP run smoothly on a Celeron 500 with 512mb RAM.

If you are on more of a budget and can’t afford a Windows license for your NAS system, it’s fairly simple to set up Ubuntu Linux as the operating system. It’s all personal preference whether you use Windows or Linux – either way, it will still work.

One important thing is to set up remote access since you won’t have a monitor, keyboard, or mouse attached to the system. I personally prefer the use of UltraVNC over Remote Desktop since it has less system overhead. If you choose the Linux route, VNC is the only way.

Tags: attached, bargan, Linux, NAS, network, storage, WIndows