Over all it is recommended to have tidy cables on computer setups but most people don’t have the time nor the capability to do it. For the fun of it for a challenge I tidied up my messing around machines.

Specs
Beige Machine: 1.66ghz Atom Dual core, 1gb ram, 160gb hd, realtek based wifi card
Black Machine: 2.4 ghz P4, 1gb ram, 160gb hd,single layer dvd burner, broadcom based wifi card, 128mb geforce fx5200

Tags: Atom, Broadcom, Cable, dual, GeForce, Intel, Layer, Nvidia, P4, ram, RealTek, single, Tidy, Wifi

RSS Digest for Wednesday, July 1st, 2009:

NASA patches Endeavour’s leaky plumbing
Child porn found on an iPhone application
Yahtzee woolgathers on and around The Sims 3
The One Day Particle Editor
Images of Apollo Landing Sites Soon Available
Scientists find a black hole that’s “just right”
As Mozilla ‘upgrades the Web,’ Microsoft must upgrade its pace
Toshiba launching the TG01 next week in London
ATM vendor gets security talk pulled from conferences
Xbox 360 Repair Guide
Weak PS3 sales: Now the Taiwanese government sponsors Sony
Bing’s first month produces small share gain
Get ready to deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2.
How to Achieve Revenue
Gmail adds drag and drop
Happy Canada Day & Ch’town Tweet-Up
Bing takes a little more market share from Google
Finally, a MacBook Pro for Ninjas!
Gmail labels get higher placement, drag-and-drop
iPhoto update fixes crash, MBA firmware for new batteries
Bringing Moore’s Law to the Data Storage Market
iPhone 3GS TV Ads
GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested
3D TV will won’t go primetime in 2011
Microsoft resorts to vomit to market IE 8
Mimo Pivoting 7-Inch USB Display Now Available at Think Geek [Displays]
Happy DTS 7.1 Day, California
Is Twitter freaking out over ‘tweet’ trademark?
News: Apple posts iPhone OS 3.1, SDK 3.1 beta
Chicago ‘burb ditches red light cameras, no safety advantage
Windows 7 Beta automatic shutdowns begin today, RC users safe until March 1st
Is There More to Life than Gnomedex?

RSS Digest for Tuesday June 30th, 2009:

Starcraft lessons from a “100 percent full-blooded Korean”
PlayStation emulator hits the Palm Pre
John Slater: An Upgraded Mozilla.com for an Upgraded Firefox
Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers
Google fixes Outlook plugin for Google Apps
Where Have All the Platforms Gone?
RIAA triumphs in Usenet copyright case
Gnomedex 2009 for $99?!
The Original Ethernet Cable and Cable Diagrams [Retromodo]
Clipstart 1.1
Malcolm Gladwell Challenges the Idea of “Free”
Health Officials To Military: Ban Smoking
The Pirate Bay adds ‘user deletion’
Apple’s 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job [Apple]
Ubuntu: A feasible Oracle hedge against Windows
The Alienware OptX AW2210 21.5-inch LCD monitor – Hadoken!
Verizon says house shoppers crave high-fiber Internet diet
Firefox add-ons: Which work in 3.5?
New Firefox, Nero now available
Yahoo to build data center near Buffalo
ASUS rolls out RT-N16 wireless router
Arcade on wheels? Yes, please
Metaplace virtual worlds now blog-embeddable
Photos: NASA’s science, tech showcase
Comcast Bringing Metropolitan WiMAX To Subscribers
G.S.M. Palm Pre spotted in Vietnam
The Pirate Bay tracker to shut down
War is childish hell: Ars tries to review Battlefield Heroes
Ricoh jumps from copiers to the cloud
Three Startups That Want to Deliver a Fat Mobile Pipe
Sanyo’s Eneloop lamp heals your ecological soul

- Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

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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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Another late set of posts..

Here are the links for:

Tuesday, February 24th 2009
The Omni Group Releases Four Apps, Including OmniWeb, as Freeware
Apple starts ‘iTunes Pass’
Google Apologises to Millions of Users Left without Email
iTunes Launches Indie Store
Kindle 2 dissected, found to contain space for a SIM card
The Kindle 2 Gets Disassembled [Kindle 2]
The Hard Upgrade Path From XP To Vista To Win 7
Hidden Preference Tweaks in Safari 4 [Safari 4]
Can’t Get 1password to Work With the Safari 4 Beta? Here’s the Fix.
Google pays for e-mail outage with 15-day credit
DVD Jon’s DoubleTwist device-management software enters public beta
Firefox 3.1 Won’t Ship This Quarter
What’s next for netbooks?
Apple’s PR for Safari 4
Microsoft: new flaw affects all supported versions of Excel
Kindle 2 unboxing and hands-on
Google App Engine Announces Pricing
Jam an extra internal hard drive in your MacBook via OptiBay
Hands on: Safari 4 beta fast, mixes polish, rough UI edges
Intel rips into NVIDIA’s Ion platform
How to run Safari 4 beta and Safari 3 on the same mac
A micro microSD card reader
Leaked Snow Leopard Grabs Reveal Slimmer, Faster Mac OS X
Safari 4: Finally a reason to come back UPDATE
A few new rumors point to two new NVIDIA-packing iMacs
Mac OS X trends Compared to Windows
Blu-ray sales to top 100 million next year, says analyst firm

Monday, February 23rd 2009
Red ‘Resident Evil 5′ Xbox 360 unveiled!
Hack an extra core into your Phenom II
Google.org: Full steam ahead!
Snow Leopard shots reveal few changes but QT pro included
Chipmakers Hope Widgets Bring the Web to TV
“I Am Rich” clone comes to Android – at last!
Desktops on cell phones: X-Windows comes to Android
Brando USB Internet Sharing Dongle is About Nine Years Too Late [Internet]
CBS may fight to get Hulu videos back
Amazon ships Kindle 2 a day earlier than planned
Academy Award Winning Films Distributed For Free At “Kopime” Stations [Piracy]
Concept video shows iPhone App sorting done right
The 30 best features of Windows 7
Beambox launches Evolution R-1 pico projector
Vista Capable Lawsuit Loses Class-Action Status
Two more X-Slim notebooks coming from MSI
Want to Clean Up After Your Applications? Check Out AppZapper!
Dell’s Mini 10 comes with any amount of RAM you want, so long as it’s 1GB
Apple, Psystar Case Gears Up For the Long Haul
Video claims to offer more evidence of a Mac mini revision
News: iTunes Norway leaks album weeks before release
ASUS Eee PC T91 sits down for photo shoot, early critique
Stolen WinMo 6.5 device wiped remotely
Yahoo! boss warns of reorg ahead
Staccato CEO says UWB still has more to give

Sunday, February 22th 2009
Apple Disk ][ enclosure used to house Mac mini, enhance lives
Gnome, KDE, LXDE, IceWM All Working On Android
Satellite Collision May Have Endangered All Future Space Launches [Space]
Vizio moves to second place in HDTV sales
Online Cable Debate Heats Up As Execs Embrace Streaming Tech, Bicker About Programming Model [Cable]
Google Earth 5.0
Cool computer networking architecture graphic from 1988
Otters Making Home Videos Of Passing Photojournalists In Monterey Bay [Man Versus Nature]
iriver’s gorgeous P7 gets itself a web address
Microsoft wants refund from some laid off employees
Is P2P the new music marketing arm?
How Intel’s battle with NVIDIA over Core i7 impacts Apple
How a Router’s Missed Range Check Nearly Crashed the Internet
Researcher demonstrates SSL attack
An HP Mini 2140 Mini Post
Forget iClones, Everybody’s Copying the Iriver Spinn These Days [Copycats]
iPhone game saves a family’s home
Exclusive: Windows 7 RC set for April 10, 2009
Trimble rolls out rugged Yuma UMPC
Sun Slips Firefox Extension Into Java Update
TealOS brings Pre experience pre-Pre
The Future of Netflix is All About Streaming
Windows 7 Beta Users to Get Updates That Aren’t Updates

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Ever Since going to Vista I was annoyed that my PL2501 based usb link cable would refuse to work. I recently did some searching and found a more updated driver that seems to work on Windows Vista and Windows 7… It successfully transfered over 30gb of data from my Windows 7 machine to my Vista laptop. The offical site for the chip says that you need to buy a new cable for it to work on vista and newer (one of those “Easy transfer cables” but that is not the case it seems

There was one issue that i noticed… It fails to transfer any file over 2gb.

Download the driver on the newly launched KtecK Help site: http://help.kteck.ca/pl2501-usb-link-cable-on-vista.hlp

Tags: 7, Cable, Lin, PL2501, US, Vista