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Updated Fit-PC2i adds second LAN port
roytanck.com - 5 days ago
Updated Fit-PC2i adds second LAN port
— roytanck.com — CompuLab just released a new version of their tiny Fit-PC2 , called the Fit-PC2i . My guess... is the ‘i’ stands for ‘internet’, because the most interesting new feature is a second gigabit ethernet port. This allows the device to be used as a router or firewall, so ... (more) Updated Fit-PC2i adds second LAN port

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roytanck.com - 11 days ago
Help me test WP-Cumulus unicode support
— roytanck.com — The one feature I’ve always wanted to add to WP-Cumulus is true unicode support. Flash player 9... made this impossible because it needed to have the font characters embedded into the movie, and unicode fonts are simply too big for that. But with Flash 10, Adobe has introduced new ways of ... (more) Help me test WP-Cumulus unicode support

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WD TV Live
roytanck.com - 14 days ago
WD TV Live
— roytanck.com — Back in the days when the first DVD players were introduced, I was employed by Europe’s biggest... audio-visual facilitator. So naturally, we dove right in, and I even worked on the menus for a few major movie releases. I remember being blown away by how hours of great image quality could ... (more) WD TV Live

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Introducing haikoe.nl
roytanck.com - 20 days ago
Introducing haikoe.nl
— roytanck.com — Less than two days ago, Blondmonster asked me to review a haiku she’d written for (if I... remember correctly) her employer’s Christmas greeting card. We both love haikus and we immediately started brainstorming. “Cow” stanslates as “koe” in Dutch, and ... (more) Introducing haikoe.nl

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Eye-Fi truly makes your photos fly
roytanck.com - 21 days ago
Eye-Fi truly makes your photos fly
— roytanck.com — I believe that as some point in the future, digital cameras, mobile phones and GPS navigation devices... will merge into one connected multi-purpose device. You’ll be able to put images and videos online as soon as your take them, and tweet about them without having to look for cables or ... (more) Eye-Fi truly makes your photos fly

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WP-Cumulus updated to address yet another security issue
roytanck.com - 23 days ago
WP-Cumulus updated to address yet another security issue
— roytanck.com — A few weeks ago I rushed out an update to fix a potentially dangerous Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)... vulnerability in WP-Cumulus. With the PHP part of the plugin shielded from ‘outside use’, I was hoping no more issues would pop up. Still, I’m glad MustLive alerted me to another ... (more) WP-Cumulus updated to address yet another security issue

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Opera just made browsing on Symbian fun again
roytanck.com - 30 days ago
Opera just made browsing on Symbian fun again
— roytanck.com — I while ago I wrote about how Gravity , a native Twitter client for Symbian added some... much-needed sexiness to that somewhat outdated operating system. But what Symbian was really lacking was a good, modern browser. And it seems like Opera has just fixed that. Symbian’s built-in browser ... (more) Opera just made browsing on Symbian fun again

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Asus UL30A: Everything a laptop needs, just smaller
roytanck.com - 11/4/2009
Asus UL30A: Everything a laptop needs, just smaller
— roytanck.com — Before netbooks came along, ultra-portable laptops computers were the most expensive ones you could get. I don’t... have any prove that the netbook hyped caused them to get cheaper, but they have. I bumped into Asus’ new UL30A model in a local store this weekend, and it was love at ... (more) Asus UL30A: Everything a laptop needs, just smaller

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I could just hug Karmic Koala!
roytanck.com - 10/30/2009
I could just hug Karmic Koala!
— roytanck.com — Yesterday, one week to the day after the release of Windows 7, Ubuntu released version 9.10 of... their Linux distribution . It’s got all sorts of new features that have been talked about extensively all over the web, but I just found out it also fixes a bug that’s been bothering me ... (more) I could just hug Karmic Koala!

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roytanck.com - 10/29/2009
So, are you an Apple, Microsoft or Google fan?
— roytanck.com — There are three corporate giants that dominate tech news. All of them have recently made headlines with... innovative new products, and all of them have a dedicated following among tech fans, and are hated intensely by just as many. Time to gather pros and cons for Google, Microsoft and Apple and ... (more) So, are you an Apple, Microsoft or Google fan?

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Upgrading your Vista could severely limit Windows 7
roytanck.com - 10/23/2009
Upgrading your Vista could severely limit Windows 7
— roytanck.com — My main work PC still runs a copy of Windows Vista. I’ve tried switching to Ubuntu ,... but I still need Windows-only software too often for that to work out. So for now I’m stuck with Windows, and as long as I am, I figured I might as well upgrade to ‘7′. But as I found ... (more) Upgrading your Vista could severely limit Windows 7

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Nabaztag wifi bunny finds a new owner
roytanck.com - 10/22/2009
Nabaztag wifi bunny finds a new owner
— roytanck.com — As Jamie pointed out in a comment on this blog, Nabaztag creator Violet has been purchased by... a company called MindScape . The news had escaped me because most of the press released are in French, but I’m happy to see these adorable little rabbits saved. I’ve written in the past ... (more) Nabaztag wifi bunny finds a new owner

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Over on CoP: Why do you pirate movies?
roytanck.com - 10/21/2009
Over on CoP: Why do you pirate movies?
— roytanck.com — Back in early 2003, a friend and I started a blog called Choking on Popcorn . This... was the blog that introduced me to Pivot , Movable Type and later WordPress . My personal blogs (the first on was on Blogger , started in May of 2002) have come and gone, but CoP is still around, and now has ... (more) Over on CoP: Why do you pirate movies?

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Why do I still not love GDGT?
roytanck.com - 10/13/2009
Why do I still not love GDGT?
— roytanck.com — When I first heard about gdgt.com , I thought the startup founded by Peter Rojas and Ryan... Block was terribly clever, and right up my alley. The idea of having gadget freaks keep “had”, “have” and “want” lists makes sense both from a user’s perspective ... (more) Why do I still not love GDGT?

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WP-Cumulus is now a team effort
roytanck.com - 10/2/2009
WP-Cumulus is now a team effort
— roytanck.com — Over the last few months, I’ve not been able to dedicate as much time to the WP-Cumulus... project as I’d hoped to. Freelance work has been keeping me pretty busy, and I’ve had to deal with acute issues rather than be able to focus on new features. That’s why I decided to ... (more) WP-Cumulus is now a team effort

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