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Archive for October, 2009

Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 Released for Vista and XP

Posted in Information Technology, Tools on October 31st, 2009 by Kent

One of the areas in Windows Server 2008 R2 that has been improved quite dramatically is Remote Desktop Services, formally called Terminal Services. It’s playing a new role in Server 2008 to provide an extensible platform for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

In order to fully utilize all features existing in this new Remote Desktop Services, you will need an updated version…

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Windows 7 Product Guide

Posted in Information Technology on October 30th, 2009 by Kent

Windows 7 is out, and I love it. If you haven’t known, I am a huge fun of it, right from the beta days. Both my laptop and work computer are still on RC and I use them both every single day. My work computer even had been running Windows 7 non-stop for over 62 days without…

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HideMyAss does help you to cover your ass surfing the Internet

Posted in Security, Tools on October 22nd, 2009 by Kent

Whether you want to be a good guy who just wants to protect yourself or a bad guy who wants to insult others, you need to cover your own ass, no matter what, especially when doing things online. That’s how hidemyass.com comes in play.

Hide My Ass! helps hundreds of thousands of people daily by protecting their privacy and identity…

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Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7

Posted in Information Technology on October 22nd, 2009 by Kent

Windows 7 is about to launch today, actually it was already launched in Australia because of the time. However, since the release of RTM, manufactories were busy on building their pre-load copy of Windows 7 for their machines. Those big corporations that have plan to upgrade will also be busying building their Windows 7 image files for deploying. One of…

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Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 Free eBook from Microsoft Press

Posted in Information Technology on October 22nd, 2009 by Kent

image The book was written by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker, along with the Windows Server Team at Microsoft. It’s a wonderful resource that can get your hands on this new released Windows Server. And what is more awesome is that Microsoft offers this introduction book through Windows Server 2008 R2 site for FREE. Not sure how…

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Windows Live Writer Plug-ins for WordPress

Posted in WordPress on October 21st, 2009 by Kent

I love Live Writer so much that I use it almost everyday. It’s the best blogging tool in my own opinion. If you still haven’t used it I urge you to give it a try right away. It’s a life saving tool for any type of blogger.

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The tool is so powerful and feature rich that I never…

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70 free useful portable applications for your toolbox

Posted in Tools on October 17th, 2009 by Kent

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As an IT pro, I feel always comfortable walking to a computer with a handful tools in my hands. Hunting for good tools in portable format is always on my top 10 list that I need to keep my eyes on it pretty much all the time. Why is portable applications so useful?

With portable applications, you can

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Twitter is rolling out the new Lists feature

Posted in Internet on October 17th, 2009 by Kent

Finally, Twitter has started rolling out a very long missed feature, Lists, that is pretty similar to Groups or Favorite Users that are on 3rd party Twitter client tools. It first appeared on one of my two twitter account above the all status updates but disappeared now. So I guess they are still testing and working on this new feature.…

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List of all WordPress hooks

Posted in WordPress on October 17th, 2009 by Kent

If you had spent some time playing around in WordPress, you may find this full list of hooks that are used in WordPress handy. It’s a better than cheat sheet type of thing that will totally benefit any of WordPress lover who also likes to tweak around inside the theme. Definitely worth not only checking out but saving in bookmark…

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My motivation just got tripled

Posted in Stuff in General on October 11th, 2009 by Kent

With the arrival of the twin girls on Monday Oct 5, 2009, I am now officially a father to 3 lovely girls, Samantha, Arianna, and Brianna.

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My motivation of doing anything just got promoted triple times, which left me no time doing things that are wasting time, e.g. writing this post. :)

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