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Firefox v1.5

Friday 13th January, 2006 Leave a Comment

My preferred browser is Mozilla Firefox, and I recently upgraded to the new v1.5 I’ve had a few stability problems with the new version – but things seem to have settled down now. There are some nifty new features such as better control over tabs, the ability to drag-and-drop tabs around to change the order, … [Read More »]

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Star Wars chain of Jedi training

Thursday 12th January, 2006 Leave a Comment

Wendy over at Uncover the Internet, wonders Who Trained Palpatine?, and ponders if it was Yoda. Well no – actually it was Darth Plagueis. I made a list of who trained and who killed whom (plus a bit of other info) … roughly in chronological order, and posted it over on my Ask Sim’ blog: … [Read More »]

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VMware Workstation v5.5.1

Thursday 12th January, 2006 Leave a Comment

I recently upgraded to VMware Workstation v5.5.1. I use VMware Workstation extensively for work – particularly for building demo systems and for training. VMware provides virtualisation technology that allows you to run multiple virtual operating systems on your PC. This makes it excellent for testing software, building demo systems, and for repeatable scenarios in training. … [Read More »]

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ZoneAlarm Pro v6.1

Wednesday 11th January, 2006 Leave a Comment

My preferred desktop firewall software is ZoneAlarm Pro from ZoneLabs – it’s updated regularly with fixes and new features. I’m currently running ZoneAlarm Pro v6.1 on all of my home machines. With this plus a NAT/SPI hardware firewall, it provides excellent protection from hackers and worms.

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Age of Empires III

Tuesday 10th January, 2006 Leave a Comment

Microsoft Age of Empires III on the weekend. About the only games I play these days (if I ever find time) are Real Time Strategy games. I loved Age of Empires II, so I was looking forward to playing III. The graphics in this new version are stunning, but since I’m playing on my laptop … [Read More »]

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