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5 Reasons to Consider a Windows Phone 8
You probably aren't using a Windows Phone 8. With ZDNet reporting the phone only has 1.2 percent of the smartphone market share, it's clear Android and iOS are the definite dominant operating systems....
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Thanks To Google's Collusion With The NSA, I've Switched Back To Firefox For...
I have been using Google Chrome for many years now. Before that I was an avid Firefox supporter, but Chrome wooed me with it's less bulky interface, and really cool sync feature. It made me not care...
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Keep Your Firefox Settings Private By Setting Up Your Own Sync Server
I wrote yesterday about how I've switched back to Firefox for my default browser for privacy reasons. One of the reasons I switched from Firefox over to Google Chrome in the first place was the...
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My Personal Facebook and Twitter Accounts Have Been Deleted... For Real This...
Back in September of last year I said that I was going to delete my personal Facebook and Twitter accounts, however I was so addicted to social networking at that time that it only lasted three days...
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Build A Bad Ass Linux Desktop For About $410
A few weeks ago my dentist had two old Windows XP desktops crap out on him. Normally I would have recommended that he go to Dell and purchase some new desktop PC's and call it a day. Well, most OEM...
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Open Source Alternative To Tripwire For PCI Compliance
My company has been working hard to maintain PCI compliance. By my company, I mean I have been working hard to maintain my company's PCI compliance. It used to be easy too. Since we never actually...
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How To Configure Firefox To Use Startpage From The Address Bar
If you are not using Startpage for your online searches yet, and are still using Google, Bing or Yahoo you are either a fool, or you don't feel you have a need for your 4th Amendment rights because the...
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How To Fully Encrypt Your Android Device
I am a huge proponent of encryption. I think if it's available, you should encrypt everything. Not just to protect yourself from hackers and thieves, but also from the government. In most cases, your...
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Ubuntu Forums Hacked. All User Accounts and Password Hashes Compromised
While looking for some information on how to get my Bauer-Puntu install on my Lenovo T530 to work with dual monitors I came across this little beauty on the Ubuntu Forums page: Yep, apparently hacked...
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Citrix Made XenServer Open Source Again. All Enterprise Features Are Now Free!
I use XenServer in my office environment. I switched us over to it shortly after I started at my day job because the free version of XenServer at the time had better features than VMWare's ESXi...
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How To Run Netflix in Ubuntu 13.04
I really love my wife! The other day she broke down and let me wipe out the install of Windows 8 on her laptop, and let me replace it with Lubuntu Linux. It's lighter, has better performance and it is...
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How To Configure A Lenovo Thinkpad T530 With Docking Station For Dual...
At my day job I have a pretty awesome Lenovo T530 laptop, and up until yesterday I was running Windows 7 on it. I decided to install Bauer-Puntu 13.04 on it instead, and for anything Windows related I...
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How To Configure Pidgin To Use Microsoft Lync in Ubuntu Linux
I mentioned recently that I replaced Windows 7 on my company laptop with Bauer-Puntu 13.04. One of the items I had to do to make the transition a little more seamless was to get company instant...
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Three Plugins You Can Use To Make Thunderbird Work With Microsoft Exchange
Now that I am using Bauer-Puntu Linux on my company laptop, I no longer have the luxury of using Microsoft Outlook which works seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange. As many of you know, Microsoft...
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Hacker-Proof Your WiFi During Travel
Not everyone knows the risks that come with using public Wi-Fi. If you're traveling this summer, learn the basics of secure Wi-Fi use, so hackers don't get your personal information and commit fraud...
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Richard Stallmann on Ubuntu, Spyware, and the Ubuntu Phone
Richard Stallman Talks About Ubuntu & its privacy invasion (according to EFF and FSF) Features. He goes on to say that "non-free" distros like Ubuntu, have ethical flaws. For instance they contain...
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Where The F*(K Can I Find 3Ware Drivers For XenServer?
The other night I was running a rolling upgrade of my XenServers from 5.6 SP2 to 6.2. Everything was going swimmingly until I got to the last server in my resource pool which happens to be using a...
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Windows Update Fails On A Windows 2008 R2 Server With Error 8024A006
I was trying to run updates on one of my companies internal servers the other day, but it kept failing with error # 8024A006. None of my other servers were having that issue, so i did some StartPaging...
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BEHOLD! New Professional FREE Powered By Ubuntu Stickers!
For those who have been following Bauer-Power for a long time, you know that I've been giving away free Powered by Ubuntu stickers. In fact, here is a fun promo I did about it a while back: The problem...
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Are The Feds Actively Trying To Hack Tor?
One of the ways I recommend to get around the widely unpopular NSA's domestic Internet surveillance is to use Tor. I like it so much that I've installed the Tor Browser Bundle by default in Bauer-Puntu...
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