December 2007 - Posts

• ASP.NET version 3.5

  We are excited to announce support for the .NET 3.5 framework along with full support for Visual Studio 2008. Version 3.5 contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0. ASP.NET 3.5 doesn't change, take away or break Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:20 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• 1TB SATA Drives

  (Happy New Year!) It doesn't seem like very long ago when 4GB drives were considered HUGE. With 1TB SATA drives becoming more popular now, and with lower price-points, more people seem to be thinking "hey, we have the space, why not use it". Read More... Posted Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:53 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Have Speed, Will Travel

  I remember the days when I surfed Compuserve at 300 bps. Well, we've sure come a long way from those days. I get an average of 5 Mbps download speed through Time Warner at my house now. It's great! The speed increase allows for a much richer experience Read More... Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:28 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Tis the Season - For Spam?

  Out of a million or so emails received daily through our shared email servers, lately only about 6% is legitimate email. On holidays and weekends it is much worse (around 2% legitimate!). I don't know for sure, but I imagine those signs I occasionally Read More... Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 5:26 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Data Center Physical Security

  A recent incident at CI Host reminds me that not all data center facilities are created equal. Because of that, here's a quick post with some information about the security at the data center that houses ORCS Web's managed servers: Entering the Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:34 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• SYNC by Microsoft

  I've been waiting for some better car-computer integration options. It seems like the market is prime for some better hands-free options there. Sure, some cars support Bluetooth now for hands-free calls, but how about something that integrates navigation, Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:55 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Windows Server 2008

  With 2007 winding down we are thinking more and more about 2008 lately. One of the things we are thinking about for 2008 is Microsoft Windows Server 2008. We have been running this next version of Windows in various contexts for most of the year - and Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:24 AM by Brad | 0 Comments