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  With the release of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has taken one step further into the merger of OSX and iOS. The new operating system update gives users more than 200 new features, most notably among them is the Notification Bar. A feature taken from iOS, the new Notification Bar allows mac users to receive notifications of new emails, tweets, reminders, and tasks. This new feature is a pleasant addition for many users who have been using growl for notifications. My initial impression of Mountain Lion is that it is clean. The actual interface is sharper than Lion was. The iCloud integration is place front and center, as you are immediately prompted to log into your iCloud account. Whil...

We all knew it would only be a matter of time. With the surge of smart phone usage over the past five years, it was inevitable. Yes, malware has come to the Android device and you may have just installed it on your own device. A recent discovery was made by Terry Zink, a Microsoft security engineer. He found that infected phones were creating a botnet, not to be confused with SkyNet. No, this does not mean that the Terminator is going to come to life in your Android, but what it does mean is that if you have an infected app on your device, your phone can be teaming up with others around the world to send spam. I know, spam, it’s going to be the death of us, right? It’s really more annoying ...

A new year brings with it new technologies and wonders.  The one that seems to be getting the most buzz is Microsoft's new upcoming operating system, Windows 8.  Individuals and businesses alike are sure to be getting curious about how this new OS will turn out. Windows 8 was first demonstrated at the D9 Conference on June 1, 2011. The most obvious change is its new design that makes use of the metro interface, similar to what is seen on Windows cell phones, where your main applications and programs are shown in auto-updating block picture form for easy access. Microsoft is rumored to release Windows 8 around October of this year. Other features include a faster and more fluid sw...

This week the Redmond, WA software firm announced that the Resilient File System (ReFS) will make its debut on Windows Server 8. ReFS is the long awaited successor to NTFS, which is nearly twenty years old. While the file format will initially only be featured on Server 8, it is expected to be rolled out onto Work Station versions of Windows as well. The initial release be used for sever storage only, and then client data storage via upgrade. A final update, will allow ReFS to be used as a boot volume on Server 8. ReFS will be for the most part backwards compatible with NTFS, yet will integrate many new features to help accommodate devices “from the smallest footprint to...

The use of a virtualized environment in the workplace has become normality. It not only allows companies to save money on hardware, but to save rack space and clean up the clutter. The ability to add eternal drives to the VM on a Hyper-V server has been contested by many people. I have read several blogs that state that Microsoft has left them in the lurch and that they need to make sure to add this ability in Windows Server 8. Actually, it is available in Windows 2008 R2. On the Host server, you need to attach the external drive to any available USB port. Open Server manager and click on Disk Management. Then right click on the USB disk you want to attach to the VM and select Offline. ...