New Hosting Company

Just recently relocated my site to a new hosting company – my own – rareink.net. If you are looking for hosting at a very reasonable price please contact me through the form below. I am still working on getting everything up and running, so introductory pricing is very low. Currently there are not any details on rareink.net but they will be coming soon. Just let me know.

Thanks,
George

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Windows 8 Dev Preview Continued…

Spent the morning playing with Windows 8 in my Virtual Box setup. Tried out a couple of things and it is really smooth. Only problem I had was with sound output with VirtualBox. Just changed the setting to Intel HD Audio and that fixed it.

One nice thing about Windows 8 is I’m not seeing the bugs I saw with the Windows 7 Betas. Granted this thing isn’t fully done but if this release is any indication, microsoft has really out done themselves this time.

Check out my experience with You Tube and Netflix on Windows 8 after the break.
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Google Wallet is Here!

The new Google wallet is looking pretty good. Luckily I have the requisite phone, the Nexus S. Only problem is that I don’t have a MasterCard to use it with. The good news is that Google also announced today that most of the other card issuers have made available their NFC specifications.

I can see some really neat things coming out of this. Imagine not having to carry around a wallet anymore and having all your cards at the ready. I’m not speaking of just your credit cards here but rather your frequent shopper cards like Food Lion or BiLo. Also what about coupons. No more clipping those things and having to take them with you. It will be a wonderful world when we all NFC.
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