Microsot Fix-It Center

Microsoft has released a new tool to help users troubleshoot any computer problems they may have. It's still in beta, but it's worth a try. From the looks of it, it's just a bigger, better version of the troubleshooting tools you encounter in Windows Help.

http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal

IT: A Dirty Job...

... But somebody has to do it. Theses positions can be both figuratively and literally dirty; whether you have to wear a protection suit to clean out a server hot-box, or simply the jobs that place you in potentially unethical positions. The world of IT isn't all champaign and roses.

7 Dirty Jobs in IT

1TB SSD

If you haven't heard of Solid State Drives by now, then you are unaware of the amazing performance they offer. The drives are essentially flash memory incorporated into an internal PC hard drive. They offer read/write speeds never before seen in hard drives. The problem is that so far they have not been very large in size and they have been very expensive.

Now technology has reached the 1TB mark with SSDs.

Aviation gets security assistance from IBM

The Story

Hmmm, so NOW they decide to bump security. Why is our country so late to the party when it comes to cyber security?

XBOX goes Flash

I was curious as to what was included in the new XBOX 360 update I downloaded today, but after browsing the news I discovered that this latest patch will allow flash drive compatibility for XBOX 360 consoles.

Story Here

But there is a twist, as there almost always is. Only flash drives less than or equal to 16Gb will work on the console. The most being 2 flash drives plugged in for a total of 32Gb. So this is bad news for all of us looking for a way to store data on our 360's without having to buy Microsoft's ridiculously overpriced hard drives.