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Archive: 06-2011

• Teardown of HP TouchPad: Made like a PC and straightforward to repair

  The HP TouchPad has a case that’s easy to open and replaceable components. This tablet is built more like a PC than an iPad.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 29, 2011, 6:43 PM PDT

• Defrag and optimize your hard drive with the Windows defrag.exe command line tool

  Bill Detwiler shows you how to defragment a hard drive from the Windows 7 command line, and use defrag.exe’s hidden “boot optimization” switch.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 27, 2011, 12:11 PM PDT

• FBI seizes servers: Reminds IT admins to have a back-up plan

  If the FBI seized your Web servers by mistake, would you be able to keep your site up? Here are five tips to make sure you could.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 23, 2011, 12:46 PM PDT

• Lock down stand-alone Windows machines with Multiple Local Group Policy

  Bill Detwiler shows you how to create user-specific Group Policy configurations on Windows 7 and Vista with Multiple Local Group Policy.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 20, 2011, 1:52 PM PDT

• Supercomputer with 68,000+ CPUs is world's fastest

  The Fujitsu “K computer” has 672 racks, 68,544 CPUs, and leads TOP500.Org’s 37th list of world’s fastest supercomputers.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 20, 2011, 7:54 AM PDT

• Samsung Series 5 Chromebook cracking open hardware analysis

  The Samsung Series 5 is easily disassembled and has replaceable components, but there’s at least one surprise inside the first commercial Chromebook.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 15, 2011, 8:55 AM PDT

• TR Dojo Quiz: 100 years of IBM history

  As International Business Machines (IBM) prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday, test your knowledge of this American tech icon.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 13, 2011, 11:11 AM PDT

• Flush the ARP cache in Windows from the command line

  Bill Detwiler shows you how to clear a specific entry from the ARP cache using the arp command and flush the whole thing with the netsh command.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 13, 2011, 7:35 AM PDT

• Nook 2011 cracking open analysis: Battery replaceable, same processor as Nook Color

  Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2011 Nook and discovers that the reader has an easily-replaceable battery and the same processor as the Nook Color.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 10, 2011, 11:13 AM PDT

• Cut through IT/end-user confusion with Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder

  Bill Detwiler shows you how Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder can show you exactly what was happening when a computer problem occurred.

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | June 7, 2011, 1:01 PM PDT