10 command-line tools that refuse to die

Some people think the command line is an outdated mode of usage and administration. Others say they couldn’t live without it. I’m caught somewhere in the middle. There are certain commands for which I have faithful GUI tools. But there are other commands I will never be without, so long as there is a command prompt to take them.

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Managing Macs in a Windows shop, part 3

Takeaway: Lauren Malhoit walks through setting up Profile Manager and Time Machine using the Mac server.

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Transforming the ViewPad 10Pro into a usable tablet

Last year, I was awarded a ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pro tablet where I work at Cistel Inc in Ottawa. The ViewPad 10Pro is very cool. It dual boots between Windows 7 32-bit and Android OS x86, version 1.6. However, I hadn’t been using the tablet very much for a couple of reasons:

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Review: Utilu Browser Collection

Any experienced web developer will tell you, despite the recent advances in web browser technology and the ever improving conformance to W3C browser standards, that no website can be tested in one web browser and then call it a day. In fact, if a developer doesn’t test his or her sites out on multiple versions of any given browser, they are bound to cause cries of pain and anguish from their clients whenever bugs that slipped off the radar rear their ugly heads later on.

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We know where you are: How firms can avoid losing their way over tracking users