Piatech is a centralized blog where me and my tech friends post links and stories on all things tech.
"Remote Control is a small add-on that adds the option to right-click a computer account in the Active Directory MMC and choose Remote Control on that computer by opening a Terminal/Remote Desktop connection to that computer"
With BootDiskToBootStick you can make your USB stick bootable.
Serves as a source of a boot floppy or the binary image of a boot diskette
So you can finally be completely free of your old floppy drive!
Download
BootDisk2BootStick video tutorial (WMV)
BootDiskToBootStick V0.10 Multi-Language (English & German) XP / XP x64/Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit
Bootdisk Image: Windows XP disk standard (patched sector to 64MB).
Ready BootDisk Images available at:
http://www.bootdisk.info/
Links
Virtual Floppy Drive 2.1
Attention Microsoft. NET Framework version 2.0 redistributable package (x86) must be installed!
(Translated from German)
"I recently purchased a house that isn’t wired for TV and has an antenna hookup in one room. I consider this to be a good thing, because now I can run whatever cable would be best to receive a quality signal for the next 10+ years. The problem is that I’m not sure what is best to run for TV and Internet. Is coax or cat or fiber optic the best? Cost does play a factor, but I am willing to spend some money to do the job right. What should I run?"
"What is 'In Quotes'?
The 'In Quotes' feature allows you to find quotes from stories linked to from Google News. These quotations are a valuable resource for understanding where people in the news stand on various issues. Much of the published reporting about people is based on the interpretation of a journalist. Direct quotes, on the other hand, are concrete units of information that describe how newsmakers represent themselves. Google News compiles these quotations from online news stories and sorts them into browsable groups based on who is being quoted.
Similar to article selection and placement on Google News, quotes and their speakers are determined automatically by a computer program and we don't guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information you may see. The dates you see represent when the article in which the quote appears was added to Google News. The views expressed in the quotes do not necessarily reflect the views of Google Inc. or its employees."
"With the hacking of Sarah Palin's email in the news, it seems like a good time to revisit"
Plan a trip using public transportation
Use Google Maps to:
* Get step-by-step transit directions
* Find transit stops in your area
* View station information & schedules"
"Games and fashion have never exactly gone hand in hand. PC players wearing non-ironic t-shirts about binary code. Developers wrapping their characters in leather from head to toe and thinking it’s still ‘the look’. Any Nintendo tee that isn’t adorned with ‘know your mushrooms’. Let’s face it; trying to inject fashion sense into the gaming world is a lost cause.
But while the medium has never been famed for snappy dressing, there are worse things than being unfashionable. Like fighting in your kecks. Against a giant lizard. A giant lizard who’s carrying a big sword. Yep, dressing impractically for the situation is something the following characters are all guilty of. And these guys and girls don’t just need a new tailor; they need a good mental professional to help them through these clothing catastrophes."
The Ting Tings
On Tour
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indie, electronic, electropop, british, female vocalists… see all
Islington Mill, Salford (2006 – present)
The Ting Tings are an English electropop band, with Dear Eskiimo’s Jules De Martino (drums & vocals) & Katie White (vocals, guitar & bass drum). They formed in 2006 while based in Islington Mill, Salford.
Katie White first appeared, as a teenager, in girl group TKO - short for Total Knock Out. The band consisted of Katie and two friends. TKO supported acts like Steps and Five but never signed a record deal or released a record."
"Crystal gets some company in our Babeology classroom, as Sara joins the eye-candy celebration with a look that's all her own. With her Sailor Moon-pink locks and her 'come hither' stare, Sara is the closest IGN has ever gotten to a real-life anime chick. And like the song says, she's making us really think the wrong thing."
Atari Modern Classics : : The -Minus World : Your Distinguished Source For Video Game Comedy: "Before the over the top, logo heavy madness of today’s next-gen masterpieces became the visual norm for video game cover art, there was the basic beauty of the Atari 2600’s approach to package design. Clean composition and vague descriptive text came together to create something that was just so…intangibly fresh and mesmerizing. But what if the biggest games of now fell into the hands of a 2600-era artist? We’d have Atari Modern Classics, a vintage look at our new favorites through the pixelated beer goggles of an era where simplicity was king."
"The office can be a cold, hard, unfeeling, life-sucking place to spend your working days, but then again you don’t have to live in Dilbertsville. For all the stigma surrounding “the office,” you’re getting unique opportunities to interact with people and your environment in between filing TPS reports.
Here are 19 gadgets that will help to turn that day job prison into a techy heaven!"
Here are most of the songs from Castle Crashers that can be found on Newgrounds. They can also be downloaded straight from Newgrounds.
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Opening Title Screen:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/90433
Arena Theme:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/21749
Blacksmith and Shop Theme:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/86480
Forest Entrance:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/168734
Thieves Forest:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/57239
Abandoned Mill Chase:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/36657
The Cave song:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/123607
Wedding Crash Hallway:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/70107
Snow Level:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/117474
Forest Troll:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/169148
Parade:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/90532
Lava World:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/112527
Pirate Ship:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/37040
Online Menu:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/91286
Flying Black Knight Fight:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/120136
Desert Stage:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/168281
Marsh:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/168396
Ice Castle:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/90521
End of level:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/110798
Universal Studios has released a new Red Band trailer and poster for the November 7 comedy, Role Models, starring Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J.Thompson and Elizabeth Banks.
In the film, Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott play Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.
"A few weeks ago, I ran across a couple of articles about a university in Holland that was having difficulty getting all of their Microsoft patches out to all of their systems. What did they decide to do?
Buy more servers? Nope!
Increase bandwidth? Nope!
Use a program that has been essentially outlawed in North American universities? Yep!
The university decided, on the advice of their IT consultant, that they would use bittorrent to deploy the patches.
This really got me thinking about how I would go about creating my own U.Holl server (as I like to call it). These are some of the thoughts that I have come up with."
"Home of Sega, Nintendo, and Sony, Japan has a unique and powerful presence in the world of video games. Another thing that makes Japan unique in the gaming world is the prevalence of game arcades. While the game arcade scene has died in the U.S., there are 9,500 'game centers' in Japan with more than 445,000 game machines.
Arcade Mania introduces overseas readers to the fascinating world of the Japanese gemu senta. Organized as a guided tour of a typical game center, the book is divided into nine chapters, each of which deals with a different kind of game, starting with the UFO catchers and print club machines at the entrance and continuing through rhythm games, fighting games, shooting games, retro games, gambling games, card-based games, and only-in-Japan games.
Covering classic games from Space Invaders to Street Fighter, games that are familiar to Americans in their home console versions (Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Dance, Dance Revolution), as well as the unique, quirky games found only in Japan, Arcade Mania is crammed full of interviews with game makers and star players, and packed with facts about the history, background and characteristics of each game, all lavishly illustrated with photographs and game graphics. This book is a must-have for gamers everywhere."
"Last Updated: September 12th, 2008
This is the Internet’s most comprehensive and most frequently updated PS3 Trophy list, with direct links to sources of information and lists of Trophies where known."
"Is this the day, is this the hack that frees the Wii console to finally run your legal (or, eh hem, otherwise obtained) 'backup' games? As the story goes, Waninkoko, the latest name to emerge from the hacking underground, has developed a 'work in progress' v0.1 Wii backup ISO loader for the Wii Homebrew Channel that will run backed-up game ISOs converted with a 'special program' -- no modchip required. If true then the whole thing smacks of the original Xbox font exploit that turned that console into a hackers playground and noisy, all-media playing powerhouse. In support of the claim, TehSkeen has posted a video demonstrating the loading and execution of a backup Zelda game. If Waninkoko can deliver this to the masses, then the demand for a proper Wii storage solution is about to grow exponentially."
"Need speakers in your garage? The rec room? A bathroom? No problem. JBL’s In Air WEM-1 will set you free—of speaker wire anyway.
This wireless expansion module adds wireless capabilities to any loudspeaker. That means no speaker wires across the floor, running along ceilings, or that you have to do hurdles over (we know… it happens)."
"Kicking off our Week of Babes, we've compiled a run-down of the best shower scenes in gaming. We've rated each shower on the stream itself, how clean it's getting the girl and how pleasing the facility is in general. We're sure that's what you've come here to look at too."
"Founded in January of 2008, messageSling is an early-stage web- and phone-based systems provider that delivers web-, telephony-, and speech-enabled platforms and applications. messageSling, a bi-directional voicemail, is our first product that will be introduced at DEMOfall08. In addition to conventional voicemail, messageSling provides voicemail to text, custom greetings and contact list management on the phone and online. messageSling works on all cell phones, with all carriers, with or without an Internet connection."
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Core Configurator Release
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First official release of Core Configurator
We have implemented major bug fixes and additions in the code base so any feedback would be great as it helps us make this product better and more reliable.
This tool will help anyone wanting to setup all flavour of Windows Server Core (Hyper-V Server and Server Core).
Thank-you to everyone involved in the testing and feedback stages (THANK-YOU from both of us)
We have a CAB file and Readme if you wanted to run on the Windows Server
OR
We have the ISO image if you wanted to run within a VM Session
Auto-Installer Deluxe is a bootable softmod for the XBox. This is by far the easiest way to softmod a Xbox.
"Video game conventions are great. Where else can you play the latest games, get tons of free stuff thrown at you, and see videos of upcoming games on 50 foot HD screens? This list includes the best gaming conventions in the world and why you need to go."
"Here are working email addresses for the Sprint board of directors. Should the special phone line Sprint set up for Consumerist readers (703-433-4401) somehow fail to work out or someday cease working, these represent yet a higher level to which you could escalate a long-standing complaint. We hear you can also use these addresses to submit hostile takeover bids.
Daniel.R.Hesse@sprint.com, William.G.Arendt@sprint.com, Keith.Cowan@sprint.com, Paget.L.Alves@sprint.com, John.A.Garcia@sprint.com, Chris.A.Hill@sprint.com, Len.Kennedy@sprint.com, Richard.T.C.LeFave@sprint.com, Sandra.J.Price@sprint.com, Kathryn.Walker@sprint.com, barry.west@sprint.com, bill.white@sprint.com"
"The icloud service is all about giving you a greater computing experience and the comfort of always having your own desktop accessible wherever you go. All settings, icons and documents will stay exactly where you left them. You use icloud through your web browser or cell phone.
After you sign up on icloud you will receive your own highly customizable desktop, get access to plenty of useful online applications and a secure online file system. You can use icloud the same way you use your existing desktop.
With icloud you also get access to some truly unique features such as rich online collaboration, social networking and very easy publishing functionalities. These features and many more are built-in features in the icloud desktop.
icloud has the same ease of use and look and feel as any traditional popular desktop application but with the added benefit of running everything online in the cloud.
The icloud Cloud OS has been developed since 2001 by Xcerion and was launched as a beta service 30th September 2007."
: "That’s right, folks - I’m going public with it. Here’s the ransom note so you can all see it!
My demands are simple, and my promise of peach smoothies is as solid as the ground upon which I stand.
More details to come
Signing off for now –Rainn
"use our gallery of hot pics here and you'll discover the path to nudey Nirvana... But beware, there are NSFW links through"
"If you want to setup your computer system again you need to have the licenses an serial numbers at hand for all the software programs that you have purchased and registered. This does include the Windows product key but also other serial numbers for applications like Nero, Office, VMWare and pretty much every other application.
Instead of searching for the keys in your emails, manuals and recipes you could use another approach. License Crawler is a sweet little application that scans the Windows Registry for Windows product keys and other serial numbers and licenses.
If you want to find the license or find the serial number for a product that you have installed on your system then License Crawler could be your best bet. It is also the optimal solution before installing software on a system."
"Game Key Revealer, reveals the CD-Key and Serials for installed games on computer. If you lost legal CD-Keys or Serials of your purchased games, you can find them with Game Key Revealer.
Features:
- Displays over 500 games
- Save to Text or Word (Word XP/2003/2007 only)
- Print
- Displays for 64bit-Edition releases"
