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3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!

Just got that nice MacBook Air with the roaring Lion, then figured out that you need to run some Windows apps still? Fret not, here's how you can do just that and between the usual choice of Parallels vs VMWare, why I'd recommend you to put your money on Parallels instead.

How to access your files anywhere with SugarSync

Ever felt that even having a tablet, you still could never leave your notebook behind because you always have 'that' file that you might need. Well, here's how SugarSync, a cloud storage solution, can help you leave that notebook behind for good.

Keep your MacBook alive with an SSD upgrade

If you really want a fast and responsive machine, instead of buying a new system, consider upgrading with an SSD storage. You will be surprise how responsive your MacBook can be just by using an SSD!

Fixing Lion’s iCal’s CalDAV password problem

If you keep getting prompts to reenter the password for your CalDAV calendars on OS X Lion, here's a fix that might work for you.

Parallels or VMWare Virtual Machines on an SSD: Is it worth it?

SSD is very expensive in terms of it's real estate and you simply do not want to put just about any junk you have that's not worth it's space there. Therefore, you would want to make sure if it's really worth plunking the tens of GBs worth of VM image onto your precious SSD storage. So, should you or should you not? Is there significant performance improvements that warrant the large chunk of the SSD dedicated to the VM image? Read on to find out!

VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7: A User’s POV

If you are uncertain whether to go for Parallels Desktop 7 or VMWare Fusion 4, perhaps this article could help you. Here's my A usability-based comparison of VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7. No useless benchmarks, no pointless feature-by-feature comparisons. Just purely based on my use of the two.

Start using Safari 5.2 now with the the free-of-charge Safari Developer’s Program!

March 8, 2012

by Ken Ng

Along with the Mountain Lion reveal, Safari 5.2 briefly mentioned but not talked about much. Perhaps there isn’t really much to talk about in the new update. And together with Messages beta, Apple has also seeded a developer preview of the upcoming Safari 5.2 to anyone who has signed up to the Safari Developer Program. So there really is two made-for-Mountain-Lion-application that’s available for use today! But what’s not known to many is that More >

Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Parallels Desktop 7

March 6, 2012

by Ken Ng

By now, I’m sure you are already aware that Microsoft has released the consumer preview of Windows 8 recently and the Internet has been a-buzzed with the initial reaction of the new OS from Microsoft, both positive and negative.

If you’re like me, running a Mac, you probably would be wondering how you can test drive Windows 8. Well, if you’re like me, then you probably would try to install it on Parallels to give it a run. Unfortunately, (if More >

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Parallels or VMWare Virtual Machines on an SSD: Is it worth it?

February 24, 2012

by Ken Ng

Now that I’ve installed an SSD into my MacBook Pro, everything is really responsive. At least, anything that’s running directly off my SSD drive.And it’s especially important to note that it was quite a task deciding what goes on the SSD and what gets ‘relegated’ into the now much slower 7200 RPM HDD.

Note: If you’re wondering what I mean by having an SSD and HDD on my MacBook Pro, jump ahead and read how I’ve upgraded my MacBook Pro with an More >

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Messages for OS X is pretty cool indeed!

February 21, 2012

by Ken Ng

In the recent Mountain Lion preview announcement, we are starting to see quite a bit of convergence of iOS apps being introduced into ~~Mac~~ OS X. There’s a whole lot of iCloud enhanced apps like Calendar, Reminder, Notes, etc.

Basically, if you are familiar with the iPad, there’s nothing really new here, except that it’s going to be available soon! But there’s also a gem that was released on the same announcement, and that’s the Messages app More >

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Keep your MacBook alive with an SSD upgrade

December 13, 2011

by Ken Ng

So you have a MacBook (or any PC or notebook really) that’s a year or two old and things seems to be slowing down a little. You basically have two choice. Suck it up and just live with it. Or buy a new notebook. And burn some cash in the process of course. Sure, you’d get new spanking CPU and perhaps even a faster GPU to boot. But hey, unless you are dying to run the latest games in all 2000 FPS glory, 90% of the time, you don’t r More >

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WordPress blogs targeted scam – beware of the adv.zip plugin!

November 19, 2011

by Ken Ng

It looks like scammers are just getting smarter by the day. And this time, I had the ‘opportunity’ to be targeted by one that seems to be scamming wordpress-based blogs.

Here was how it all got started.

It seems that some guy posted a comment on my blog asking me if I was interested to have a banner ad placed on my blog for a fee. Hmmm. To be honest, I was initially skeptical but curious. So I decided to write an email across and see what it’s More >

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FIX: Oracle 10g on Solaris x64 installation – Error in invoking target ‘agent nmb nmo’…

November 18, 2011

by Ken Ng

So here I am trying to install Oracle Application Server 10g release 2 (10.1.2.0.2) on my Solaris x86 64-bit VM to test out some stuff. Then, I get this error.

“Error in invoking target ‘agent nmo nmb’ of makefile ‘home/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/ins_sysman.mk’. See ‘/home/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installAction2011-11-17_07-04-25AM.log’ for details.”

Nice. Just nice.

Checking out the logs, there were a few warnings and errors that sho More >

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How to access your files anywhere with SugarSync

October 31, 2011

by Ken Ng

So you have a tablet like the iPad with you now and you figured that you can ditch that notebook of yours. Going for meetings and conferences without the notebook would be a real godsend. So you thought. That’s until you realize that you need that particular powerpoint file that you have on notebook and had not expected you’d need on the go.

Shucks indeed and there goes the idea of carrying just your iPad anywhere you go. It sure don’t make More >