intelliLinux A blog about Innovation and Information

It's a common problem for plenty of techie type people, or at least it is for me: i find myself with about 5 computers on my desk, and i want to see every screen. Of course, in this instance, a KVM is not really a great option, but I also don't want to have 5 keyboards to choose between. Another common scenario is when I have to use my laptop and a desktop computer simultaniously, and a third all too frequent desire is to be able to cut and paste between multiple machines. There is a solution that solves all of these problems, and is completely cross-platform to boot: Synergy.

Yesterday Ars Technica posted a story about their first look at Windows 7, the successor to Vista, and included some pretty interesting screenshots.

Well I've discovered that there are many good reasons to have an Uninterruptible Power Supply, like in case the power goes out, but there are at least a few reasons that they can SUCK too. These are pretty straightforward:

So, I know this is supposed to be a blog focusing on innovation, technology, and hopefully the convergence of the two. That is why this story is tagged under "Volkswagen"; The original Volkswagen, the type 1, or Beetle, was filled with innovation, and used technology from the latest in aerospace at the time. It was an incredible car for what it was designed to do, and was in production from 1938 until 2003 - 65 years.