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  • I Refuse to Upgrade to an iPhone 3GS

    A few short weeks ago Apple released the highly anticipated upgrade to their flagship iPhone 3G, apparently aptly dubbed the iPhone 3GS. The “S” is presumably for speed because the updated product is touted as being twice as fast as its predecessor. Even though the new phone is the most advanced mobile phone on the market today, yours truly will be sticking with the trusty iPhone 3G. It was love at first...
  • Does U.S. Mobile Carrier AT&T Rule All App Store Applications?

    Earlier this week the internet was abuzz over Apple rejecting the official Google Voice (GV) iPhone app. This story was quickly followed by Apple removing every GV-enabled app already available in the App Store. The official GV app and all previously approved GV-enabled applications appear to have been removed from all international App Stores. Based on many accounts, the culprit behind this dastardly deed is none...
  • HOWTO Configure Apache for SSL with DoD CAC Authentication on Ubuntu...

    Administering Linux servers is an art form not mastered by many because it is mostly command-line driven. Windows on the other hand, while a highly complex beast, has taught most administrators that configuring can be accomplished through a simple point-and-click interface. One of the more difficult Linux tasks is properly configuring an Apache web server - the sheer power Apache can wield is evident in the...
  • Dying For A Job?

    I'm not talking about being out of work.  I'm talking about six feet under.  If your job predominately consists of sitting in a chair and moving only your hands all day long, it may just be killing you. The human body was not designed to be sedentary; it was made to move.  And that is why I say that exercise is the key to good health.  Being thin and trim does not necessarily equate to being healthy. ...
  • Winning In A Competitively Staffed IT Environment

    Have you been at a job where you admired a successful IT colleague of yours? Someone you were amazed by? Maybe even blown away by their level of proficiency? Did that person seem to complete work effortlessly? Were they ultra-productive in the work environment? Could you accept this person into your personal realm? Or did you feel threatened? Were you ready to develop this new relationship or did you quickly...
  • Chrome OS - Google Gorilla To Eat Microsoft's Breakfast

    Heads up Balmer, The boys at Google are on the hunt. Larry and Sergey are planning a strategic strike at the heart of Microsoft's flagship product, Windows. In a recent announcement on The Official Google Blog, Google says they are ramping up a new hopeful in the OS market -- Chrome OS. If Chrome OS runs with speeds anything like Google Chrome (the browser), then Microsoft is staring up the nose of a 300-pound...
  • Dear Safari...

    Tabs, bookmarks, search forms, these are all features that we take for granted when it comes to browsing the web using our favourite web browser. We expect it to work, to be fast, and most important, it shouldn’t bother us with stupid behaviour or messages. Every major web browser supports tabbed browsing these days, it makes it easier to maintain the websites you are visiting. Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, ...
  • HOWTO Install Squid Web Proxy Server with Active Directory...

    Web Proxy servers are an essential aspect of a solid network perimeter defense strategy. Exposing the fragile desktop client to the internet at-large by allowing direct connections to the internet is dangerous and may lead to compromise. This can be exasberated if the overall network security strategy is not sufficient. Web Proxy servers can help alleviate a number of security concerns while offering a central...
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria RC Unleashed

    I have always been quite fond of Linux distros capable of marrying the solid underlying Linux architecture with a usable graphical user interface. This used to be a tough job until Ubuntu burst on the scene to help propel desktop Linux in to areas it has never been. To further that thought, Linux Mint, a quite sexy distro based on Ubuntu, just unleashed their first release candidate of Linux Mint 7 “Gloria”...
  • Stop Password Masking - Is Usability More Crucial Than Security?

    Jakob Nielsen, a widely known expert in the field of web usability, recently stirred up a shit storm of controversy after proclaiming that it is time to stop masking passwords because usability suffers. He claims hinges on the lack of true feedback when typing passwords. Making matters worse, world-renowned security expert Bruce Schneier agreed with Nielsen, hopping on the same idiotic train Nielsen is driving. Is...

Searching For Results: A Comparison of Search Engines

Jun 24th

Posted by Haslina Ali in Articles

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bing-logoThe release of Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing on June 3 was relatively quiet compared to the hype that surrounded such events like the WWDC. Surprisingly, however, Bing’s progress has been closely monitored and commented on, and the internet inundated by tech blogs reviewing the three giants. Not to be left out, TechMiso is joining the fray with it’s very own review performed by someone whose job it is to regularly scour the internet for information that doesn’t always seem to be there. Trust me, it’s sort of like mining for gold.

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bing, blind search, google, microsoft, search, search engines, yahoo

Man vs TV Channel

Jun 22nd

Posted by Yorick Peterse in Articles

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Man vs TV Channel - TechMisoIt’s Friday night, you’ve finished work and kicked your wife into her bed. Time to watch TV! But what do you want to watch? There are so many channels with so many TV shows these days that it is hard to make a decision if you don’t have a favourite channel or show.

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channel, discovery, series, shows, tv

Miso Soup Kitchen Fires Up Again

Jun 22nd

Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles

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Miso SoupAs most folks have noticed, TechMiso has not been producing vast quantities of Miso Soup over the course of the past couple weeks. Comparing our two-week output to each week prior and it becomes evident that our Miso Soup kitchen is not performing up to our high standards. In the interest of full disclosure and rather than keep our faithful readers in the dark, I would like to enlighten everyone on the status of the Miso Soup.

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admin, techmiso

Pragmatic Thoughts About Apple’s WWDC Product Releases

Jun 14th

Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles

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iPhone 3GS - Video RecordingThe entire world was sitting on the edge of their seats, anxiously awaiting the fabled Apple World Wide Developers Conference Keynote Speech, a presentation which over the course of the last few years has provided some of the most exciting new Apple product news. Or maybe not? After soaking in the announcements for the past week, it seems there really is nothing truly revolutionary or groundbreaking even though a vast array of consumers seems quite jazzed.

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apple, iPhone, iphone 3gs, macbookpro

Why I Don’t Buy An i

Jun 12th

Posted by Haslina Ali in Articles

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ipod-iphoneI don’t buy iAnythings. Most people are in disbelief at this principle and question how I can refrain from buying such stylish, trendy and ubiquitous gadgets while others simply surmise that I’m trying to be coolly rebellious and anti-establishment. Right. The real story behind my anti-iAnything life principle is simply because the iExperience doesn’t live up to my life expectations.

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apple, iPhone, ipod, iTouch, WWDC

Dear Safari…

Jun 7th

Posted by Yorick Peterse in Articles

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Safari logoTabs, bookmarks, search forms, these are all features that we take for granted when it comes to browsing the web using our favourite web browser. We expect it to work, to be fast, and most important, it shouldn’t bother us with stupid behaviour or messages.

Every major web browser supports tabbed browsing these days, it makes it easier to maintain the websites you are visiting. Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, even Internet Explorer supports tabs. Seeing that the concept of using tabs has been around for a while, you’d think it would be trouble free, too bad you’re wrong. In this case there’s a problem with Apple’s Safari, a problem that could’ve been solved a long time ago as Safari has been supporting tabs since April 2003.

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apple, safari, tabs, webbrowser

HOWTO Install Cherokee, MySQL, PHP and WordPress on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Jun 5th

Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles

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Cherokee on UbuntuCherokee is a smoking hot up-and-coming web server capable of hanging with Apache while consuming exponentially less resources than its older sibling. As we wrote earlier, Cherokee saved TechMiso from Apache scalping all available RAM, ultimately allowing us to continue to provide the same service we provide today but with far better memory consumption. Learn how to install and configure Cherokee, MySQL, PHP and WordPress on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope for a lean, mean, efficient web serving machine.

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cherokee, howto, mysql, php, ubuntu, wordpress

Birth of the Mobile Brats

Jun 4th

Posted by Haslina Ali in Articles

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no-mobileDoes anyone else feel a little bit tech-spoiled? Now that I have a 3.5G phone (Nokia E71 and loving it) and an unlimited data plan, I’ve noticed that whenever I have to wait for something – anything – regardless of how long it may take – from less than 1 minute to 10 minutes, I automatically sit down, whip out my phone and fire up Opera Mini. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. I’m unbelievably happy to have the internet at my fingertips anywhere and almost everywhere, subject to the infrastructure of my service provider.

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iPhone, mobile phones, smartphone

TechMiso Taken Over By Holland

Jun 4th

Posted by Yorick Peterse in Articles

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Yorick Peterse - TechMisoAs if the TechMiso crew wasn’t getting big enough, it just got worse. Today TechMiso faced a few serious problems as their website was raided by Dutch farmers who sell tulips, live in Amsterdam and walk around in wooden clogs all day. Luckily for them, they only left one person behind, that person is me.

So let me introduce myself. My name is Yorick Peterse, I am your average 16 year old boy, who’s currently enjoying the fact that he’s done with Secondary school (finally.) There’s only one problem, I have an addiction. Only the addiction is a positive one, I am addicted to photography and web development. I started doing both about a year ago, first web development, and after a few months I also gotten into photography. It wasn’t the first time I came into contact with art, in fact, I’ve been into art my whole life. Now you might wonder what the heck this has to do with TechMiso, but to tell you the truth, it has everything to do with it.

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deviantart, holland, techmiso, yorick

Cherokee Web Server To The Rescue!

May 31st

Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles

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Cherokee Web ServerWhen TechMiso first launched the site was operating on a special Joyent Accelerator with minimal specifications. The site quickly outgrew the nominal features set so we migrated to a 256 slice at SliceHost, one of the best virtual service providers today. Although a superior provider, we immediately started experiencing problems with Apache due to it eating more RAM than available. Cherokee web server came to the rescue and solved all our problems, world peace to follow.

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apache, cherokee, httpd, server, techmiso
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