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    Life after death for Apple’s Xserve

    Since they've stopped making servers, I've wondered what Apple uses internally. They do not sell or make any server side software for email, document management, and collaboration.
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    Hands-on with Windows Server 2016—the OS with its foot in everything

    Gone are the days where you could run Windows Server as a run-of-the mill desktop OS. Also I as I discovered when I toyed with Server 2012 when TechNet was still active, its significantly more complicated to setup than Server 2008. Not for the casual hobbyist.
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    HP’s DRM sabotages off-brand printer ink cartridges with self-destruct date

    Seeing HP products other than printers and computer in my youth, Agilent is the 'real HP' in my mind, and perhaps other people. Computer and printers by HP started in the 1980's I think.
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    SpaceX’s Interplanetary Transport System may go “well beyond” Mars

    I hope he succeeds, but, my thoughts exactly.
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    Microsoft’s fancy new outlook.com, planned for this year, now delayed until next

    I created a new account to view the interface. It's slick. This is no longer Hotmail. It's full-blown Exchange. Profiles in Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 and 2016 show the connection is via Exchange. I can move email and email folders between outlook.com inboxes and PST files (which EAS won't...
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    The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch

    Thanks, but as I cannot substitute the uVerse gateway, I would not gain any advantage other than the 'cool' factor.
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    The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch

    Can someone explain to me why I would need this? Which scenario benefits from such a device. I have uVerse (aDSL) and the 'residential gateway' has four 1GBS ports and Wi-Fi. So, if understand correctly, I would need the gateway + router + a four port switch? I cannot substitute the residential...
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    Volkswagen recalling 5,600 electric cars due to a stalling problem

    Well, what did you expect from a golf cart?
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    How time travel works in Star Trek

    Excellent. It reminded me, once again, how much excellent science-fiction Star Trek has entertained us over the years. (Along with the so many bad, bad, bad episodes, of course.)
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    Fans rejoice: Bryan Fuller named showrunner on new Star Trek series

    /troll Maybe with Wil Wheaton as captain?
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    The slowly fading art of flying—and maintaining—Cold War fighter jets

    Thanks, Lee, for another great article about aeronautics. The photos are great! Is your camera fitted with APS-C sensor, or full-frame? I'm only asking because as you most certainly know, it impacts the designated focal length. (I often use my smartphone for wide-angle shots.) I miss the days...
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    Retro-tech: 2015 was an astounding year for one cassette tape factory

    Thank you! Yes, remember dbx noise reduction as well. But when Dolby C NR came into the market dbx faded away, it seems. Up to that point, I remember reading about dbx on TEAC and TASCAM decks. My late 1990's Sony deck has Dolby S and HX Pro. It was probably the last deck on the market that had...
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    Harbingers of failure: meet the customers you don’t want to love your product

    Hmmm... Reading this article on a Lumia 830...
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    Retro-tech: 2015 was an astounding year for one cassette tape factory

    Perhaps for the same reason some people love steam locomotives.
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    Retro-tech: 2015 was an astounding year for one cassette tape factory

    While criticism of LP's and cassettes are fully warranted, I think the success of NAC is cause for celebration. I'm glad it's sticking around, and it gives us another choice. I still have some unwrapped TDK SA and SA-X tapes. Of all the audio gear I've owned, the one I am most fond of is my old...
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    Ars Science Q&A: How to deal with science denialists

    While people of faith oftentimes use their beliefs to dodge scientific evidence, I just hope this discussion does not become a debate between people of religious conviction and atheists.
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    Windows 10 Mobile review: Windows on phones gets rebooted. Again.

    It's always weird to read about something that I've been using for a few months. My brief assessment is that this is a well-designed OS. Not as original as WP 8.0 however. Stability and performance issues remain; perhaps because my apps are loaded on external storage. I hope the OS sticks...
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    Three high-flying birds soar together for the first time since the 1970s

    Awesome. I live by Ellington and whenever I hear the WB-57 doing its slow, low runs above the Clear-Lake subdivisions I stop what I'm doing and take a look. Glad to learn there's three of these babies flying around.
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    Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care?

    Pete, I usually like your reviews, but I don't get all the negative mood here. Evidently, iris scanning is a shortcoming for many people. I could not determine exactly what was wrong with the device except that perhaps as a whole reviewers have gotten a bit blasé. This handset seems to be in...