Upcoming CES 2009 — Juicy Stories

By Paul | Dec 26, 2008

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So we are getting close to CES or Computer Electronics Show to some. This is going to be a very interesting year, due to the depressing economy. So I wanted to talk about some of the upcoming announcements at CES so people could get ready for the upcoming 2009 Show:

Skype will announce free US and Canada calling to cellular numbers or land lines. This will undoubtedly be an Ad supported service and have a limited amount of minutes per call. This will be good for people on the road who need to make a quick call here and there without having to pay for anything. They have given some of the tidbits out already but I can’t wait to find out what else they will announce at CES.
Windows 7 Beta — People seem to think they will release the beta the same day they announce just like they did at the PDC(Professional Developers Conference) and also give it out to people at CES. Although that might work to a point it will be very hard for people to get in the BETA. There is a list brewing of people wanting to get onto the beta in the Microsoft Connection Community Site. I can’t wait for next month but I am sure it is going to be nice.

A good free VPN Client — OpenVPN & more

By Paul | Nov 12, 2008

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I’ve been doing some research on what might be good to use in case, I was away from my home network. I was thinking how safe am I at Starbucks or other places that I might doing my web. So I did a little looking around to see which one I liked and I came to the conclusions that only one I need right now is:

The nice thing about this was the simple installation of the software and how easy it was to set it up. This service is in beta but seems to be really well done with regards to the end users. When you install this software and want to connect it uses the OpenVPN software with there configurations. OpenVPN, is a open sourced SSL VPN solution and is free to use. The way this this free is of Ad Supported banners. Now it is cheaper than paying monthly for a VPN service. The ones I’ve found so far are these few: