Tag Archives: BETA

The Sims 3 Online Play

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Note: August 6, 2012, this has become the third most popular article on Zylblog. EA is testing out a new technology developed by Gaikai with the Sims 3, allowing you to play The Sims 3 online, over the Internet, very … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Linux has come a long way. Linux is arguably the third most popular operating system in existence. Linus Torvalds, the main creator of the first Linux operating system, probably never imagined his computer code would go so far in the … Continue reading →

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Google T.V.

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

“TV Meets Web. Web Meets TV.” Google announced this month in their “Google Friends” newsletter a service soon-to-be offered called Google  TV. Google TV is going to re-shape how we receive information through our televisions, taking the best of TV … Continue reading →

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FireFox 3.6 Beta 5

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Jesse Zylstra

FireFox 3.6 Beta 5 has been released to the public with a wide range of new features. Stable enough to use, and with new and surprising features, who could resist downloading a beta program? Techno-Geeks, gamers, computer specialists — none … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 BETA: Final Remarks

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Jesse Zylstra

Ubuntu makes its final release in 6 days (as of this post, October 23, 2009). I think I, in my personal opinion, can call it “pretty much stable”. Still, in this currently release (working off of nightly builds), I had … Continue reading →

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Updated Progress: Ubuntu 9.10

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Jesse Zylstra

So far, so good. I have been keeping top of the bleeding edge nightly updates for the BETA operating system. Ubuntu 9.10 is really undergoing quite a bit of active development. I have noticed stability increase quite a bit, though … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10: Stable?

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Jesse Zylstra

Okay, I got Ubuntu 9.10 working, and have started restoring my lost files. After re-arranging my drive architecture 3 times and slowly moving files over, it’s all in place (for the most part). The Verdict: It’s kind of stable. I … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 BETA Now Out

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Jesse Zylstra

This information is likely to be quickly outdated. This article was written on Sunday January 11, 2009 at 1:16PM, while I was drinking state-issued Orange Juice (…and we really don’t know what they put in this stuff, but, its not … Continue reading →

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