There are several addresses or range of addresses that are reserved or ’special’ in IPv6 (Internet Protocol version v6)

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 which is the equivalent of 0.0.0.0 in IPv4
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 which is the equivalent of the 127.0.0.1 loopback address in IPv4
2000::/3 The global unicast address range
FC00::/7 The unique local unicast range
FC80::/10 The link local unicast range
FF00::/8 the multicast [...]

The VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) allows switches across a network to maintain consistency. VLANs can be managed, added, renamed and deleted using VTP. VTP was created by Cisco.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_LAN

Pitaschio, not Pistachio!, is described by its author as
Pitaschio is a freeware which makes it convenient to use Microsoft Windows
Pitaschio is a utility that enables a user to automate many tasks or to simply be more efficient with the keyboard and the mouse. At the same time it can be perhaps too much since for [...]

Quick Key Launch is a launcher that can be used to launch any file quickly. To set up new commands one must drag any file, program or shortcut to its run or command box style interface. After doing so a dialog box opens where one names the command or shortcut and optionally adds any parameters [...]

Signo is described by its author as
…impressively complete hotkey manager…
Upon launch Signo slows the system (reviewed on a Windows XP computer) but then settles in the tray and provides a number of defaults hotkeys or what it calls actions to automate many tasks. Signo also provides the ability to add additional user defined actions. The [...]

File Hound is Described as
…Search for text inside any file on your computer. It can search all kinds of text files, including pdf, doc etc.

It is a simple program that does its job well and as mentioned in its description searches inside *.pdf files too. It is not limited to pure text files as [...]

Monitor Off Utility is described by its author as
…is a free program that allows you to take control of your monitors built-in energy saving features
Even though all computers and operating systems come with power management features that allow a user to turn off a hard disk or put a computer into standby or hibernate mode [...]

Startup Discoverer is a simple, portable and no-install tool that displays any program that automatically loads when a Windows computer starts. It categorizes startup entries into one of 19 groups. These 19 groups, such as User Startup, BHO (Browser helper Object) Runs and Winlogon, display either in blue text, meaning the group has programs or [...]

Reducing power usage and consumption is one of the best, easiest and immediate measures we can take while politicians wrangle through their greedy needs. Two large corporations that, along with IBM, have set up internal goals and business models based on selling and promoting green products are Google and Cisco. Two tools released by the [...]

In this series of posts called New Version News I will highlight some of the newer versions of freeware downloads reviewed earlier on RGdot.com.
Caderno, the notepad replacement and alternative reviewed here is at version 2.10 now. Some notable and new features include the following:

Code folding.
A better and more complete UTF (UTF-16) support.
The [...]