Parks and Recreation had various special guests over the course of seven seasons, among those Bill Murray, and the story behind his cameo appearance is a very special one. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks & Recreation made its debut on NBC in 2009 and came to an end in 2015. The series had a rough start as its first season wasn’t well received, but the writers ultimately found the right tone and style, and the subsequent seasons were a major improvement....

Oracle is one of the biggest vendor in the IT market and the shorthand name of its flagship RDBMS product, that was formally called Oracle Database. What is Microsoft SQL server? MS SQL server is a database product of Microsoft. It allows users to SQL queries and execute them. It is among the most stable, secure and reliable database solutions. It supports wide variety of transaction processing, analytics, and business intelligence applications in corporate IT environments....

Netflix just released a new teaser and announced that Orange Is the New Black will come to a close with its seventh and final season in July. The bingeable dramedy created by Jenji Kohan has won both critical and public acclaim, and has been one of Netflix’s most-watched original series since it premiered in the summer of 2013. In fact, it garnered twelve Emmy nominations for its first season (winning three), and is the first series to receive both drama and comedy Emmy recognition....

“Orange UK and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and 3GS to Orange UK customers later this year,” Orange said. “Orange, which has the largest 3G network covering more people in the UK than any other operator, will sell iPhone in all Orange direct channels including Orange shops, the Orange webshop and Orange telesales channels, as well as selected high street partners,” the carrier said. O2 will continue selling the device, but its exclusive contract will expire....

Ori and Will of the Wisps is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest (2015). It’s developed by Moon Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. Those who’ve already played the Blind Forest can easily play Will of the Wisps with better gameplay and stunning graphics. However, the game players may feel some glitches, crashing, lags or some FPS drops....

Original series actor Jorge Garcia has ideas on how a Lost prequel or reboot could work. The series revolutionized television when it premiered on ABC in 2004, introducing J.J. Abrams’ “mystery box” storytelling approach, and bringing terms like “flash-sideways” into the lexicon. But by the time Lost left the air in 2010, many believed its legacy was mostly one of frustration and disappointment after the endlessly twisty sci-fi thriller series finally became lost in its own tangled mythology....

The session layer is the fifth layer (layer 5) of the seven-layer OSI model. The session layer provides the mechanism for the opening, closing, and managing of sessions between applications. The sessions will consist of communication that occurs between end-user applications. Session-layer services are commonly used in application environments that make use of RPCs (remote procedure calls). Protocols and services in the session layer interact with the Presentation layer above and the Transport layer below in the OSI model....

Tim Cook has today posted an open letter regarding today’s ruling that the company must pay €13B ($15B) in back tax after Ireland broke the law in offering the company a sweetheart deal. In it, he states that Apple is ‘confident that the Commission’s order will be reversed’ on appeal. It’s honestly hard to see where such confidence comes from. The letter effectively makes three arguments, only one of which is relevant to the case …...

Oppo R5 – the world’s slimmest smartphone Oppo has managed to achieve an impressive feat with the just announced R5 – it is the world’s thinnest smartphone at just 4.85 mm. Impressive, you think? As a matter of fact, it is so slim that it doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack. If more companies will start producing smartphones so thin, I guess we’ll need to change the standard for the headset port or make them completely wireless....

Quick Image Resizing in Outlook 2013 While this is a quick method of resizing images, you should know that it will only allow you to resize them to a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. This won’t give you the ultimate full quality of say a RAW image, it can still be which useful in a lot of situations. Start by opening Outlook and composing a new message. Then click the Insert tab on the Ribbon, and then click the Attach File....

When writer and director Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim first hit theaters in 2013, it wasn’t much of a success Stateside, despite the passionate love of its small, dedicated following of fans. Instead, the large blockbuster made most of its money internationally, leading to the possibility of a sequel to be called into question for several years, including from del Toro himself at points. But luckily, the world of Pacific Rim will be returning to the big screen next year after all with Pacific Rim: Uprising, though, it is worth noting that the highly-anticipated sequel, while featuring the return of the Kaiju and Jaegers, will not have del Toro reprising his role as director....

Leslie Knope had a statement, comment or response for essentially everything she experiences throughout the entirety of Parks and Recreation. She’s been known to make a powerful statement or two. Whether it was on a political campaign or simply helping her friends through day-to-day problems, she always knew what to say. Then there were times where she didn’t exactly know what to say, but made sure to say something anyway. For example, trash-talking isn’t necessarily one of her strengths....

I touched on my thoughts on a cellular Apple Watch 2 briefly when detailing WSJ’s report, but I want to expand a bit further and think out loud about the possibility. In short, I think an untethered Apple Watch with built-in cellular connectivity is inevitable, but in the short term there are other problems I suspect will be solved first. That’s not to say that Apple couldn’t introduce cellular and fix other issues, but having an embedded data connection is low on my list of requests this year....

Given the otherwise punishing confines of the prison walls, Orange Is The New Black is no stranger to showing some more… intimate… moments. While we do get to see a few heart-warming, long term relationships, most of the inmates are just looking for some no-strings-attached prison sex. In an ideal world, we’d have loved to see some of these hooks ups lead to something more, but we never got the chance....

Update: Here’s the official word from OtterBox regarding Touch ID compatibility: “The Preserver Series for the iPhone 5s incorporates a thin layer of a specially formulated material that allows for full functionality of the Touch ID fingerprint scanner technology while keeping the case completely sealed from water.” One of the the most well-known tough case manufacturers, OtterBox, today announced their new Preserver Series waterproof cases for the iPhone 5/5s/5c and Samsung Galaxy S4....

[tweet https://twitter.com/saurik/status/530454505994076161] Cydia creator Jay Freeman (better known as Saurik) has tweeted that the Pangu jailbreak for iOS 8.0 to 8.1 is now “stable enough” for use. We first saw a developer version of the jailbreak last month, with a user version released a week later, complete with Cydia installer. The installer is Windows-only, but it’s an untethered jailbreak, so once it’s done you won’t need to reconnect to a PC following a reboot … The jailbreak is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch capable of running iOS 8 – which includes any iPhone from the 4s on....

Tom Holland and Chris Pratt voice elf brothers searching for some magic in the world in the trailer for Pixar’s upcoming animated movie, Onward. While the majority of the studio’s recent sequels (Finding Dory, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4) have been well-received, they’ve also left some fans wondering when Pixar will be getting back to prioritizing original films. Thankfully, that’s exactly what they’re doing; the home of Woody and Buzz Lightyear currently doesn’t have any sequels in the pipeline, and has even scheduled a pair of original features to hit theaters in 2020 alone....

The European Union warned us this week not to expect a speedy conclusion to the long-running investigation into the legality of Apple’s tax arrangements in Europe. The delay follows a decision back in December to expand the scope of the investigation. But while the wheels of EU tax investigations may grind exceedingly slowly, I’d be willing to wager quite large sums of money on the final outcome. It looks to me increasingly clear that Apple’s tax arrangements with the Irish government are going to be declared illegal, and that Apple is going to be faced with a significant bill for unpaid tax …...

Windows users are likely already familiar with the adware that’s usually bundled with Oracle’s Java software, but for Mac users that annoyance has been mostly avoided. Unfortunately, ZDNet reports that today Oracle has updated its Java installer to include the Ask toolbar on OS X. The installation process automatically changes users’ browser homepage to the nearly useless Ask.com, which is populated by ads and mostly irrelevant results. The software also installs an Ask browser toolbar....

According to his discography page, Owl City founder and singer Adam Young is the creator of iOS 7’s sounds. While the visual design changes are most evident in the new operating system, another noticeable change is how most of the regular sounds are revamped and a slew of new ring and text tones are included. Even before Young was revealed as the creator, many noted how the sounds seemed like Owl City’s style:...