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- Apple's iPhone activation server problems (updated 2x)
- Apple's iPhone activation server problems (updated 2x)Upgrade experienceI'm upgrading a 4 gig June 29, 2007 phone and got the same -9838 message, and a bricked iPhone.I've just tried again and got the -4 message, however, my phone is still bricked, showing a pretty image of a USB cable plugging into...
- Tags: Cellular phones, GUESS IT, Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone activation server problem, activation server problem, Apple Inc., phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
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- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Microsoft starts warning of support phase-out for older Windows Server releases
- Added benefit of "activation" (automatic "kill switch")Neccessary or desirable to reinstall XP or change hardware? Flip the kill switch. No more activation, no more XP or any other later Windows release.Any OS that depends on a remote server is an excercise in futility.You confuse 'support' with 'activation'.There's no indication that...
- Tags: Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows Server, server, kill switch, Microsoft Corp., misinformation, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X
- Graphic Artists on MacDo Graphic Artists really have a compelling reason to use Macs anymore? Adobe CS3 isn't supported on Snow Leopard. If you want to use 64bit versions of Adobe CS4, you have to use Windows. And even on the same hardware, programs like After Effects and Photoshop...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, ZBrush, performance, Upgrading Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, clean install, CS4, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- US cyberwarriors a reluctant crew
- US cyberwarriors a reluctant crewRelated problemThere's a related problem ... once they start using [b][i]any[/i][/b] offensive cyberwarfare, anyone could do anything anywhere and blame it on the U.S.Say, for instance, individual Israelis started hacking Iranian computers or vice versa, or Taliban sympathizers started attacking Pakistani systems or Indian systems. ...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, reluctant crew, attack, cyberattack
- Discussion threads 2009-08-02
- Two questions about Microsoft's future ...
- Two questions about Microsoft's future ...The evil of subscriptionHow would an OS subscription be anything other than a complete rip-off to the end user? There are so many reasons why a subscription system would fail and fail badly. The cost of implementation, activation issues, anti-piracy concerns. All of this and...
- Tags: Piracy, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy, operating system, software
- Discussion threads 2009-07-30
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!They sure have...Now if they'd only do so by making an actual good product rather than just locking everybody into using it....No SoI've been running Linux since giving up on Windows by having too many BSOD screens with Windows ME. And frankly, given Windows Genuine PITA...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Windows 7 build 7600 is RTM build
- Windows 7 build 7600 is RTM buildReal Soon meaning...Half an hour? Half a day? A week?Some of us are starting to think it won't RTM today.Back from planning sessions, ready to deploy...My rep delivered the gold bits this morning. As many of you may have noticed, I have not been...
- Tags: Windows 7 build 7600, RTM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7
- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7Come on Adrian: Yet again another W7 limitation?Well that is what it looks like. There's the word right at the top of the page in the title of this story even.Can't wiggle out of this one Windows Folks.Of course, I will...
- Tags: KMS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Apple consoles iPhone 3G S customers with $30 iTunes Store credit
- Let's do a little reenactment. You're one of the eager Apple fanboys or girls and camp out the night before the iPhone 3G S is released so you can be one of the first to have a new iPhone. You're cold and wet, but you have...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Console, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iTunes, E-mail, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting to cellular data network
- iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting to cellular data networkThanks for the heads-upI wasn't planning on updating mine right away because of memories of the last major upgrade. I suppose the boards will be filled again with a multitude of "I missed the call for my kidney transplant or whatever...
- Tags: VOIP, Apple iPhone, cellular data network, iPhone OS 3.0, iPhone OS, data network, network
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- New iPhone 3.0 OS available
- New iPhone 3.0 OS availableiPhone is AWESOME!!!WOW!!! With Apple Innovated tm features like copy and paste and MMS, this is teh bestest mobile OS EVAR!! Watch, I bet WindowsMobile 6.5 will have copy and paste. Typical of MS to copy Apple. Ooooooo, I hate MS!!! But I love Apple! Honest...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Bluetooth, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, text/MMS, New iPhone 3.0 OS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Does the end of free XP support help push you to Vista or 7 ... or Linux?
- Does the end of free XP support help push you to Vista or 7 ... or Linux?Not sure what the issue is......for home use I just go with whatever OS I fancy - I have a box running Intrepid Ibex and a box running Vista Home Premium x64.XP's just an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista NOW, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Microsoft
- MicrosoftNo man can serve two masters......is the way Jesus put it 2000 years ago. The problem MS has faced since 1981 and has never really come to grips with, is which set of customers are to get top priority?. The conflict between MS, the OS developer, and MS,...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- Microsoft reboots borked Windows 7 Beta
- Microsoft reboots borked Windows 7 BetaI guess...all my hardware and software did not get the memo that is not suppose to work with Windows 7.Yet another clueless 'tard heard from..[b]Yes, a company needs to spend money on this because it will not work with other MS software requiring you to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows 7, WINDOWS 7 BETA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, software
- Discussion threads 2009-01-10
- The BlackBerry Storm, three weeks later
- The BlackBerry Storm, three weeks laterFirst GenNaturally the first generation of any product will garner various responses. However, the crux of the issue is that I've outfitted ALL necessary staff with RIM products including the BES Server. Leveraging this investment is the only real option for us as very like...
- Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, ROI/TCO, Web browsers, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-12-08
- Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0
- Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0Why are you advertising the merits of a trojan?This whole blog post reads like an ad, it almost sounds like you're bragging about how improved the latest version of the trojan is.Committed to your "piracy"That's really cute. Check the description vs. the URL....
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Financial services, Microsoft Windows XP, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Fake Windows XP, Fake Windows XP activation trojan, activation trojan
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- An argument about switching costs
- An argument about switching costsJust a question...If you're going to be using Windows desktop apps with Sun Ray's, doesn't that mean you'll have to deploy Windows Terminal Server too?Why not drop the cost of Sun Ray and just use WTS (if you're paying for it anyway)?RiskThe core of Dr. Dogs...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Switching Costs, WTS, information technology, Murph, Sun Ray, window
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs
- Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 software
- Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 softwareYeah, show Apple how upset you are!!Refuse to buy the iPhone for a week, and then buy it. That'll show Apple!And you wonder why Apple treats you all so poorly.Never be on the Internet with anything USB plugged inMy...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0, iPhone Activation Server, iPhone Activation, Dude, Apple Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
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