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- Microsoft releases Windows Home Server SDK
- Microsoft releases Windows Home Server SDKSooooo Exciting, yawn!ZZZZZZ...Yes it IS exciting...Anyone that doesn't think so is demonstrating their lack of imagination.The downside...The APIs can only be used with C#... ughReminds me of Small Business ServerA clunky collection of dumb-downed tools for home users. *yawn* Every day Microsoft...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Linux, Desktops, MicroCenter, Microsoft Windows, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Corp., computer, Apple Macintosh, server, desktop, SDK
- Discussion threads 2007-04-06
- NOW I get why CompUSA is closing so many stores
- NOW I get why CompUSA is closing so many storesCompUSA - overextended adsI stopped trying to buy at CompUSA after three specific attempts to buy advertised products that they didn't have. I was looking for full desktop computers each time and each time they had "just sold the last...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Sales strategy, Consumer electronics, CompUSA Inc., MicroCenter, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
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- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Despite all this I'm still hoping for Psystar FTW! Low cost OS X machines could do a lot of good. Apple doesn't see the potential here to raise more revenue...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, AppŁe
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Tonight is Linux Night!
- Tonight is Linux Night!Kudo's!Great initiative! I've attended a couple of those install parties myself, and it was great fun. A lot of enthusiastic people.Maybe it can help the beginners if you give them this link to a support website that I've made, which is especially meant for beginners with Ubuntu...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Games, Kudo, Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Night!, game
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooks
- Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooksReliability has to be the first priorityI attended an evening session on WHS and as one of my friends who attended put it: it's not Windows Home Server, it's Windows Home Backup. Then he amended that to Windows Small Business Backup, because...
- Tags: Backups, server, entertainment, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows, WHS Server, backup
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- CompUSA vs. BestBuy
- CompUSA vs. BestBuyWell I do not ever remember seeing...Major Appliances(Washers/Dryers/Stoves...)in CompUSA, The stores have some common items, Best Buy does not sell motherboards @ least not in my local one. I think the big issue was CompUSA was billed as a Computer Super Store as oppose to Best Buy which...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Comp USA, computer, Best Buy Co. Inc., CompUSA Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Activision CEO sees $199 game consoles
- Activision CEO sees $199 game consolesActivision CEO sees $199 game consolesHe makes a very good point. As much as I'd like to get an Xbox 360 I'm going to stick with my original Xbox until the price comes down. I'm still undecided on a Wii.A low price point...
- Tags: Games, Game players, console, game, game console, Nintendo Wii, Activision Inc., Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- External drives: The hot gift this season?
- External drives: The hot gift this season?Love external hard drives...I bought a few 1TB external drives and use them as spare RAM for Vista. My rep delivered me some "secret sauce" that allows me to use the external drive as a RAM drive for Vista. The performance boost is amazing....
- Tags: hard drive, External Drives, hot gift, external hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- IMHO: many if not most retail salespeople are clueless about VoIP
- I regularly visit lots of consumer electronics retailers, computer-centric and office supply monoliths. Toy stores for adults of course me being an adult is debatable Although I am already set up with many VoIP accounts and gear, I like to walk up to the salespeople in the...
- Tags: Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- Motley Fool: Vonage will "eventually succumb"
- Motley Fool: Vonage will "eventually succumb"Really long cableI'm sitting London using my Vonage line on a daily basis. Will Comcast or Time Warner run a really long cable to reach the UK customers? Anyone I include Vonage in this have any idea how many customers Vonage has outside of the...
- Tags: VOIP, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., Motley Fool
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Ongoing dialog with Dell
- Ongoing dialog with DellDealing with big companiesYour experience is typical of dealing with DELL ... and probably all big companies. You are not overreacting and should punish all such dire customer service wherever possible. Dare I say the media should campaign hard to eliminate such shoddy actions.My most recent dealings...
- Tags: Branding, Backups, Dell Customer Support, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- (Photos: Eight must-have Wii accessories)
- (Photos: Eight must-have Wii accessories)SD cardsThe Microcenter OEM SD cards ($9.99 for 1GB and $15.99 for 2GB) work beautifully with the Wii, and they're cheap without a rebate.
- Tags: Memory, Nintendo Wii, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Senator wants to ban 'deceptive' video game ratings
- Senator wants to ban 'deceptive' video game ratingsThis is completely out of handThen they will try and make the games so you can no longer modify them?Much like the Sim's nude patch as pointless as that was, modifications will happen to games to allow new functions to happen.I know this...
- Tags: Games, video, NeverWinter Nights Diamond, module system, video game, game, nucrash, miscategorization
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- (Images: Which copy of XP is the fake?)
- (Images: Which copy of XP is the fake?)Tell us whyIs it because of the red seal?...Can't zoom in on the email to reveal minute details?Patricia Gammagetypical "news"Not very informative, as prior poster pointed out. Between the distance and the shine off the wrapping... There are also two rectangular white...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, OEM, Microsoft Corp., retail version, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- Windows Vista logos - what do they all mean?
- Windows Vista logos - what do they all mean?editing cleanup required. backstreet boy sez."Don't [b]by[/b] anything on the basis of these logos alone. "[b]by, by, by[/b]? your alarm should be going off, mr. editor.KremlinologyEntrail-reading is all well and good, but wouldn't it be more practical to get into a serious...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVR, Media Center PCs, TV tuner, Microsoft Windows Vista, personal video recorder, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PC
- Discussion threads 2006-11-09
- OfficeMax bids farewell to mail-in rebates
- OfficeMax bids farewell to mail-in rebateship-hip-hooray , somebody got a clueafter loosing rebates on a cell phone and a harddrive i am overjoyed.Alright .... about time the consumer complainedThis has been the biggest consumer ripoff ever. You look in your flyer and see something for a good price in LARGE...
- Tags: Retail, register, OfficeMax Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-30
- $299 PCs and other holiday bargains
- $299 PCs and other holiday bargainsYou forgot a detail.Do not forget the 12 or 24 month mandatory subscription to AOL, MSN or Earthlink that is packaged with these deals.;)About the Mac deal...This is not a surprise, this prove once again that Mac are juste overpriced piece of juck... where you...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Compaqs, PC, viewable area, Apple Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., CRT, mini-Mac
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Build or buy, Bloggie?
- Build or buy, Bloggie?Two hundred bucksThat's the difference between building and buying - and that margin has held for many years. Building IS cheaper comparing apples to apples, but not by much. That $700 Dell computer could be built for about $500. So you must ask yourself whether its worth...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer
- Discussion threads 2005-10-13
- Apple's Tiger unleashed in San Francisco
- Apple's Tiger unleashed in San FranciscoHi allGo to Apple.com and follow these links:--Click on the [b]education[/b] link under the apple tab--Under the higher education section click on [b]students[/b]--Click on [b]student discounts[/b] towards the top right--Click on the orange [b]apple online store for education[/b] link--Scroll down and click on the [b]OSX...
- Tags: Desktops, PT Barnum, Apple Mac OS X Tiger, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, PC
- Discussion threads 2005-04-29
- Microsoft dreams up low-cost mini-tablet PC
- Microsoft dreams up low-cost mini-tablet PCLooks Like a Microsoft Monday...All Microsoft, All the time.I think I will go hide in the server room and play fix my Windows 2003 systems for the rest of the day.They have been acting up for a week now.VaporwareANOTHER article about what M$ is DREAMING...
- Tags: Tablets, PDAs, Handhelds, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., minitablet PC, PC
- Discussion threads 2005-04-25
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