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29 screws

29 screwsWow! Apple has invented an ease of ........ access system that has been in place on their competitor's laptops almost since there has been laptops. What is next? A user replaceable battery perhaps?No wonder you are so enamored with all the Apple useability advantages!How do you...

Tags: Notebooks, Big Question, screw, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, laptop computer, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

29 screws

Last night I had the pleasure of installing a hard drive in the new "unibody" MacBook Pro, and it seems strange to even type those words after years of fighting with the 29 screws required to replace the HDD on the previous generation of MacBook Pro. Yesterday...

Tags: Hard Drive, Screw, MBP, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-12

MacBook Air tear-down: Look inside but don't touch?

MacBook Air tear-down: Look inside but don't touch?Don't Mess Around With SlimIt's a new world. I'd no sooner open my Air than I would my Rolex. Anyway, this is a computer. When the next version of the OS is released, I'll probably lust after the newest computer...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, MacBook Air, screw, MacBook Air tear-down, tear-down, Apple MacBook, battery

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Photos: Cracking open the Wii

A step-by-step summary of TechRepublic's project to take apart the Wii. Caution: This will seriously void your warranty.After a week of trying, I finally got my hands on a Nintendo Wii. After taking it for a test drive, I began the painstaking and somewhat frustrating disassembly process. I started by...

Tags: Game players, optical drive, photograph, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo GameCube, GameCube controller, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo GameBoy, screw, memory card, antennae, heatsink, USB port, plate, GPU, cable, console, CPU, manufacturing, board, chip, hardware

Image galleries 2007-08-27

Friday Rant - Screw that!

Friday Rant - Screw that!Don't be so sure it is the company trying to save money.At least not the brand name company you bought from. It is no secret that everyone from Apple to Sony is having their product manufactured in China by third party OEMs. Unfortunately what...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, PC, screw, fastener

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Friday Rant - Screw that!

It's a fact of life that every company is looking for ways to cut costs in order to increase profit margins.  One quick and easy way for companies to do this is to supply (and if the company is in the business of building PCs, fit) the cheapest and nastiest fasteners...

Tags: Screw, Head, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Has Microsoft gone soft?

Has Microsoft gone soft?One thing you forget, Microsoft likes IP hurdles for other people.So for them, even if the patents and other IP are very very questionable, why help open source by getting a court decision invalidating it. Better to validate the IP by paying a huge settlement. Thus hurting...

Tags: Network technology, Litigation, screw, Microsoft Corp., IP

Discussion threads 2004-04-30

Additional Resources

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Spoken like someone without a clueBut then again, what can be expected from trolls anymore?Originality?Security & AccessGrant the LEAST amount of access for the end user.DENY then ALLOW, why would you open up Port 80 to the world if you only do business in the United States or local area...

Tags: agency, cloud provider, legality, data centre, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

7 things you should know about Body Area Networks (BANs)

Sure...what a great idea. :-(I know ONE thing for sure...no one is EVER going to put one of these things in MY body.So let's just give doctors one MORE chance to screw up a medical procedure, while implanting these little sensors.More medical malpractice suits anyone? Hmmmmm?Here's a nice example of...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, pacemaker

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Whistler XTR195 Battery-Operated Radar/Laser Detector

Whistler XTR195I paid just under $50 for the little guy last black Friday at Radio Shack.It was to be used within the city and some highway. Suffice it to say it actually works.Readings and beeping of a 2/3 of a mile proved that it actually was a trap. I generally...

Tags: Engineering, radar, detector, battery, laser

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?

Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...

Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

lol...and double lolwhoever thinks that windows 7 is any better than any previous disaster they created will be dispelled soon.Google will take over and leave MS in the dustGoogle is going to take over and leave the lethargic Windows in PC dust.loverock's mother herei must apologize for my 44 old...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Google: Firms can get rid of Office in a year

In other words, Google Appsare still at that 1 to 2 percent mark.Good Riddance!It won't be missed.Man, so true, MS Office is a big hairball of baroque features to format for8.5x11. MS Office will be on a downward slide from here on out.In terms of what is need for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays

Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, RAID, PRODUCTIVITY, Memory, UK Santas, gadget training, Xmas Gift, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Congratulations to Steve Jobs, Fortune's CEO of the Decade

congratzunlike you, im not a mac fan. even so, i recognize how important jobs is to the tech industry. without apple's OS (and linux, bsd, blah blah blah), windows wouldnt be any more different tha, oh say, windows 98 since there would be no reason for microsoft to add better...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?

Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-11-05