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All of my domains are currently suffering from a slight case of temporal jet lag and are floating around in domain limbo…
Fun times indeed.
So I’ve just finished moving 976MB of MySQL data from one server to another, that sucked royally. Apparntly 1&1 only allows you to upload SQL files that are less than 8,192kb, which [...]
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I’ve often wondered just how bad Vista really is on system performance, so recently when I purchased a couple of Acer laptops I decided to install XP on one and leave Vista on the other for a few tests. Basically I’m just running Geekbench and a battery life test, nothing crazy.
For the battery test, I [...]
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On May 1st, equinux released their new TubeStick hybrid for the modest price of $129. The TubeStick hybrid is a new TV receiver for the Mac, designed exclusively for North America. It features two receivers: One to watch digital over-the-air HDTV broadcasts and one for digital HDTV (QAM) cable or regular analog cable TV.
It’s a [...]
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The latest version of the Firefox 3 Beta was just released today, head over to their download page to grab a copy.
Edit: After running it for the last few hours, I think I can safely say this version is a solid improvement over the last build. Although memory usage seems to have increased slightly over [...]
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A friend of mine suddenly couldn’t access the iTunes Store after upgrading to the latest version, every time he tried to purchase something he kept getting the following error:
“We could not complete your iTunes store request,an unknown error occurred (-9808)”
I couldn’t find anything online about it, so here’s how we fixed it under Windows XP. [...]
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I’m at the South Mill and the internet here has been down since yesterday. Basically, I figured out they lost their PPPoE Username and Password for their DSL modem, not a big deal, right? Just call tech support… or not.¬† Apparently they went with a local company called Binary.net, which only offers tech support during [...]
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I just purchased an Eee PC from Newegg.com and I’m pretty excited to see what a budget Linux laptop is capable of. I’d also really like to replace the screen with a touch screen, but since the computer is meant for my girlfriend I’m not sure she’ll exactly support that idea. Oh well.
Now I [...]
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Spending a large amount of time in various coffee shops has given me the opportunity to observe quite a few people breaking basic rules of laptop care, probably due to the fact that no one ever told them that what they were doing was stupid.
Here are five tips for prolonging the lifespan of your laptop [...]
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In a shameless attempt to try and generate some reader interaction I’m asking you all a question, what’s your computer setup? I’m looking for whatever details you feel like posting, brand, hard drive size, memory, etc.
Here’s my current setup:
MacBook Pro
15.4″ LED backlit display
2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
256MB GeForce 8600M GT video card
160GB HDD
8x double layer [...]
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While it may not be the companies themselves that are complete morons and rather their employees, they still hired them and should be held responsible.
CBC Marketplace conducted a sting of 10 different computer companies and found that only three of them correctly diagnosed the problem.
In the interview a former employee of a large computer repair [...]
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