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BlackBerry Massive Outage Reported
Laurence Hartje sent in news of a massive outage for BlackBerry users across the U.S., affecting up to 8 million users apparently due to some massive hardware failure on RIM’s side. This is the 2nd massive failure in the last 10 months for RIM. Don’t you iPhone users get too smug, AT&T isn’t without it’s problems either.
Continue reading...ASUS Motherboard + Crucial Ballistix = Lockups on Boot
Friday, February 8, 2008
NOTE: This post pertains to ASUS Maximus boards hanging during POST at the DET RAM and COUNTMEM stages. UPDATE: Update #6 at the bottom of this post explains that the latest BIOS update from ASUS fixes this issue finally. I was up until god-knows-when last night troubleshooting what was wrong with my new computer that I’m trying [...]
Continue reading...Create Customized Windows Vista ISO with vLite
Monday, January 28, 2008
For the folks that have used nLite with Windows XP and love it, stop right there… vLite is for Vista and works just as awesome. For folks that have no idea what nLite or vLite are, they are these badass programs written by Dino Nuhagic that are used to take the install files for Windows XP [...]
Continue reading...Windows Install Recovery Tips (Not a Reinstall)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Following up with our previous tip about keeping windows from “rotting”, Grant Gochnauer sends in another great tip from the ShippingSeven blog for recovering a really fuck-up Windows install without reinstalling. There are actually two tips, and they are: Try logging off, then back on instead of rebooting. Try backing up your data and then erasing [...]
Continue reading...Please Wait, 2175% Done
Monday, January 21, 2008
I got the screen above today when I was goofing around with XviD4PSP 5.0… not too shabby, it’s almost 2200% done processing my file. That’s a lot of… done. On a more serious note, I don’t think this program expects you to ever try and resample a DVD for your PSP… just opening a movie file [...]
Continue reading...What Causes “Windows Rot” and How Can it be Avoided?
Thursday, January 17, 2008
NOTE: “Windows Rot” is the name given to the phenomenon that every install of Windows degrades over time, gradually getting slower and slower, using more and more ram, until the computer running it needs to be reformatted and have Windows reinstalled. This phenomenon has existed since Windows 3.1 and is alive and well today more [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Bugs & Bricks
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Ruh-roh… looks like the new 1.1.3 firmware update to the iPhone has some kinks that need to get worked out. Right now folks are reporting: Bluetooth connection to headset stopped working (connection cannot be made) Out-of-order SMS messages Email stops syncing with the device Some users report bricking their iPhone after installing the update, not being able to boot or [...]
Continue reading...Plays (Not So) For Sure
Monday, January 14, 2008
I noticed last week that I haven’t seen much of the “Plays for Sure” program around anymore. It seems that Microsoft has left all the 3rd party vendors out in the cold and is now embracing “Certified for Windows Vista”. The Plays for Sure program was a certification prosses that started in 2004 [...]
Continue reading...I’m a pretty big deal
Friday, January 11, 2008
Yahoo’s snazzy Web 2.0 client has been getting a lot of praise lately. PC Magazine raves with a 4/5 and an Editors Choice award. Perhaps they should throw the beta tag back into their logo and figure out how I am so unpopular that I am awarded -1 emails! Update #1: Brad just sent [...]
Continue reading...Funny Windows Errors
Thursday, January 10, 2008
These are always enjoyable… a collection of funny errors that folks have screenshotted in Windows.
Continue reading...XBox 360 Red Ring of Death (RRoD), Part 2
Monday, January 7, 2008
Got an email this morning from Preston Lee titled “Dear Microsoft, I hate you.” and then the above picture attached. Welcome to the club buddy and the #1 reason I only buy exclusives for the XBox.
Continue reading...Windows Vista HDMI DRM Fucks All DRM’ed Media
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Laurence Hartje sends in a link to a story that is pure-suck… The gist of this (as I understand it) is that in Windows Vista, the new DRM functionality in the operating system is universal and tied to the hardware. More specifically, if you purchase movies while a monitor with a specific HDMI signature is attached [...]
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Humor & Funny
- Are You Pregnant Ref? Cause You Missed the Last 2 Periods!
- Dwight, from The Office, Undergoes Serious Nerd-Torture
- Let’s All Pray for the Stupid People…
- Britney “Southern Gut” Spears is… Looking Good? New “Womanizer” Music Video
- Creepy Gay Kid Happy Birthday
- 82-year-old Hugh Hefner’s Heart Broken by GF Who’s, Like, “OMG what?? We won’t have kids!?”
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Monday, February 11, 2008
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