Archive for the 'Computing' Category

The 100 Best Products of 2005

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Its official, Mozilla Firefox is the best product of 2005, according to PC World anyway. Watch out IE… I didn’t see you anywhere in the list.

Mozilla Firefox
Google Gmail
Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4 (Tiger)
Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and Notebook Network Card
Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW

For a complete list, go here:
PCWorld.com - The 100 Best Products of 2005

Going “Old School” will cost you

Monday, November 7th, 2005

There’s a new keyboard in town with an “old school” feel. But the biggest problem is it will cost you some real world moola.

The Avant Stellar keyboard stands as a major throwback in a PC industry that thrives on making devices smaller, sleeker and quieter. Creative VisionTechnologies has created a keyboard that’s clunky, loud and […]

New Video card just in time for Christmas

Monday, November 7th, 2005

NVidia is coming out with a more price-conscious version of their popular 6800GT video card. The 6800GS promises GT performance but at a $30-$50 lower price. Personally for me, $250 is still too much to pay for a video card. But that may just be the cheap side of me talking. I would like […]

Google finally releases non-beta program

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Well we all knew it was coming. Our favorite Internet friend Google is finally releasing a product and it isn’t beta. I’m going to give Google Desktop a shot and see what all of the fuss is about. Go and check it out… Official Google Blog: Desktop grows up

Das Keyboard - The Blank Keyboard.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

For the Uber Geek out there. Here is a keyboard with blank keys. You get no help from this device. If you don’t remember where the “^” symbol is, then this keyboard is not for you.

Das Keyboard - The Blank Keyboard.

Optimus keyboard

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

Check out this keyboard. Each button is a little LCD screen and is programmable to do what ever function you want. This is wicked cool.

Optimus keyboard

Comcast vs Microsoft

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

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Problem : E-mail/Can’t send E-Mail/Outlook Express
xxxxxxx > Thank you for contacting Comcast. My name is xxxxxxx. How may I help you?
Josh > I’m sure you’ve had this question alot, but when are the issues with MSN and Hotmail going to be resolved. It has been going on for a couple days now.
Josh > Most of my wifes contacts are […]

Where’s that Java book now?

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

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Well, time to dust off my Java skills. I was asked today to start working on a project here at work that will utilize a language that I haven’t touched in almost 3 years. But its Java, how hard can it be? It should be rather fun (I’m such a geek) […]

Dell tightens belt

Friday, September 30th, 2005

Dell has finally realized that free shipping of their low-end systems costs them money.

Shipping costs amount to $99 or more for three to five-day ground delivery, according to Dell’s Web site, but Davis said free shipping is “very common” because of its popularity among customers.
When you are talking about a system that is less […]

Vista is about choice

Monday, September 12th, 2005

Looks like Microsoft will be offering up 7 versions of their next generation of Operating Systems. Its all about choice (or confusion if you ask me).

Microsoft plans two general Vista edition categories, which map closely to the two that exist today for Windows XP (XP Home Edition, which includes XP Starter, Home, and Media Center […]