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Coolest Ultralight Notebook
!{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/imagesProducts/180×180/VGNT150L.jpg!:http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=vnu0O_r5gG-0DruV1Aq-MLX3-QBirtIQz8s=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers_TSeries&Dept=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers The new Sony T-series is finally here. Its an ultra portable with a smaller screen so you have some chance of fitting in when you are on the airplane. Weighs 3 pounds *and* it has a CD/DVD drive, so you can watch movies and things. A nice form factor since the…
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What is Personal Productivity
I just love all these add-ons that are being done in the browser world by “Opera”:http;//opera.com, “Firefox”:http://firefox.com and “Maxthon”:http://maxthon.com. Also, there are an amazing number of add-ons that you can add to Outlook and can anyone have enough IE toolbars. All this leave me wondering what the new “Office” is for the average business user…
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USB 2.0 Hard Drive Problems
I thought it was my NSLU2 that was the problem, but now when I try to use my USB 2.0 Hard Drive against Windows XP, I get delayed write failed. Here’s the diagnostic from “viaarena”:http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=16&threadid=50469 _I tried the same thing with a Maxtor complete system and it didn’t fail, so this probably means the el…
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Editable Movies from DVDs
Someone was asking me how they can edit DVDs that are already created. As Jeff said, if you have a TIVO you can now make DVDs of the stuff you create there, but what happens if you want to edit it down. There are actually two ways. One way is to edit a little with…
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Firefox Rocks
“Brad”:http://www.ignitionpartners.com/about/brad_s.asp asked me the other day what browser do I use. Got me thingking quite a bit. I actually like “Maxthon”:http://maxthon.com an awful lot mainly because it is built on Internet Explorer, so it is very compatible (even Microsoft pages like hotmail, outlook web access) render correctly with it. I’ve had to drop the latest…
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PGP comes to Thunderbird
mozdev.org – enigmail: index. One of the amazing things about both Firefox and Thunderbird is how open they are. They leave lots of room for developers to add features. Enigmail is a great example. For once there is a usable secure mail system using PGP.
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Lowest Fares
I have a theory that our “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com travel agency called “Navigent”:http://navigent.com doesn’t give us the best fares. So, I’m going to see what fare are around for some of the trips I’m doing. So let’s start with USATODAY.com – A guide to booking air tickets online which is also the top google hit for google:”fare…
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DVD Backup
OK, this can be pretty complicated, but two freeware utilities have made it much easier: * DVD Decrypter. You need to set this in Mode/IFO and make sure to copy everything onto the hard disk. For performance reasons having two hard drives is very beneficial otherwise you thrash like crazy. * DVD Shrink. You use…
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Sefy is awesome
Sefy’s Complete DVD Backup Guide v2.6. Sefy is incredible. For once an easy to read step-by-step series of directions for DVD manipulation. Its great!
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Athlon 64 into Notebooks
GamePC – Clawhammer To Go : AMD Athlon64 3700 DTR Processor. A good overall review of the AMD Mobile Athlon and the Intel Pentium-M line. Also “AMDNotebooks”:http://www.amd64notebooks.com/index.php seems like a great source of data on actual shipping hardware like the new “Sharp”:http://www.sharpsystems.com/products/pc_notebooks/actius/al/27/# and “ASUS”:http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a2series/a2000k/a2000k_overview.htm. These are raw performance numbers of course, but interesting to see…