I want one!

I want one!

I want one!

I want a HTC Fuze

I love free stuff.

I've had trouble recording fairly frequently some prime time NBC programming with my Media Center 2005. They've blocked me from recording stuff like Chuck, The Office, The Apprentice. Almost every time it happens it also blocks the Today show from recording the next morning.

Looks like I'll be getting a DishNetwork DVR shortly, so hopefully NBC won't get in bed with DishNetwork too.

I'd love to fly in a gadget. Happy birthday!

We've got about 90 machines currently fielded. They came with Vista but we put XP on them right out of the box. I put Vista back on a test machine and installed the SP1.

Novell Client for Vista had some problems intially, but we had gotten a solution that worked very reliably. With SP1 the same Novell configuration is much less reliable. Maybe 50% of the time it has some problem finding the server or connecting the network drives. Seems SP1 changed something that Novell was using.

Vista was rushed to market. Microsoft didn't give any other software or hardware company time to get compliant drivers and software ready. Lots of customers bought a brand new PC that came with Vista, mostly not of their choosing, just to find that their Logitech Keyboard wouldn't work, and their HP printer wouldn't work. Remember the Mac Ads about "Your Printer won't work with Vista, I say Buy a new Printer. Ask not what Vista can do for you; Ask what you can Buy for Vista"

Also, Vista's increased User Account Control (UAC) "security" prompts users every 10 seconds "Vista needs your permission to continue".

All in all, early adopters were really screwed by Vista. It has yet to be widely adopted in the business world because of the UAC changes that require software to be re-written to work properly. Many businesses are running software designed 10-20 years prior. They don't take kindly to having to throw more development money because Microsoft says so.

Thats a good tip for any battery powered device (alkaline). I believe the batteries lose their charge over time as the chemicals inside lose their ability to react. Shaking old batteries can often get pockets of unreacted chemicals in touch to get a few extra moments of life out of the batteries. Next time your batteries die, give them a shake and put them back in and see what happens.