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In Rainbows
2008 has started off with a slap to the music industry’s face because of the release of Radiohead’s highly anticiapted album, In Rainbows. This album did not only receive massive amounts of hype because Radiohead had not releases an album in years but also because the method of distribution that they chose: instead of relinquishing…
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It’s not called the iTouch!
I don’t know why but it really irks me when people call it the iPod Touch the iTouch. That’s not what the product is called! I just read an article on Gizmodo that referred to the iPod Touch as the iTouch and it irked me enough to blog about it. I’m usually pretty irked if…
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Flock
Since my switch to a Mac, I’ve been looking for a good web browser. I am an avid Firefox user for Windows but Firefox seems to be really buggy and laggy on the Mac for some mysterious reason. I tried using Camino but it felt like a beta and there were a lot of features…
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Mabook/Macbook Pro Keyboard Updates
Apple released a software update for their Macbook and Macbook Pros because customers have been experiencing problems with the sensitivity of the keyboards. I myself have experienced this annoyance. The first time I tried typing on my Macbook, I complained about how “squishy” and unresponsive the keyboard felt but I’m happy to report that the…
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Drinkin’ the Kool-Aid
Stop the presses. Hell has frozen over. I’ve bought a Mac. The day that no one ever saw coming has arrived. Most people who know me know that I have a personal vendetta against Apple because of things like locking down their OS and the smugness of their customers. I’m pretty shocked myself that I…
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Vista a Real "Turkey"
After hearing all of the horror stories about Windows Vista from the press and various friends, I wanted to see what was what myself and decided to “upgrade” to Vista from XP. At first I was pleased with Vista’s interface and how pretty it was but that novelty wore off very quickly once I found…
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Happy Leopard Release Day!
OS 10.5 is offically released today and the reviews are pouring in. So far there’s a unanimous “Sweet” from the tech community. Though not “revolutionary,” it is certainly “evolutionary,” according to the Wall Street Journal’s very own, Walt Mossberg. There’s going to be a “Leopard release party” at the UCI Computer store tonight where all…
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World On Fire
As you all know, the whole of Southern California has been on fire for the last five days or so and I get a chance to experience it first hand. I am lucky though, as UCI has not been affected by the fire all that much. Kids still go to class but things have certainly…
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Geek Squad Under Fire (Again)
Geek Squad is under fire again as The Consumerist follows a story about how a lady named Lorraine brought her laptop to the Geek Squad to fix and never saw it again. This is after The Consumerist found a Geek Squad employee stealing porn off of a customer’s computer. I know of no one who…
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Dell XPS M1730
News about the new XPS M1730 have been surfacing slowly and the more information that is revealed, the more I want it. Today Engadget reported that the new XPS will have TWO Nvidia GeForce GO 8700M GTs in a scalable link interface. This this will make any game look amazing and hopefully won’t get Bioshocked.…
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Mac or PC Rap
So my girlfriend sent me this video because I’m deliciously geeky like that. I found it hilarious. There’s nothing better than a bunch of geeks battling it out through song and dance.
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Apple Sheds DRM (Partially)
Today Apple Inc. released iTunes 7.2 with DRM free music from major record label, EMI. This is a HUGE step for DRM free music because iTunes has such large market share in the digital music business. So being as excited as I was, I just had to download an album to see what’s what. I…
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