I love HP equipment, especially their servers. My HP Envy 17 laptop rocks, very “apple-like”. However I am FURIOUS at HP for blatant mis-representation of product when it comes to the HP Care Pack. My laptop is my lifeblood. I use it for home and business EVERY DAY without exception. It is how I [...]
06
Mar
Unlocking Your Phone Is Now Illegal
This brief audio clip from NPR explains Digital Millenium Copyright Act and how the cell carriers have lobbied to have DCMA extended to cover the software in cell phones. This change makes it illegal to unlock a cell phone. This audio clip explains why after giving a brief background on how it applies [...]
25
Nov
HTC Incredible 4G LTE Drivers
No matter what I tried I could not get my new HTC Incredible 4G LTE to show up on my Windows 7 (64-bit) system. I found a TON of posts and sites, mostly spam sites, giving me advice or trying to get me to install something I didn’t need. At the end of [...]
03
Jul
Choosing A Wireless Router
Last week the network dropped. Again. This was the 5th time in about a month that I lost all connectivity mid-session. I was in the middle of pushing some web updates and, as usual, Comcast left me hanging. When I made my 10PM call to customer service I was met with one of [...]
16
Nov
Kindle Fire A Quick Review
The Kindle Fire arrived earlier than expected, showing up at the door of Cyber Sprocket’s Headquarters in warm sunny Charleston yesterday afternoon. I’ve only had 24 hours to play with it, but with plenty of experience with other mobile and tablet devices I have already formed some opinions & have decided what Fire’s purpose [...]
10
Aug
Apple’s On Top & How They’ll Self-Marginalize
Apple Exceeds Exxon’s Market Cap An article was shared on a discussion list I am a part of about Apple having the same market cap as Exxon. I wasn’t forwarded the original reference, but I think this story can be attributed to Radio-Info.com. The excerpt: Apple was actually bigger during part of the trading day, [...]
07
Jul
Mobile Phones Don’t Play Nice With WiFi
Now that Verizon has dropped their unlimited data plan it is time to follow up on the previous Droid Incredible Crashes WiFi Networks article. Since the Droid Incredible wreaks havoc on the home and office networks I often turn off WiFi on the phone. I do this so often that the WiFi on/off widget is on my [...]
07
Jan
Asus Laptops – Half As Good
Tonight I was on hold for Asus Warranty Services for over 25 minutes. I found it quite humorous that at least 5 times while on hold I got to listen to the Asus marketing propaganda about how great their laptops are and how their laptops require repair at least “3 times less often than the [...]
05
Jan
HP 2509M Display Truncating With Intel HD Graphics
The new Dell Inspiron 17R that was purchased recently is a good office computer with a couple of notable “gotchas”. The audio “buzz” on the headphones due to internal electrical noise is a bit of nuisance. However, as a programmer and 15-hours-a-day computer junkie, the screen resolution problems with the Intel HD graphics was even [...]
01
Jan
Dell Inspiron I17R Review
When my Asus laptop died last week I was left with no choice but to purchase another laptop. I could not go a week (or more) without a computer. Since I was planning a new computer purchase for a new hire it happened to be good timing. After a good amount of research I selected [...]
01
Jun
Droid Incredible Crashes Wifi Networks
Well, I’ve been holding onto this dirty little secret for over a week now. I was hoping Verizon and/or HTC would address this issue BEFORE the story got out into the hands of the general media. Why have I waited to release this story? Personally I think the Incredible is a great competitor to the [...]
11
May
iPhone versus Droid Incredible
Yup, here it is, another Droid versus iPhone comparison. If you read my last post on this topic you’ll know that I already played with the Motorola Droid about six months ago. The fact is AT&T coverage in Charleston sucks. It is by far the worst network in the area. While all my friends & [...]
05
Dec
Droid versus iPhone
iUnPhone After dealing with dropped calls, no signal, and relatively poor customer service from AT&T, I decided it was time for a change. Yes, I love my iPhone. It is by far the most functional smart phone I’ve ever owned. The UI for just about everything on the phone is well designed, making the typical [...]
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