Victor Solanoy

I’ve been trying to find a utility similar to SilverKeeper for the Mac for Windows. After a quick search on Windows.com, I found my answer!

There’s tool called SyncToy 2.1. The brief description reads:

SyncToy 2.1 is a free application that synchronizes files and folders between locations. Typical uses include sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders.

The tool was originally written for Windows Vista, but works like a charm in 7.

• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en#filelist

Could this be the next iPod Shuffle? http://bit.ly/2Ny7js

To help celebrate Windows 7, HP is entering the stylish PC market with the HP Envy line of PCs by stealing the sexy good looks of Apples Macbook Pro line of notebooks. Looks good, and appears to be powerful, but with the bountiful selection of Windows notebooks available, is $1500+ for a Mac-ish PC worth it? Time will tell, but the question remains – will consumers pay the Apple tax for an HP.

I have to admit, they look sleek and sexy.

See Gizmodo’s initial reaction to HP’s announcement.

If you use the Canon Zoombrowser and have come across the dreaded “ZB Module Stopped Working” error, you might be in luck.

I came across a great write-up on why this problem comes up and how to solve it. In short, the problem appears to be with Windows Vista’s WCS color management system. I was able to fix the problem by simply using the system default setting for my display devices. I never saw improvements in color despite trying different profiles, so no loss.

Read Why does Canon ZoomBrowser EX always crash on Vista?

Cool – from June 26 to October 22, Microsoft is running an upgrade special to Windows 7. There doesn’t seem to be a special for upgrading to Ultimate.

• Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade – $49.99 (normally $119.99)
• Windows 7 Professional Upgrade – $99.99 (normally $199.99)

I really wish that Microsoft would adopt the Apple upgrade for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Mac OS X Leopard owners can upgrade for $29. Despite that, I’m going to do the W7 Professional Upgrade…

I’ve been running Ubuntu 9.04 on an IBM ThinkCentre M51 I picked up from MicroCenter for $150 for a little over 2 weeks now.

Almost flawless… I have a Belkin wireless card installed in the box, which as the Atheros chipset, which results in a lost wirelss connection after a few hours of use.

Ubuntu 9.04 identified the card, lauched a restricted driver dialogue. After downloading and activating the MadWiFi driver, everything’s running smoothly. It’s been over a week now and the system hasn’t lost its WiFi connection.

So, my attempt to get the E360 on Linux, while successful, was an exercise that didn’t result in much. Suse wouldn’t install, Ubuntu wouldn’t boot and gOS wouldn’t boot either (maybe because it’s a Ubuntu derivative?).

I installed Puppy Linux and everything worked. The system just didn’t have enough horsepower to allow Pandora, so that pretty much killed that project.

Attempted installing Ubuntu 8.10 and Redhat on an old Fujitsu E360 with no luck.

I’m going to try Suse 11.1, OpenGeu and gos 3.1 next. I just want to run it to stream Pandora in the baby’s room, and occasionally look stuff up. I’m essentially trying to build a machine that will be used to run “cloud” applications with no intent of actually storing anything on it.

I found that I’ve been able to do pretty much everything with Ubuntu with no withdrawals from either Mac or PC applications. I really think that cloud based applications will spell doom to the concept of the operating system in the coming years, particularly as people lean to adapt to web-based services that provide functionality that no longer requires a core operating system.

I finally got Ubuntu 8.10 running properly on my HP G60. My previous attempt was successful if it weren’t for the fact that Ubuntu didn’t like the nVidia graphics chipset. The system basicall ran un-accelerated, meaning it was a dog when it came to GUI updates.

After Googling for a fix, I found someon’s blog that had the simplest solution to this.

Open a terminal window and execute the following, then restart:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177

Once restarted, enable the NVidia driver (177)… and all will be happy in Ubuntu land.

Let me know if this helps!

I was forced to remove the IE8 beta from my notebook because of some rendering funkiness in Windows Live Mail. I was trying to add photos but the photos weren’t rendering. I tried everything I could think of. In the end, by removing the IE8 beta, everything went back to normal.

Me thinks Microsoft needs to do a bit more integration testing… yeah, I know, it’s a beta, but if they want people to start using it, it needs to work with their apps first (let alone a handful of popular sites).