Archive for the ‘ Computing ’ Category

Apple patents a headset MP3 player

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

HP Envy 15 – Sure looks like a Macbook Pro

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 [ READ MORE ]

Canon Zoombrowser Error – ZB Module Stopped Working

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 [ READ MORE ]

Windows 7 Upgrade Special

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 [ READ MORE ]

Running Ubuntu 9.04 on an IBM ThinkCentre M51

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 [ READ MORE ]

Fujitsu E360 a bust

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 [ READ MORE ]

Linux on Fujitsu E360 – the “Cloud” experiment

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 [ READ MORE ]

Ubuntu 8.10 on HP G60-120US

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 [ READ MORE ]

IE8 and Windows Live Mail — funkiness

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 [ READ MORE ]

Turning off the annoying system beep in VMWare running Linux

Searching high and low, I tried everything to stop by system from producing an annoying system beep from Linux running in VMWare Player. It was simple: sudo modprobe -r pcspkr For a more permanent solution, add blacklist pcspkr to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. See the Ubuntu tutorials for details. [ READ MORE ]