Nook Ship Date Delayed

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The much anticipated Barnes & Nobel eReader has hit another bump in the road.  Nook, could be Kindle’s biggest competitor now won’t ship till January 11, 2010.  This is huge hit for the Christmas season.  Everyone thats been holding out might as well settle for the Kindle.

December 1, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: eReader  No Comments

Popular Techy Site Engadget gets facelift

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Engadget site has been update with a new look. Check it out.

December 1, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Internet  No Comments

Adscans.net project

My much anticipated side project is officially launched. Adscans.net will be home to several adscans of popular big box and online retailers. Please check it out and add to your feeds!

www.adscans.net

November 29, 2009   Posted in: Internet, Projects  No Comments

Major Internet Retails sites Getting pounded with traffic

Throughout the day BlackFriday deals have been popping up on the internet. At 5pm today (cst) neweggs blackfriday deals go live. The site is extremely slow right now making the shopping experience almost unbearable.

Other sites showing slowness:
amazon
dell
buy

November 25, 2009   Posted in: Technology  No Comments

Magic Highway USA

The magic highway USA expected of the future. Video from 1958. Reminds me of the Jetsons Cartoon Show.

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November 17, 2009   Posted in: Technology  No Comments

Free WiFi from Google

Google is giving the gift of free WiFi at airports and Virgin Atlantic Flights.  WiFi will only be available at the following airports.  WiFi offer starts November 16 2009 and runs until January 15 2010.

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November 12, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Google, Internet  No Comments

Kindle for PC

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Amazon just released Kindle for PC. You now can read your kindle books on your pc.

Download

November 10, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Mobile  No Comments

Windows 7 Blue Screen of Death

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It has happen… I have been exposed to the blue screen of death in Windows 7.   The error I got was for MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.  I did some research and there appears to be no resolution for the error.  Windows KB has nothing related to Win7.  They have some updates on fixing the error for win xp sp2.  I was shocked when I got the BSOD screen.  This is the first time I was seeing it.  I am back Windows Vista today. Since both my 64 bit versions of Win7 or Vista 64 won’t boot.

Further Investigation:  I realized that Vista 64 wasn’t booting either. So maybe it really was a memory issue.  I am running 2×2GB sticks and 2×1GB sticks. The 2×1GB might be causing an issue. Vista 32 has been up for now 1 hour, only uses the first 4GB due to 32 bit memory restriction. I will continue to monitor it throughout the day.  I am so glad I didn’t wipe my Vista 32 version. I will update this article once I find out more information.  I also emailed Microsoft for some answers.

Update: 11/10/09 – 4:12 PM CST
Vista 32 bit remained running for about 15 mins after I posted the original post.  It crashed while I ran a divx video.  I came to conclusion that the blue screen was warranted.  I received it on all three OSs (vista 32, vista 64 and win 7 64).  The computer now has been up for 3 hours. It has been working fine. I was able to watch divx video and burn a cd.  The problem appeared to be OCZ PC2 6400 ram I had installed.  It was installed for about 3 weeks without any issues.   Memory Test was taking to long so not sure if it has gone bad.

Recap
Problem: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD error in Windows 7
Solution: Check your memory it is possible that it may gone bad.  Try running Memtest if you suspect there is nothing wrong with the memory.

November 10, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Microsoft, Operating System  No Comments

T-Mobile Confirms Network Outage Issues

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T-Mobile is aware that its network is down and experiencing some issues.  Supposedly only 5% of its customers are impacted.  It is twitter hottest topic, people are constantly tweeting about T-Mobile down.  Well I guess T-Mobile has to turn off its network in order to provide its new cheap unlimited plan

More at Gizmodo

November 3, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Mobile  No Comments

Palm Pixi Available Nov 15 on Sprint

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Palm Pixi with WebOS will be on Sprint coming this November 15.  This is the first phone to follow the Palm Pre which was a huge success for the mobile phone company.  It is most likely exclusive on Sprint for 60 to 90 days.  AT&T should see the phone soon.

November 3, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Mobile, Palm, WebOS  No Comments