My Inner Shatner

Watching TWIT today on twitlive.tv I was struck by how interesting everything was and was hit by my “inner Shatner”.  I went looking for an ap for my iPhone that would let me turn it into a treckie’s dream.  I found everything I could possibly desire….for a jailbroken phone.  I don’t want to jailbreak my [...]

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Windows 7 Beta is Available

Earlier today at around 2:00 pm Eastern Time Windows 7 Beta became available.  The ISO file is 2.44Gb and can take some time to download.  I am currently in the process of downloading it at home and will be installing it on my 300Gb desktop.  I’m looking forward to the new features and am going to [...]

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Still no Beta and no ETA either

Microsoft posted this on their Windows 7 home page today:   Thanks for your interest in the Windows 7 Beta. The volume has been phenomenal—we’re in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand. We’re sorry for the delay and we’ll re-post the Beta as soon as we can ensure a quality download experience. [...]

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Windows 7 Beta Still Not Available

I am lying in bed with a cold, tissue box in hand, and still not able to download Windows 7 Beta to my trusty laptop.  After a round of attempts to download with the alarm ringing in my ears, I gave up and just tried it when I woke up for the day.  Imagine my surprise [...]

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Microsoft to release Windows 7 Beta to the Public

Microsoft announced at CES today that it will release the Windows 7 Beta to the first 2.5million consumers that visit their site.  Sound like fun!  I heard from Patrick Norton that it was supposed to be available at midnight on Friday the 9th.  Well, is that Midnight my time or Midnight their time.  I set [...]

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Steve Jobs Not Dying

Good news, Steve Jobs of Apple is not dying.  Rumors ran wild as reports of Steve Jobs’ poor health and imminent death were circulated around the blogoshpere.  Well those rumors happen to be unsubstantiated.  Steve is in good health and under a doctors care for a minor hormonal imbalance causing his “rapid” weight loss.  It’s [...]

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Happy New Year!

The new year is upon us and with it the stock market has broken 9000. There is some hope yet. Macworld is this month and so is CES. I think we will see electronics that are at or below $100 due to the economy. Steve Jobs will not be at Macworld, nor will Apple which [...]

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