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• 04.21.10
  How to fix a PS3 that will not read optical discs. Electronics, PS3 | (0)

  I recently had a problem with my fat 60GB PS3 where it wouldn't read discs. I tried a PS3 game, Blu-ray movie, DVD movie and none of them worked. I could do most other things like surf the web, connect to the PlayStation Store, play movies off of the hard drive and USB stick. I contacted Sony's technical support and they asked me to turn off my PS3, turn it back on holding down the power button until it turns off again, turn it back on holding down the power button until you hear two consecutive beeps. Once this has ...
• 11.24.09
  Parallels Customer Service, Yep A Lot of Room for Improvement Computers, Software, Water Cooler | (3)

  For the year of 2009 I'm officially giving my worst customer service award to the creators of the popular mac virtualization software, Parallels. They somehow managed to surpassed the worst of the worst for customer support this year in my opinion. Although Central Parking Systems came in a close second charging me $13 for one hour while grabbing dinner(FYI their policy is no monetary refunds). Back to the creator of Parallels though, because they easily took the cake. I didn't have all that difficult of a question. It was simply, "What is the upgrade policy for users who purchased Parallels 4.0 ...
• 08.10.09
  Google Voice Dialer for Windows Mobile Phones | (2)

  Well the other day I finally got offered to join Google Voice's beta program. I thought since my mobile number is basically my primary number that having an extra number to hand out instead of my direct cell phone number. As of right now Google only gives out dialer applications for Blackberry and Android and someone has released a good application for the iPhone. I have only seen one other dialer application for windows mobile but the individual is charging money for it. So I decided that i would write my own application. Instead of charging money for the application, ...
• 07.27.09
  Restore the Windows native Zip application to a .zip file Computers | (1)

  When it comes to working with .zip files, I actually prefer to work with the Native windows Zip application. I still usually install WinZip or WinRar to handle the occasional non zip compressed file. Well on install, if you don't forget to uncheck to associate with zip, then those applications open by default. Now normally you can fix this by right clicking on the zip file, hitting properties then hitting change to select new default application. The problem is that the Native Zip application is no where to be found, and I don't know where that executable is stored. So ...
• 07.26.09
  Disable Motorola Q/Q9c Camera Sound Electronics, Phones | (0)

  As you all know I have a Motorola Q9c, and as a permanent setting the camera will make a shutter sound when its taking a picture. This sound will go off even if the phone is in silent mode. The reason this is setup this way, is to prevent perverts from taking pictures. Now when I have my phone on silent, I like to have it on silent and since this is a windows mobile phone, everything is changeable. Most of the times you can change almost anything by editing the registry. Here are the directions, play around with this at ...
• 07.09.09
  Do you prefer a physical or virtual keyboard on your phone!?!? Phones | (0)

  I came across this post on Life Hacker blog. This article referenced two different bloggers, first a physical keyboard loving Android G1 user and two, a virtual keyboard loving iPhone user. Now this brought up a good question that I have been cotemplating for a long time. I have been a huge Windows Mobile fan since I have been using in back in 2001. I received an HP Jornada 520 for Christmas. I hooked this up to my cellphone at the time and was signing on to instant messager using this device. There was only one huge problem,this Pocket PC ...
• 07.06.09
  Why I purchased the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive!?!? Electronics | (0)

  I mentioned in my Arrival at Unit post a while back that I had purchased an HD-DVD drive. Now I know a lot of you are thinking that this guy is an idiot for buying obsolete technology. Well there are a few good reasons that I purchased that drive for: Reason 1: It comes with the full remote. I was looking for remotes for the Xbox 360 on craigslist and ebay. Which I came across this one particular listing that included the HD-DVD drive. This lead up to Reason 2: Price. I was able to a brand new unopened package for $50 ...

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