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September 13th, 2008

When System Restore Doesn’t Restore

During the time I was fighting with my hard drive issues I decided it was probably time to try and clean off the 60GB drive in my laptop as well. I fired up the Control Panel and got to the Add/Remove Programs and started scanning the list of applications I’ve decided I don’t use frequently […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

September 13th, 2008

FAT32 to NTFS Conversion Was the Beginning of My Troubles

The beginning of this week was the beginning of my frustrations with my computer that have lasted the entire week and have now extended to the weekend. I have a 250GB Western Digital Passport drive that I’ve been using now for a number of months as an extension of my laptop’s minuscule 60GB internal hard […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2008

Oops…Photosynth. You like it! You really like it!

Was it a case of bad planning, low expectations or just a complete oversight? Did anyone think about how popular Microsoft’s Photosynth application from Microsoft Live Labs was actually going to be?
When I talked about Photosynth back in May I barely gave it any thought at all.
Perhaps the most famous of them is the […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

August 20th, 2008

Microsoft Eases Up on Licensing Requirements for Virtualization

Microsoft has started to make it a little bit easier for customers to move applications they’re using within a server farm.
Microsoft is updating its software licensing terms for 41 server applications, including Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Standard and Enterprise editions, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Enterprise and […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

August 13th, 2008

Microsoft Surface Gets High-Touch Exposure with Sheraton Hotels

The latest location for you to get to experience Microsoft Surface for yourself could be at your local Sheraton Hotel. The video above focuses on how a device like Microsoft Surface can be used at a hotel to serve as a virtual concierge. Fairly good execution I would agree.
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Microsoft Corporation […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

August 8th, 2008

Combine BumpTop with Microsoft Surface

What kind of development and functionality can you imagine being done if this type of “physics” and thought were combined with the Microsoft Surface functionality (official Microsoft Surface site).
Tags: Ananda Agarawala, BumpTop, desktop, Microsoft Surface, physics

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By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

August 1st, 2008

I/O Error When Transferring Files

 
I’ve been trying to transfer a large number of files between a portable Western Digital 250GB hard drive and a secondary drive on another computer via a network. I’m running XP Pro on my laptop.
Smaller files are usually okay, but when I try and transfer some larger ones over 2GB up to 5GB I’ll […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

July 22nd, 2008

Apple Plumping Up My Windows System?

I’m poking around my computer tonight and looking for old apps that I no longer use and can get rid of from my Control Panel.
The first one that caught my attention is Apple Mobile Device Support taking up a whopping 43.25MB. I’ve actually got an iPod, but it’s defunct right now so I’m not […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

July 20th, 2008

Toshiba Reading 4GB Memory Stick DUO Card

I’ve got a multi-card reader in my Toshiba Satellite laptop that has really come in handy. My installation with Windows XP has made managing data on these cards even easier.
I’ve run into some challenges lately thought that have become really irritating and I’m trying to figure out some solutions.

New SanDisk 4GB SD HC […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

July 14th, 2008

To Zune or iPod – That Is the Question

I’m really trying to determine if I want to replace my busted iPod Mini with a new 80GB Zune from Microsoft or a 160GB iPod Classic from Apple.
I think the biggest thing that’s a factor for me is that the iPod is twice the size of the Zune. Is 80GB really the largest Zune […]

By Jason Bean -- 8 comments