Posts Tagged ‘Hard Drive’

More Details on Xbox360 Error Codes

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

I noticed nobody has posted the reasons for visual error codes so I figured I’d put out what I know. A lot of these errors can be the results of any number of problems, especially with something like E74. So take these with a grain of salt. The explanation “general hardware failure” is an acceptable description for most of these because you would have to specifically look at each board to see what went wrong, but this might help with a few trivial errors, or help people pinpoint problem areas.

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Windows 7 – Beta 1 available now

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Windows 7 (Beta 1) available now (Public downloads only available through Feb. 10)Public beta downloads end this Saturday, but it will still be on MSDN/Technet if you have a paid account there.

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$1.99 domain name for a year

You can get a domain name on Yahoo for 1.99. They do try to sneak in a reoccuring charge in future years of 34.99 but you can cancel at any time. What I often do for blogs and such is register a new yahoo account… participate in this offer… set the domain to forward and [...]

12 Bugs We’ve Found In iPhone OS 3.0

  1. Multimedia messaging does not support sculpture, macrame, or interpretive dance.
  2. Voice memo recordings totally don't sound like me. I don't sound like that, do I? Seriously?
  3. Turned on adult content filter but everybody in my videos still has their clothes on.
  4. Adding a task to calendar did not result in task getting done.
  5. Clicked this blue "compass" icon but kept getting some stupid web browser.
  6. Still no apps to cure the nagging feeling that I should've bought a Palm Pre.
  7. The touchscreen ...

Leaked Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM image indicates just minor improvements over 6.1

We are slowly sick and tired of reporting various rumors about Windows Mobile 6.5 considering that in roughly 3 weeks everything will be known, but apparently some early version of Windows Mobile 6.5 for certain old model of a Windows Mobile phone has leaked, and it is inept beyond belief…

CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones

If someone asks to borrow your cell phone, or you leave it unattended, beware!
Unless you actually watch them use it, they may be secretly grabbing every piece of your information on the device, even deleted messages. If you leave your phone sitting on your desk, or in the center console of your car while the [...]

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