TechBlogger Deuce

Since I'm only a part-timer in the IT department for my local school system, I don't have a key to the office. Since I come in to work around 10:30, sometimes the guys have already left for a site. Thanks to the wonders of wireless networking, I'm sitting on a bench in the hallway outside of my office, plugging away on my notebook (A Dell inspiron 6400 with Vista). Anyways...

All eyes are on Apple right now as they get ready to launch one of their annual conferences, WWDC '07 Apparently, some people are freaking out over the 12th button on the iPhone. More information in the link. (via ZDNet). Personally? I don't care.

In other news...I saw the most interesting thing in a Wal-Mart newspaper ad yesterday (Sunday). Remember how a few weeks ago Dell announced that they would marketing their products to large retailers, starting with Wal-Mart? Well, I saw Dell's Dimension C521 model on the front page of Walmarts newspaper ad. Interesting? Slightly. If you may recall, Dell's business model has always been one comprised of direct sells via the web, phone, and a few of their Dell Direct kiosks. Now, they are beginning to market out, having to compete with the new king of computers, Hewlett Packard, who finally passed Dell in computer sells last year with its aggressive retail marketing tactics.

In the time that it took for me to type this blog up, a co-worker came and unlocked the door so this blog entry now comes from my desk rather than a bench. I typically use my notebook for most of my work anyway, as my desktop is quite aged. Sigh...such is life.

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In case you mac addicts haven't the latest news, Mac released it's new boot camp drivers that are compatible with Vista. This is both a good and bad thing. Now, Vista gets decent hardware. Bad? Good hardware gets still buggy Vista. Oh well. It'll make many Mac+PC users happy. I need a Mac...

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Microsoft gives more details on the Vista sales claim-
Sometime within the past few days (I forget when), Microsoft claimed they sold 20 million Vista licenses in the first two months of sale. Wow! It doubles the number sold for XP when it was first released. A few people raised their eyebrows, so a Microsoft white-collar big-wig held a conference call and answer some questions. (from ZDNet)

Sorry, Wrong Face. Access Denied
Seems that some company called Bioscrypt from Canada made a "desktop 3D face recognition camera". Damn Canadians and their password complications...what happens if I scratched my face really bad...can't exactly request a new password...(From ZD Net)

Microsoft appeals to racism. "Elite" Black 360 revealed
So...the Microsofties reveal information on the black 360. For a little bit more money(80), you get a 120 GB hardrive, HDMI interface, and a cable. w00t! (from them derned Windows people...Microsoft)

And Yes. I haven't posted in awhile. Who the hell cares?

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Yeah So...Samsung's got hybrid hard drives out! These things are pretty sweet. They are part flash, part disk. Samsung hopes to do two thing with this technology.

1) Make the computer faster overall. Why? Because flash storage reads/writes faster than traditonal disk storage. This means faster booting, transfer of data, and less risk of lost storage due to disk failure. My 2GB iPod nano runs off flash memory. It's pretty sweet.

2) Save the battery life of notebook computers. By taking away the spinning of the hard disk when the computer idles, it will conserve a tremendous amount of battery power. This is incredibly useful right now. Why? Vista. They son-of-a-bitch takes a TON of power and cut the battery life of my Dell Inspiron E1505/6400 in half. Ouch.

We should be seeing all-flash hard drives by the end of the year, according to this article.

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Link to Samsung ready with hybrid hard drive | News.blog | CNET News.com

Welcome!

• I blog the latest stuff. Unlike other lucky bloggers, I don't get to actually try anything. I just get to talk about it. Because that's my right.
• I don't write for anybody for any money. I'm still in College. I keep this here as a place where I can write funny stuff about...technology! That means, I can write about your momma and you can't do anything about it...not that I would...but still...don't tempt me :P
• I use Windows Live to get pretty much all the good tech blogs. So when I see something cool, I'll link it here and talk about it. When I see something funny, I'll link it here and talk about it too...except I'll make fun it. Get it? Good. Don't? Oh well!

Anyways, That's the start of it. I don't have any place to put anything about me so...oh well.

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