coming back from kl, i realised that i had not spent a single cent of my pay. so, as any idiot would if they had money – i went on a shopping spree. i hoped on the first chance i had to spend my cash and headed down to the peninsula area to get some much needed – and unintentional – buys. had some lunch at the japanese place down by funan as well which was alright. hadn’t had sushi in an extremely long time before this…

halt! traffic

a chinese rocking the mat look! amazing!

my jap set up

lindy's waste!

my purchases for the day

so in the end…i bought the latest additions of mixmag and clash magazines, a lomo adapter and wide angle lens for my canon (which was a total rip off – i think i’m gonna have to get a diana f+ cam. OH NO! ), another 500gb hard-drive (i needed more space!), a cable for the computer which now allows me to use my projector as another screen! (it’s fucking BRILLIANT!), the new bloc party remixed album in vinyl (hopefully when matt tong comes down to do a dj set, i can get him to sign it! ) and finally a much needed 8gb creative mozaic mp3.

it was a brilliant day…

The First HD was invented on December 14, 1954. An externe festplatte is a type of hard disk drive which is connected to a computer by a USB cable or other means. Modern entries into the market consist of standard SATA, IDE, or SCSI hard drives in portable disk enclosures with SCSI, USB, IEEE 1394 Fire wire, e-SATA client interfaces to connect to the host computer. The internal structure of External hard disk drives is similar to normal hard disk drives in fact they include a normal hard disk drive which is mounted in a disk enclosure.

The standards are supported by all major modern server and desktop operating systems and many embedded devices. Obsolete systems such as Windows 98, Windows NT or old versions of Linux older do not support them out-of-the-box but may depend on later updates or third party drivers. Where Modern External hard drives are compatible with all operating systems supporting the relevant interface standards they operate with, such as USB MSC or IEEE1394.

The internal structure of external hard disk drives is similar to normal hard disk drives in fact they include a normal hard disk drive which is mounted in a disk enclosure Dozens of former HDD manufacturers have gone out of business merged or closed their HDD divisions as capacities and demand for products increased profits became hard to find. There was also an important manufacturer during the 1980s but stopped making disks in the early 1990s amid the shakeout and now concentrates on technology licensing.

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Many had been anticipating on the newest game console released by Sony. Currently, they had issued many prior consoles in different specifications and sizes. Since their initial announcement dated August 2009 at the GameCom convention, many had been eying on how the new PS3 slim will revolutionize our gaming experience.

If you already have an existing game, “Game Console“, medium even if its from Sony or other brand counterparts, the question is, is PS3 slim worth getting? Will this in a way or another compensate the money that we will shell out just to have this? Together let us assess if this is indeed a worthy investment.

Price wise, this is a smart choice because Sony has cut the price to $299. Earlier versions had zoomed higher than this initial release. Much more other counterparts are more expensive than what Sony had been offering since the first week of September. The physical components of the PS3 slim is 32% thinner, 36% lighter and consumes 34% less power compared to its predecessor. It has this piano black finish making it look classic and elegant. One major thing that is noticeable is its brand name. It has been changed to PlayStation 3 from the usual caps lock branding.

Upon purchase it already has a built in 120 GB hard drive that can, “Game Console“, be found at the front part of the unit for easier access. It is also upgradeable which is a big factor intended for hard core gamers who wish to expand for more games. The warranty will not be voided if a possible upgrade will be made thus giving us consumers’ greater flexibility for customization purposes.

Other wonderful features that you might find useful and compelling to buy one are its WiFi, new disc system and bravia integration. Like its former consoles it also has WiFi making it more convenient for you to see and download more games and even movies. In addition it also boasts its blu-ray disc drive found at the front just above the hard drive. If you happen to have a Sony Bravia television, the PS3 Slim can be quite an incentive. It currently offers Bravia Sync that easily integrates your console to its television sets.

With its functionalities, it also contains other flaws that might help you wonder whether to purchase one or not. One, it has no IR receiver port that is responsible for universal remote usage. Furthermore, it has no backward compatibility feature that won’t allow PS2 games to be played in the new PS3 slim. This might be a great factor to consider especially to gamer enthusiasts who had learned to love the former games in PS2. For geeks and nerds, not allowing an OS installation in this new game console might be heartbreaking. Its predecessors allow OS installation such as Linux for personal customization.

With its own doses of advantages and disadvantages, perhaps you already weigh in the factors that you strongly hold as to what you need for a new game console. If you are prepared to shell out the $299, then by all means get the PS3 slim. But if it doesn’t suit your preference or it doesn’t contain what you want then stick with your current game console. Bottom line is you must be enjoying what you have for this is the aim of all consoles made available in the market.

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Woot! I’m breathing a little more breath into my computer for a little bit.  Ok maybe a long bit.  Seagate FreeAngent Go portable hard dirive.  I’ve been quickly running out of room and this 500 gb capacity
This awesome portable drive has the capacity to hold up to 160,000 photos, 120,000 songs, or upto 500 Movies!  Think of how much room this can free up on your computer while having access at your finger tips.

The Specifications are:

• Model Number ST905003FGA2E1-RK
• Interface    USB 2.0
• Capacity   500 GB

Physical Specifications :

• Height  130 mm – 5.12 inches
• Width  80 mm 3.4 inches
• Length   12.5 mm .49 inches
• Weight 160 grams .35 pounds
• Shipping Weight .27 Kilos .595 Pounds

They come in great colors too:   silver, black, red,  royal blue, light blue and green.  I got mine in light blue and am thrilled with the color.  The unit is very simple to use, just hooks up to your USB port.
This fancy little gadget is becoming my favorite.  I have added all of my photos from  my computer, and the kids computers, as wells as some music.  I’m thinking of making little dvds for family and friends for Christmas.  It’s much nicer than the old added photo.

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This is an example of the difference in support between Apple and most PC vendors.  Click here to read.

In my day job, helping people with computers, I see many failed hard drives. If the computer is under warranty, I’ll always try to get the system manufacturer to replace the drive rather than order a new one for the customer. Recently, two clients came in, one right after another, and it really illustrated the differences between Apple (s aapl) and everyone else when it comes to hardware support. “Lauren” bought a sub-$1000 PC, but didn’t consider the support costs and time involved. If she had, she might have second thoughts about her decision to buy a PC.

The Dell Experience

Client #1 comes in because Windows won’t boot. The minute she turns on the PC, I know the problem. It’s that horrible high-pitched clicking noise that is worse than nails on a chalkboard to any technician. It’s obvious the drive has failed and the solution is to replace it. I booted off a test CD and verified the hard drive failure.

Fortunately the computer is under warranty. No big deal, Dell (s dell) should replace the hard drive. I call Dell. After 20 minutes on hold, I’m not getting a live person, so I try the online chat and wait and wait and wait. Eventually, someone comes online. The first obstacle is that the client is a student and the father bought the computer via his work. Dell will not assist us until we tell them the owner of the computer and the shipping address. Arrrgh. So we play a multiple choice game for about 20 minutes trying to find out which name and address it was under.

We are now at about an hour. When we get the “correct” answer to the shipping address, our tech then begins to help us. I explain that the hard drive is making a high pitched clicking noise and the system doesn’t show a hard drive. First, the tech wants me to try a special diagnostic that is preformed off the hard drive. Of course the hard drive is dead, so we go back and forth with that I must be doing something wrong. His English was so shaky that I often didn’t understand his questions. (How does one answer  ”Is this issue not facing now?”) Eventually the tech believes I’m doing it right and then asks me to boot off a CD that come with the system, which of course the client doesn’t have. We’re supposed to look for the disks and contact them again, but I refused. The client didn’t know where the disk is and we needed this resolved.

Eventually, the support person realizes we don’t have the disk, but he now wants us to open up the computer and reset everything. We’re now at the 1.5 hour mark. Eventually the agent agrees the hard drive should be replaced. Thank you! However, they must ship the hard drive to one of their contracted field techs per her warranty. Actually, that’s lucky; sometimes you have to ship the computer back to Dell. Her warranty was “upgraded” to include on-site repair. The tech will then contact her to set a time to install the hard drive. Three days later, there was no contact from the tech, no hard drive. Fortunately, I gave her a loaner and got her up and running.

We tried calling Dell to no avail. There was no record of the request for the hard drive. Eventually we contacted Dell “Unresolved Issues” and the hard drive was shipped. Total time on the phone: three hours. Delay in hard drive replacement: almost two weeks. The time involved on the chat I assure you is very typical and it’s not just Dell. I see it with HP/Compaqs as well. Service is simply not part of their deal.

The Apple Experience

My next client had a Macbook. I could hear it was the same problem immediately. Ironically, it was the same brand and size of hard drive as was in the Dell. I entered her serial number on Apple’s support web site, and it showed the computer was still under warranty. We then set up a “Speak to an Apple Expert” call-back for about 20 minutes later. On the dot, the technician called. I explained the loud noise and told the tech I booted off the Leopard DVD and the hard drive showed errors. He agreed to ship a new hard drive the next day. Total phone time was less than five minutes and it was 30 minutes from problem diagnosis to closure and less than 24 hours from the time I called until the new hard drive arrived on her doorstop. Again, this interaction was very typical.

For the sake of argument, let’s say these clients didn’t use a consultant to solve their problem. The Mac client could have made an appointment with a genius if an Apple store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for the repair. The PC client has no physical store she could go to unless she bought that PC at a store that also offered warranty repair.

The phrase “Penny wise and Pound foolish” comes to mind. Did the first client end up saving money because she bought a PC?

When it come to Recovering Data from your crashed computer it becomes very difficult to know where to start from.
There are several ways to recover data. This post explains few easy task that may help get the right techniques to find a solution.

Check the Stability :
Upload some files that are non-critical. You will have to try to open and close each of the files.  If you do not receive a system error message stating that the file is corrupted, This gives us a idea and let us know that the system is operating within acceptable parameters and is both storing and retrieving data properly.
After you have confirmed this, feel free to move onto data recovery.

Data Recovery:

After you have completed the formatting process, the data recovery process will require

you

to upload your recovered information and data.  This can take a lot of time if you have a

large amount of data.  Make sure to monitor this process closes – especially since you have

just reformatted.  Your system may flash message with errors or questions pertaining to

different files.  Make a careful notation regarding these files.  Once you have completed your

data recovery upload, you will need to check each of these files manually.  Keep in mind

that even one error on one file can seriously compromise your system and its performance.

Once the data upload process has been successfully completed, you will need to manually check the key

files for your programs.  Open each to ensure the data uploaded correctly and is intact.  It is possible that,

in some cases, it may be necessary to details and then reinstall at least some of the software on your PC.

Recovering your Data with Software

If you are not comfortable performing your data recovery yourself, you can buy software that is designed

for Windows data recovery.  Using this type of software is especially helpful for anyone who is not

technical as it will give you guidance while attempting to retrieve your data after it was lost during

reformatting, partition damage or deletion.  This software will work unless your hard drive was physically damaged.

When you format your drive, you change data partitions.  As such, data recovery software will help you retrieve the data that was located on previous partitions and in corrupted areas of the drive.  This software is designed to recover data after the formatting of the older FAT (File Allocation Table) and the newer NTFS.  This software will work for all Windows OS’s from Windows 98 to present
However If you feel that there is some other damage or if the hard drive is not responding in that case you can contact a data recovery service nearest to you place .

If your data is sensitive or very important,in that case make sure that you go to a trusted data recovery technician, If you are staying in Orange County, Irvine , Montclair, Tustin, Brea, Torrance I suggest you acnt warehouse store They charge you only when data is recovered or else no fees for data recovery.

I needed some extra storage space, so I decided to purchase an external hard drive.
However I wanted to avoid all extra power cables, and a bulky device which is hard to carry around.
Regular external hard drives are mostly built to be placed on a desk next to your laptop.

Therefore I preferred the portable hard drive solution. Portable hard drives are powered via the USB cable/connection, and they are designed to be easily carried around (small size, low weight).

The product that I finally went for was a Verbatim 500GB, the Executive Arctic White edition.

Here is a quick list of the specifications:

Dimensions: 135mm x 85mm x 25mm
Weight: 163g
Interface: USB 2.0
Operating System: Win/Mac

It is advertised to have a 25% improved data transfer rate.
I guess I will have to test that under large file copy operations.

It also comes with a two-year guarantee, hope I won’t need it.

Here are some unboxing photos:

After I upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), I received an error message from Palimpsest that my hard drive has bad sectors and that I should backup and replace it. I noticed on ubuntuforums that other users were reporting similar messages. It has also been reported as a bug on launchpad.

I have System Mechanic 6 installed on my Windows XP partition. I ran the hard drive repair tool on both partitions and it did not mention anything about bad sectors or needing to replace the hard drive.

I have a Seagate hard drive and I installed Seatools. I ran the diagnostic tests and my hard drive passed.

The current range of Hardbox hard disk drives seems startlingly under-reviewed, so I am going to give you my thoughts on their desktop line.

The Hardbox drives are available in various capacities, but the one I have has a 250GB capacity. I bought it from the wonderful stockist Pine Digital Ltd.

The product that I have on my desk is large-ish and coloured in a striking orange and black scheme. The power cable is provided as is a USB cable. Once these are both plugged in, the drive boots up. I thought at first it’s a noisy racket, but compared to Seagate or WD offerings, it’s quite quiet. The exceedingly bright LED is a feature of annoyance, though – it lights up the whole room.

The drive seems to work happily enough (pre-formatted) like a plug-and-play device, and copying media through a USB hub is fast enough (no Firewire). There is also backup software for Windows users who don’t have Time Machine, which is good for Mac folk. The backup can be initiated by pushing the single, LED-ized button, which confusingly turns it on and off as well.

As functions and looks go, the drive is really just like any good one you can pick up, but from where I got it, quite a bit cheaper. The price per GB is good and the energy saving mode which stops the disk from “spinning” is very nice. In this mode, the stupid light is also dimmed slightly.

Over the course of time, the drive has filled slightly, but it’s big enough for a huge archive and I particularly commend its reliability – even without generally accepted precautions this drive keeps ticking.

I recommend this product with a 4/5 star rating – it is reliable and cheap, as well as easy to use, but the interface is a bit silly for me.

P.S. A good Christmas present and good for all kinds of storage – replace that CD cabinet in your father’s study, maybe?

A few days ago I read about the Microsoft investment to search for new technologies in the construction of computers. Today, there came news of a curious patent covering the construction of a magnetic bag to be connected to the PC.

This bag, made from magnetic material and iron can interact with the graphical interface in different ways. Pressing on it, in fact, the computer will receive the pulses of the pressure and convert them into functions to interact with the graphical interface. In the future, if you become an accessory, you can rub the surface to use your computer as you have never done until today.

The newly revamped Pogoplug looks really amazing, but that’s not all it does. It enables you to push some of your data into your own personal cloud computer, thanks to internet connectivity, and stream it to anyone in the world, while leaving your data on your hard drives at all times.

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Nice pictures and explanation.  I’m not really sure how financially viable this is.  Click here.

The Royal Navy Should Blow Em Out Of The Water !!!!…..Sharks off the British coast: Oil tankers refuse to unload until prices rise… keeping YOUR fuel costs soaring

These tankers have been parked off our shores for months, refusing to unload their oil until prices have risen even higher. The delay makes millions for speculators… and keeps your petrol costs soaring.

Laden with fuel, three oil tankers sit idly within sight of the British coastline, playing a waiting game that is driving up petrol prices for hard-pressed motorists. They are part of a flotilla of ten vessels refusing to unload their cargo until market speculation has driven up its price to the level they want. And as the value of that cargo is currently rising by over £1million a day, driven partly by profiteering traders and speculators, it is unlikely to see a petrol station any time soon.

Three of the flotilla of ten tankers that have been anchored in Lyme Bay, off the Devon Coast, cynically waiting for oil prices to be driven up even further. With such tactics, it is not hard to see why prices at the pumps are forecast to have risen by 26 per cent in a year by this Christmas. AA president Edmund King said: ‘Traders and speculators seem to be storing up oil until the price rises. Drivers can expect more hikes in the pipeline. Motorists are paying the price of this at the pumps.’ Residents near Brixham in Devon have watched with growing anger as the tankers have anchored in Lyme Bay for the past two months. The price of a barrel of oil has increased from $40 a barrel a year ago to $80, with the cost expected to soar even higher in the next few months.

If the price is not high enough, the tankers simply cruise around the high seas – or park in a safe haven – until it goes up sufficiently high to sell on in the UK or elsewhere. City analysts say the refusal to unload ultimately drives up the price motorists pay at the pumps. Experts say every $2 rise in the price of oil puts 1p on the price of a litre – adding 50p to every fill-up. In total, the Lyme Bay tankers carry a million tons of oil. Once refined, that will create 250,000 tons of petrol – equivalent to 340million litres – enough to fill up nearly seven million Ford Mondeos.

A spokesman for Brixham coastguards said the huge ships were now a familiar sight in the bay: ‘Some have been there two months or more,’ she said. ‘They’re awaiting orders. The cargo will be worth more now than when they first arrived.’ As the Mail reported on Tuesday it was disclosed that petrol prices were on track to have soared by 26 per cent this year – fuelled by speculators and tax rises – and were set to hit 110p a litre by Christmas. They are already at 108.6p a litre with diesel just short of an average £5 gallon at 109.8p a litre. The last time prices were so high was when oil was trading at $100 a barrel in September 2008.

The extent of oil speculation is even beginning to alarm producer countries. The Arab-dominated OPEC oil cartel warned last week it will increase supply and thus reduce the price if the speculators do not relent.One of the giant crude oil tankers, the 159,300-ton SKS Segura, registered in Norway, first arrived on September 24 – more than eight weeks ago. The 50,300-ton Tristar Kuwait tanker, registered in the Bahamas, has been awaiting orders in Lyme Bay since September 2.Another anchored in Lyme Bay is the 43,000-ton Alkman, also registered in the Bahamas, which arrived on November 1. The 72,000-ton Petali Lady, registered in Liberia, has been anchored in Lyme Bay since September 27. And the 99,000-ton Danishregistered Torm Ingeborg has been there since October 10. This is not the first time tankers have anchored in Lyme Bay. Several ships did the same last April before moving on.

I’m A Celebrity: Katie Price panics during her third trial in the jungle and faces a showdown with Kim Woodburn

The celebrities must be wondering if they will ever get a chance to prove their strength and courage against the critters of the jungle after Katie Price was given her third bushtucker trial. The mouthy glamour model has had to do every task since she entered the jungle and looked visibly shaken as the public voted for her to do yet another. In a live trial last night, she shook violently as she took part in a jungle school trial where she faced snakes, worms, spider, baby crocodiles, eels and a beetle-based goo.

She had to plunge her face into desks filled on one side with a stinking, sticky goo full of meals worms to retrieve a star, and other other with meal worms, spiders and other critters. At one point, Katie hyperventilated as she came up for air and contemplated sticking her face back into the hideous mix. The next ‘lesson’ was English, where Katie had to remove pieces of word painted with words from a tank of snakes and complete Shakespearian quotations.

This was followed by her retrieving a star from the bottom of a tank full of baby crocodiles (with their mouths held with an elastic band). But the star finally balked at a large glass of beetle goo. She attempted to drink it, cheered on by the other celebrities, but after taking a sip, retched and passed to the next task. She obtained another star by putting her hands into gloves filled with fire ants to pour a test tube of liquid into a glass beaker using tongs but knocked a second tube over and lost another star.

She failed her maths task, where she had to climb into a pool full of eels and pick up one, after solving the equation (3+2) – 4 + ? Her final task involved standing in a pair of plastic galoshes and rain coat while cockroaches were poured into the jacket and boot. She managed an impressive nine stars out of 12. TV presenter Justin Ryan told her: ‘You’re a machine Katie. Well done.’ Newcomer, boxer Joe Buger was more interested in rubbing the cockroaches off her chest. Earlier in the show, viewers saw Katie taking part in yet another trial.

She yelled: ‘I knew it. I said it again, didn’t I?  It’s so out of order.  I predicted it because I’ve got so many haters out there.’ But she added: ‘It’s weird, I’m just not as ballsy as I used to be.’ Ahead of the trial, she said to the Bush Telegraph: ‘Some people want to see me and some people want to see me suffer.  I can only do my best but I hope the public give other people a chance to do it, don’t pick on me. ‘Six years ago I would have been game for anything but I just can’t do it anymore.  I’m just a wimp.’ She had to lie inside the a bottle with six corks at the neck of the bottle. She had to unscrew each section – worth two stars – after answering an Australia-related question.

Inside the bottle were 60,000 cockroaches, the most used in any trial, 10,000 crickets and two buckets of meal worms. Katie got off to a bad start after the inside of the bottle spun causing the critters to fall on top of her. She got the first question wrong after being asked which animal killed more people in Australia. She answered shark when the answer was horses. She gained two stars when she successfully spelled kangaroo backwards and deduced that if a camp mate completed a trial and won eight stars but lost half, then found two, they would return six stars to camp.

Coronation Street’s Tony Gordon is banged up for murder

This is the moment Coronation Street killer Tony Gordon finds himself banged up in a police cell after sensationally confessing to murder. Tonight’s episode sees twisted Tony, played by Gray O’Brien, walk from the banks of the canal to the nearest police station, where he reveals he murdered Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier) and pushed Roy Cropper (David Neilson) into the canal.

Tony is quizzed by police and admits that he hired Jimmy Dockerson to run over Liam out of jealousy, before going on to admit that he just tried to kill Roy at the canal. Things take a turn for the worse when his fiancee Maria Connor (Samia Smith) heads to the police station to confront him. She is shocked to hear that Tony’s handed himself in and desperate for some answers. When the police confirm her worst fears, she is horrified at the latest turn of events.In the interview room, Tony pleads with her to believe that his feelings for her were genuine and that he’s tried to make amends for his evil deeds.

But will Maria be able to forgive him? The edge-of-your-seat plot is proving to be a big draw for viewers, with 11.2 million tuning in to see Tony try to drown Roy on Monday night. It remains to be seen if the cafe owner will survive or Tony will have to take the rap for two murders.

The scenes air on Thursday, November 19, on ITV1

This ought to make you feel better about your computer skills!

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Tech  support:    What kind of computer do you have?
Customer:    A  white one…
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Customer:    Hi,  this is Celine . I can’t get my diskette out.
Tech support:   Have you tried pushing  the Button?
Customer:    Yes, sure, it’s really stuck.
Tech  support:    That doesn’t sound good; I’ll make a note.
Customer:    No , wait a minute. I hadn’t inserted it yet… it’s still on my desk… sorry…
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Tech  support:    Click  on the ‘my computer’ icon on to the left of the screen.
Customer:   Your left or my left?
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Tech  support:    Good day. How may I help you?
Male  customer:    Hello… I can’t print.
Tech support: Would you click on  ’start’  for me and….
Customer:   Listen pal; don’t start getting technical on me! I’m not Bill Gates.
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Customer:    Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can’t print. Every time I try, it says ‘Can’t find  printer’.  I’ve even lifted the printer and placed it in front of the monitor, but the computer still says he can’t find it.
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Customer:   I have  problems printing in red..
Tech  support:    Do you have a color printer?
Customer:    Aaaah…………………thank you.
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Tech  support:    What’s on your monitor now, ma’am?
Customer:    A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at the 7-11.
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Customer:   My keyboard  is not working anymore.
Tech  support:   Are you sure it’s plugged into the computer?
Customer:   No. I can’t  get behind the computer.
Tech  support:    Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: !   OK
Tech support:   Did the  keyboard come with you?
Customer:  Yes
Tech support:   That means the keyboard  is not plugged in. Is there another keyboard?
Customer:   Yes, there’s another one here. Ah… that one does work.
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Tech  support:    Your password is the small letter ‘a’ as in  apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.
Customer:   Is that 7 in capital  letters ?
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Customer:   I can’t get on the  Internet.
Tech support:    Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer:   Yes, I’m sure. I saw my  colleague do it.
Tech  support:    Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer:   Five dots.
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Tech  support:    What  anti-virus program do you use?
Customer:   Netscape.
Tech support:   That’s not an anti-virus program.
Customer:   Oh, sorry… Internet Explorer.
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Customer:I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen saver on my computer, but every time I  move the mouse, it disappears.
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Tech  support:    How may I help you?
Customer:   I’m writing my first  email.
Tech  support:    OK,  and what seems to be the problem?
Customer:   Well, I have  the letter ‘a’ in the address, but how do I get the little circle around it?
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A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a  problem with her printer.
Tech  support:   Are you running it under windows?
Customer:   ‘No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his  printer is working fine.’
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Tech  support: ‘Okay Bob, let’s  press the control and escape keys at the same time. That brings up a task list  in the middle of the screen. Now type the letter ‘P’ to bring up the Program Manager.’
Customer:   I don’t have a P
Tech  support:   On your keyboard, Bob.
Customer:   What do you mean?
Tech support:   ‘P’…..on  your keyboard, Bob.
Customer:   I’M NOT GOING TO DO  THAT

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Most external hard drives don’t really look that great. They’re basically enclosures for hard drives and they serve that purpose. There are thousands of different enclosure designs. Hitachi just released their updated SimpleDrives, which look pretty different from anything else we’ve seen.

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The technology of solid-state drives are the future in the storage area, is a fact. More and more notebook manufacturers in fact take or propose an alternative to traditional hard drives, solutions of this kind, which have many advantages over devices that make use of heads and platters.

First of all the lower energy consumption and increased reliability and resistance to shock impact, since there are no moving parts, so wear and tear. In the now wide panorama of offerings in the sector stands OCZ, which yesterday released on the market the family of 3.5-inch SSD Colossus, which opens the doors of the desktop market for this type of solutions.

This is dispositrivi that combine the benefits of this technology and the large storage capacity, limit, set at a price higher than the traditional hard drive, was so far the only partial constraints on the effective dissemination of mass of these systems .

Characterized by high performance, summarized by the maximum transfer rate of 260 MB / sec for both reading and writing, with a value of 220 MB / s for the activity continues, the new OCZ SSDs use interior architecture that realizes a configuration RAID 0 between the memory chips that make up the unit.

Available in denominations of 128, 256, 512 GB and 1 TB, is joined to the already existing series of 2.5-inch SSD American brand, come with three years warranty and their MTBF (mean time between failure and l ‘else) is held by 1.5 million hours. Prices at the time not yet announced.