By Ian Lee on Jan 23, 2009 in Hardware, Software | 0 Comments
Over the many years of using a computer, I have tried many tweaks to try and make a PC run faster. Although there is lots of published information about tweaking Vista, I have not found one that utilizes a battery to speed up your computer. The discovery of this not-so-obvious solution truly made a difference [...]
By Ian Lee on Nov 17, 2008 in Business, Hardware | 19 Comments
In the past month, I personally experienced two instances where used merchandise was sold as new without disclosure. The first time, it was with a brand new Dell Vostro desktop where the hard drive turned out to have been already used for 15,000+ hours! The second time, A-Power.com sold us a used hard drive telling [...]
By Ian Lee on Feb 18, 2008 in Hardware, Technology | 11 Comments
Over the weekend, reports began popping up in various news channels that Toshiba Corp is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp. It was reported that a source at Toshiba confirmed an earlier report by public broadcaster NHK [...]
By Ian Lee on Nov 15, 2007 in Hardware, Software, Technology | 5 Comments
A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to attend Microsoft’s Unified Communications Launch Event in Vancouver. Two days ago, that event took place and I was in attendance. The event was well attended and took up the biggest ballroom (and more) in the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre. So what exactly is Microsoft’s Unified [...]
By Ian Lee on Jun 8, 2007 in Hardware, Software, Technology | 111 Comments
There have been quite a few complaints that Outlook 2007 (running in Windows Vista) is not sending out emails properly when paired with certain Linksys routers. I actually experienced this recently - what a mess. Thought I would share a quick fix and save some of you from hours of hair pulling.
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