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Is It Worth To Spend Time On Old PCs?

One of my co-workers called this weekend and told me the problem about his old desktop, a P4 running Windows XP Home… The PC does not have an Internet connection. He has been talking to level III technicians for a few days and bought a new modem from RoadRunner, no luck at all.

I suggested him buying a new Ethenet Card and disabling the on-board ones. A new card installed and the computer is still “acquiring IP address”, no connection! can’t even ping loopback address (127.0.0.1). Huh? Is motherboard going bad? or it’s about time he needs a new computer now?

Before giving up, I tried Windows’ System Restore… It worked. Don’t know what he did to his computer… but I spent THREE hours on this OLD computer that he’s still not thinking of getting a new one.

Apple Released Faster & Cheaper 3G iPhone

Apple unveiled new Gen iPhone today at Worldwide Developers Conference… with built-in GPS, 3G iPhone has download speed up to 1.4Mbps and longer battery life. Slashing its price to half, iPhone becomes an affordable gadget to most mobilers. Besides AT&T, Apple is going to ink a deal with T-Mobile…

The new iPhone will be available from AT&T and Apple stores on July 11… but before you rush to get it, you might think about others iPhone alternates. Since Apple first launched its first gen iPhone, touch-screen technology become a hot tech to many mobile device manufacturers. Samsung Instinct is at last, a decent iPhone competitor…

Hot, Hot, Hot

Can’t take any more… The Big Apple is burning by heat wave. Extremely hot weather hit NYC these days and the temperature reaches mid 90’s and heat index is around 105 degrees for four days since last weekend.

Expecting a thunderstorm this evening to cool the heat down…

Humans See The Future Thru Optical Illusions

All humans are affected by optical illusions that enable us to see into the future, but not very far, according to a researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York…. our visual system that has evolved to compensate for neural delays, generating images of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future.

Smoky NYC - High Tax Rate On Cigarette

As of June 3, 2008, the average price of a pack of cigarettes in New York City is over $8.00.  At that price, a pack a day smoker will spend $240 per month and almost $3,000 per year on cigarettes.

Jury Duty

This is my second time in five years to be summoned to jury duty… Still remember the first time showed up in court in 2003, having no newspaper/books to kill time, it was so boring.

Today, sitting in juror waiting room in a rainy day… thanks to Wi-Fi technology and generousness of U.S government, I’m able to use court’s wireless network to surf the net and write this post.

A few jurors have been called for the first case, and I’m still waiting for my turn. Hopefully, there is an easy case for me if I get called…

Microsoft Ok’d XP For Another Two Years

Announced on Computex trading show opens in Taipei, Microsoft allow XP to be installed on low-end computers ’til 2010… by the time Windows 7 should be out already.

Because of its hardware & software compatibility issues, most corporate PCs are still running XP, which is considered one of the most reliable OS’s now, Microsft should consider extend its XP support… Will consumers power save XP? It’s too early to tell… Ballmer might change his mind.

Windows 7 Due In Late ‘09 With Touch Screen

Similar to iPhone’s touch-screen technology, Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, will equip with Microsoft’s Surface technology that been used on tabletop computers. Check a Vista blog and a video demonstration of this multitouch technology…

Source: Ballmer and Gates on Windows 7