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Firm saves $70K by moving to Macs and using Basecamp
In these very tough economic times, firms – large and small – are doing everything they can to save money. Quist Valuation, a finance firm, moved to the Mac platform and began using Basecamp, Highrise and Campfire (products of 37Signals). They saved $70,000 by doing this and tossing out their Microsoft software and equipment. I [...]
Continue reading...The horrors of cloud computing, Nokia style
13 February 2009
A few weeks after posting about the horrors of cloud computing, guess what happens: Nokia’s OVI service, a mobile social blog/networking service, loses three weeks worth of user data. No backups. Ooops. The Nokia blog says: Words can’t explain how incredibly sorry we are for the inconvenience. We’re sorry for the lost contacts in your [...]
Continue reading...Invention of the day: energy generating shock absorbers
10 February 2009
From the why-hasn’t-anyone-thought-about-this department: a student at MIT has developed shock absorbers that generates electricity and absorbs shocks better than the ones we have today in our cars. Excerpt: “A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the [...]
Continue reading...Are PR people liars or just bad writers?
5 February 2009
One of the occupational hazards of running an online news site (www.muniwireless.com) is that you get press releases that smell fishy. Some are outright lies and the others fudge the truth. I can’t figure out if the authors of these press releases are just poor writers or if they are trying to mislead their readers. [...]
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- Wants-to-burn-mac: Just took mine in with same problem. Unresponsive keyboard so it is logic board and not graphics card, quoted $1500 to $2000 to replace. As much as it...
- lovnish Kumar: my mac book pro has become a big frustration... i bought a macbook pro in 2008 and from the very begining it has a lot of problems. after all this sud...
- therabbit86ed: Just took in My MacBook Pro for the 2nd time with the same issue in less than 6 months. The first time, I took it into Best Buy who sent it out and go...
- mlc: I just had the same problem with the black screen, and I took my macbook pro to the Apple store in San francisco and they replaced the logic board (w...
- Moses: What I see happening is that with cloud infrastructure, all the power will move out of the hands of the individual to the select few. It paves the ...
- Moses: had this problem, and booked an appt with my local Genius bar in Vancouver, CANADA. They tested it, affirmed it was a logic board problem, located th...
- SPC: Had the screen of death issue in my MBP and booked an appointment with Apple in London. It took a week to get in so I did some research and brought wi...
- cortjezter: so this past sunday afternoon during a video chat on skype, i was treated to a whopping 17" of blackness on my MBP 2.4 core 2 duo. after scouring the ...
- CATHZ1209: I CANT NOT EXPECT THE APPLE AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER "TECH GENIUS" UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. I MUST TRANSFERRED TO A SPECIALIST TO IS AWARE OF THIS P...
- AppleCstmr: Same here: video blank after suspend mode. Target drive worked without problems. Still Apple 'Genius' said I had to replace logic board for $330, with...
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25 February 2009
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