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This week I finally bit the bullet and upgraded the graphics card in my computer, for those who have been reading you will notice I am slowly upgrading my computer piece by piece it seems. First […]
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About three weeks ago I started to have some really odd issues with my main computer. The computer was blue screening at random intervals and just rebooting at times as well. One thing that I decided […]
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In 2008 you would think that the two main graphics card companies left, AMD / ATI and Nvidia would be able to write graphics drivers that worked. By worked I mean they allow for the standard operation of the computer, you can boot into […]
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As I mentioned I have had to reinstall my windows install due to the fact uninstalling Netgear Storage Control Manger (SCM) destroyed my Windows install. Luckely I was just doing an re-install of Windows so I do not loose any data.
However, I figured this would a good […]
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As I had mentioned in my previous posting I have started to have a lot of issues with my Netgear SC101 NAS. When I first purchased it and added it my network I was really happy with the device. But then I had partitions start to disappear and […]
A client of mine told of me of this service Mozy, it offers online targeted towards small and medium business and home users. For $4.99 per month you get unlimited online back up and a backup agent to perform the incremental backups.
I personally think this is a great product and I am recommending that everyone […]
As I mentioned late last year I picked up a Netgear SC101 NAS for my home network. I wanted to use for a central repository for pictures, so Heather could access them. I also wanted it as back up device.
We up it in I was very happy with it, it was easy to setup and […]
I will come out and say I really do not like Windows Vista, but I was using it on my main home computer but I realize that unless Microsoft corrects the errors in the ways it is the future. Despite what the Apple fanboy’s would have you believe there will not be a mass migration […]
As I mentioned in a previous post for my birthday Heather got me an Xbox 360 and one of the neat features of the Xbox 360 is that it can connect to the internet. This allows you to download game content, games, demo, movies and patches. Also by connecting the Xbox 360 to your network […]
This year for my birthday Heather got me an Xbox 360 and Turok. I had mentioned that I had wanted an Xbox 360 for a couple of months, that main reason being that I have a lot of friends who have them so playing online would be nice. Also there are just more games on […]
About two weeks a lot of finally was able to do away with the Blackberry 8700 that I have been carrying for a couple of months. As I mentioned before, we were looking at moving to Telus for our provider but with the purchase of Orbex by Compugen we were staying with Rogers.
One of the […]
Here is some more coverage on the acquisition of Orbex by Compugen, so far I have not seen and negative coverage of the acquisition.
I have spent much of the last three weeks talking to Orbex’s current clients and pretty much everyone has seen the move as being a very positive one for Orbex and […]
IT Business just ran an article about the acquisition of Orbex Computer Systems by Compugen last week. The article is below it goes into great detail on the thinking because the purchase.
One of Canada’s largest IT solution providers has gotten a little bigger, with Compugen Inc. announcing its acquisition Thursday of Orbex Computer Systems.
Orbex, […]
On Friday this week the company I work for Orbex Computer Systems was officially purchased by Compugen. Compugen is one of the largest IT services providers in Canada and is the largest privately owned one. They are one of the few IT service providers in Canada that has is across Canada, ranging from the Maritimes […]
When I got my new TV one of the things that it brought to light or rather annoyed me again is how much retail stores gouge people on cables. When I ordered my TV purchased my TV from Best Buy the kid tried to sell me on Monster Cables and other accessories. He tried to […]
Historically I always get myself something for Christmas and also my birthday. This year I got myself a Samsung 46” 1080P LCD TV (LNT4661F) along with a Phillips up converting 1080P DVD player, DVP5982. I have been looking at getting a large good TV for a couple of years now but I had always put […]
Tonight I went to Bestbuy to cancel a TV stand that I had ordered to be delivered to the store, I Just got tired of waiting and really did not like the stand all that much. Heather and I decided to shop around and see if we can find something better.
Anyway this little excursion lead […]
Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to like Microsoft products for the most part but I tend to really slag Microsoft as a company. Generally speaking they make decent products but as a company they make stupid decisions.
This brings us to Microsoft latest operating system Vista. I put off installing Vista until […]
About a month ago my BlackBerry 7290 finally died, basically it was randomly rebooting, which is nice feature in such a device. The company I am working for is thinking of moving providers from a mix to Rogers / Bell to Telus. So they really did not want to get a new BlackBerry knowing I […]
This week I installed a Netgear SC101 Network Attached Storage (NAS) on my home network, with a pair of Seagate ST3250620A 250 Gigabytes hard drives in it. When purchasing this NAS all I wanted an inexpensive unit that I could throw on my network to use as a backup device and to also store pictures […]