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Sandisk Sansa Clip Zip 8GB SDMX22-008G-A57KC Review

Sandisk Sansa Clip Zip 8GB SDMX22-008G-A57KC Review

Reviewed 2/11/2012 Update: 3/25/2012 Purchased at COSTCO Cost: $54.99 prior to tax Recommendation: We do NOT recommend this unit due to the FM radio (read review) failures. Installation software was incredibly slow and unresponsive.  Windows software really does suck.  It took FOREVER to load this software and repeated mouse clicks to get it to respond. The lack of Macintosh support seems a flaw at first but you really do NOT need their stupid Windows software at all except for firmware…

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Updating the Barnes & Noble Nook Color to Version 1.4.1

Updating the Barnes & Noble Nook Color to Version 1.4.1

I found that my recent purchased Barnes and Noble color Nook had an update.  I had the option to wait for it to roll out or manually install it.  I tried the do it yourself method.  I went to this web site  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Color/379003190/ to get the instructions.  I followed the instructions but the device would not install.  What I got to work is I went in to look at the contents of my Nook hard drive and found the .zip…

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Photography Images Long Term Storage Solution.

Photography Images Long Term Storage Solution.

I recently had my primary and only photo hard drive fail with years of photo images utterly lost. It would cost me over a thousand dollars to hand the drive over to a hard drive recovery company. A technician at the Apple store told me to expect hard drives to not last more than three years. It struck me that my old film camera images are never lost so long as I still have the negatives and take good care…

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AT&T U-verse Problem #2

AT&T U-verse Problem #2

Our family seriously contemplated trying out AT&T U-verse system because Time Warner Cable in Southern California has some serious issues.  A sales man came to our door selling U-verse systems.  I decided to sign up even though I seldom buy from anyone who walks door to door.  The sales man changed his prices at least five times during our conversation.  I should have tossed they guy out but he had just started working for his company, New Image Marketing, a…

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AT&T U-verse Problem #1

AT&T U-verse Problem #1

AT&T embarked upon changing out vast areas of their network with a new fiber optic send system to improve upon their aging twisted wire technology called POTS (plain old telephone system) starting about 2007.  The company provided fiber optic hub boxes out from their old block house switch barns and called it U-verse.  The fiber optics trees out from the old switch building into committees called fiber to the neighborhood (FTTN) so as to push forward a much better technology. …

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