• mozdev.org – enigmail: index. One of the amazing things about both Firefox and Thunderbird is how open they are. They leave lots of room for developers to add features. Enigmail is a great example. For once there is a usable secure mail system using PGP.

    Continue reading →: PGP comes to Thunderbird
  • Lowest Fares

    I have a theory that our “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com travel agency called “Navigent”:http://navigent.com doesn’t give us the best fares. So, I’m going to see what fare are around for some of the trips I’m doing. So let’s start with USATODAY.com – A guide to booking air tickets online which is also the…

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  • DVD Backup

    OK, this can be pretty complicated, but two freeware utilities have made it much easier: * DVD Decrypter. You need to set this in Mode/IFO and make sure to copy everything onto the hard disk. For performance reasons having two hard drives is very beneficial otherwise you thrash like crazy.…

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  • Sefy is awesome

    Sefy’s Complete DVD Backup Guide v2.6. Sefy is incredible. For once an easy to read step-by-step series of directions for DVD manipulation. Its great!

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  • GamePC – Clawhammer To Go : AMD Athlon64 3700 DTR Processor. A good overall review of the AMD Mobile Athlon and the Intel Pentium-M line. Also “AMDNotebooks”:http://www.amd64notebooks.com/index.php seems like a great source of data on actual shipping hardware like the new “Sharp”:http://www.sharpsystems.com/products/pc_notebooks/actius/al/27/# and “ASUS”:http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a2series/a2000k/a2000k_overview.htm. These are raw performance numbers of…

    Continue reading →: Athlon 64 into Notebooks
  • Benq DW-1620

    AnandTech BenQ DW-1620 Review. Anand’s review of the drive shows that it is a decent performance, but you have to have the very latest beta firmware called B7J9 to really have decent compatibility and performance. Likesd the drive thoug.

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  • AnandTech says there news on a couple of fronts that are going to change recommendations quite a bit for this month, so if you haven’t bought wait a small tick AMD is announcing Winchester 90nm socket-939 low-end Athlon 64s! That is pretty amazing. According to the “board”:http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=1400299&enterthread=y newegg.com has them…

    Continue reading →: Winchester and nForce4 Ship
  • Support – Protocol Error appears and BlackBerry Desktop Manager closes unexpectedly on a computer running Windows XP Service Pack 2. Heck, folks say going to SP2 should work. I’m sure glad I just have one machine there. There are certainly issues with it and here’s another gotcha. There is a…

    Continue reading →: Blackberrys and XP SP2 don't get along
  • It is nearly impossible to navigate through the t-mobile UI to find the web client interface for the blackberry. I don’t know who designed the interface but it is terrible. Here’s the link to the “Web Client”:http://www.t-mobile.com/bwc/ if you need it.

    Continue reading →: Blackberry T-mobile Web Client
  • It’s Full Spectrum Warrior Madness!. There is a God. Full Spectrum Warrior is the Xbox game based on a real simulation sponsored by the US Army. Its finally out now and Gogamer has it on sale for 20% off even. Also “Ludwig”:http://www.theludwigs.com points out Call of Duty United Offensive is…

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