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Razer Lachesis Fails the Geek Test

Lachesis from Razer I recently purchased a Lachesis Mouse to run on my Windows 7 x64 bit operating system. I’ve needed a better mouse for a while (I have a stock Dell mouse now and its horrible for gaming) so finally decided to give Razer a try. I purchased a Lachesis mouse, installed the driver (v1.10) and started toying around with it. Quickly I noticed something strange, it kept scrolling up-left when i would stop moving, odd. I did some digging and it seems that im not the only one with this problem. The mouse...

Toshiba TG01 Phone

  This is actually a very impressive phone, check out the video! I am very happy to see phone hardware starting to match the iPhone for other platforms. I wonder how good the screen i though.

Windows Mobile 6.5, not bad eh?

I must admit internally I have not been paying much attention to the 6.5 version of the Windows Mobile release but now that I've seen the public photos, i admit its a step in the right direction. Click Here to see the CNET news story pictures and judge for yourselves.

Zune Pass = 10 Free Songs

If you have not heard the great news then hopefully my little creation above will help spread the news. Zune Pass now offers 10 free songs a month for the length of your subscription, yes that’s 120 songs a year. So do the math, typical song cost is $1 on Zune marketplace or iTunes, so if you do keep 10 songs a month that’s lowering the subscription cost to $4.99. (Sure its a numbers game, but it makes sense) On a personal note I have a Zune 120, my wife has a Zune 8,...

Dell 9 Mini running Windows 7

  The other day I finally did something I’ve been wanted to do since I heard the awesome announcement at PDC: Windows 7 can run on a Netbook. This was terrific news and something I was really hoping to hear. Windows XP to me is a dead operating system, for all its glory its time to move on, yet I worried with the rise of Netbooks if this was possible without a “light” version of our newer Windows releases. With Windows 7, my wish came true. Build The build that I am installing is the one...

Dell 9 Mini to 2gigs of Memory

I recently purchased a DELL 9 Mini with the maximum specs running Windows XP as my vacation/couch PC. So far I am very happy with it but as with any geek I want to find a way to push its performance higher. Memory Upgrade The most obvious upgrade to this machine is a memory upgrade and is the simplest to do. After doing some research I determined that the following memory module (ordered from Crucial) should do the trick: 2GB, 200-pin SODIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300 memory module (Part #CT25664AC667). I quickly ordered the memory for...

WowWee's WiFi-enabled Robot w/webcam!

I can only say WOW after reading this engadget story about the roaming webcam robot from WowWee. This robot can: Stream wireless video and audio over your Wifi using its built-in 640x480 webcam encoded using MPEG4 format Be remote controlled using various Internet capable devices such as your PC, mobile phone or game console Broadcast your voice using the built-in speaker for full two-day interaction Be pre-programmed to “patrol” a home using a designated path (Avoid obstacles using built-in sensors) Check...