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iPhone hardware could be expensive for existing Rogers customers
July 9th, 2008 at 1:07pm | 3 CommentsIf you’re a current Rogers Wireless customer (as I am), you may have assumed that you will be able to get an iPhone for the advertised prices of $199 and $299 for the 8GB and 16GB respectively by signing a 3-year contract. However, this is not necessarily the case. I called Rogers today and asked ... read more »
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+1 Mac User
November 26th, 2006 at 4:14pm | 3 CommentsAfter considering it for about three years now, I’ve finally taken the leap from a PC to a Mac. Ever since Sean brought a Powerbook in to school in our third year at UNB I’ve been really impressed with what I’ve seen and heard. More recently I’ve been influenced by the fact that nearly everyone ... read more »
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A phone! A phone! My kingdom for a phone!
June 25th, 2006 at 10:29pm | No CommentsI am still using the first cell phone that I ever owned. Despite my reluctance to become “one of those people,” it was given to me in 2004 for business use. I have to say that there seems to be less of “those people” now that I am one of them, though the odd loud ... read more »
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The best trackball lubricant
January 26th, 2006 at 12:19pm | 32 CommentsTip: Trackball mouse getting a bit sticky? Rub your nose or forehead with the finger or thumb you use to control it and presto! That trackball will be rolling like new. I have a MS Trackball Explorer that is controlled with the index finger. Sometimes it gets sticky, I think due to hand perspiration or ... read more »
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Creative can go to hell
December 4th, 2005 at 6:49am | 2 CommentsI’m still getting my computer back to the way it was, having formatted about a week ago as per my annual cleansing. Well, actually I broke Windows XP by attempting to install SP2 and had to install a fresh copy. In any case, formatting went fine and everything was installing fine until it came to ... read more »
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Performance problems with ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
November 26th, 2005 at 6:41pm | 3 CommentsI was having some huge performance problems playing Call of Duty 2 and Age of Empires III with my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. I downloaded the latest drivers, had the latest version of DirectX, and had everything turned off on my machine (Virus Scan, Datakeeper, etc). Not only was it bad performance, but often the ... read more »
