Archive for October, 2007

And, the first real hinderance in Leopard leaks onto the web. While Leopard has added stacks, Apple has removed the ability to place your hard disk on the dock.
Why is (or rather, was) a powerful feature? Multiple reasons. First, you could control-click on the drive and gain a pop-up menu that lets you browse your [...]

Best Buy over the past few months has streamlined their clearancing system. It’s now easy to find out what’s on clearance, what will be on clearance, and how to get it. Unfortunately for Best Buy, it’s also very easy to exploit.

Apple has posted a support note that says that Classic will no longer work with PowerPC systems that have been upgraded to Mac OS X Leopard. While this was expected on Intel-based systems… keep in mind that you won’t be able to run OS 9 applications on your PowerPC Mac, once it has been upgraded [...]

Looks like I’m not alone on pointing out that PlayStation 3’s aren’t a simple purchasing decision. Wired whipped up this nice diagram just to show how much of a mess things are.

What next, Sony? PlayStation 3 Ultimate Edition? Can’t wait for the first service pack…
Wired did get one thing wrong on it however… the 40 [...]

Okay, I’m more than willing to say that this week hasn’t been that great in terms of nomenclature. When the whole LX160 recall-not-recall-TSB-mess rang phones from California to Virginia. And, as many times in the past, the messenger got the most arrows.
Now, I’m not here to rehash things. Many think this was simply a TSB [...]

For the first time, Woot.com is offering the first-generation Microsoft Zune in brown for $79.99 (plus $5 shipping). At this price, it’s competitive with portable hard drives (and you can hack it to double as one, too).

This is a great counterpart for your iPhone (assuming you have a Windows PC), as you can take your [...]

Yeah, a lot is happening around here. But, hey, when is it not? Next week, I’ll be juggling CTIA Wireless IT expo, so this blog may not get all the care it deserves over the next week (though tune in to full coverage of the show on PhoneNews.com). But, fear not! Things will start to [...]

Yes, there are now plenty of iPhone modifications that will make blogs iPhone friendly. I’m choosing to buck the trend… I’ve decided to pass on the iPhone enhancements here.
Why? Because I think that iPhone is powerful enough to handle the full ChristopherPrice.net experience… mobile versions of web sites are a step down in quality, and [...]

This is hands-down my favorite gadget for Windows Vista Sidebar. The Live Search Maps gadget gives you live traffic on your desktop, and in a very non-intrusive way. It’s great for checking the local traffic, to see if you should put off that quick shopping run by an hour or so. It has already saved [...]

Tonight, I finally got around to setting up my Windows Home Server… although I’ve been testing the betas since it stopped being called “Q”. My new system is pretty much identical to the old one, Intel Celeron D, but with bumped up case (Antec Sonata), Graphics (Radeon X700) and Chipset (Intel D915). Overpowered, but hey, [...]