Archive for January, 2008

Today I did something that I’ve been putting off for awhile. I wrote down all my passwords, and put it in a safe place. It feels morbid to do, so I decided to write an article vindicating why I did it… and why you should to.
Obviously, the first reason comes to mind: you die. Not [...]

“For those people interested in migrating from Joomla! 1.0 please note that this is a continuously evolving process and is likely to be refined and optimized heavily over the next few weeks as feedback is received. There is no immediate need for people to migrate existing Joomla! 1.0 sites to 1.5 so please be patient [...]

Something is becoming pretty clear; if you want to run third-party software on your iPod touch, Apple’s going to ask you to pony up for that $20 software upgrade.
The software upgrade, for those of you that don’t have iPod touches, adds the payload of iPhone software. You know, the payload everyone has been complaining was [...]

I’ve come resigned to getting the Nokia N95-3. Spending far too much on the phone is something that I’m not that savvy to. But, then again, I did camp out 36 hours to pay $599.99 plus tax on an iPhone.
The combo of the N95-3 and iPod touch appears to be the optimal solution, at least [...]

As usual, HP is botching a driver update for Mac. With the release of Leopard, some Photosmart systems didn’t have Leopard drivers. HP said that the workaround was to install Tiger, install the HP driver set, and then upgrade to Leopard. One problem with that… new systems can’t run Tiger (not to mention the obvious [...]

During the Macworld rush (note to self, post rest of Macworld coverage), I didn’t notice that Memtest86+ was updated.
Memtest86+ is the de-facto standard for memory testing. The utility runs just about every memory test under the sun, and auto-loops. With a robust range of specialized chipset support, I prefer it to Microsoft’s Windows Memory Diagnostic [...]

Hitachi has posted an update to their Drive Fitness Test (DFT). This is one of my preferred hard drive test tools, because unlike drive makers, they don’t block other company’s hard drives.
The tool runs both a SMART scan as well as a full sector scan, and a few other notable tests. If you have an [...]

Now that PhoneNews.com mothership has been updated, you can expect the new look-and-feel to be re-tooled for ChristopherPrice.net as well. Still haven’t figured out what to do with the toolbar, but it’s coming.

No real timeframe on it yet… when time permits really (and, to be honest, that may be awhile… if it isn’t broken, I [...]

Don’t feel bad if you don’t get in on this deal. It’s a clearance and store employees are taking most of the units. But, I was succesful in getting the last one in my market.

And, as the title indicates, it’s a Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC for $386. If you want the display model, you can [...]

Apple’s introduction of Time Capsule is great. While switching to the Mac, you can upgrade your router, and have a complete backup solution… it’s a great product for new Mac owners. I think Apple is going to sell these like crazy out of their stores, and it may even generate enough sales to go into [...]