Archive for January, 2009

I’m going to raise something interesting here, but at first you might think I’m nuts. I think Apple should profile their customers, and give some of them ProCare for free. Take a deep breath, I haven’t lost it. ProCare provides some Apple-centric users powerful tools at the Apple Store. It used to also include One [...]

Back in June, I decided that it would be best to stay in the Sacramento area, as a means to weather the economic storm. And, that has worked, up to now. I should insert the common Geico-inspired “I just saved a bunch of money by not living in the Bay Area…” remark here. However, we’re [...]

I’ve already picked apart all the problems surrounding TV Pack 2008, CableCARD DRM, and all the things wrong in the world with Windows Media Center today. And, I could spend a good 15 minutes linking back to all the posts, and all the amens from all the Media Center MVPs and Experts on my blog. [...]

A few people have emailed me asking for the driver to fix Windows 7 sound on newer-model MacBooks (2008 and onward). Luckily, I already found it and have posted it over on CentralGadget.com… jump over there at the link below. MacBook Having Windows 7 Audio Trouble? We’ve got your driver fix… – CentralGadget.com

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this economy has not made an “employer’s market.” It certainly isn’t an employee’s market… just check the job listings on your favorite tech company. But, one of the things we’re struggling with the most, is finding people to work for MechaWorks. Part of [...]

I just bought a MacBook Air for $999, as a refurbished previous-generation offering from the Apple Store Online. And, now, I’ll show why that levels the so-called “Apple Tax.” With that system, I am selling off three other laptops; my four-year-old PowerBook G4 12-inch, a netbook, and a Celeron (Core 2 Solo) laptop. One MacBook [...]

I didn’t really understand what all the fuss was about, when people told me that covering CES was so physically draining. I mean, CTIA is a three day show, and it fills the Las Vegas convention center, so a show one day longer shouldn’t be a big deal. Oh, how I was wrong… I have [...]

You may have already read the open letter that I wrote on CentralGadget.com. You might be asking what broke today? Well, for starters, our server went down at 5 AM. Just for point of reference, I finally got settled into my room and went to bed at 3 AM. Two hours sleep… so you might [...]

This year, CES decided to issue some people blogger badges, and some people press badges. I guess since this is my first year directly covering CES, they didn’t see me on the list, and churned out a blogger badge. As you may know, I’ve long resisted referring to PhoneNews.com as a blog. For one, the [...]