tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81844528328795753642024-03-08T06:40:54.326-08:00Da-BananaOne Stop for your PC InformationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-55836681869260466882018-03-20T19:14:00.001-07:002018-03-20T19:17:09.439-07:00Mycroft - A open source option for a voice assistantI have been a pretty big Google fan over the years, some would argue a huge fan. I use only Gmail, owned only Android smartphones, and I even have a Google sweatshirt! When the Google Home was announced, I was sold. I wanted one even though I knew of the Amazon Echo since it came out and was never much interested. The Google Home seemed different.
At Thanksgiving of 2016, a deal popped up for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-7289216087862093982017-06-17T16:42:00.001-07:002017-06-17T22:02:18.682-07:00Install Guide for TeamSpeak 3 Client on LinuxHere we will step through the process for installing TeamSpeak 3 on Linux. Most of this will work on any distribution, but it is geared towards a system running Gnome. This should work on any recent version of TeamSpeak 3 as well, and any upcoming ones unless they make a major change to their package.
What is TeamSpeak 3
TeamSpeak is VoIP software designed with security in mind, featuring Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-47686291684153165232017-01-23T19:14:00.000-08:002017-01-23T19:16:59.887-08:00T-Mobile the underdog changing things
I want to explain some of the few details behind what makes a carrier a carrier and how the perception of connection changes based on different factors. These factors often depend on resources that are limited and largely owned by the bigger corporations.
To start, I will need to give brief overview on how you connect to a carrier like AT&T or T-Mobile. They each own certain amount of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-12435584032111216552015-04-27T13:04:00.001-07:002015-04-27T13:04:12.973-07:00T-Mobile's Ambitious LTE Deployment
It is fun to go back and review how things have changed over the years. Lets take a look at T-Mobile my carrier of choice due to their focus on improving the customer experience.
Back in 2012 they had a major problem. They were losing customers and had a failed merger with AT&T. They were now in a rough spot with everyone wanting LTE and T-Mobile had none. In comes John Legere in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-76738331259360532892014-11-11T08:50:00.001-08:002014-11-11T08:50:38.275-08:00Stop buying phones and signing contracts with CarriersMost people, when they think about phones, think about a carrier. That's because almost everyone phone currently on the market only work on one carrier and has all sorts of influence on the phone from the carrier. These are mostly geared towards things working out better for the carrier than the customer.
The big exception to this rule is the iPhones, as they are carrier independent, have no Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-82756027477360688162013-11-09T18:58:00.000-08:002013-11-09T18:58:02.797-08:00Nexus 7 LTEThere are a bunch of tablets out there with many variations and options. I made my decision on the Nexus 7 for its price and features. Plus the fact it runs stock Android and gets updates fast made it a clear choice. There are also very few tablets out there with cellular capabilities and the Nexus 7 shines in that category.
First off, lets talk about the hardware. With the quad core Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-72622351268450474962013-05-15T23:13:00.002-07:002013-05-15T23:38:06.161-07:00Google+ Hangouts - Google's Unified MessagingGoogle has released there new product which will be rolling out over the next few days to all Android 2.3+ devices. This addition has had a lot of hype and has a lot of good changes and qualities about it.
Basically, this new move brings all of Google's different chat methods into one unified system. So, now you can get the new extentions for Chrome, Gmail, Google+ or phone apps, and they all Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-87521093271761220462013-05-03T17:20:00.001-07:002013-05-10T15:50:08.584-07:00Left 4 Dead 2 - Now Available in Steam on LinuxLeft 4 Dead 2 has now been made available in Linux in Steam. This is the game that was first reported to be coming to Linux with the Steam client. It has finally arrived and will not disappoint. Just yesterday Portal was released and now Left 4 Dead 2. I don't know if Valve is seeing any profit with all this effort, but I am sure glad they are making the effort and give them my full support.
TheAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-75639207838515768862013-05-03T08:55:00.002-07:002013-05-03T08:55:41.392-07:00Cyanogenmod 10.1 - Galaxy NexusI've had my Samsung Galaxy Nexus for over 6 months now and I've realized a few things in that time. First is that the software on the phone, is much more important than the phone hardware. I would rather have Jelly Bean on 1 year old hardware, than Ice Cream Sandwich on the latest phone hardware. This is why the Galaxy Nexus was a good choice for me because with it, I can be on the latest versionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-15598428336190443952013-03-12T20:53:00.003-07:002013-03-12T21:05:27.859-07:00HP DV2 Wifi WhitelistIt was over 6 months ago, I made the decision to drop Windows 7 on my laptop switching to run just Linux. This was overall a good choice and with the OCZ SSD, the laptop performed quite well. The laptop still had one major issue and that was the wifi card.
The wifi chipset if a Broadcom 4322. Ever since I first got the laptop, it has had issues in Linux. It has gotten better but it still Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-76244769779955949762012-11-18T14:19:00.001-08:002012-11-24T21:44:59.062-08:00Galaxy Nexus on SprintI recently upgraded my phone on the Sprint network to the Galaxy Nexus. My HTC EVO 4G was still doing well for me but it lacked Ice Cream Sandwich. When looking at phones on Sprints network, I noticed they had the Galaxy Nexus. This is supposed to be a phone from Google with the pure android experience.
The Galaxy Nexus was out for close to a year but I liked it better even though it had Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-34066455396165894332012-06-11T21:27:00.001-07:002013-05-15T23:39:17.140-07:00iView 760TPC Review - Inexpensive TabletsApple has really made tablets popular with there iPad's, but they weren't necessarily the first to the market and they aren't the cheapest. There are a lot of cheap Android tablets out there and I decided to get one to see if they are good or just a complete waste of money.
I decided to go with the iView 760TPC which I purchased from Newegg.com, the place I go for all my electronic needs. For $Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-14694061714581310332012-04-04T21:47:00.000-07:002012-04-04T21:47:00.862-07:00HP DV2 & OCZ Vertex Plus 120GBI originally had the Vertex Plus in my work laptop, a Lenovo x60s and saw good results with running Windows XP. I have now moved it to my HP DV2, which has an AMD Neo X2 processor running Windows 7. I have done numerous customization's to Windows and the laptop is very responsive.
The laptop boots within 15 seconds and most applications load immediately. The laptop come out of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-16922108001599802662011-12-01T12:18:00.001-08:002012-04-04T21:21:28.440-07:00First SSD - OCZ Vertex PlusFor personal laptops I've had a Gateway Solo 2500 with a 4GB hard drive and currently have a HP DV2 with a 500GB drive. For work I've had a Lenovo T42 and currently have a Lenovo x60s. I've had the x60s for 2 years now and the 60 GB hard drive is showing its age. The drive was very slow and you could hear it when it was seeking. It was time for an upgrade.
A decided to get a 120GB OCZ Vertex Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-17515090589266794112011-11-02T06:46:00.000-07:002011-11-02T06:46:21.710-07:0064-Bit Browsing - Worth the wait?We have had 64-bit processors for 5 years now. We've had Windows available in 64-bit for 4 years although, Vista 64-bit was slated to be worse due to driver issues. Even though we've had the capability of 64-bit computing for over 3 years it has been a very slow progression. Most programs are still 32-bit and do not utilize the new 64-bit system.
The main software most everyone uses is a web Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-36102005463097508762011-10-28T07:00:00.000-07:002011-10-28T07:00:00.774-07:00Cyanogenmod 7.1 - Worth the Switch?Android has really grown and no matter what carrier you go too, they have a pile of phones running this OS. Android 2.2 was probably one of the largest and most popular releases of Android bring a host of features to the phones as well as many speed improvements.
Each phone maker customizes the Android interface to there own liking as well as each carrier throws in there own applications to theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-31423486439936246512011-10-21T20:33:00.000-07:002011-10-21T20:33:33.356-07:00The Switch to ChromeI have been using Firefox for almost 8 years. I have loved being able to customize it with a few extensions and such. This was the major thing that kept me from change to Google Chrome when it was first released because I am a huge Google nut. Firefox has served me well but recently I have felt it has gotten sluggish and unstable.
Recently most of the features and extensions I used to use Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-73319831541770081242010-08-03T20:24:00.001-07:002010-08-03T20:24:39.548-07:00HTC EVO 4G - Android 2.2Today was the release for the new Android 2.2 to the HTC EVO 4G on the Sprint network. In this new version come many new features and I have been very anxious to upgrade. I ran the upgrade which was easy and went smoothly.Upon first boot, there were no noticeable differences but that was to be expected since the EVO has the Sense UI for the GUI. Since Android 2.2 had been out for a while, most ofAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-14566120451604508282010-05-31T18:09:00.001-07:002010-05-31T18:09:13.071-07:00Linux GamingThere are a plethora of free Linux games out there. Numerous FPS based on the Quake 3 engine along with numerous arcade style games and so on. As great as all these free games are the question still remains, can Linux be a profitable commercial gaming platform.Windows has controlled the commercial games market for years. Even Mac OS is lacking in this area. There have been some commercial games Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-56139949989234708002010-05-10T19:20:00.001-07:002010-05-10T19:42:10.718-07:00OSMOS - New Linux GameOSMOS is a indie game released by Hemisphere Games. This game was released last year first to Windows (August) and then to Mac OS X (December) but it now has been ported to the Linux OS.The game costs $10, is DRM free and once purchased you have access to the Windows, Mac and Linux versions if purchased directly from the OSMOS website. If purchased through Steam, only the Windows version is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-29343621828465982272010-04-11T17:38:00.001-07:002010-04-11T17:38:45.060-07:00Hyperthreading for Gaming - Worth it ...The Intel Core i7 has been out for over a year now. It without doubt is the fastest processor and it's cost clearly shows this. The question is, is this excellent performance due to its heavily advertised hyperthreading (HT) or is this mostly and advertising gimmick.Lets take a look at the facts and see. An article at vr-zone.com shows that in the games Crysis Warhead and Far Cry 2 enabling Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-78517446514400900842008-11-02T19:05:00.001-08:002008-11-02T19:20:11.352-08:00Samsung T260HDFor about a month now I've owned the new Samsung T260HD. This is a big monitor with HDTV capability. This monitor is magnificent.So, first lets start with its benefits. First, its big. This monitor allows you to view so much stuff at once. You can easily have a browser, chat, console and music player up and running and not interfering with each other.The monitor has a nice menu system that allowsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-20023924510278771792008-06-29T13:36:00.001-07:002008-06-29T14:04:04.664-07:00magicJack - Future of VOIP?I've had my magicJack for over a month now and I have been very impressed with it. I sometimes am required to work from home and only had a cell phone, like a lot of people. This was a problem though because I would sometimes have conferences calls and would have to eat up my minutes.
MagicJack was mentioned to me and it sounded like the solution to my problem. So far, this is turning out to be Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-25328267580120579702008-06-29T13:36:00.000-07:002008-06-29T13:51:36.573-07:00A new AMD systemWell, my old computer has now been replaced. I've upgraded to a new faster dual-core system.
I'm an AMD fan so I went with the Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition. This processor is awesome. It runs cool at stock speeds but has the capability to be heavily overclocked. For cooling I used the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro. The CPU stays at a temperature of around 25 degrees.
The case I chose is the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184452832879575364.post-74031059065978321222008-01-02T20:56:00.000-08:002008-01-02T20:58:24.811-08:00BIOS Issues - No need to FearI received a motherboard and CPU that were having issues. The CPU was a Athlon 2600+ and the motherboard was an ASUS A7V600. Something was wrong with one of these two devices but it was unknown to me which, but my guess was at the motherboard, specifically the BIOS.I did some reading and found many articles on this motherboard. I was trying to find ways of trying to flash the BIOS without gettingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015172923086008143noreply@blogger.com0