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Continue reading →: Defragmenting an iPod
Neil’s World – Defragging your iPod. Well, the whole iPod seems shrouded in mystery is actually just a FAT32 file system with some magic directories. If you plug the iPod into a PC, it comes up as a hard drive. iTunes also comes up, but you can actually see the…
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Continue reading →: PC Upgrade: $500, $1000, $1500
“Phil”:http://nvidia.com has come to visit us and was asking about upgrading his computer. Here is what he owns that is 2002 vintage: | Component | Replace or not? | | Athlon XP 2000+ | An older part, 2x performance increase possible | | PNY nVidia 4600 Video Card | Direct…
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Continue reading →: iPodSync
ICC – iPodSync. This shareware program syncs Outlook to your iPod so it can be a poor man’s PIM. YOu can’t edit of course, but you can read.
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Continue reading →: PC Recommendation
OK, given the choices right now there are two options for building a fast machine right now. Actually, not exactly right now, but if you can wait to January… h3. nForce 4 SLI (for January) If you want the maximum in performance, then you want the upcoming SLI boards. These…
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Continue reading →: Deaggregation of storage
a little ludwig goes a long way: The Exploding PC?. Another smart post by John. He’s right that you want to take the long term storage bank out of the PC. It happened with LANs long ago with SANs and NASes. I’ve been trying to get this to work reliably…
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Continue reading →: VOIP at home
a little ludwig goes a long way: Going all voip at home. John has a great list of SIP and other products. The open source PBX is cool. In terms of cheap the existing analog phone sets, that is what these media gateways do. They normally have 2-4 analog ports…
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Continue reading →: Wifi finder in a USB Keyfob
Thought: Wifi Hotspot Finder on a USB Key. Steve is right, there should be more combo devices rather than standalone.
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Continue reading →: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
t-break – MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Good review of a nForce4 board. This one is not SLI but it has about the same performance as the others. Doesn’t seem to be much difference in performance between different nVidia nForce4 boards, so main difference is SLI to put two graphics cards…
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Continue reading →: Anapod Explorer
Red Chair Software, Inc.. The commercial version of making an iPod just a hard drive. Like Ephpod, but it is supposed to be more fully functional. Integrates as a real drive.
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Continue reading →: iPod scandisk and defrag
Another hat tip to iPod lounge, some more undocumented commands: * iPodlounge | All Things iPod Q: How can I check my iPod’s Hard Drive for Errors like running Scan Disk? A: There iPod has a special Disk Scan utility that can be used to check the hard drive. Follow…
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