Seagate has admitted that a hand full of it’s customer have experienced hard drive deaths after applying a new piece of firmware. Says the company: “Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in limited number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related SATA drives based on this product platform, manufactured through December 2008. In some […]
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Behind on the Questions/Answers
Hello guys, I’m a little behind on answering the questions that you are submitting through the gadget on the side. This is a mix of the excessive spam going through the gadget and school work in my life. I’ve create threads for all of the question that I digged out of the piles of spam […]
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Free iLife ’09 upgrade for new Mac owners!
Apple has announced iLife ’09 and has given current Mac owners the opportunity to upgrade to the new version. From the site: “iLife ’09, a significant upgrade to Apple’s digital lifestyle applications, features updates to iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and iWeb. If you’ve purchased a qualifying computer on or after January 6, 2009, that does not […]
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Backup HowTo: Tips on how to backup EVERYTHING
The Backup HowTo website is filled with hundreds of different ways to backup up your computer, backup your email, your iPhone and other devices. It’s a great website to find information on how to backup some obscure application data. Cheers!
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Microsoft OneCare Phone Number and Contact Information
This is one that a lot of people have asked for. It looks like Microsoft is very cautious about giving out the OneCare tech support number, rather opting to make you jump through a variety of “online help” tutorials. You can contact OneCare support here: Website: www.onecare.com Help Site: help.live.com Renew/Cancel: billing.microsoft.com Phone: 1-866-ONECARE (1–866-663-2273) […]
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Retail Shenanigans: Geek Squad’s “Calibration” Service
Another article from the Consumerist today. A reader by the name of Robert sent in this tidbit after taking a look at a television display over at Best Buy, “Thinking that something was not right, I took a further look at the demo and realized that the inferior tv on the left was turned to […]
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Breaking: Circuit City to close over 100 stores
Consumerist reports on some bad news today. It seems that Circuit City, the giant electronics retailer, is planning to close 155 of its stores. The news comes as no shock to those following Circuit City’s recent tumbles in the stock market. Consumerist says, “According to anonymous insider tips, Circuit City is closing 155 stores and […]
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HP Limited Service Advisory/ Recall Repair
I’m sure most of you guys out there doing warranty repairs know about this one already but for those who do not here’s a primer. A few months ago HP released a large scale service advisory for many laptops that were sold over the past two years or so. The symptoms usually involve loss of […]
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Toshiba Satellite/Satellite Pro A300/P300 battery won’t charge when capacity low
Problem: You cannot charge your battery for the mentioned models when the battery is low. Fix: Simply upgrade to BIOS version 3.60 or later. Find the download here.
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Batteries for Dell, Toshiba, and HP laptops recalled
Consumerist has a story about a set of laptop batteries from Dell, Toshiba, and HP being recalled. The recall states: “Hazard: These lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: There have been 19 reports of the batteries overheating, including 17 reports of flames/fire (10 resulting in minor property damage). […]
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