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Skype on HTC Touch from Bell Mobility - works fine but… not for voice calls (yet!)

May 19, 2008 – 4:53 pm

OK, so my super-duper HTC Touch Vogue which I have on the Bell Mobility CDMA network is still in a serious love affair with me (or vice versa)…
I did indeed manage to install Skype Mobile (Pocket PC for Windows Mobile) on the Touch and it works great for Skype instant messaging but… not so great […]

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$349 off the very solid HP dv9700t 17″ laptop… nice machine, nice deal

May 5, 2008 – 8:34 am

HP has a pretty tasty promotion running right now with $349 on the HP Pavilion dv9700t notebook - this is a great laptop (I’ve handled it in store on a few occasions) and yes, this coming from a long time fan of Dell - yes I still love Dell, but it’s been a love-hate relationship […]

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Microsoft Surface demos multitouch units live in select AT&T stores

May 1, 2008 – 7:47 pm

Well, Bill has always loved touch computing and is probably the singular reason why Microsoft Windows XP Tablet XP has remained as an active Microsoft SKU and overall product offering on devices such as the Dell, Toshiba, HP and IBM tablet PCs.

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$60 rebate on Toshiba Tekbright 7″ Digital Photo Frame (expires May 12th)

May 1, 2008 – 6:12 pm

It’s a bit small IMHO at 7″, but a good deal to get a $60 rebate off the Tekbright 7″ Digital Photo Frame… rebate promo expires May 12th - yes it’s a mother’s day offer. The exact part number is PA3615U-1ETC… AKA PA3615U.
It’s got a very attractive modern design and the build quality is excellent.

It […]

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How to install Windows XP on a HP XW8400 workstation in a dual-boot configuration with Vista ? Have lots of patience.

April 27, 2008 – 4:34 pm

Well, I’ve been definitely happy thus far working with the dual quad-core beast that the HP XW8400 Workstation is but … it came pre-installed with Windows Vista (32-bit) and it was one hair-pulling effort to try and get Windows XP to be installed on a second drive and have it visible and accessible.
Finally, I sort […]

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