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As some of you may have read, the Microsoft Zune (Microsoft’s competitor to the iPod Classic) has a serious bug, where on the last day of …

I was hoping to have an Android phone by now.

As some of you might have noticed, Google released a ‘new’ web browser Google Chrome recently.

This week marks the official release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 I’ve always been in love with OSS (Open Source Software) since the first OSS …

As previously thought, T-Mobile will be the first carrier, and HTC will be the first Handset maker.

buying my Probability and Random Processes book from the BYU bookstore $148.80 buying the same book (new) from a reseller on Amazon $66 Not …

First off would obviously be addressing the Michael Phelps issue.

KDE is a Desktop environment like GNOME (for *nix systems).

Since my last post on phones, I’ve had a chance to play with both the Samsung Instinct and the new iPhone 3G.

It’s official, I’ve ditched Debian (and Ubuntu) completely.

You must have seen the original Jawbone around: It was the first bluetooth headset that really tried to look cool, instead of some E.T

It’s official, Bill Gates is now retiring.

First, I’ll make my stance on the phone, and then I’ll get into details.

What happened with the traditional ‘Go out to watch a film on the weekend’ mentality?

As this will be my last year (finally), I figured I’d move back into the FLSR (Foreign Language Student Residence).

I’ll briefly explain how you cool a computer.

Ubuntu has been my primary OS for more than 2 years.

As a requirement to receive my bachelors in Electrical Engineering, I had to pick a senior project to complete.

After more than 2 years of no releases, Abiword 2.6.0 has finally been released.

Being that this will be my last summer before I graduate, I figured right now would probably be a pretty good time to get an internship.

Haven’t posted any piano stuff for a while as I’ve been pretty busy with both Uni and work.

For those who don’t know what an ‘xorg.conf’ file is, it’s basically the file in Linux operating systems that tells the system what graphics …

Those of you who know me well, know I’m rather good at getting top of the line stuff (with regards to technology) for cheap.

I got a couple of complaints that recent posts have been aimed at techie people.

I took an Engineering class a year ago that was all about compilers and Computer Architecture.

watch the 10 second clip here I must say, as much as I hate most microsoft things (except Office), I do like Bill Gates.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or perhaps, aren’t interested in new and cool technologies, you must have heard of the iPhone.

Built on GTK+ 2, the burning program Brasero is now part of the GNOME project.

Most somewhat techie users know all about Microsoft and their recent Vista disaster.

Gael Duval, the creator of Mandriva and now CEO of Ulteo (ironically Ulteo is based on Debian, and not Mandriva, or any other RPM based …

It’s true, Steve Ballmer (#2 at Microsoft after Bill Gates) has twisted the figures yet again!

I finally got around to getting Matlab 2007b (7.5) to work in Linux.

Despite supposedly being on holiday in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving, I still couldn’t pass up on some incredible deals.

Only a few accounts have received it so far, but it’s a minor change on the outside (albeit it has been re-engineered under the hood) The …

and it’s about time, too!

Each April and October Canonical releases a new version of Ubuntu, this time code-named Gutsy Gibbon.

My first speech to the faculty would start out in roughly the following way Each faculty member must have looked over, worked out and …

Based on previous posts, you should all know that my first act would be to fix the bookstore.

Every 2 years or so, Intel switches to a smaller fabrication process.

So, I’m taking Physics 281.

My sister just got a job in California.

Almost done with classes.

Here are the chords I’m playing for those of you who are interested.

The main theme of the playstation game Metal Gear Solid for piano.

I watched Gladiator (again) the other day and was so impressed with the music, that I decided to pick it out on the piano and play it

This is the main theme from the film starring Sean Connery Besides the fact that the film is about the only escapee of Alcatraz being …

This film has its critics, but the music is great.

If you’ve ever seen any of the MAC vs PC ads you’ll know that Apple is not subtle when it criticizes Windows.

As most of you should know, the cheapest, purest source of protein is found in eggs.

I know what a lot of people are thinking.