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COMPUTER NEWS:
Early Adopters give Windows “Thumbs Up” Survey Says but…
XP users less thrilled than Vista upgraders… ?
The “researchers” suspect that VIsta users were happy to leave the problems of Vista. Steve has a different theory…
On the other hand, “Mac owners and users, however, gave Windows 7 mixed reviews when asked to pit Microsoft’s newest operating system against Apple’s Snow Leopard. About a third thought Windows 7 was better than Mac OS X 10.6, a third thought the two were neck-and-neck, and a third gave the nod to Snow Leopard.”
The HP Envy eclipses the Apple Macbook:
HP Envy 13 is more advanced
than the MacBook in some important respects.
PHONE / MOBILE NEWS:
AT&T/APPLE Ask Verizon: Can your network do that?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=9658
AT&T service survey
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS:
What your Car Says about You (oh really now?)
Really? What does this really tell us? Perhaps more about price points than cars?
Web Use (the article actually references the inverse “don’t use”)
Honda >97%
Chevy 87%
Ford 88%
College Degree?
Honda 70%
Chevy 35%
Ford 45%
TOPIC from Listener:
Jason Terosky suggests we discuss best way to convert old VHS home videos to DVD?
For large qunatities of VHS to convert, I personally recommend finding a combination VHS/DVD player/recorder. They can range in price from $150-$500 but worth it. NewEgg.com sells 10 models right now.
Why this suggestion? Convenience mostly. All in one solution, and can create a more complete package. Once you get a DVD of the video, you can then easily “rip” the video back to your computer for editing.
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
JOSH: Amazon Universal Wishlist : Allows you to not only have items from Amazon show up but once but put a shortcut in the Toolbar you can bookmark items from any website and they show up.
STEVE: Sportacular iphone App. Great app for following most major sports scores and up-to-date action on the field of play.
TONY: VirtualBox : http://www.virtualbox.org VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). VirtualBox 3.1.0 (released 2009-11-30)
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