Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Top 5 Tech Things NOT to repair

I know this seems counterintuitive but there are some tech things that are better off tossed than repaired.

Read the article from AOL.

http://money.aol.com/top5/general/things-not-to-repair

Jim :-)

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

8/06- Top 100 tech products

Hi Again!

I love lists. Don't you? Here is a list of the 100 top tech products broken into a number of categories from C/NET.com.

I've been told to be wary of C/NET due to a bias that they have for certain brands but these look like good recommendations.

To the List

Jim :-)

Lap Top Battery Woes

You knew about this already but here is more information. The culprit seems to be Sony batteries but they are located in Dell and Apple lap tops!

Here are some link that further describe the issues.

Dell Notebook battery how-to guide

Dell's exploding lap tops!

Apple Lap Top Battery Issues

Japan Orders Apple to probe lap tops!

I hope this helps!

Jim :-)

Practical Tips for Avoiding Tech Travel Hell

In an article by that title from Melissa J. Perenson, of PC World, helps us understand what we might do to cope with having to check our lap top! This already occurred recently and may be a reality in the fitire. It wouldn't hurt to think this through in advance.

Here is the link -->

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126784-page,1-c,topics/article.html?tk=nl_wbxnws