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The future for Blu-Ray, Apple, and Media Devices? [DadsonTech post]

The future for Blu-Ray, Apple, and Media Devices? [DadsonTech post]

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Your living room TV is under assault! I am not talking about your kids throwing Wii remotes at it, or spouses sabotaging your inputs just in time for Sunday football, or not having any juice left in your rechargeable Logitech Harmony Remote, or even those tiny little fingerprints on the screen that make you go [...]

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Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.

It is that time of the year!!! I am doing upgrades of machines to Windows 7, and these events always bring me a lot of joy… as a person who makes money fixing problems.  Man, can Microsoft make this process any more convoluted?  Here I will give you some tools to make the process go [...]

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Disney’s Mobile Magic application- the future for WDW guests?

Disney’s Mobile Magic application- the future for WDW guests?

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by zevmo.

Last week, Disney Parks Blog gave some wonderful screenshots of their new Mobile Magic Application. The concept is this, if you are a Verizon Wireless subscriber, you can download the application for $9.99, that’s good for 180 days. And for a limited time (I assume until January, while they are stretching the app’s legs), it [...]

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Blackberry Storm 2 trying to get noticed

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by zevmo.

Hey, over here! The release of the Blackberry Storm 2 on the Verizon’s network, yesterday, seemed to be the least publicized event in quite some time.  This product that has the ability to hold or expand RIM’s market share (currently at approx. 40%),  but with the marketing and pizazz of a Kleenex commercial, fails to [...]

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AT&T MicroCell 3G

Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.

If you haven’t heard, AT&T wants to do you a solid.  Use your home network, that you already pay for, and then charge you $20/mo to give you service you should already be getting for your home.  What a deal!  In fact, it is so fantastic that the only gimick that might incentivise you is [...]

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Question: Should I switch from the Cablevision Scientific Atlanta 8300HD to a Tivo DVR?

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.

I am one of the lucky few who is trapped into Cablevision‘s service plan.  Where I live in Northern NJ, we have lots of trees (Dish/DirecTV is out), and we are in a part of town that has no Verizon FiOS b/c of a crappy Englewood Central Office upgrade that has been taking forever.  Alas, [...]

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WRT54G Hacking Fun

Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by zevmo.

If you are like me, you have bricked a few WRT54G Linksys devices over the years.  I am doing some hacking of one that I have resuscitated, and modifying of another, and I figured people would like to know what they  can do with theirs.  Here are some fun tips: The WRT54G Revival Guide- if [...]

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