AT&T Does It Right

Having an iPhone is both a blessing and a curse. The phone has fabulous functionality, is robust, provides a vector for many applications which add additional features. In my opinion, the curse comes with the sometimes dreadful reception that the AT&T 3G network provides. I’ve been paying for a plan to ensure I didn’t go over my monthly minutes. The additional charges can be draconian. Push over by just a few minutes and you’ll end up with a $400 cell phone bill. However, AT&T followed Sprint’s plan and offers roll-over minutes. They don’t advertise it but, on my...
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New iMac Released

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I purchased my first Mac. Since that time, I swore I would always own a Mac. They operate on a UNIX operating system, they are clean, fast, and do many things much better than your average PC. I’ve never regretted that purchase and it certainly held it’s value for a long, long time. I’ve been rockin’ a Apple Power Mac for about five years but that system is showing its age. I’ve already replaced the hard drive once, the CD tray doesn’t work, and, truth be told, it isn’t even an Intel CPU … it is the old G5. Yeah,...
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Windows 7 Power Management

So I’ve been running Windows 7 since late beta and am using the 7100 build Release Candidate on my production (main) computer. The system has been flawless, has working quickly, with little to no issues save one: power management. For some reason, when I switched to Windows 7, my power management options didn’t seem to work; specifically the sleep option. Since installing Windows 7, the computer would sleep but when I tried to bring it out of sleep (by tapping the space bar), the monitor power button color would shift from orange (sleeping) to green (active video signal) but nothing would...
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