Due to internet connectivity issues here is the slightly belated RSS Digest for Saturday. June 20th, 2009:

Best Handset For Freedom?
Interview with Das Bo Schitt
Robert Accettura: Things You’ll Love About Firefox 3.5
RIAA needs to be disbanded, says Moby
Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall caught playing Xbox 360 during downtime Update: Video!
Linux’s Hardware Support Better Than Windows?
Why Macs look like Porsche’s
Phone Unlock! v3.0
Muggers Caught When Their Crime Was Captured by Google Street View [Crime]
ASUS Eee PC 1005HA up for pre-order on Amazon
Dell has 15% off numerous game consoles: Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PSP 3000, Nintendo DS
Lies, Damn Lies, and Battery-Life Statistics
Samsung shows off new flexible, OLED passport
Microsoft confirms Nvidia ‘Tegra’ chip for Zune HD
AT&T says tethering won’t cost $55
Believe it or not, this is an actual Halo desktop
Video: Obama is the first nerd president
United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20) [USA! USA!]
Avoiding Latency in the Cloud
Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friends’ Too
Palm Pre Nears 700,000 App Downloads in Less Than Two Weeks [App Catalog]
Live-blogging at MSM
Pwnage Tool for iPhone OS 3.0 now live, ultrasn0w still on standby
Spunky Sputnik LED Lamp
Erik Naggum, R.I.P.
Sonos CR200 controller outed by the FCC
Why video can transform the Wikipedia experience
A Good Guide to Social Marketing
Liberal Party of Canada Comes Out In Support of Net Neutrality
Report: Steve Jobs had liver transplant
Free Mimobot of the Week: Darth Maul!
UxStyle Core Beta bits now available
Snuff Lures Tobacco Fiends With Whiff of Exotic History

- Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

Tags: Apple, Asus, AT&t, Canada, Cloud, Dell, eee, email, Firefox, Google, Halo, handset, Hardware, iPhone, iPod, LED, Liberal, Linux, Mac, Mimobot, Mozilla, nerd, Net Neutrality, Nvidia, Obama, OLED, Palm, pre, RIAA, Snuff, Sonos, Steve Jobs, Tabacco, UxStyle, wikipedia, WIndows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune

The RSS Digest for Friday, June 12th, 2009:

Father of the cell phone
Why Smart Grids Could Be Slow to Beat Web 2.0
Gaming hardware, software sees slump in May
Atom N270 / N280-based netbooks may be stuck at Windows XP
Windows 7 to push up netbook prices
Windows 7 UAC code-injection vulnerability: video demonstration, source code released
Why Mozilla could beat IE in a European ground war
Twitter profile hack pwns Mormons
Palm Pixie is real, but may never materialize
Lenovo G530 for $379
Opera to ‘reinvent the web’ in four days
Apple readies new retail store design in Arizona
An end to the endless cycle?
How To Seize a Laptop And Make It Stick
Casio Exilim EX-H10 shoots 1,000 images on single charge
Blu-ray Managed Copy Full-Res Backups Are Only Good in Theory [Blu-Ray]
Safari 4: 11 Million Downloads in 3 Days
When the Cell Phone Is the Office Phone, Taxing It Is Wrong
Dell and Samsung placing orders for 11.6-inch netbook screens?
The World’s Smallest DV Camera Could Reveal World’s Largest Scandal [Video]
Major UK ISP: video streaming’s “free ride” is over
iPhone owners are superior beings, says survey
Let’s Play… Spot The MacBook Pro!
US hardware sales collapse in May
DriveSavers offers hard drive failure simulator for iPhone
SDXC set to blow your mind next year, with 64GB capacity out of the gate
Psystar: We’ll gladly pay you tomorrow for 581 copies of Leopard today
Recreating Tesla’s Wireless Power Experiments [Tesla]
Bring Back MST3K!
Twitpocalypse Not Now: Crisis Averted
Running Custom Firmware on the Palm Pre Is Rather Easy [Palm Pre]
Bio-ammonia Plans Proceeding

-Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

Tags: Apple, Atom, Backup, Biotech, Blu-ray, camera, Casio, cell, Dell, DV, firmware, flash, Hard Drive, Hardware, IBM, IE, Intel, iPhone, ISP, Laptop, LCD, Lenovo, Leopard, Macbook, MacBook Pro, memory, Mormons, Mozilla, MST3k, Netbook, Opera, Palm, Phone, police, pre, Psystar, Safari, Samsung, Scandal, SD, Simulator, Smart Grids, Streaming, tax, Tesla, Twitter, UAC, Vaporware, video, Web 2.0, Windows 7, Windows XP, Wireless Power

Here are my news picks for the week…

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

CrunchPad Leak Roundup
Apple updates iPod Shuffle ‘VoiceOver’ software
Some More Thoughts On The DiggBar
Eavesdropping On Google Voice and Skype
AnyDVD HD adds more BD+ support
Associated Press chairman “mad as hell” at new media
10 tweaks to make Windows 7 even better
Report: Conficker worm bites University of Utah
Use apt-p2p To Improve Ubuntu 9.04 Upgrade

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

New in Gmail Labs: Inserting images
Sweden Sees Boom In Legal Downloading
Microsoft fined over alleged price fixing of Office
Songwriter claims Google ‘exploited’ him
Apple Offers Another Fleeting Glimpse At The App Store’s All-Time Leaders
HTC Fiesta is “an Android phone,” so says Bluetooth SIG
Heat blamed for iPhone Wi-Fi problems
Best Buy strikes again: WD hard drive switched out for 8-year-old Maxtor, no refund given
Spam Replacing Postal Junk Mail?
Shock: iTunes price increase hurts songs’ chart positions
Steve Jobs still involved in ‘key aspects’ of running Apple, testing out that iTablet you so desire?
Humanity’s Fate
6 Half-Truths About the Cloud
Steam powered iPod charger made from LEGOS
A WINE Release Worth A Toast
Steve Jobs Still Involved in Apple, Still Expected to Return in June

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Why Engadget Is Blocking the DiggBar
Less obscure Microsoft Office 14 64-bit evidence
Windows Live Hotmail Service Disruption Locks Out Users
Cable-cutting vandals disconnect Silicon Valley
RIM picks up ex-Apple and Microsoft design guru
Huge Apple Purchase Sparks 32GB iPhone Rumors
Apple gives prizes as tally nears 1 billion Apps served
Apple retiring .Mac HomePage and .Mac Groups on July 7
When Will Apple Hit 1 Billion App Downloads?
MacHeist 3 Charity Breakdown
iTunes 8.1 Kindly Suggests You Get New iPod Shuffle By Scrambling Old Shuffle’s Brains [IPod Shuffle]
Apple Launches ‘1 Billion App Countdown’ Promotion
Public outcry led to taser policy change
Make your glossy iMac screen matte
Microsoft ordered to pay $388M in patent infringement suit
Apple Turns on Push Notification Services for Developer Testing

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Microsoft Remains on Offensive with ‘Apple Tax’ Report and Latest Laptop Ad
Apple bullish on iPhone refresh sales
Nintendo DSi Sells 600,000 in Opening Weekend
CompUSA Comes Back From the Dead
Leaked pics of the CrunchPad make it look dangerously close to availability
Review: SanDisk slotRadio
Openmoko Phone Not Dead After All
AT&T uses Twitter during service outage
Apple announces end of .Mac HomePage
Qualcomm developing FLO TV accessories for iPhone OS 3.0, other smartphones
In Depth: 10 Reasons why we’ll see an iPhone This June
YouTube, Universal to launch ‘Vevo’ music video site
Yahoo adds Delicious data to search partnership
Apple makes giant NAND flash memory order
iTunes isn’t the only online music store that has variable pricing
Legacy Locker
Intel talks Moorestown, new Atoms; Larrabee may drop this year
French “3 strikes” law suffers shocking defeat
Eye-Fi’s 4GB WiFi SDHC cards start to ship out
AP orders affiliate to pull embedded YouTube vids
Apple sued over iPhone, MacBook multi-touch tech
Microsoft Order To Pay $388 Million In Patent Case
Apple Admits White MacBook’s Notorious Crack Problem

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Now what could Apple want with 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips?
Unconfirmed: Apple Orders 100 Million 8Gb Chips for New Handhelds [Rumor]
Amazon, Wal-Mart, raise MP3 download prices
Unbelievably Detailed Wall-E PC Case Mod [Mods]
Microsoft Ordered to Pay $388 Million for Patent Infringement [Lawsuits]
Table Layouts vs. Div Layouts: From Hell to… Hell?
Video: HY Research’s Beagle Board-based MID
Fake Virus Warnings Are Ploy for Cash
Intel aims for 2-second boot time with Moblin Linux platform
For Some App Developers Palm & Nokia Are No-Gos
Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
Arcade Classic Galaga Comes to the iPhone in a Remix Version
Google Voice on the iPhone coming soon
Apple accused of touch screen patent infringement
Nvidia gives CUDA a profiler and hardware debugger
CFLs Causing Utility Woes
Sims creator Will Wright leaves E
Google updates Gmail, Calendar for iPhone
Google My Stuff May Rise From The Dead
Is Microsoft Back to Its Old Tricks?
Why the CAPTCHA Approach Is Doomed
News: Yahoo! launches Messenger app for iPhone, iPod touch
Sun’s VirtualBox
Quicklook – Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter
AP is fighting last century’s battle
Apple reveals first set of sessions for WWDC 2009

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Google Adds All-Important Java Support To App Engine
News: NPD: iTunes still #1 in music downloads, Amazon grows
Will Apple pretend iPhone video recording requires the new iPhone?
iTunes Variable Pricing Live, More Countries Supported
iTunes Store now infected with variable pricing, Amazon still $0.99
Three-tiered iTunes pricing due Tuesday

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
Microsoft: New Zune hardware coming this year
Intel launches new chip logos, rating system
Google Voice App Comes to iPhone and iPod Touch Soon [Google Voice]
Understanding Windows 7 Libraries
Video: 128GB SSD slotted into Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9
FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses
ShoveBox for Mac and iPhone
FriendFeed lifestreaming goes real-time for better and worse
Video: Acer Aspire One D250 gets unboxed
Windows 7 will allow downgrades too
2TB Time Capsule in the works?
Rumors suggest slew of new iPhone features
Myk Melez: The Extension Bootcamp Tutorial
Full-length Sony films headed to YouTube?
Next iPhone to make you a film editor?
Apple keeps SD rental hits coming with nearly 300 new titles
T-Mobile to use Google Android OS for home devices
Review: Pogoplug makes any USB drive a NAS
Mozilla reveals roadmap for Firefox 3.6, scheduled for 2010
News: Apple planning to bring camera to iPod touch?
iPhone OS 3.0 beta suggests 802.11n, video publishing coming
Microsoft, Lionhead settle alleged homophobia suit
Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes appear
Stanza eBook Reader for iPhone Updated
HP extends Windows XP supply until April 2010
Giant Lego Nintendo DSi Timelapse Construction Video [Nintendo]
MediaDefender Buys MediaSentry For $136,000 (Not $20M)

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All through time eventually companys hit a point of cutting costs to make a bigger profit… but that cost cutting can have major side effects if they take it too far. For example the lower cost as it is Logitech OEM Wheel mouse. I have been getting these for years and the source of them has recently started selling them for higher price.

I will be doing a point by point comprison of key points/flaws of the old and new design.

Old Design

The key points of the old design are: Multi part scroll wheel assembly socketed cable hookup Wheel Design Rubber wheel with plastic spokes to track via optical sensors Wheel on plastic support assmbly Wheel is on oiled peg with metal click feed back support on left and spring support on right mutli part wheel assembly clicks down in a preset poslition to click button

New Design

The key points of the new design are: Metal Weight in top all in one plastic wheel assembly with thin coating of rubber hard wired mouse cable Wheel Design all in one plastic wheel assembly with thin rubber coating Wheel assembly supported by two poorly fastened support posts lower cost scroll sensor that relies on the center of wheel assembly having contact with sensor Overall this design sucks and broke after one drop and now the wheel is dead.

Tags: Crap, Hardware, Logitech, Mouse, New, Old

I recently recived a old IBM Aptiva E 294 and I decided to install FlashBack: Apple Rhapsody DR2 on  it.

It didn’t go as planned over all… First off it didnt like the 13gb hard drive until deleted all of the partitions.  Then once i got it installed there was driver issues (Thats to be expected).

The driver issues were that the ATI Rage pro turbo onboard video and ESS Solo-1 integrated audio and Realtek pci network card. I spent hours trying to get the video fully working (I couldn’t get it past greyscale)… didn’t even get to sound or networking working before i set the project aside for now.

I will try the project later on if i track down some some drivers for some of that hardware.

Tags: Apple, Aptiva, DR2, Drivers, Hardware, IBM, Rhapsody