Los Angeles Computer Repair News

New Aluminum MacBook?

If we take the word of Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner, the much rumored new aluminum MacBooks are already winging their way from China to Apple's secret underground storage facility. This fits with speculation that we'll see a notebook refresh from Apple some time in October. Gardner's "field checks" (read: crystal ball) have told him that…
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The Best Gaming Laptop Ever – New Report

"Gameplayer has gone live with their winners for the best gaming laptops money can buy as of Q3 2008. The analysis is broken into three sections to cater for three different budget requirements. There is a detailed explanation of why each laptop was selected, going into each hardware component individually. Regular slashdot users will remember…
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Best Buy Purchases Napster

MarketWatch reports that Best Buy has decided to spend 54 million dollars to purchase Napster. In total the deal amounts to approximately $121 million, with an estimated $67 million put towards getting cash and short-term investments from Napster's balance sheet. "The deal will give Best Buy an online digital music retail outlet as well as a subscription streaming service that…
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Internet Explorer 8 Reports Back to Microsoft!

"Microsoft has defended the Internet Explorer 8 tool that suggests sites based on URLs typed into its address bar, claiming that the browser "phones home" only a very limited amount of information to Microsoft and that the company discards all user IP information almost immediately. (I love the usage of the word "almost" in that…
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World’s Fastest Wireless Network Tested by Scientists

"Scientists in Pisa, Italy claim to have set a new world record for the fastest wireless data transmission. They report that they were able to achieve throughput speeds above 1.2 Terabits per second, which they say beats the previous wireless data transmission speed record of 160 Gigabits per second by Korean scientists. The technology that…
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Want to Copy a DVD?

In the U.S., the movie and video industries continue to search for what they feel to be acceptable ways to let consumers copy and watch DVD content on their computers. But the end result of their efforts are often clumsy and painfully unusable -- and always laden with warnings, restrictions and Digital Rights Management software that is intended…
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Microsoft Hires Windows “Gurus” to Troll the Aisles at Best Buy

As part of Windows Vista's $300 million marketing rehabilitation, Microsoft will initially hire a wave of 'Windows Gurus to walk around Best Buy and Circuit City stores to answer customer questions and defend Vista's reputation against skeptics. Gurus will earn twenty dollars an hour or more and benefits. One way Windows Gurus will differ from…
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Working with the computers at Studio 1-on-1 in Venice, CA is rockin!

The two brothers from Studio 1-on-1 in Venice, CA run the best personal training center in all of the Los Angeles area.  They computers system they have here analyzes all kinds of different aspects of your body.  I highly recommend this studio.  They are not just good personal trainers but great clients to.  We do…
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San Francisco Hunts for Mystery Device on City Network

"With costs related to a rogue network administrator's hijacking of the city's network now city officials say they are searching for a mysterious networking device hidden somewhere on the network. The device, referred to as a "terminal server" in court documents, appears to be a router that was installed to provide remote access to the…
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Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Reprogramming

Today I had the pleasure of working for Creative Environments in Hollywood.  This property management company runs a 48 unit buildiing on Cosmo street in Los Angeles (Hollywood) and supplies a T1 connection to the tennants.  The internet is shared with 2 Cisco 3550 switches hooked up to a Linksys dual wan vpn router.  I…
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