Hien

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Name: Hien
Date registered: December 3, 2009
URL: http://www.technicalinitiative.com

Latest posts

  1. Windows 8 on Acer Iconia W500 / Dell Studio 15 — September 29, 2011
  2. Deal of the Day – 16gig MicroSDHC – 21.99 free shipping — August 4, 2011
  3. Deal of the Day – $100 off select tablets at Staples — July 22, 2011
  4. HornetTek Fantasy – non-network media player – who needs one? — July 19, 2011
  5. Deal of the day – Blender Bottles! 4 for $17.99 — July 18, 2011

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Sep
29

Windows 8 on Acer Iconia W500 / Dell Studio 15

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Windows 8 Tablet

  First off a little background: I’m not an Apple/Mac hater at all – I like their aesthetics and interfaces, but hate the iTunes-connection (more iPhone/iPad-related than OSX). Yes, I know there are ways around it, but eventually, you’re going to end up needing it for something. I’ve recently been loving Android and its progression …

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Aug
04

Deal of the Day – 16gig MicroSDHC – 21.99 free shipping

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It’s not class 10, but class 6 is plenty fast for most needs, and 21.99 is cheap!  Good reviews w/just a few reports of DOA? Either way, cheap and spacious for your smartphone or tablet! Newegg via Techbargains

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Jul
22

Deal of the Day – $100 off select tablets at Staples

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If you’re in the market, or have cash to spare… can’t beat this deal from Staples!  Act before July 30th! I’m looking at an Asus Transformer or Toshiba Thrive (yes, I know of the sleep bug which should be fixed soon!) Staples via Netbook News

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Jul
19

HornetTek Fantasy – non-network media player – who needs one?

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I know – with wireless, DLNA, streaming, cloud, etc. as prevalent as they are, who would need a media player with no networking capabilities?  Poor people in China?  Well yes, probably… and myself – for my car.  I didn’t want to mess with swapping out the stereo this time so I was looking for something …

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Jul
18

Deal of the day – Blender Bottles! 4 for $17.99

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Blender bottles – nothing techy w/those right?  WRONG! The best bottles bar-none for shaking up a protein shake or whatever else along those lines (I’ve tried a bunch!).  Seriously, stop looking at any others – FUCK the others!  Did I just say that?  Yep. Seriously the best shaker bottles, cheap and BPA-free (if that means …

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Feb
07

Ok now this might be worth replacing the Evo for…

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Kyocera Echo - Sprint

After adding to (not replacing!) my Tmobile service with an Evo 4G from Sprint (yes, on launch day), I haven’t really lusted after a new phone. And that’s a weird thing for me, who typically keeps looking for the latest and greatest. I guess that’s a testament to the fact that the Evo 4G really …

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Jan
31

Tablets – still a compromise

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If you’re looking for a tablet to buy, the best bet might still be to wait.  The current crop of tablets still requires accepting a lot of flaws, and I’m not talking about the lack of a physical keyboard. Apple iPad – Apple’s behemoth (in terms of sales) is probably the best overall tablet currently …

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Nov
24

Fedora 14 + VirtualBox small tweak to install out of the box…

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Wanted to play around w/Fedora 14, but I knew I’d need the safety of a Windows VM so I started to look into installing VirtualBox.  A few sites have documented the procedure, but it seems some distros (F14 being one of them) that may require a few additional steps that might not be obvious to …

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Oct
23

Sony vs. Apple – Vaio P vs. new Macbook Air 11

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I’d like to think I can be fairly objective about this since I love both companies and their products.  Eagerly awaiting Apple’s recent announcement, all I was hoping was for a high-res 11″ screen and I’d be sold!  Unfortunately, their 1366×768 screen doesn’t count as high-res to me, so now I’m still confused about what …

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Sep
08

XVID4PSP – more than a PSP conversion tool – Sony XAV-60 / XAV-70BT

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I have a love/hate relationship with Sony that goes back to the minidisc days (because their cassette Walkmans were the bomb, baby).  I guess it was around that time that I realized they can make all kinds of cool shit, but ruin them with proprietary formats or protocols.  Beyond Minidisc (which wasn’t all Sony’s fault), …

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