Category Archives: Technology

Mobile Telecommunications and Verizon Wireless Service Level Agreements

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

This morning in the Northern Virginia area, Verizon Wireless seems to have had a hiccup in their data networks that support their mobile devices. This is the third such hiccup to effect the 4G customer base this year – something … Continue reading →

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PanTech UML 290 LTE–First Thoughts

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

So I bit the bullet and bought the PanTech UML 290 from Verizon Wireless, flat out. Works like a champ… when it works. The above speed test was taken from my house.  I noticed that after about ten minutes, the … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Goog-411

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

http://cid-0bc4c9d6d8f9371b.office.live.com/embedphoto.aspx/.Public/uvageek/GoogleMobileAppResults.PNGI’m a little saddened to read that Google is discontinuing their 411 service, however I figure that now that they the US population has freely provided millions of voices with different inflections, pronunciations and words, Google’s digital stomach is churning … Continue reading →

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VMWare ESX 3.5i – Lenovo T61

Posted on July 30, 2008 by

BLUF – Attempted to load VMWare ESX 3.5i on a Lenovo T61. Failed to find device to write to in either AHCI or SATA Compatibility modes when attempting to use VMWare ESX Thin Installer. So you’re not familiar with “BLUF”? … Continue reading →

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MacBook Pro or no…

Posted on June 22, 2008 by

So I’ve been contemplating buying a MacBook Pro for a while now.  And yes, I realize that there will be a hardware refresh sometime in the next six to eight months… though I also realize that in the past whenever … Continue reading →

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Sync’ing Google Calendar with Mozilla Thunderbird

Posted on June 1, 2008 by

So you want to keep your desktop calendar synchronized and visualized through Mozilla Thunderbird because you just can get used to using something like Google Calendar’s web interface? Look no further than the Lightning plugin for Mozilla Thunderbird along with … Continue reading →

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Panera Packet Size Limitation?

Posted on December 2, 2007 by

Has anyone had issues where you’re attempting to upload files through an HTTP interface web method of sorts while at Panera bread and hit a package limit of 500 kilobytes? Just curious as I’m attempting to upload a few pictures … Continue reading →

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Google Increases gMail storage limit…

Posted on October 14, 2007 by

So the first thing that I think of when reading through the Google Operating System last night and came across this article regarding the storage capacity of gMail and how it’s going to go to Hotmail’s limit of 5 GB … Continue reading →

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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 – The (in)Complete Reference

Posted on October 5, 2007 by

I love it when I order books off of Amazon.com before books go to press, building a library and wealth of information and knowledge to slurp up into my mind.  Primarily I like the ordering before the book goes to … Continue reading →

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Amazing map of the Internet…

Posted on September 6, 2007 by

 So there have been several maps of the Internet generated over the years, but I definitely have to say that this one is the most clever in that it takes after the London Underground map, or at least in the … Continue reading →

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