A friend this week had her laptop give her the dreaded blue screen every time she booted. After a trip to the Theif Geek Squad who told her if would be $1500+ to recover the data from the drive, I gave SpinRite a try first. I booted to the disk and ran a level 2 [...]
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Microsoft Vista (Backup) Review: A Lesson in Stupidity
Update #1:We’ve added another article evaluating the stupidity that is Microsoft and Vista by analyzing the Device Driver Security dialog as well. The reason Apple and Mac OS X are so famous is only because Microsoft exists. … don’t skip past that first sentence… it really sums up the rest of this review and explains [...]
Rambo Movie Review (2010)
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Rambo is a visceral, serious, action packed movie about the rescue of Christian missionaries from war-torn Burma and it’s military. Stallone’s execution of this movie is so raw and completely devoid of cheesy lines or “typical action hero” antics that you can’t help but walk out of the theater with [...]
Shoot ‘Em Up Movie Review
Summary [7 out of 10] Shoot ‘Em Up is a ridiculously paced, non-stop action movie that is a collection of surprisingly cohesive scenes that provide excuses for the director to realize constant over-the-top action sequences that are a blast to watch ending with a great cheesy one-liner from the main character. Setup If you plan [...]
Resident Evil: Extinction Movie Review
Summary [4 out of 10] Resident Evil: Extinction is a terrible, terrible movie. For fans of the games or even of the 1st or 2nd movie, just turn and walk the other way. Hidden deep in this script are literally 2 good ideas that get 3 mins of screen time, while the remaining 87 mins [...]
Cloverfield Movie Review
NOTE: I have tried to keep spoilers to a bear minimum (or not at all) in the main review. The “Areas of Improvement” section does contain spoilers and is marked as such. Summary [7.5 out of 10] Cloverfield is a suspenseful, well-paced, believably portrayed recounting of a group of friends during an epic monster attack [...]
Dell 3008 WFP 30" LCD Review
Grant Gochnauer, co-founder of Vodori, was kind enough to send in a review of a new addition to his family: The Dell 3008 WFP (yes, the $2000 30″ Dell LCD that has the amazing 117% color gamut). Above is a shot of the 3008 sitting next to an old school Dell 2001FP (20″ LCD), because [...]
Resident Evil Extinction and Blu-ray Profile 1.1
Blu-ray Profile 1.1 players have bee available since November 2007, but there were no Profile 1.1 discs. Resident Evil: Extinction has the honor of being the first Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 disc to be released. What do you get when you combine a Profile 1.1 player with a Profile 1.1 disc, and should you care? Lions, [...]
Powered by RimuHosting – Review of VPS and Dedicated Hosting
RimuHosting has not paid us or encouraged this endorsement in any way (e.g. free stuff). UPDATE: It has been a few years since writing this and folks finding this in 2011 might be wondering “Is this even relevant?” and yes, all of this is still true. We are still with RimuHosting, I still regularly recommend [...]
Vongo Online Movie Rental Review
Vongo is an online, on demand video download service. The thought of not having late fees, not having to leave the house, or for that matter leave the couch to rent a movie it quite enticing. So after seeing the a Vongo ad on TV, I decided to give them a try. They advertise for [...]
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Review (PS3)
Summary Introduction Review Running and Gunning Jumping Around (Platforming) Story and Environment Conclusion Areas of Improvement Bonus (End of Game) Summary [7.5 out of 10] Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is a diamond smeared with peanut butter. Uncharted oozes polish from every pore except for shooting mechanics… and unfortunately for it, shooting makes up more than 1/2 [...]
Assassin's Creed Review (PS3)
Summary [8 out of 10] Assassin’s Creed, if played right, is fantastic. The epic story (dual-intertwined story arcs), flawless animations, excellent voice acting, striking environments and generally excellent graphics will have you hooked if played in chunks. Trying to burn through the game end-to-end in a marathon could leave you annoyed with some the repetitive [...]
GameSpot Fires Lead Editor for Kane & Lynch Review
I knew shenanigans were going on when I first saw the Kane & Lynch Video Review from Jeff Gerstmann over at GameSpot… lead editor. I subscribe to GameSpot, and was hanging on their video reviews to steer me in the right direction this holiday season, so I was hitting up the site every 30mins or [...]
Time Crisis 4 Review (PS3)
Summary Introduction Unboxing / Accessories Guncon 3 Calibration Note to Reader Review Conclusion Areas of Improvement Summary [6.5 out of 10] Time Crisis 4 can be a blast; a lot like having one of the arcade machines in your house. No wireless and lack of 2nd controller combined with the $90 price point was a [...]
Adobe Captivate Review and Screencasting Alternatives
Adobe Captivate (Buy $699, Upgrade $299) I met Captivate 3 years ago when it was RoboDemo 5. At that time I thought it was slick as hell to have a piece of software that would essentially capture your screen as screenshots as “slides”, and then capture any mouse or keyboard input as actions done during [...]
Ubuntu 7.10 Reviews
No that is not a Mac desktop you are looking at, that’s Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). While we covered the 7.10 release a few times before, now that it’s officially out, people smarter than me have coughed up some pretty great reviews of it. Lunapark6 has a in-depth review with a lot of screenshots covering [...]
Panasonic TH-50PZ700U – Best TV Ever
EngadgetHD is reporting that ConsumerReports recently got their hands on the Panasonic TH-50PZ700U and rated it the best TV ever. I am actually a ConsumerReports subscriber (like $7/year) and logged in to check out what all the hub-bub was about, and sure enough it was their highest rated plasma. Reading through the review it’s actually [...]
Halo 3 Mini-Review
Ok here it is… my mini-review of Halo 3. I’ll keep this short and sweet, with most sarcasm aside and just try and give you the honest low-down on it. SUCKS: It’s Halo 2 with bump mapping everwhere and some post-processing done on the image. If you want to tell me to fuck off and [...]
Halo 3 Review: 73 out of 10
Well the scores are in… Halo 3 is the greatest game made, by humans, on earth. The re-telling of the same story that wasn’t all that interesting years ago, combined with 3 new weapons and 3 new vehicles, in environments that look identical to the first game but with crazy post-processing on them is just [...]
BioShock Demo Impressions
GameSpot Bioshock Page 1. First thought that popped into my head is that it’s hitting the 360 processor ceiling. I noticed some shitty smoke effects and the water didn’t look as incredible as I expected it to. Also the frame rate seems like a constant 30fps or lower. 2. Sound is great. Not unfathomably amazing [...]
Building a Fast Home Powerline Network
Update #2: For anyone interested in a fast Powerline-based home network, we have a review of the new NETGEAR Powerline AV 200 adapters up if you are interested. In this article I’m going to discuss some of the trials and tribulations I went through to build a well-connected high-speed home network using a combination of [...]
Panasonic NB-G100P-S Infrared Toaster Oven Review
Update #1: As most of you finding this post know, Panasonic stopped selling this toaster oven shortly after it got a lot of rave reviews and a dedicated following. I assume this is due to some patent infringement owned by Black & Decker as they seem to be the only company continuing to sell IR [...]
Onkyo DS-A2 iPod Dock Review
    I recently purchased the Onkyo DS-A2 as an iPod dock for my existing Onkyo HT-R940 Receiver that I got as part of the Onkyo HT-S990THX home-theater-in-a-box setup. The idea being that we could hook our iPods up to the dock and listen to them throughout the house without needing head phones. [...]
Jura-Capresso Impressa S9 Avantgarde Review
Note: I have had this coffee maker for about 6 months now and most of my impressions are still the same. The bottom line is the coffee is excellent, but the machine requires daily (quick) cleanup, weekly (few minutes) cleanup, longer (10 minutes) decalcification every few hundred cups of coffee cleanup and really long (1 [...]
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