Watch out for those reviews…

154117109_1aee1dcb5b_o Recently I was buying a notebook HDD, and after considering a Samsung SpinPoint model, I’ve looked around the net to see if there were any known issues with the model. So I stumbled upon this page and my blood ran cold. Quote:

One of the most common problems Samsung ...

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Avalonix Wireless Camera review

A wireless security camera is quite an interesting piece of technical equipment, which – the conventional wisdom holds – can deter people from breaking the rules (whatever those might be) or help after the fact demonstrate “who done it”. Their real value is however questionable. For one, they can become a prime ...

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Grooveshark

2454524589_b86461507f_bDisclaimer: I received no compensation for this review. All the opinions are my own.

There are a couple of actions you can do with music you have on your computer:

  • You can listen to an arbitrary song from your library
  • You can jump in the song you are listening to ...
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Sony Ericsson Satio

I admit: I didn’t jump on the “hip new phone with all kinds of bells and whistles” bandwagon yet. I’m very content with my small, sturdy Nokia. However one has to admit that there is a certain kind of wow effect when one looks at phones like the ...

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LandAirSea Systems - GPS Tracking

landairsealogo GPS Tracking is a contentious issue, even more when it is forced on the subject. There are however situations where we can be legally obligated to subject ourselves to such tracking (for example when we are using the car of the employer or if our legal guardian wishes so). The ...

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CBT Planet - PR Newswire

cbt planet recently announced their MCITP bootcamps for 2010. MCITP stands for Microsoft Certified IT Professional, and in good Microsoft tradition, it doesn’t stand for one certification, but rather a group of certifications. So we have (list taken from the Microsoft site):

  • MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7
  • MCITP: Consumer ...
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cbt planet

The issue of certifications is a contentious one in the field of IT. On one hand there are the people who try to hire without having necessarily the expertise to judge the candidate (ie. HR). On the other hand there are the people who complain about the low quality of ...

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Carcassonne – a great boardgame

My personal favorites are (board)games which create complexity from simple rules, for example chess, go or FPSs in the virtual world. A boardgame which comes close to this ideal is Carcassonne. The rules can be explained in less than two minutes and it is great fun! See below the ...

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Freakonomics review

[![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hrvCBhtWhJ4/Spk7R7VvqjI/AAAAAAAABMk/A7kIaVald-w/s320/51YA2F7-dPL._SL160_.jpg)](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060731338?ie=UTF8&tag=hypefree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060731338)

I know, I know, I’m quite late to the game (Freakonomics was first published in 2005 ...

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