Daylight Savings Time updater for Nokia E-Series

For those that dont know yet, the US has decided to change the time-frame for Daylight Savings time this year. The short of it is this: the clocks are changed 3 weeks early and returned 1 week later. In support of its US Customers, Nokia has released a patch for their E-Series phones so that they will automatically adjust on the appropriate day.

Click the link below to get the patch from Nokia's site:

DST Patch

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 for FREE

Have you ever wanted to try another operating system and not felt comfortable enough to deal with a dual boot setup? Well lucky for you, Microsoft has recently announced that for a short while (until 02/28/2007 @ 11:00 PM) they will allow anyone to download a full working version of their Virtual PC 2007 software. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available.

Its MOSTLY aimed at people moving from one Microsoft OS to another but based upon the quick article searches I did, Linux/UNIX can run under Virtual PC :D

Click for download page: Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Nokia Caught Us....

Well as seen below in my "How to Unbrand your Cingular E62" post, several people have commented that they could not see the "reinstall" option on the Nokia Software Updater. I thought this was a little weird since the re-flash process was so incredibly easy when I did it. So I did a little research and unfortunately, it appears Nokia caught on to the little trick thats been floating around the net. They made a change to their updater that does NOT let you resintall firmware on your phone. This is a shame cause now people will have to wait that much longer for an actual fix to the lovely Cingular Java problems.

So to those that have run into this new problem I am truly sorry. Hold in there though because there are plenty of folks that have the E62 and its only a matter of time before it gets cracked again.

Patience is a virtue ;)

High-Def Players for the PC

Toshiba, one of the big backers of HD-DVD media, recently announced that they will be producing an internal HD-DVD drive for PCs. Currently it is slated to accept both single and dual-layer HD formats as well as DVD-Rs and regular old CDs. Not too shabby! It will connect via a SATA connection which is great to hear. No more IDE cables! Unfortunately, no approximate release date has been announced nor has the company released any information in regards to pricing. Considering the home HD-DVD players are still in the $400+ range, I'd say this wouldn't be too far off upon its release.

Blu-Ray discs have already enjoyed some exposure in the PC market I believe. Although they are still very expensive ;)