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Now I Remember Why I HATE Rebates

MrGroove — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:44:24 +0000

It’s a SCAM, it’s a RACKET, it’s… <sigh> a game… Well, what should I have expected? Even as I was buying the new memory from NewEGG.com I KNEW this was going to happen. Today I received an email from Corsair: Thank you for participating in the Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5 $35 Rebate at Newegg.com and Newegg.ca promotion. [...]

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NewEgg.com offering 15% Cashback Today with PayPal

MrGroove — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:44:00 +0000

Looks like NewEgg and PayPal are “finally” teaming up and taking a lesson from the Live.com CachBack incentive program I recently talked about. For 1 day only “so they say” NewEgg is offering 15% Cashback when using PayPal to complete the purchase. Below is the marketing I found on it as well as a [...]

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4th Times the Charm – TIVO Service Disconnected

MrGroove — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:02:23 +0000

Back in February, I had Verizon FIOS High Speed Internet Installed. At the time they only had FIOS Internet and FIOS Phone Service. No Cable. Last week after 10 months of waiting, Verizon FIOS Cable was finally available so I had it installed. The cutover from Comcast was fairly straight forward. My Series 2 Tivo [...]

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Microsoft Updates Deep Zoom Composer

MrGroove — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Yesterday Microsoft released Deep Zoom Composer Version 0.9.00.6. If you havn’t played with the App yet, it’s a VERY groovy little tool which prepares images for display using the Deep Zoom feature in Silverlight 2. I first was introduced to the Deep Zoom features of Silverlight when I was browsing through the Vertigo site. Vertigo is [...]

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Microsoft Releases Out-Of-Band Security Update MS08-067

MrGroove — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:15:30 +0000

It’s rare but it does happen from time to time when Microsoft gets a WIFF of a nasty security exploit in their OS/Software. Today Microsoft is releasing an Out-Of-Band Security update “Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644)” to address a known Public Exploit which can take control over the majority of [...]

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AT&T iPhone Service in Seattle is Dead Since 2PM PST

MrGroove — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:09:34 +0000

I have no idea what’s going on with Apple but, I’m pretty sure all iPhone users (and possibly all AT&T Wireless Users) are down with no Mobile Service here in Seattle WA. I noticed the problem around 2pm PST. My 3G Apple iPhone shows full bars & 3G service but I cant make or receive [...]

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Get Virtual Now - Microsoft Virtualization Launch Event

MrGroove — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:30:24 +0000

Today I attended the Microsoft Get Virtual Now Product launch / product showcase in Bellevue Washington. I didn’t bring my notebook, just my iPhone so we will see how this blog post turns out (using the iPhone Worspress App.) During one of the Keynote sessions, Bob Muglia announced the release of Hyper-V Server 2008 as a free [...]

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Creative Use of a Great Photo!

MrGroove — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:35:29 +0000

Recently on the Microsoft Live.com Website, I’ve really enjoyed the photo’s they’ve been using as their Template. My favorite to date however was the 8/24/08 photo of Jeremy Wariner in the final leg of the Men’s 4 x 400M Relay. While I was taking a look at the photo I thought to myself: Where do you [...]

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Scotty!! We Need More Power!!!!

MrGroove — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:40:50 +0000

Just goes to show, every now and then, we all have "one" of those moments. Recently however it seems feedburner has been having more problems than normal. Fortunately for them, their Dad has deep pockets and "plenty" of servers to throw at a problem like this. Is it fixed yet ? Dick? Eric? Sergey? Larry? Steve? [...]

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Windows Live Writer - Auto Save DUH!

Apple Releases New iPhone Firmware to iTunes 2.0.2

MrGroove — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:34 +0000

Just grabbed the latest firmware for my iPhone. I’m hoping this fixes some of the LAG issues I’ve been having while using Contacts as well as the battery draining issues pretty much everyone I know of is having. I just started the update and like the last update (2.0.1) it’s a BEAST and it [...]

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