http://www.techbreak.net/ Techbreak en Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:00 GMT Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:00 GMT info@techbreak.net info@techbreak.net http://www.techbreak.net/dell-offering-desktops-and-notebooks-preloaded-with-ubuntu-hardy-heron/ Angry users like me have had enough of buying machines with Windows preloaded... we'd like an alternative, and since many of us are using Ubuntu as our operating system, it... http://www.techbreak.net/dell-offering-desktops-and-notebooks-preloaded-with-ubuntu-hardy-heron/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/dell-offering-desktops-and-notebooks-preloaded-with-ubuntu-hardy-heron/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/looking-back-at-the-ipods-haters/ While it might be an effective advertising, Apple will not have to rely on cute girls to sell the new iPhone... people are lining up around the block to get... http://www.techbreak.net/looking-back-at-the-ipods-haters/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/looking-back-at-the-ipods-haters/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:13:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/solar-powered-televisions/ I'm not much of a television fan... I haven't owned one, well, ever, and I'm not keen to start. Partly it's because I rarely find anything interesting to watch on... http://www.techbreak.net/solar-powered-televisions/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/solar-powered-televisions/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:45:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/bill-gates-2003-email-where-he-is-not-happy-with-microsoft/ Bill Gates is getting back a lot of love in the geek community... he's retiring from Microsoft and he's reminding us that his only crime was to try and push... http://www.techbreak.net/bill-gates-2003-email-where-he-is-not-happy-with-microsoft/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/bill-gates-2003-email-where-he-is-not-happy-with-microsoft/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:06:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/acer-aspire-4315-buy-a-laptop-in-australia-without-microsoft-windows/ I was in the market for a new laptop - my old one was doing fine, but it was hardly portable, and I needed a decent work laptop. I shopped... http://www.techbreak.net/acer-aspire-4315-buy-a-laptop-in-australia-without-microsoft-windows/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/acer-aspire-4315-buy-a-laptop-in-australia-without-microsoft-windows/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:23:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/wine-10-almost-released/ Wine 1.0 has a release candidate, which means the developers have picked a stable version of the upcoming software, and want to iron out any further, glaring bugs. What is... http://www.techbreak.net/wine-10-almost-released/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/wine-10-almost-released/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:39:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/msi-wind-impressions/ There's been a lot of noise about the Asus Eee PC... certainly, the Eee was a brilliant promotion. A low-end notebook, rugged and durable, for less than $400. Great! A... http://www.techbreak.net/msi-wind-impressions/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/msi-wind-impressions/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:44:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/windows-xp-sp3-causing-problems/ Windows users have rabidly stuck to their XP operating system - the problems with Vista have kept users from adopting the new operating system, Vista. In order to keep Windows... http://www.techbreak.net/windows-xp-sp3-causing-problems/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/windows-xp-sp3-causing-problems/ Mon, 12 May 2008 21:40:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/swimming-pool-heated-with-waste-heat-from-server-farm/ Ah, wonderful. Those clever efficient Swiss... Wired News reports of a computer center that recycles its heat by channeling it to heat the local swimming pool. It's a mentality that... http://www.techbreak.net/swimming-pool-heated-with-waste-heat-from-server-farm/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/swimming-pool-heated-with-waste-heat-from-server-farm/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:46:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/lamp-knits-itself/ Knitted lamps aren't so fashionable anymore, but they do give your home a nice DIY feel. And knitting is coming back as the latest craze to hit the nightclubs, with... http://www.techbreak.net/lamp-knits-itself/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/lamp-knits-itself/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:09:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/undersea-cables-cut-on-purpose/ It was big news... five undersea telecommunication cables were broken in the Middle Eat last month, causing major outages to India. People were quick to point fingers and yell 'Conspiracy... http://www.techbreak.net/undersea-cables-cut-on-purpose/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/undersea-cables-cut-on-purpose/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:07:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/microsoft-top-management-having-tough-times-with-vista/ Microsoft Vista was a massive failure as an operating system... though the company tries to spin the failure with funny statistics. It's an operating system beleaguered with problems... from drivers... http://www.techbreak.net/microsoft-top-management-having-tough-times-with-vista/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/microsoft-top-management-having-tough-times-with-vista/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:45:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/staples-tried-to-rip-off-senior-citizen-with-bogus-computer-repairs/ From The Consumerist, a vile story from a reader, who watched as a Staples technician tried to sell more than $400 worth of services to a senior citizen who had... http://www.techbreak.net/staples-tried-to-rip-off-senior-citizen-with-bogus-computer-repairs/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/staples-tried-to-rip-off-senior-citizen-with-bogus-computer-repairs/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:53:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/ubuntu-hardy-heron-alpha-released/ It's no big secret that I love Ubuntu, the Linux distribution that finally, to me, made sense. It's been a long time since I used Windows on my laptop at... http://www.techbreak.net/ubuntu-hardy-heron-alpha-released/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/ubuntu-hardy-heron-alpha-released/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:46:00 GMT http://www.techbreak.net/firefox-30-plugs-major-memory-leaks/ Firefox 3.0 is due to come out in March 2008, and open source supporters are excited about the news. The latest version of the web browser has been drawing some... http://www.techbreak.net/firefox-30-plugs-major-memory-leaks/#comments http://www.techbreak.net/firefox-30-plugs-major-memory-leaks/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:42:00 GMT