Month: June 2007

I have been trying Windows Vista since Beta 1 (on an old computer just for testing) and use it on my main computer as my main OS since it came out for end users in February 2007.

Today, I stumbled over the entry in Wikipedia, stating that Windows Vista is currently not supported and that’s why people who are depening on Skype might not switch to Vista because of that.

Well, indeed Raul Liive is right in his blog entry stating that there could be voice and video problems related to bad Vista drivers.

However, as Vista X64 is my main OS, I have to say, based on my experience, it’s not that bad at all. Logitech luckily released QuickCam and drivers lately that make Skype Video useable again for me.

And Realtek releases new AC97 and High Defination drivers steadly and Creative and co mostly do the same!

So, don’t be afraid trying, you maybe might be surprised how well it works!

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Mister Wong, the German competitor to the USA based Delicious, – an online bookmark manager started its English cloded beta.

Mr Wong describes itself as

“Mister Wong is Europe’s largest portal of its kind”

If you are intersted in joining the closed beta, you can email me and ask for the code to enter and sign up. I have asked whether sending it by email would be okay and they replied as long as I do not publish in Bild, it is alright. 🙂

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Driver Agent supporting Opera browser.

I have just found out today that they have started supporting Opera and even detected it right, interesting!

Driver Agent is a service that scans for drivers you have and which are old and which are up-to-date including giving source from where to download the latest ones.

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Skype enhanced its audio quality, so updating to Skype 3.2 is rquired!

Quote from Skype’s Heartbeat status site:

“Some users may experience a reduction in call quality when a call is placed from an older version of the Skype software to the newer versions. Problems with call quality are inevitable given that the older versions of Skype are being used.

Each new release of Skype improves in audio and video quality. That is why we are asking our users to get the best possible call quality by upgrading to the newer versions of the software. The best call quality is experienced when both parties are using one of these versions:

Skype for Windows 3.2 or above: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/

Skype 2.6 for Mac: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/macosx/

Skype for Linux 1.4: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/

These audio quality issues may arise only when you’re having a voice conversation partner with another person on Skype. It does not affect SkypeOut calls, i.e. calls made to landlines or mobiles, or any other features that Skype has.”

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As past info said, Real Player for Vista X64 seems to be really ready in time, or at least close to it, as RealNetworks released now RealPlayer 11 Beta, which adds Vista X64 compatibility (with yet some limitations as you can see here below).

Other features are the ability to download web videos like from YouTube on click (rather than pulling them manually from the browser’s cache directory).

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The interesting thing about Skype wi-fi phones is, that they are more or less the same. The hardware and software just gets a bit modified, but the general attributes are the same..
However the differences that are there are very important to point out. I am speaking here about firmware quality, firware updates, customer support, keypad quality, headset jack, runnning time, voice quality, echos while calls, display quality. Support of charging cradles, manual, etc.

However this review about the Edge-Core WM4201 Wi-Fi Skype phone doesn’t tell any of those major differences to us. Even Ike’s review is way better.

It eventually appears that the phone is broken, maybe she should have gotten a replacement and completing the review. Anyway, seems it’s good enough for Skype-News.com
Skype-News.com are very weird anyway! When I asked them whether they are interested in a link exchange they said that Skype does not do link exchanges. Oh yeah? So, why do I read then on the same page this?:

They even wrote it in bold! 🙂

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Granted, I am not so keen on TV series and movies, I am more the compute guy. However, there was that one TV series I used to love when I was a small little something. I remember being so fascinated about this awesome series!

I couldn’t remember its name, eventhough I kept thinking about it for years but recalling it was impossible – Recently however I have been bored on an amazing level and suddenly I managed its name – BUGS!

In the moment, I wanted to check whether it’s available on DVD. Hmm, not over here I saw but as UK import. While checking them out, I noticed that I must have missed some of them. Checking Wikipedia and other sources, I had to learn that the popularity dropped over the 4th series and maybe this was the case over here, too.

This was the moment in which I decided to ask exactly that.

Somehow I got the imagination it was VOX which aired it at first.

Accidently I cliked on “Imprint” rather than on Contact and so I was lead to here and so I have contacted them instead.

The replied pretty quick to me that it was aired on Pro7 and RTL2 instead.

In the meantime I saw a thread in the the IMDb Bugs forum called I Met Craig in which a fan writes that he mad Craig McLachlan who plaid “Ed” in the series who said there might come a 5th series somewhen.

BBC UK wrote to me that they have no further info on plans to continue the series

Carnival Films replied to me that they have currently no plans to continue the series.

In the meantime, Pro7 replied to me that they had aired all 4 series including all 10 episodes and they assume that the episodes I have missed belong to the 5th series that never has been aired however. A reply from my side asking for further information resulted into Pro7 saying they have no further info but will forward the request to get their hands on the 5th series and air it.

Armed with that information, I replied to BBC UK and Carnival Films being interested in their reaction. Their reaction was that they cannot confirm or deny and they stressed the fact, that there is no mention about a 5th series on the Official Bugs homepage.

However this could be because the company responsible for the homepage is no longer in business.

Bugs info links:

-Bugs at Wikipedia
-Official Bugs homepage.
-Bugs info page including video clips at Carnival Films’ production overview
-Bugs fan site with a lot of pics – even of 4ths series.
-Last episode info and more at Bugs’ section at TV.com

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Because the Nabaztag makes problems when setting up the first time in Windows Vista, they soon release a video tutorial.

Here a snippet out of 2 emails from them I received:

“Nabaztag/tag is not a software. We use wifi protocol. Vista (all version) is
as stable as we wanted to. Windows XP manage as well wireless Networks than Vista.

In all case Vista users must diagnose “Nabaztag wireless connection” even if
Vista shows that computer is connected with Nabaztag, and obtain a new IP
address because Vista doesn’t solve it itself.

We ask Microsoft support and response from Microsoft is “it works for us” with out any explanations. So we buy a computer with Vista and see what happens.

Finally, Microsoft as launch a feedback form in order to have the best
customer feedback. Wifi connection, in my mind must be the same on XP and
Vista.

Regards,

Fabrice
The Nabaztag Infirmary”

“We realised a flash demo (sorry in French) for our help site. This video shows
how to connect a nabaztag/tag with Windows vista. It will be available soon.

Regards,

Fabrice
The Nabaztag Infirmary”

As I do not know French myself I cannot provide a link either. If any of you can, let me know, thanks

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After ages, I have finally moved my Flickr account to Yahoo, which doesn’t make a difference at all, they both don’t have a good customer support at all!

Above you can see how this looks.

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After installing the latest release of Logitech’s SetPoint drivers/application, I received the above message after booking Vista X64 next day. I wonder what this is about especially since it has no pics I could click and it doesn’t tell me exactly what is missing.

I own the MX1000 Cordless Laser Mouse.

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