Netflix CEO Apologizes; Changes Name of DVD Operations

Email From The CEO of Netflix

Apparently the CEO of Netflix is sending out emails to previous (and current?) subscribers apologizing for the abrupt change in pricing. To make up for it they are moving all DVD operations to a new web site and giving it a different name. Qwikster. We’ll see how that works out after everyone forgets how to spell it and [...]

Get rid of the Windows 8 Metro UI [app]

RPToggle app by Alt F** This

We’ve tried out the Windows 8 Developer Preview and so far it looks pretty nice. Except the Metro Start Menu is not very good interface if your running it on a desktop or laptop PC. We said Alt F** That and made an app that will allow you to toggle the new start menu in [...]

Inside a Desktop Recovered From A Fire [album]

Inside a Desktop Recovered From a Fire

This right here is why offsite backups are important. The owner of this computer brought it to us in the hope that the hard drives were still working. Unfortunately, they weren’t. The internal hard drive wouldn’t spin up and their external hard drive was melted. Don’t keep your backups sitting on top of your computer. Photos [...]

Inside a smokers computer [video]

Inside a smokers computer

Software can test a lot of things when you are trying to determine a hardware problem. But there are just some things that a program just cant warn you about. Normal computers have a fair amount of dust in them but the majority of it doesn’t stick to anything and exits through the vents. Smokers [...]

New CPU Hierarchy Chart From Tom’s Hardware

CPUHierachy

Every month Tom’s Hardware conducts benchmarks on the latest CPU’s and publishes a report on the Best Gaming CPUs for the Money. This month they focus on Intel’s new Sandy Bridge CPUs. Check the source for the 6 page breakdown or hit up the PDF link for just the chart itself. Source: Tom’s Hardware – [...]

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Netflix CEO Apologizes; Changes Name of DVD Operations

Filed under Tech News by on September 19, 2011 at 10:31 pm {}

Apparently the CEO of Netflix is sending out emails to previous (and current?) subscribers apologizing for the abrupt change in pricing. To make up for it they are moving all DVD operations to a new web site and giving it a different name. Qwikster.

We’ll see how that works out after everyone forgets how to spell it and ends up on the wrong website.

In Related News: Twitter user Jason Castillo (@Qwikster) gained over 8,000 followers in a matter of hours, up from about 23 earlier this morning. On his feed he mentions that 3 people have offered to buy his account. However giving his age and occupation it is a low-ball figure.

The full email from Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix is after the break. (more…)

Get rid of the Windows 8 Metro UI [app]

Filed under Apps, How to by on September 18, 2011 at 10:33 pm {}

We’ve tried out the Windows 8 Developer Preview and so far it looks pretty nice. Except the Metro Start Menu is not very good interface if your running it on a desktop or laptop PC.

We said Alt F** That and made an app that will allow you to toggle the new start menu in the easiest way possible.

Simply run RPToggle and it will automatically change the appropriate registry values and restart the necessary processes.

Download RPToggle Here.

Inside a Desktop Recovered From A Fire [album]

Filed under WTF by on April 6, 2011 at 12:52 am {}

This right here is why offsite backups are important. The owner of this computer brought it to us in the hope that the hard drives were still working. Unfortunately, they weren’t. The internal hard drive wouldn’t spin up and their external hard drive was melted.

Don’t keep your backups sitting on top of your computer.

Photos of the damage after the break:  (more…)

Inside a smokers computer [video]

Filed under WTF by on January 26, 2011 at 4:07 pm {}

Software can test a lot of things when you are trying to determine a hardware problem. But there are just some things that a program just cant warn you about.

Normal computers have a fair amount of dust in them but the majority of it doesn’t stick to anything and exits through the vents.

Smokers computers are different. A layer of tar forms over the components and the dust sticks to it. Over time it will clot together which blocks the airflow. When that happens the computer warms up and becomes a very habitable place for spiders, cockroaches, and mold.

I didn’t find any insects in this once but the heatsink on the CPU was almost completely blocked off with hardend tar-dust growing mold.

The sight of it made a small child cry. Video after the break: (more…)

New CPU Hierarchy Chart From Tom’s Hardware

Filed under Tech News by on January 26, 2011 at 12:31 pm {}

Every month Tom’s Hardware conducts benchmarks on the latest CPU’s and publishes a report on the Best Gaming CPUs for the Money.

This month they focus on Intel’s new Sandy Bridge CPUs. Check the source for the 6 page breakdown or hit up the PDF link for just the chart itself.

Source: Tom’s Hardware – PDF: Download

 
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