iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard

Over this Christmas Amazon had a deal for the iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard for Pocket PC's and bluetooth enabled phones for $30 that normally is around $150. That deal is no longer offered but here's one offer available there.

It is pretty compact and very easy to use and setup. I had no problems using it with my Dell X51v. I installed the software provided and it has worked great. I have also found that it is very good on battery drain and I haven't noticed any additional drain beyond what I experience during normal use.

I needed some minor adjustments in my typing skills, because it is a small keyboard some keys are used for three characters. For example the Q, 1, and ! are all on the same key. To use the extra characters there is a blue and a green Fn key that enables you to choose the appropriate character that you need.

I am very satisfied with the iGo Stowaway keyboard and I keep it with me wherever I go so that whenever I get a chance to write anything, I can at a moments notice. The letter recognizer or on screen keyboard on my Pocket PC are pretty easy to use but with the iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard it is even a lot faster and easier.

Unmanned aerial vehicles the size of a cigarette

Now I think this is really cool. Things just keep getting smaller and better. An article on Unmanned aerial vehicles the size of a cigarette

SigmaTel Audio, WaveOut mix, Gateway, & Vista

I came across an issue with my new computer and I blame LAWYERS and the RIAA! ! ! ! From what I have found is that certain companies are not allowing recording what is coming out of the speakers of your computer. The option is disable by default in Vista but on some systems can be enabled this way unless it is not allowed by the audio card manufacturer by not providing it in the driver or hardware.

• Right-click on the speaker icon on the system tray
• Select "Recording Devices"
• In the resulting dialog,ensure that the "Recording" tab is selected
• In the middle of the dialog, right click on the empty area and select "Show Disabled Devices". The Stereo Mix device will be selected.
• Right click on the Stereo Mix device and select "Enable".
  

I can't enable it on my Gateway GM5626 as I have found others have said Gateway and Dell may not allow this. I am sure it is the fear of lawsuits is the reason. I am sure part of the reason there are lawsuits is the amount of music being stolen.

Vista copying finally got alot better

Microsoft should have done this a long, long time ago, from the beginning. There was many, many times with previous versions of Windows when I was copying or moving a big folder to another drive or subfolder and one file had a problem and it would error and stop in the middle and there was no way to know what file caused it or even what files were copied and not copied. In Vista you have the option to skip the file and keep copying or moving the rest of the files.

Another thing I like is the third option given when the possibility of overwriting a file(s). You have always had the options to overwrite the file or cancel it, but now you have the option of copying it but it adds a (2) to the file so you can keep successive versions of files if you need to.

Blue Ray vs HD-DVD war over?

I hope the reports of BlueRay's probable winning the latest format war turn out to be true. Sony got screwed during the VHS vs Beta war in the 80's. They had the better format but some excellent marketing made an inferior format be the most popular. BlueRay seems to be superior to the HD-DVD format and maybe this time the best format will win.

Warner Bros. to back Blu-ray DVD format exclusively
Paramount has clause to back-out of HD DVD support deal