Archive for September, 2007

Filed Under (Technology) by tradervic on September-6-2007



I’m sure when I speak, I don’t speak alone when I say — what’s taking at&t and Apple so long to bring the iPhone to business customers? Their initial and only public response was that they wanted to meet the needs of the retail market first. Give me a break!

The retail market has an ample supply of iphones and the price reduction yesterday from $599 to $399 gives CLEAR indication that supplies of the device are not tight. If at&t/Apple was serious about bringing the phone to the business market, then they would have introduced it prior to cutting price by 33%.  

In my situation, being a business customer with at&t, I get a discount on device purchases and monthly service. I can forego the discount on the device (that’s a one time hit), but I don’t want to make any commitment unless a get a to keep my discount on service (as this can quickly surpass cost of phone).  At this point, it seems like wishful thinking if you believe the iphone is coming to business customers anytime soon.

Steve/at&t, PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG!!

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Filed Under (HD) by tradervic on September-5-2007



I got myself the Heroes HD-DVD box set and I have to say the picture quality is breath taking. Unfortunately, disc 2 of the set does not play using PowerDVD 7.3 with Vista 32bit. I sent an inquiry to Cyberlink and here is what they have to say.

Tradervic:
I insert disc 2 of Heroes HD-DVD box set into xbox HD-DVD player and this screen pops up. I hit yes and it stays black indefinately.  When I re-insert disc again and press view certificate and install the Certificate, nothing changes. Same Black Screen.

Cyberlink Reply:
Thank you for contacting CyberLink Online Support.
We understand your concern related with PowerDVD Ultra software.
In regard to your issue, please note that we have checked this issue in our labs and found the same issue as you are facing.
To resolve this issue, we will soon release a soon release a patch file for PowerDVD Ultra software. So, please keep visting CyberLink website for future updates.

So, I guess we wait until Cyberlink releases the patch…..hopefully sooner than later.


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Filed Under (TV Shows) by tradervic on September-2-2007



Buzzfans, Not sure if this is fact or fiction, but just passing it on anyway. Seems like the following celebrities have been revealed by the Donald for Apprentice 7. They include Jim Cramer, Kimora Lee Simmons, Dana Patrick, George Foreman, Carmen Electra, Joan Rivers, Naomi Judd, Pete Rose, Tony Hawk, Jeff Gordon and Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth (can’t believe she is back). Donald is also said to be in negotiations with Paris and Britney Spears, but we will see!

CramerKimora Lee
Dana PatrickGeorge Foreman
Carmen ElectraParis Hilton


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