It all happened on 16th August 2008 where my Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 died on me while I was doing my usual torture tests for some Gainward 9800GT graphic cards. I decided to take this opportunity to have a massive upgrade, making a new unit and have both units upgraded to Windows Vista, a much newer operating system (OS) compared to Windows XP which was first released in 2001.

The following day, gleefully I came home with 2 units of Windows Vista Home Basic (32bit), I heard many good words about how stable and secure is Vista, furthermore the ones I bought came with Service Pack 1 (SP1) - so yeah, what could go wrong with Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1?

Continue reading » Windows Vista - Feels Like Windows 98

I’m sure you guys remember my article about the Nokia N-Gage Event that I attended somewhere in late May this year.

Guess what happened for the past month?

Continue reading » The Nokia N-Gage Experience

Ushering the arrival of Mozilla’s latest browser, the Firefox Download Day was set and word was spread as if it was the resurrection of Elvis Presley.

This article is not a review of the browser though but do read on and understand WHY I decide to write something about this initiative.

Continue reading » Firefox 3 Download Day - Setting A Guinness World Record?

Through my years of moderating 2 tech related forums and also having being a before-I-buy-my-PC consultant to both friends and strangers, it’s quite common to see that many actually think that PC Fair IS “THE TIME” to buy computer parts. The truth of the matter is otherwise.

Continue reading » My Thoughts On PC Fair