Logitech mm28 Portable Speaker - A Must for MP3 Players and Laptops

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Ok – I found a new gadget and I had to share. This speaker is a must have for anyone with an IPod or portable music player. It is a portable, battery powered or plug powered speaker that you can hook to your portable mp3 player, portable CD player, and/or laptop to give it full sound!

I just bought a couple of Zune MP3 players (Microsoft’s version of the IPod) and was looking for something to let me play music out loud. I received the information about this deal in one of my emails, read the reviews on it (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1979218,00.asp and http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/logitech_mm28/index.shtml) and decided to order two from Buy.com (Click Here to See It).

Since my Zune’s haven’t come in the mail yet, I hooked one up to my BlackJack phone and fired up some music from there. Wow! I like them so much I am ordering one more to keep in the kitchen! Can’t beat the price - $14 with free shipping on Buy.com, and you can pay $5.00 more and get a 2 year warranty (they were around $60.00 when they first came out.)

Pros: Great sound and will boost anything with an phones or audio out jack. Ultra-Portable – About 10 inches wide by 1.25 inches thick runs around 30-40 hours off of 4 AA batteries or forever on an AC Jack. It has a nice built in plastic protective case for the speaker that turns into a stand when opened, and the audio cable is stored in the back of the unit.

Cons: The audio cable is really short to allow it to store in the back of the unit, but this can be easily solved by picking up an extender at radio shack. For an audiophile like me there is not a lot of bass, but the sound quality is still nice for the size of the speaker. I like it so far – so these are minor things that don’t really affect my suggestion to get one!

Click Here to Buy it From Buy.com!

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Fixing Corrupt XP System Files

I created this post because I have been using this fix for years, and thought it was worth sharing. Note that this only fixes corrupted system files that have not been hacked and patched by a lot of third party programs, so it works 70-80% of the time without any further diagnosis.

You will need:

1. To be running the Windows XP operating system
2. A Windows XP CD that is the same version as the one you are running (for example you can't use an XP Home CD if you are running XP Professional.)

Directions:

1. Place the Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD drive
2. Click on the Start Menu
   
3. Select the Run Option
   
4. Type in sfc /scannow and hit the enter key.
   

The interface should load, and give you the option of repairing your system files. Again, if you have made a lot of manual registry modifications or installed programs that made a lot of changes to the system files, this may not fix your issues.

- Presario

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Microsoft Offers Office 2007 Ultimate Edition to Students for $60

Microsoft is offering Office 2007 Ultimate edition to all students who are actively enrolled at an educational institution and have a valid e-mail address from the institution for $60. The normal price for this package is around $500. Details are available in official press release. This offer ends 4/30/2008.

The suite includes:
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
Microsoft Office Access 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
Office OneNote 2007
Office Groove 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007

Click Here for the official home page for the offer.

- Presario

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