Microsoft fixes Windows Genuine Advantage problems

From Friday until Saturday Microsoft had to repair a problem with the Window Genuine Advantage validation system. If you attempted to validate during that time and were refused or received a message that your software wasn't genuine please retry again. Microsoft worked around he clock until the problem was rectified.

Google Including StarOffice in the Google Pack

Google apparently has decided it wants to offer more competition against Microsoft this week when Google decided it would include StarOffice in their Google Pack. What a brillant move! Google gets to offer an MS Office alternative that hopefully more people will pick up and use. Sun (who makes StarOffice) might have the benefit of getting more exposure to their software.

Windows Mobile 6 looks excellent

I've had some chances lately to closely examine Windows Mobile 6. I have to say that this operating system rocks. It seems to be faster than it's predecessor and far more complete. I do hope that this operating system will be available to everyone for every compatible Pocket PC mobile device soon.

The HTC lineup of Pocket PC mobile devices is an example for all to follow. Great engineering, fast response time, and just simply cool design.

The 4GB question for 650i/680i NVIDIA chipsets

I've had quite a few friends and PC enthusiasts ask me if I knew of any known problems with motherboards containing the 650i and 680i NVIDIA chipsets and 4gb of memory. I told all of them I was not aware of any problems except a few cases where individuals purchased memory which was not tested or certified for a particular motherboard. I did tell a few people about extreme high voltage memory and certain problems. Once again, this is a good reason to double check the memory you buy with the memory module manufacturer and/or the motherboard manufacturer.

Anyone seeking to take full advantage of 4gb of memory will need a 64 bit operating system such as Microsoft Vista 64 bit. If not then you'll only see just a little more than 3GB in a 32 bit operating system such as Microsoft Vista 32 bit.