Tech With Xecab

I have completely switched from Outlook 2007 to Gmail for just about all of my email needs. I will continue to use Outlook to download my email periodically for backup purposes and for storing my contacts. The contact feature in Gmail is disappointing and is lacking in feature set when compared to what Microsoft offers. [...]

I have been a very big fan of McAlister’s sweet tea for some time now. My love affair with the tea started while visiting a Verizon Wireless store. A man was walking around in the store with a plastic glass full of tea. I had seen the restaurant, but had not yet visited. Upon seeing [...]

I have to confess that I kind of feel like an idiot. When I’m composing an email and want to go back into Gmail and look at an existing email, I have to save my email in order to get back to all mail. No longer. I never noticed the little button on the top [...]

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, Trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it, Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, Snap it, work it, quick erase it, Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, Load it, check it, quick rewrite it, Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, Drag it, [...]

Kristofer Brozio over at Test Freaks has a new series of tests. This time the tests are with 16GB Flash Drives. He has also tested other flash drives and I have to say, these are the most thorough flash drive tests you are going to fine. I hope he keeps up the great work. http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/16gb-usb-drive-comparison-17-drives-compared/ [...]

Michael J. Nelson is best known from his work on Mystery Science Theater 3000. This was a brilliant show and ran for about 10 years. Since MST3K went off the air 10 years ago, Mike Nelson has written a few books. They are wonderful and the humor is top notch. I have read two of [...]

I think Microsoft has finally been able to produce a good commercial for Windows and PCs. I really enjoyed the commercial and found myself really caring about what is happening to the lady. Good work! Tags: Ad, Computer, Laptop, Microsoft, Notebook, Windows

Almost everyone has heard a Moby song. There have been several prominent television comercials which have featured his music along with radio play and movies. His music is very distinctive, some can actually pick out a Moby song they have never heard before. The album “18″ is the followup to his very sucessful album “play”. [...]

I have been testing out these new beta drivers from Nvidia and so far they seem great. I was using 6 month old 176.xx and there were some applications that just did not render as well as they should. Seems much better now. These are beta drivers, but if you are looking to upgrade, give [...]

Starting April 7th, iTunes will change the pricing of individual songs. The price on tracks which are considered popular will increase from $.99 to $1.29. Tracks not considered popular any longer will have a price decrease from $.99 to $.69. There has been talk about this happening for years. I guess I am in favor [...]

Chrome is fast. I mean really fast. To me, it seems 2 to 3 times faster than other browser. Rendering pages seems faster along with starting up the browser from a cold boot. This speed definitely translates into a nicer browsing experience. Tabs are separated into different processes on the computer. This is perhaps one [...]

The Blackberry Storm looks like a great phone, however I’m not completely convinced that it is the Blackberry for me to get. Not having a keyboard worries me since I would be composing a lot of emails on the phone. The touch screen for a keyboard is just not going to work as well. Now [...]

This is one of my favorite videos on YouTube. Ever time I see it I am amazed. Even if I knew how they did the trick, I would still be amazed. How can someone come up with something like this. Tags: Television, Video, Youtube

About 6 months ago, I purchased a Sandisk Cruzer from a family member. They had purchased the drive using a rebate, but never needed it. It sat around still sealed and was never used. While at their house, I asked if they wanted to sell since they had no plans to use it. They agreed [...]

I recently was able to purchase a Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager Flash Drive for $18 shipped after rebate. The price seemed too good to pass up. Before this new drive, the main flash drive I had with me all the time was a Sandisk 4GB Cruzer. It did what it was suppose to do, but [...]