Possibly Dell’s response to the launch of Apple’s MacBook Air.
Sometimes I get really annoyed when I make these support calls. There’s always a lag time of like 0.3 milliseconds and I could finish a biscuit in that amount of time. But what really pisses me off is the accent. The accent that make technical support a lot more technical than it supposed to be. Whatever happen to your friendly support people? They’re probably in a bloody call center in India. Anyway, here are some video clips of people’s experience with call centers that might just make you go what-the-ahem.
call center salesman goes insane (REAL RECORDING)
I can believable, like a little girl. As long as this doesn’t happen to me, he’s the funniest call center salesman. The salesman is in Panama.
Here’s one from Microsoft support center. I don’t know what he’s talking about.
Funny Microsoft support center call
The Microsoft support personnel is probably from India. Here’s a video of what call centers do in India.
Indian Call Centre
Well, if you have a computer problem, consider this - unplug it and plug it right back. Sometimes, you don’t really benefit from calling call centers. If you’re a novice computer user, you probably can’t convey your computer problem in the right terms and the support fellow from India tries to tell you to check if your power button is on. He probably is laughing with his colleagues after he puts down your phone call. Should you be an expert computer user, calling support lines is like teaching the call center support personnel something new.
So you know what - forget it. If you have a problem, go to your expert computer friend. Buy him or her lunch of something and ask them for help. No strange accent. No lag.
Here is what the Razer Diamondback mouse come with:
(From the legendary Razer Boomslang to the Razer Viper and now the Razer Diamondback… you are now Razer.)
Certificate of authenticity
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Oh wow, I’m like so honored. I am now Razer. Right…
Kids today are so empowered, they can be a guitarist, a drummer or a footballer. Well, in the arcade, but…
Now they can be a firefighter too:
(Fight fire at the arcade.)
Oh, this is so awesome, I wanted to be a firefighter when I was 5. (Then again at 5, I wanted to be a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, a construction worker, a fish and a teacher too.)
According to a report, Intel decided to postpone launch of 45nm quadcore CPUs due to lack of competition from AMD. AMD’s upcoming Phenom is not really that phenomenal.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT, Intel has decided to postpone the launch of its 45nm quad-core CPUs because AMD is in such a mess.
Digitimes said it learned from motherboard makers that the chippery was scheduled to launch in January next year. But now the mobo mob have coughed that the launch will be put back a month or two.
Apparently, Intel will flog its 65nm quad-core processors for a while longer since AMD’s triple-core and upcoming Phenom CPUs aren’t ready.
The chips we’re talking about here are the Core 2 Quad Q9300, Q9450 and Q9550, Digitimes said.
Source: The Inquirer
I guess Intel can rest for another 3 months. Not a good news for technology lovers though. I have at least 2 friends waiting quite impatiently for Intel Core 2 Quads.
I always welcome faster speeds and better power efficiency, USB 3.0 promises 4.8 Gbps. I probably won’t need that kind of speed, but it still kinda excites me anyhow.
USB 3.0 - 10 Times Faster - In the Works for 2009
Well, USB fans, things are going to get even more interesting and soon. USB 2.0 may be fast enough right now, but with more high-definition video products arriving and bigger and bigger files being transferred, that won’t be the case forever. Enter USB 3.0, which moves the bandwidth needle from 480Mbps to roughly 4.8Gbps, 10 times faster than the current version.
The new standard, which was recently demonstrated using a new optical cable (but the same connector), will be backward compatible with older USB formats and promises better power efficiency, too, in order to decrease the load on portable devices. Possibly in the works: Better ability to charge devices over USB, some of which still require an A/C adapter or two USB connections to draw enough juice.
Specs are planned to be delivered early next year with commercial availability for 2009.
Source: Yahoo! Tech
However, power efficiency improvements are always great.
We all welcome better laptop batteries don’t we? News regarding extra longer lasting batteries excites people a lot but I doubt that it would come so soon.
Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery
Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling an electrical device like a laptop for years.
Although betavoltaic batteries sound Nuclear theyâre not, theyâre neither use fission/fusion or chemical processes to produce energy and so (do not produce any radioactive or hazardous waste). Betavoltaics generate power when an electron strikes a particular interface between two layers of material. The Process uses beta electron emissions that occur when a neutron decays into a proton which causes a forward bias in the semiconductor. This makes the betavoltaic cell a forward bias diode of sorts, similar in some respects to a photovoltaic (solar) cell. Electrons scatter out of their normal orbits in the semiconductor and into the circuit creating a usable electric current.
The profile of the batteries can be quite small and thin, a porous silicon material is used to collect the hydrogen isotope tritium which is generated in the process. The reaction is non-thermal which means laptops and other small devices like mobile phones will run much cooler than with traditional lithium-ion power batteries. The reason the battery lasts so long is that neutron beta-decay into protons is the world’s most concentrated source of electricity, truly demonstrating Einsteinâs theory E=MC2.
The best part about these cells are when they eventually run out of power they are totally inert and non-toxic, so environmentalists need not fear these high tech scientific wonder batteries. If all goes well plans are for these cells to reach store shelves in about 2 to 3 years.
Source: Next Energy News
Huh? 2 to 3 years? Make it 20 to 30 years. Somehow things are just going to not get approved and blah blah. It probably never get rolled out. I think technology news has owe us a lot of promised products.
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