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So here I am using my laptop that I built and all of the sudden I start getting this stupid flicker. At first it looks like it is a hardware issue with the LED display but as I test and do some research I find that it is a Windows 7 bug. Not that Microsoft will actually take any blame here as they will just tell you that it is the drivers and a compatibility with some software… blah blah. I find it frustrating that we the consumer have to accept these issues in a continued bases but there have been so many challenges with various Windows versions. We are brain washed to believe that things do not need to always work the way they are intended and that’s OK… Bull Shit it is!

The GEEK would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. Looking back at 2009 I know our site is not offered much but with a new and fresh year here it is time to revive our focus on all that is geek and to call on you for your input and ideas.

I am sure if you have a T-Mobile Sidekick then you know about the outage that Microsoft/Danger’s servers have caused. In the latest update, dated 10/10/09, it was mentioned that customers contacts are more than likely, not recoverable. You know where I am going with this.

I find it extremely surprising and frustrating that ANY company that deals with data can let something like this happen. Are you telling me that they had NO form of backup in place on these servers or was it someone’s incompetence that allowed this to happen? As a paying customer, I would like to think that if part of my service is the fact that my contacts are backed up on these servers then I would fully expect that the appropriate failsafes would be in place. Thanks again Microsoft!

Does everyone remember when the ZUNE crashed last year? For some BS reason it could not work the last day of the year. It had something to do with the extra day in the year giving us 366 days. And let’s not forget VISTA! So again, Microsoft lets us down. How is any of this acceptable?
This is not just a Microsoft issue as their partner Danger is just as much to blame as well as T-Mobile themselves for not having any form of quality control in place to prevent this from happening. Yeah, Yeah… make whatever excuse you want for them.

Update! 10/14/09

So as they continue to work on the server challenges they have become optimistic that they might be able to recover some of the lost data however considering we are in the 2nd week I do not see it happening.

Here is a little something i wrote on the Zune.Net Forum… I have been experiencing a Critical Error with my ZUNE software and I am at the end of my rope with the apparent lack of care Microsoft is taking in their development.

WE need something new!!! Windows is OLD.

“OK… I too am having this issue… I find it funny that there is all this back and forth about this.

Hey Microsoft!!!! When did we stop being the customer? Why do WE need to fix your failures? We all work hard to have the things we have is it seams pretty ridicules that there are hundreds of forums talking about this same issue and NO FIX from Microsoft. I mean sure there are ways to get is running but what about the computer users that are not technical at all… trust me there are more of them then us.

This is your Product with your Software on your Operating System. When do you take the responsibility to make it work? I like my ZUNE but I have to tell you I have never had an issue with an IPOD that was this bad. Apple’s software works fine on vista.”

FIX FOUND!!!!  Located on the ZUNE Forum… CLICK HERE