Tag: vaio

  • Sony Vaio keyboard help needed!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have a Sony Vaio laptop (model VGN- SZ3VWP). Unfortunately our 2yr old decided a while back that most of the keys on the keyboard were superfluous and he pried them off (see above). He was so proud!!! There doesn’t appear to be a Sony repair center in Seville – well the only ones I…

  • Worldwide Telescope launches half-baked!

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    Microsoft launched their much-hyped WorldWide Telescope this morning. The application has a lot of promise as an educational tool, in that it can make astronomy fun and engaging. First off, there is no Mac version. Boo! For this reason alone, I should have just walked away. But I didn’t because it promised so much and…

  • Ubuntu deleted my Windows partition!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I installed Ubuntu (a Linux distro) on my Vaio a few months back and loved it. It was fast, it was stable and I felt I was achieving a certain amount of geeky street cred for using it! Then, more recently there was a new version of Ubuntu released – 7.10. I upgraded to 7.10…