>Tribute to MSF in Pakistan – 2010 Flood

> MSF, along with many other worthy organizations, were on the ground (so to speak) helping the victims of the devastating flood in Pakistan this past month. While the waters have subsided, the painful task of rebuilding has just begun. MSF is also still in place treating wounds and helping fight the diseases that inevitably come when mother nature decides to remind us who is really in charge. This is a mirror of Kirke420’s entry to the MSF’s Got Talent Competition. The song is by Roger Waters from his “Amused To Death" album. Work on the song began two months ago but became eerily real when real tragedy struck in the Middle East and MSF jumped into action. How to donate: On MSF’s recommendation I have set up donation pages at the following sites; Firstgiving: http://www.firstgiving.com Justgiving: http://www.justgiving.com THIS SITE ACCEPTS DONATIONS THROUGH PAYPAL Credits: Kirke420 – Vocals, Keyboards, Slave Driver, Basically the guy who thought it up. (Thanks!) http://www.youtube.com PJsCreed – Video Production, Editing, Audio Sampling, Technical Support (Thanks!) http://www.youtube.com KirkesMusic – Vocals, Piano, 12-String Guitar, Audio Engineering, Audio Production http://www.youtube.com Verodefacto – Classical Guitar, Drum Programming, Technical Support (Thanks!) http://www.youtube.com OminousVoice – String Arrangement, Technical Support (Thanks!) http://www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com FeakySnucker – Vocals (Thanks!) http://www.youtube.com ModernSaxDotCom – Saxophone (Thanks!) http://www.youtube.com

>Tech Shakedown: HP Pavilion notebook owners flood HP’s site

> If you’ve watched any of my Tech Shakedown videos here on ZDNet, you’d know that I’ve been asking viewers to let me know if they know of a breakdown that needs to be the subject of a Tech Shakedown. In cases where suggestions like these come from ZDNet’s audience members (and I have been getting them, thank you!), I do have to check them out. Well, this one definitely checked out. A couple of weeks ago, Andrés, an engineer that reads ZDNet wrote the following to me via e-mail: Lately HP brought on the market a series of pavilion notebooks that where on high demand because of their all in one features. But it seems that there’s been a cover-up on the reliability of their performance. A lot of costumers who bought their notebooks are currently experiencing the same problem two major problems with their systems. How does Andres know about these other customers? Well, since June 2007, they’ve been flooding HP’s Web site with complaints about how their Pavilion notebook computers are randomly losing any sense of the fact that they have wireless adapters in them (which in turn causes a loss of productivity). The thread is so flooded with messages that the only way I can get Web browser to view the entire thing without seizing is to close most of my other applications. for more, please visit: blogs.zdnet.com