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Canon 104 Black Toner Cartridge Reviews

Posted by on Wednesday, 25 August, 2010

Canon 104 Black Toner Cartridge

  • Single cartridge system includes toner, drum, and development
  • Compact and easy to install
  • Produces 2,000 pages at 5% coverage
  • Virtually maintenance-free performance
  • For use with select imageCLASS Faxphone printers

The Cartridge 104 offers a Single Cartridge that combines all parts in one piece. The toner, drum, and development are all included to offer virtually maitenance free performance. The P Cartridge makes operating you Canon imageCLASS machine easy and keeps you productive. For the best in quality use Genuine Canon Toner.Designed for use with the imageCLASS MF4150 and Faxphone L120, the Canon 104 is a black toner replacement cartridge that combines all the necessary parts in one compact piece. This single-cartridge system includes the toner, drum, and development. Enjoy virtually maintenance-free performance, professional results, and 2,000 pages at five percent coverage with this easy-to-install ink system.

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List Price: $ 94.00

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I’m Sold On 3D TVs…And I Kind of Hate Myself For It

Posted by on Monday, 11 January, 2010

I’m a skeptic who’s seen every consumer-grade 3D TV in existence from manufacturers like Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony. I’ve seen OLED 3D, plasma 3D, LCD 3D and LED LCD 3D. And I’ve finally made up my mind on the matter.

Even though every technology coming to market this year requires glasses, even though 90% of 3D implementation is unwatchable, even though the tech will inevitably be dated within the next few years…

I would buy a 3D TV this year.

(Now realize there are about a thousand caveats to that statement, which is what this entire piece is really about.)

I wouldn’t buy any old 3D tech.

There is only one TV I’ve seen—out of very, very many—that captivated me like Avatar on IMAX. While most of the time I couldn’t wait to pull the glasses off my face, LG’s 60-inch plasma prototype, slated to be a real product later this year, sort of rocked my world with nearly flicker-free performance. Panasonic’s Viera V Series TVs, using similar methods on paper (plasma with shutter glasses), was a close second, as it strobed more. And I’m still curious as to why that was the case—whether it was shutter glasses, the lighting environment, the source material (the LG showed more animation, which looks great in 3D) or the display itself that made the difference.

Not trusting my own eyes, I sent two other members of Giz to look at each set as well. They didn’t see a difference. So I’m willing to call Panasonic and LG a tie.

As for OLED and LCDs—what you see from companies like Sony, Toshiba and Sharp—the image strobes AND the motion is choppy (imagine a low frame rate video game on top of flickering film). Those techs are a complete pass. (I know, OLED is supposed to be great. In 3D, it most certainly isn’t.)

I wouldn’t buy anything but a BIG 3D TV.

Without fail, the bigger the 3D, the better the illusion. Anything under 50 inches is basically a joke, unless it’s your computer monitor or something. And I will say, even though Vizio’s XVT Pro television wasn’t my favorite experience (it’s an LCD and thereby less smooth), the fact that it was 72-inches meant that a plane’s wing almost hit me in the nose.

I wouldn’t pay much more for a 3D TV.

LG told me that the 3D-capable version of their plasma set will only be a $200 premium over the non-3D version. I’m willing to pay that extra cost as an idiotic early adopter, knowing that the television is a nice HDTV when it’s not showing 3D. Of course, to be completely fair, that $200 premium applies to a premium set to begin with, not a bargain bin TV that many of us settle for out of sanity.

I wouldn’t watch 3D all the time.

Even in some content utopia where I could watch everything I ever wanted in 3D (right now, we’re limited to promises from Blu-ray, select broadcasters and some DirecTV), I wouldn’t choose to with the current glasses/TV setup. Even the best experience I had was tiring, and unless I’m really getting something special from meticulously produced media (like movies, or maybe even video games), I’m going to do what I do best when watching television: be lazy. For hours. Eye strain is a major concern.

Back to that content point for a moment, every movie that Pixar is making from here on out promises to be in 3D. Video games should be somewhat turn-key to make the 3D transition as they’d like. And Hollywood is definitely pushing 3D. But within 2010, it’s tough to envision a lot more than extremely limited broadcast and yet another viewing of the inevitable Avatar Extra Special Edition Blu-ray.

I wouldn’t replace my 2D TV.

If I weren’t looking for a new TV already, 3D alone wouldn’t sway me to plop down a few grand—at least not today—a decision influenced by both the imperfect experience and the limited media. It’d be nice to have, sure. But most people can and will wait, I’d bet.

I wouldn’t TOTALLY overlook an LCD curveball.

One manufacturer let me in on a secret—the LCDs on the CES show floor are mostly refreshing at 4ms. But by the time these TVs ship, they’ll be refreshing at 3ms, thanks to an industry-wide chemical-based update in LCD panels. Plasma is on top for the moment, but 3D LCDs shouldn’t be quite as bad by the time the TVs actually ship in Q3. (Though, they may still be noticeably inferior to plasma.)

So that’s my view. Go ahead, heckle me and my glasses that will look stupid and dated, well, they look stupid and dated today. But watching the best 3D TVs—namely, top tier plasma—is actually a pretty amazing experience…one that might be worth the sometimes literal headaches.

And these chicks in bikinis totally agree with me.


What Is Iexplore.exe?

Posted by on Saturday, 18 July, 2009

Iexplore.exe file is not a virus, Trojan, worm, or spyware. It is an executable file of the web browser program, Microsoft Internet Explorer. This .exe file contains the graphical user interface composed of all the webpages that you have viewed on the Internet. Once you enter a URL in the browser’s address bar, the corresponding webpage is displayed on the screen.

Utilizing the Trident layout engine and Component Object Model (COM) technology, iexplorer.exe was created to support a huge number and variety of webpages, as well as different features of the Windows operating system, such as Microsoft Update. It is made up of 5 main parts separately housed in .dll files and COM interfaces, all of which run on  Internet Explorer’s .exe file.

In some cases, if your computer has other browsers like Mozilla Firefox installed, you may encounter iexplore.exe errors. These errors occur in cases where other software programs that have been integrated into Internet Explorer incur errors themselves. On the other hand, some malware, adware, or spyware may make their entrance into your system hiding behind some legitimate programs you have downloaded. There are also some websites on the Internet that load various small programs into your system each time you visit them, and these can cause errors, as well.

The best way to prevent any entrance of spyware or adware into your computer is to regularly run security checks on your system, as well as configure your anti-virus program to do a regular full-system scan. Adware Alert review software Malware Removal Bot review will both carry out a thorough system scan and screen your PC against malicious threats. Obsolete files or old programs that aren’t used anymore are best removed in order to prevent the occurrence of these .exe errors in the future. Another solution is to run regular free performance scans to optimize your Internet settings, memory, and CPU.

If Internet Explorer remains the browser of your choice, disabling iexplorer.exe isn’t recommended as it will effectively prevent you from running the Internet Explorer browser to view webpages on the Internet. 


Corsair announces new Extreme! SSD! Drives!

Posted by on Thursday, 16 July, 2009

corsair-s256-ssd-driveFor high performance drives, SSD seems to be where it’s at these days. Corsair is at the forefront of the market, and just announced three new drives that definitely bring speed to the party. Now if they could only increase the capacity without being Extreme!ly expensive.

So three new drives, in 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB. But the real news in the speed. The real news though is the speed. They all have a 230 mb/sec read and 170 mb/sec write rate. That’s the kind of speed that used to be limited to arrays — these should be perfect for HD video editing tasks. Of course, no word on pricing yet, but you can pretty much bet it won’t be cheap.

From the press release:

Fremont, CA. July 16th, 2009.- Corsair®, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer memory, power supplies and flash memory products, including solid-state drives, today announced the Extreme Series X32, X64 and X128 high-performance SSDs, in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB densities respectively.

Built using the renowned Indilinx Barefoot controller and Samsung MLC NAND flash memory, the Extreme Series has been designed to offer the highest performance currently available on the market, with read speeds of up to 240MB/s and write speeds of up to 170MB/s.

“The combination of the Indilinx Barefoot controller, Samsung flash memory, and 64MB of on-board cache delivers blistering, stutter-free performance, eliminating the bottleneck imposed by traditional mechanical hard disks,” said Jim Carlton, VP of Marketing at Corsair. “The new Extreme Series SSDs are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop and notebooks systems, and also for RAID 0 configurations in high-performance desktops for enthusiasts who want extreme performance.”

All Extreme Series SSDs feature end-user upgradable firmware to allow for new features to be added, such as the upcoming TRIM command for Windows 7 and other operating systems, which maintains optimal performance over time. Firmware upgrades and support for the Extreme Series SSDs will be available via Corsair’s website, and drives can be updated without the need to wipe data from the SSD, ensuring seamless upgrades.

The Corsair Extreme Series X32, X64 and X128 solid-state drives are available immediately from Corsair’s authorized distributors and resellers worldwide, and are backed by a Two-Year Limited Warranty. Complete customer support via telephone, email, forum and Tech Support Express is also available.

For more information on Corsair solid-state drives, please visit the Corsair SSD product page