Yet another NVIDIA GeForce card bites the dust.

This is the second EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7600 graphics card I’ve seen having blown capacitors. Well, the mystery was solved a while back. Both cards had failing cooling fan; thus it overheated and goes kaput. This particular one actually is a little bit burned. Well, see it for yourself.

This card might be a 7600 GS model with FZ74 capacitors.

Anyway, it is apparent that the heatsink fan is not that good and prone to failure.

I’ll post more pictures later.

Apple Store, Los Cerritos Grand Opening: The lines starts at 10:00 PM Wednesday night.

UPDATE:
a few hundred people already in line by 11:30 PM.

Apple Store, Los Cerritos is scheduled for Grand Opening on June 24th, 2010 7:00 AM. Los Cerritos Mall Management informed that the line will start at 10:00 PM on Wednesday night shortly after the Mall closes. Lines are set outside the East entrance of the mall near the California Pizza Kitchen. More lines are set right outside the soon to be open Apple Store. The Grand Opening of Apple Store, Los Cerritos coinciding with the launch of iPhone 4 is scheduled from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

The first 1000 customers get a free commemorative T-Shirt.

http://www.apple.com/retail/loscerritos/

http://www.shoploscerritos.com/

Apple logo is property of Apple Inc.
Thanks to Los Cerritos Mall Management for giving the permission to take the pictures.

Apple announces that making (white) iPhone 4 is hard.

Apple has just announced that white iPhone 4 would not be available until the second half of July, 2010 citing manufacturing issues. OK, I’ll be understanding about that. But then Apple said the following in their statement:

The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.

Seriously Apple? There’s only one color available for pre-order and that is black. You cannot say that it is “more popular” because no one has the option to buy the other color up to this point.

Anyway, you either can wait for the white iPhone 4 or get the black model.

Apple releases iOS 4 for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch.

June 21st, 2010.

Apple release iOS 4 for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch (2nd & 3rd generation) today. iOS 4 is available for download through iTunes.

Please download iTunes 9.2 before you try upgrading to iOS 4. Download iTunes 9.2 from Apple.

  • iPhone 3GS – iPhone3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 607.4MB
  • iPhone 3GS – iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 396.3MB
  • iPhone 3G – iPhone1,2_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 306.3MB
  • iPod touch 3rd Gen – iPod3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 384.2MB
  • iPod touch 2nd Gen – iPod2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 330.3MB

iPhone 4 is scheduled for release on Thursday June 24th, 2010 at 7:00AM local time. The same day new Futurama episode airs on Comedy Central!

Text Spam from (714) 267-2734

If you’re wondering who does the the number (714) 267-2734 belong to, don’t bother looking. All you need to do is to file complaints to FCC because such unsolicited text messages violate CAN-SPAM Act.

You should file form 1088G to report this violation. File a complaint on FCC site http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

You can also call 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-2255-322) voice; 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-8355-322) TTY.

The text reads:

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Text-Spam does violate the Communication Act of 1934.