http://www.micropctalk.com An enthusiast site for the Sony Vaio Micro PC. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:11:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeggster of the forums has had a thread going for quite a while asking if there was any interest in people purchasing low-clearance power plugs that he has made, and it turns out that there has been enough of a response to prompt him to start selling them. Any UX ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/06/28/custom-made-low-clearance-power-plugs-for-your-ux/ Using Google Custom Search, I have created a power search specifically for MPCT. The page will search the MPCT front page, MPCT forums, and the MPCT Wiki. You can use the "Forums" and "Micro PC Talk Wiki" links at the top of the results to narrow your search to just ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/05/12/introducing-mpct-power-search-provided-by-google-cs/ In his quest to play games more efficiently on the Vaio UX Micro PC, Micro PC Talk member danmiddle2 decided to hack the Genius MaxFire Pandora Pro USB gamepad controller and modify it to become a perfect UX accessory. Basically - it still connects via the USB, but is mounted via ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/05/06/diy-gamepad-controller-for-the-ux/ Some of you may have seen my recent announcement over at UMPC Portal that I am joining the writing team. I just wanted to quell any concerns that I won't still be taking care of MPCT. I'll still be around and active as I've always been, posting front page UX ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/05/04/dont-worry-im-not-leaving/ Snooping around one of Sony's sites, I found mention of a VGN-UX383CN, a UX model that I don't believe has been seen before. CN is generally the tag that denotes a Canada localized product (on Sony products at least). SonyStyle Canada has had the UX380CN for sale on their site ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/04/18/what-is-the-ux383cn/ Using some of the resources in the forums, member Halx was able to install Windows XP on his UX490. He was kind enough to drop us some benchmarks, and as far as I know, this confirms that a UX490 running Windows XP is the fastest performing UMPC currently on the ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/04/18/results-are-in-ux490-running-windows-xp-is-the-fastest-umpc-in-town/ Halx of the forums has hand crafted a great looking hardcover case, that doubles as a stand, for his UX. The cleverly designed accessory attaches to the UX using the same slots that the dock uses to hang onto the UX. Halx says the hand made cover took him nearly ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/04/13/custom-made-hardcover-screen-protector-and-stand-for-ux/ For those of you late to the party: This was an April Fool's joke!  In a surprising move, it appears that Sony is getting ready to unveil the newest model in the UX series, which will include a mini-CD drive. The aptly named VGN-UX491-MCD will remove the EDGE module to make ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/04/01/vgn-ux491-mcd-to-include-mini-cd-drive/ Sony's most recent UX permutation, the UX490N, is heading to Korea as the UX58LN. The unit will include the same 48GB SSD, 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo (U2200), 1GB of RAM, and some iteration of Vista. Unconfirmed but assumed to be true is that the UX58LN will include a CF slot ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/03/30/ux490-heads-to-korea-as-the-ux58ln/ For those of you using Firefox, you should already be well acquainted to the bookmark bar - a convenient little bar where you can put bookmark buttons. As a UMPC user, screen real estate is always an issue, in the case of the bookmark bar, which runs horizontally, it fills ... http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/03/20/firefox-tip-use-favicons-instead-of-text/