A male (or female if a "fangirl") who is completely devoted to a particular work. Fanboys are fiercely loyal and steadfast in their opinion. With regard to computers and technology, fanboys outnumber fangirls by a huge margin and may be enamored with particular computer platforms, MP3 players, cellphones, operating systems, video games or applications.
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
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- If we wanted tech stats on Linux we know the URLNever ceases to amaze me that people search for ways to say a whole lot of absolutely nothing relevant. Must be because they don't have an answer so they change topics. Typical!You beat me to it Ed!!!nt64-bit environment...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
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- no, it looks like kde but doesn't have it's functionalityjust put kde 3.5. with transparent taskbar and crystal theme and you got what win7 looks like.and kde 3.5. was way older than vista and 7.So it IS about pride after all?To Apple fans it is always important who copied who....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09
- These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- SharePoint: The team that makes the donut(s)
- No wonder they're successfulThey have a process, they watch actual humans use the product, and accept feedback.RE: SharePoint: The team that makes the donutsAs a long time SharePoint consultant my impression is that the SharePoint team is totally out of touch with enterprise customers. SharePoint 2010 is the same old...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Sergey Brin: Chrome for Mac still unstable
- You can find Chrome on...Windows you Mac fanboy.If nothing else use VMWare's Unity, I doubt Chrome will "look & feel likea Mac app." -MDeveloper release.I'm posting this with the Dev release of Google Chrome, and it's really quite good. A little unstable, but certainly not unusable!That's surprisingThe Chromium browser running...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
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- Wow...imagine that.A mouse that can do more than single-click. What an innovation!Um...The Mighty Mouse has had 4 programmable "buttons" two are touch and not mechanical since it came out years ago. If you can't make an informed comment them...you know what to do...it involves a rolling donut.This mouse is multi-touch...do...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Stinks to be the CIO: The 2010 IT budget may spike to 2006 resource levels
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
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