A first-time user. A newbie may be a novice in anything; using a computer, a video game, a particular operating system, the Internet, etc. Also called a "newb," "noob" or "nub."
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- Adding up the Apple tax
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- Blog posts 2008-10-07
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- Product reviews 2008-09-30
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
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- Software downloads 2008-09-10
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Netbooks just want to be free
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
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- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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- Blog posts 2008-08-25
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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- Software downloads 2008-08-01
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- Blog posts 2008-07-21
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- Software downloads 2008-07-15
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- Software downloads 2008-07-02
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