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- Blog posts 2009-12-04
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-28
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- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Is imminent Chrome OS launch reckless?
- First Impressions"first impressions are extremely important."Yup, Vista SP1/SP2 is a good operating system. Microsoft botched the initial release of Vista, and it gave a good operating system a permanently bad name.reckless not sure dangerous surely i may sound stupid or ill inform but ...What will be Chrome...
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- My windows 7 experience I had previously posted this, but my comment is more relevant to your article: After reading so much reviews praising how wonderful windows 7 was, I decided to give it a go. So here, I bought the W7 DVD and decided to upgrade my Vista SP2...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Elements+ for PSE8 1.0 (Mac)
- As you, probably, know, Adobe Photoshop Elements has not inherited all of the essential features of the full Photoshop. Some functions have been removed, while the others just stay hidden. The "surface" Photoshop Elements functions are quite sufficient for a beginner. As you advance, though, you may miss one or...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- Elements+ for PSE 8 1.0 (Windows)
- As you, probably, know, Adobe Photoshop Elements has not inherited all of the essential features of the full Photoshop. Some functions have been removed, while the others just stay hidden. The "surface" Photoshop Elements functions are quite sufficient for a beginner. As you advance, though, you may miss one or...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive
- Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- XP to Vista? No, if it ain't broken, don't upgrade it
- XP is not broke,Vista new improved or fixed anything.Message has been deleted.I will have to agree with Zack on this one..MS of course wants to convince you that you need an upgrade so Stevey's stock goes up. MS controls the OEM's like a over bearing husband. I will conclude that...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of
- Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- First there was WS-*, now we have REST-*
- why include M$?The history shown that any M$ involment with standards was detrimmental to the industry.I agree. I just think this is a new blogger that 'don't know how it works' NTRE: First there was WS-*, now we have REST-*Joe:if you think about it, REST is the perfect distributed object...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Ashampoo HDD Control 1.10 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- Pliant talks up lower energy consumption, cost savings of its new enterprise flash technology
- Start-up storage vendor Pliant Technology has begun shipping a new class of enterprise flash drives to OEMs for evaluation and qualification that should become available in commercial format by the end of September 2009. The technology, called Lightning, is a cache-less enterprise flash format that is designed...
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?
- Or roadsOr how about roads so farmers can get there goods to the markets cheaper? The one laptop per kid is such a scam. Why should kids get cheap laptops overs small business owners. Who would be more productive. Um track sales, write, write e-mail, do books. I am so...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?
- Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- The choices for thin, low-cost ULV laptops expand
- Just when I was starting to wonder what happened to all those ultra-low voltage ULV laptops, computer makers opened the flood gates. These laptops, which are thinner, lighter and less costly than mainstream notebooks, are now available in a range of display sizes, including some models with 11.6-inch displays that...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Memory "bug" won't delay Windows 7
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- Hitachi now shipping 'world's first' 2TB, 7200RPM hard drive
- Hitachi announced on Thursday that it is now shipping the "world's first two terabyte, 7200 RPM hard disk drive," the Deskstar 7K2000. The new 2TB Deskstar is a fourth-generation device that uses Hitachi's five-platter design with relaxed bit density...
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