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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
Culture is surely a part, as are the U.S. wireless carriers themselves. Consumers here tend to be multi-device users. They like a phone in their pocket, but there’s also a laptop or desktop involved in daily computing…
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
It’s amazing how far computer games have progressed. But have you ever felt the urge to take a trip back in time and relive the games of the eighties and nineties? Well now you can
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
A small hitch has cropped up in Microsoft’s beta-testing program for Vista: it has temporarily run out of serial numbers for testers to use to install the beta. Seriously. This is not a joke.
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
Police combing through the house where Natascha Kampusch was held captive for 8 1/2 years said Tuesday they made an unusual discovery: her captor, a communications technician, used an obsolete computer — and his odd choice now threatens to complicate their investigation.
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
Check out the great prices on www.bescomputers.net. They have some very good comparable prices for computers and computer parts.
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
What happens to those beloved family photos or your extensive music collection if something should happen to your PC and your backup? Seagate is trying to solve the off-premises backup problem.
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
On The Tonight Show, actor Ben Affleck revealed that he used his video iPod to watch the Original Superman Series, unavaiable through iTunes. He may have acquired DVDs of the series and “ripped” them into iPod-compatible format but the movie studios’ claim that the act of ripping a legally purchased DVD into a computer is a violation of the law
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
FreeNX allows superfast and secure access to your Linux box from anywhere in the world. This HOWTO is a step-by-step guide for configuring the nxserver, generating custom encrypted keys, and using a combination of Live-CD and USB thumbdrive to create a portable nxclient for remote access.
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
The Consumerist received a tip from an anonymous AOL call center employee with information about the new cancellation procedure. What did it contain? It showed that AOL still won’t cancel your account when asked, rather opting for a deceptive practice of telling them they’ve canceled the billing but the account remains open.
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September 7, 2006 by Brad.
Photographers looking to spruce up their desks, mantels and coffee tables with their favorite digital snapshots have a more high-tech, albeit pricey, option to printing. Digital photo frames, which resemble their retro counterparts but house small LCD screens.
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