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The one perfect gift for any home with a computer

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Before you get that new HDTV or GPS or any other gadget this holiday season, there is one absolute must-have gadget that every home should have. If...
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Alienware M15x Laptop – it’s all about performance

What do you look for when shopping for a laptop? Value? Portability? Features? Reliability? A wide selection of business laptops are available now for...
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How to replace a dying IDE drive with a new SATA drive

Until a few years ago, computers and DVR boxes used IDE drives (also known as PATA or Parallel ATA). These drives used a flat cable with 40 wires in...
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Built-in HDTV coming soon to a laptop near you

You land in a new city and turn on your laptop. The built-in GPS quickly finds out where you are and pulls in the local TV listings. Pick a channel...
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Gadgets 101: What is a virtual machine, and why should you care?

When you turn on your computer, it loads and runs (boots) a piece of software called an operating system. You’ve probably seen this many times....
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What you need to know before upgrading to 64-bit Windows 7

So you’re ready for a 64-bit Windows operating system? Windows 7 x64 can take full advantage of the hardware of your new or late-model...
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Gadgets 101: What is the difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system?

In “Windows 7 is coming, should you upgrade”, one of the options that is discussed is choosing the 64 bit version of Windows 7 instead...
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Windows 7 is coming – should you upgrade?

In coming months Microsoft’s marketing machine will go into high gear to try to convince you to upgrade to Windows 7. Should you listen? In a...
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Gadgets 101: What is a solid state drive?

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Until recently, virtually all computers used hard drives to store data, but an increasing number of computers are beginning to use solid state drives...
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Gadgets 101: How to erase a hard drive before disposal

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Computer hard drives typically contain large amounts of personal information, and are potential gold mines to identity thieves. So it’s...
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