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2007 March 03

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Firedog - Circuit City’s Answer To The Geek Squad

Today I received via the US Postal Service, a letter from Circuit City with three items attached.

The first was a offer to extend the warranty on the laptop computer I purchased for my wife, to 3 years for a modest fee of only $219.95. First reaction. If the the laptop breaks and I can’t repair […]

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Microsoft Offers A Free Beginning Class For Programmers - No Experience Required

Microsoft is offering free beginning classes for those who may be interested in learning programming skills and no prior experience is necessary. The courses are easy to understand and well documented for the new user.
Microsoft describes their course as:
“Welcome to the Beginner Developer Learning Center - a centralized learning environment specifically targeted to beginning programmers. […]

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Symantec - Under Attack By Virus Writer

Symantec has become the victim of what appears to be a grudge against the Symantec Corporation, makers of Norton products for security protection. And though it is unclear what the purpose of the attack really is, CNN is reporting that the virus writer is targeting Symantec products specifically. But those who have the latest patches […]

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Another Expert Says No To Vista

I no sooner published the article about Chris dumping Vista and going back to XP, when Chris posts a article from another tech. writer who is saying the same thing.
But added one humorous note:
“Despite working on Vista for more years than it took to fight and win World War II, Microsoft dropped the ball on […]

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Google - Hard Drive Failures - High Temps May Not Cause Failures - Maybe ?

The people at Google have compiled a report concerning hard disks using their own data they have compiled from the systems they use. The study was completed by Eduardo Pinheiro, Wolf-Dietrich Weber and Luiz Andr´e Barroso, all of Google INC. and is available in .pdf format - link below.
Some of the highlights of the report […]