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Google Gmail - Spam Killer That Works

I have been using a Google Gmail for about 3 years, ever since it first was in beta form. My main purpose in using a Gmail account was to have a alternate address, in lieu of my two personal email accounts, which I could use to sign onto web sites that I did not trust. […]

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Microsoft How To Tell Website - Genuine Or Counterfeit

Microsoft has setup a website in which they have on display many of the counterfeit copies of their products for your review. Included in the counterfeits are copies of Vista [all flavors] along with Office 2007. Examples of recently seized counterfeit products are also on display for comparison purposes.
On their site Microsoft also has an […]

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PC vs Mac - Which Is Better?

I received a comment from one of readers concerning both Dell and Gateway introducing what can best be described as Mac look-a-likes which stated:
Is this an answer to the rise in iMac popularity? Do you think the price point is going to come out similar for most people choosing between a “One” model like you […]

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FTC Warns Of Fake Email

The FTC is warning that a fake email is being sent out which appears to be from their agency, but in fact is a virus. Contained in the fake email is an attachment, that if opened, can unleash the viral pest. In a statement released by the FTC it states:
A bogus email is circulating that […]

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WSJ - There Really Is A Google Phone

Today’s Wall Street Journal is predicting a Google Phone [gPhone] in our future and they gave a potential target date of mid-2008. As previously reported, Google has in fact met with several manufacturers and is developing open software for the new phones. By using open software, developers will be able to easily develop software to […]

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Building A Computer - When Cheap Parts Can Hurt You

I got a call yesterday from a friend of mine, who had just finished building a home brew system, and was experiencing a few issues with the system. First there was the issue of a boot menu. Seems that at each boot, you had to select which drive you wished to boot from. Than there […]

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Wonder If There Were No… (Fill In The Blank)

I was reading one of those doom and gloom articles about AMD this morning and wondered to myself, wonder if there were no AMD? Give it some thought for a moment. What pricing would Intel be charging for their chips if they were the only player in town? Do you think we would be at […]

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WinPatrol Protects Against Windows Update Changes

I’ve been using WinPatrol for several years and have found it very effective in preventing unauthorized changes to my system. It is similar to what Windows Vista offers in UAC. WinPatrol will ask you, the user, if you wish to give permission to any changes that are being made to your system. A new feature […]

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Customer Service - Unbelievable

Oh the shock of it all! How about the Mom who buys her daughter an iPod for her birthday from Target, only to find ‘rocks’ inside the box when the girl opens her present. Back to the store it goes, another iPod is exchanged but Mom is smarter this time. She opens this iPod box […]

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Mac OS X Leopard On Your PC ?

Disclaimer : XXXxx-XXX does not encourage piracy so please go and buy yourself a copy of Leopard legally rather than being a cheap dumbo.

These were the words on a Web sited I visited this morning in which they have posted two links to pirated versions of Apple’s newest operating system Leopard. There were also links […]