20 posts
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False positives – why Geeks to Go gets flagged as dangerous
More and more frequently, we’ve had forum members and even staff receiving warnings from their antivirus program, from McAfee Site Advisor, or some other source of online protection that Geeks to Go is a dangerous site or contains dangerous links. This is untrue – Geeks to Go…
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Conficker Installing Rogue Software – Spyware Protect 2009
It appears Conficker’s long feared payload is nothing more than another rogue antispyware removal application that attempts to dupe people into purchasing it. Don’t buy Spyware Protect 2009, remove it. Read our Spyware Protect 2009 removal guide. Having followed the…
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HP Magic Giveaway Contest Winner!
Thanks again to HP, and Microsoft for sponsoring this contest. Special thanks to Chris Aarons and Nick White at BuzzCorps for making it possible, and inviting us to participate. HP has left the “beige box” behind, and is doing some very creative and amazing work…
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AMD Tech Day
While AMD may not have executed well recently, they have long been an innovator, and have some interesting products launching and in the planning stages. They’re bringing Crossfire technology to the notebook, even marrying integrated and discrete graphics (PowerXpress). In 2009…
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The "Best Buy – Circuit City Conundrum"
Ok, the cat’s out of the bag. I’m a geek. Not only am I a geek, but I’m a geek with “prominently defined antisocial tendencies” (at least that’s how it was described to me by a medical professional way back when). I’m also a self…
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Thanks a million!
Congratulations wannabe1 for making the 1,000,000 (one millionth) forum post! I honestly never thought this little hobby site I started would ever grow so large. Thanks to the hundreds of staff members, and the hundreds of thousands of members that have made it possible. You…
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Linux Distribution Guide
This is a brief 4 page guide to the world of Linux distributions, primarily aimed at individuals who are new to the Linux scene, and who are thinking about taking the plunge and trying Linux for the first time. Read the Guide
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Welcome to our new homepage!
If you’re a frequent visitor of Geeks to Go, you’ll notice we’ve freshened our homepage! It is powered by WordPress, with a number of plugins, modifications, and skinned to compliment the forums. We’ll likely provide all the details in a future post. We…
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Daylight Savings Extended for 2007
We briefly mentioned back in the spring that Daylight Savings was going to be changing for 2007 under the 2005 Energy Act Policy. This past week we received confirmation: “Under the new regulations, next year people will set their clocks forward three weeks earlier on March 11…
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Scientists teleport two different objects
Beaming people in “Star Trek” fashion is still in the realms of science fiction, but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter bringing quantum communication and computing closer to reality. Until now scientists have teleported similar…