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Microsoft Gives 34 Schools $25,000 Computer Lab Makeovers
Ultimate Windows Vista Celebration Sweepstakes winners from 25 states each receive 20 new computers equipped with educational software. Thousands of students in 34 schools across the nation will have the opportunity to explore the new Windows Vista™ operating system for the…
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How To Set Up A Secure Home Network
Step 1: Identify Your Networking Needs This is a very important step that you will ideally perform before purchasing the ingredients listed on the previous page. As noted above, the key considerations are: a. How many wired Ethernet ports, if any, will you need? b.Where will…
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30 Days with Linux
Complaining about Windows Vista is a national past time on Internet forums these days. Windows Vista “costs too much,” “has onerous product activation,” “requires too much hardware,” etc. These complaints are often followed up by a very…
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Izimi: Internet Publishing for the Masses, Not Workers
There are all sorts of tools for sharing files without having to choke your email server or upload them to your own web host account. Pando supports emailing huge attachments by using a special version of BitTorrent to serve up the file in p2p fashion. Box.net, Xdrive, and…
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Microsoft attacks Google on copyright
Microsoft on Tuesday launches a fierce attack on Google over its “cavalier” approach to copyright, accusing the internet company of exploiting books, music, films and television programmes without permission. Tom Rubin, associate general counsel for Microsoft, will say in a…
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Understanding & Mastering Water Cooling
So, you’re getting tired of your processor’s and graphics card’s stock coolers and you start thinking, “What next can I try?”. The answer is simple – get an after-market replacement cooler! But which one, you may wonder. The most common…
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20 Gig Playstation 3 Discontinued?
In a bit of investigative journalism, I have recently taken it upon myself to answer the question of, “where have all the 20 gig Playstation 3 models gone?” In a rather silent disappearance, it seems that the 20 gig version of Sony’s new console has gone missing as of late. So…
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Pirates crack Vista at last
A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. Unlike cracks which have been floating around…
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Adobe to take Photoshop online
Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company’s chief executive said Tuesday. The online service is part of a larger move to introduce…
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Microsoft Donates to Katrina Rebuilding
NEW ORLEANS — Feb. 26, 2007 — The Gulf Coast region’s economic revitalization after Hurricane Katrina was boosted by an announcement today by Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer of $1.7 million in donations of cash, software and specialized curriculum to several nonprofit…