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Is your smartphone faster than a Windows Phone?
Windows Phone $100 Challenge 7 Just like with PCs, it’s easy to get hung up on a phone’s technical specifications. How many cores does it have? How fast is the processor? Is it the latest and greatest from your provider? Lost in all the technical details is the phone’s speed in…
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Farewell, SpySentinel
Death is never easy. We’ve all had to deal with the loss of a loved one, a mentor, a co-worker, etc. Today, the Geeks to Go family has to deal with the loss of a colleague, known online as SpySentinel. SpySentinel was a malware helper here, and in the past year became a mod. He…
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Move Windows to SSD with Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 2.0: Review
Do you have an SSD or Solid State Drive on your Christmas list? Maybe hoping Santa leaves an SSD in your stocking? SSDs are currently the number one way to increase the performance of your system. Instead of using a physical platter that must be read and written, using an arm…
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TDL4 Infection Update Win32/Olmasco MAXSS Pihar
TDSS/TDL4 has been a resilient and common rootkit used to infect computers, installing botkits, fake antivirus, and browser redirects. Just as it appeared development of the rootkit had stalled, some new variants have been appearing. Many antivirus programs are not detecting…
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Farewell, Steve
The passing of Steve Jobs means there will be, or already is, a proliferation of blogs, essays, and articles remembering a man who helped revolutionize how we use computers, how we listen to music, and how we use our phones. A fitting finale would have been the announcement of…
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Why I Love and Hate E-books
I have been an avid reader my entire life. As a young adult, I would sometimes spend several hours a day reading; I’ve often stayed up past my bedtime to finish a good book; and it’s not uncommon for me to take six or seven books on vacation and read them all. I was very…
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Lenovo M90z Contest Over!
Thanks to our friends at Lenovo, we’re giving away an M90z All-in-One multi-touch computer. This powerful, versatile PC would be at home in a classroom, on a workstation, or on your desktop. The All-in-One design eliminates most cables and clutter. Powered by a 3.2GHz…
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Lenovo M90z Review!
It was just like out of an old country western movie. So there I am, sitting in the bar minding my own business when a guy walks up to me and says “You work in a school right? Wanna try out a new computer?” Well, not exactly like a country western movie, but close right?…
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5 reasons I switched from Google Apps to Microsoft Communications Services
1) They asked. Microsoft Communication Services is cloud hosted Exchange and Sharepoint + Outlook 2010. Rackspace waived the $12.50/month fee on their plan for 1-year, in exchange for our feedback. I’ll also share my experiences here, and in future posts. $150 in free services…
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Lenovo M90z Contest Announcement!
Geeks to Go is proud to announce that we will be giving away a beautiful Lenovo M90z computer to one lucky person. Lenovo and Ivy Worldwide have teamed up with GTG and 25 other websites to give away 25 of these computers to lucky contest winners. The Lenovo M90z is a 23”…