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    UPS/Surge protector

    I would definite recommend UPS for computer. Its all depends on how long do you need to battery to last and what kind of computer is plug into the unit. If you don't need a long battery running time, pretty much any UPS will do the job. Check out Staples
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    Stupid Reader Trick of the Day

    so whats so special about this vid? why put it on private?
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    Fake Video Fools the Media

    The guy's body is out of proportion with the car. Looks too small
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    Galaxy Final Week of Christmas Give-Aways!

    http://featureflash.photoshelter.com/img/pixel.gif you see nothing
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    Galaxy 7th Week of Christmas Give-Aways!

    too late for the give away?
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    Mobile Marketer Sues T-Mobile for Blocking Texts

    I don't understand why in this day and age that we still get charge for sms both way. Shouldn't be the sender get charge for it, not the receiver?
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    Google Voice for Students

    If I understand correctly, GV can only receive calls and forward the calls to your number right? You can't call out using it, and you still need a cell phone or landline phone to make calls.
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    Tech Support Call of the Day

    6500 doesn't ask for alignment sheet, because it separates ink cartridge and print head.
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    Real Car Used As Game Controller?

    Already there is a car like that. It was in a Taiwanese auto show. For only 100k NTD or 3200 usd, they can add the hydraulic lift and the gaming system to your car. The modded car in the show has video projection on the windshield and hydraulic lift for gaming feedback. Here is the video...
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    U.S. Patent Office Wins “Laziest” Award

    Maybe they are not allow to alter the document.
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    Walmart Sells Server Racks

    No customer review!!
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    How MoCap Was Used in Avatar

    All these talks about 3D movies make me want to get laser eye surgery, since Im wearing glasses.
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    Heist Suspect Becomes Internet Star

    geez, how much is he getting pay if he can afford a Ferrari as a security car driver?
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    Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media

    So people don't need to buy the full version to do a clean installation on a clean hard drive? There go the 80 bucks out of MS' pocket.
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    Intel Core i7 Full System Drawing @ [H]

    I want the monitor more than the system.
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    Can't connect to internet at home, but works fine in tech shop

    umm...Comcast is a cable company :p The phone jack i was talking about is for voip telephone service. She told me that the computer got a connection with the modem, its sending data to the modem, but nothing back from it.
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    Can't connect to internet at home, but works fine in tech shop

    No router, it was direct connection to the modem. Although its one of those with telephone jacks in it, don't know if that makes difference or not.
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    Can't connect to internet at home, but works fine in tech shop

    :confused:Got a weird situation with a compaq desktop. I upgraded the system memory to 1.2gb for a woman. She took the unit home, everything works fine, except she can't connect to internet. I got the unit back, and it connected to the network fine. The desktop still can't connect to the...
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    Symantec Pulls Norton Patch, Posts Fix

    Mine just did the pulse update 3mins ago, Vista 64 still running fine.
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    My New $100 HDTV Has Issues

    He sure spend quite a bit of time to put all those stickers on it.
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    Ferrari and Lamborghini to Release Hybrids in 2015

    I really don't see the point of going hybrid with those super cars. People who can afford those cars sure can afford the gas bill. The reason you buy those cars is for speed and power. So now instead of 10mpg, you can do 13mpg with the hybrid. :rolleyes
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    Man Allergic to Wi-Fi

    This is reported by Sun and Fox news, so I would take it with a grain of salt.
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    Symantec Says Free AV Software Can’t “Keep Up”

    All the people that complain about Norton, should give the new 2009 version a chance. It installed under 60secs, and boot up fast. The only other one I would recommand is NOS32.
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    US Presses China Over Internet Filtering

    No money, no sticks.
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    Why Do You Need More Than 6GB of Memory?

    All these talks about 12gb memory, anyone know any good deals on them? I just ordered the i7 bundle from intel. With the weird configuration of intel mobo(4 memory slots), I need to find 4gbx3 ddr3 kit for it.
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    China Net Filtering Software May Contain Stolen Code

    I would like to see the response from the Chinese software companies to the allegation. After I did a bit of searching, I smells government corruption at work which didn't surprise me. Chinese government actually paid the two companies that supplied the software over 40million RMB, and that's...
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    FCC Help Desk Takes 700K Calls for Digital Switch

    I don't remember see any thing on the manual about doing a rescan on Friday. I didn't turn on the TV until tonight. After no signal from the box, I just told my Dad to rescan the channels and got a lot more channels than before.
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    Click Me, You Know You Want To

    Get a UBCD4WIN and run the scan from that should fix most of the problems that blocked you from installing Malwarebyte program.
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    blue screen with 0x00000024 error

    Unit: A dell optiplex 745 tower with 2 80gb sata drives. Windows XP Pro. One drive connected to sata0, another one is connected to sata4 on the mobo. Error code: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x8A6C6008, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000). Problem: Unit was infected with trojan/malwares(PAV or Personal...
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    Flash Memory Heading Toward “Brick Wall” Says SanDisk CEO

    umm...I tho with SDXC it can go up to 2tb
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    Technology FAIL of the Day

    Turn the SafeSearch off for the better pictures. ;) Thats funny to me, and I'm Chinese.
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    Five Controversial Ways to Speed Your PC

    For people who want to uninstall Norton, you all should try out the new Norton internet security 2009 and 360 v3. Both software are much faster compare to older version, and takes up less memory.
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    Cablevision Goes for U.S. Broadband Speed Record

    So called no caps policy is BS. I used to have Optimum Online service before switched over to Verizon DSL. OOL said no limit on their normal cable service too, except they keep on slowing down my connection because I was using torrents. I even asked them whats the limit so I can monitor my...
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    Office Depot Workers Told To Lie To Customers?

    Online stock information isn't always right. Depends on the system, it might count the return or defective items as in stock count. Unfortunately, most of BM stores don't make money or even losing money with computer sales. They have to make their money somewhere.
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    Butterfly Knife USB Drive

    I got a butterfly knife car key for my RAV4. It was pretty cool, except latch is loose, so the handles keep open up. But for 60, thats too much.
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    need help to uninstall vista sp1 in command mode

    Thanks for the quick reply, I already tried it, but I can only do that command in Windows. When Im in the repair mode, the pkgmgr failed to load.
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    need help to uninstall vista sp1 in command mode

    Acer laptop with Vista sp1 3 of 3 reboot loop. So I try to uninstall the sp1 in command prompt mode. No restore point on the drive and can't start the pkgmgr since Im not in the windows. Any other suggestion before I do the complete system restore? TIA
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    motherboard for a dell case

    thanks for the replies and the link. I will check the mobo when I back home. The review on that mobo isnt that good tho. :)
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    motherboard for a dell case

    Can I use any atx mobo in a dell case? What happen is the pc wouldn't boot up, and the case fan is like stuck at turbo speed. I already reapplied the thermal paste on the cpu, and it was able to boot up for like 20mins. Then it just shut down by itself, and wouldn't boot after that. I checked...
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    Olympic BSOD

    I just checked the original blogger of the pictures, and looks like its real. Here is the link As far as the joke about pirated os, here is the specs. of the machines that run the show in the ceremony: HES Axon Media Servers Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ASUS P5W DH Deluxe ATI HD2900XT(ASUS)...
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