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Nowadays it is rare to find someone who doesn't have a wireless phone. It is also increasingly common for people to have a smartphone. Along with the fancier phones have come increasingly costly services. Some people use excessive amounts while others don't use some features at all. For those...
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There are two reasons I hear people choose a Mac over a PC. First, they claim that the physical design is more pleasing. Second, they prefer the Mac operating system. If you truly want MacOS, you'll have to buy a Mac. While it is different than Windows, I personally don't find it provides a great...
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I shared the ordeal of my hard drive failing with you in a post last week along with the way I set up my systems to help make sure the data gets properly backed up. There was a small amount of data on the system drive and I transferred almost all of it to my data drive before replacing the old, failing...
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Each Wednesday I tell you about a piece of computer hardware. Occasionally I talk about something fun that isn't computer related just to mix it up a bit. Today I'm not going to talk about a hardware product as much as the way I setup my computer and the reason I do it this way. In each of my...
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Early January is a great time for electronics goodies. This is due to the Consumer Electronics Show held each year in Las Vegas. There will be products announced that never materialize. Other products won't be available for quite some time. Then there are the products that are available almost immediately...
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Last week I told you about the hybrid RevoDrive and some of its pros and cons. Today I'm going to tell you about another hybrid drive. It isn't quite as big or fast, but it also features a more friendly price. The Seagate Momentus XT drive comes in 750 MB and 500 MB variations. Note that the...
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I've talked at length about various SSD (solid state drives) hard drives in previous posts and even included one in my Dream Computer . The upside is they are lightning fast. On the downside, they can be expensive and have limited storage space. Today I want to introduce you to the OCZ Technology...
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Kindle Fire tablet and pondered if it would be the first tablet I owned. Because of its price, it certainly is enticing. Yet the smaller screen and some of the limitations of Amazon's interface would be compromises for my needs. For those who read ebooks or...
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I was sitting in the chair getting my hair cut the other day as music from various time periods played in the background. One of them took me back to my childhood and it got me thinking about a lava lamp we had. No, the song had nothing to do with a lava lamp so I'm not sure why I thought about it...
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If you have an iPod or iPhone, you most likely have at least one dock so that you can listen to your music through speakers. The docks come in all shapes and sizes. Some have awful sound and some have great sound. Behringer is bringing out the iNuke Boom at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. While...
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I've written about several wireless routers this year so maybe you already guessed that I've been in the market for a new one. My previous router was over three years old. From a specification standpoint, it did everything I needed. Unfortunately I had to reset it several times a week as the...
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Point and shoot cameras are great. I carry one with me most anytime I go somewhere where I think a photo opportunity may arise. They fit in a pocket and are just plain convenient. While they can take good pictures, they just can't do everything a DSLR can do. If you're ready to move up from a...
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Last week we told you about the Canon VIXIA HF G10 camcorder . It is pretty amazing, but it also comes with a hefty price tag. Today I'm going to again share with you one of USA Today's top gadget gifts. In this case, we're going to go with the best budget camcorder. The Samsung HMX-W200...
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Last week I told you about how USA Today had selected the best electronic gadgets in a number of categories . Today we're going to look at the Canon VIXIA HF G10 Full HD Camcorder . I'd love to tell you it sells for a low amount like the digital camera featured last week. Unfortunately this is...
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How often do you backup your computer? Are you one of the users who blindly depend on auto-save and make backup on save functions in CorelDRAW? If you answered yes to the latter, you are skating on thin ice. And if your answer to the former was "I'm not sure" then you need to come up with...