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I often wonder why so many people still use Internet Explorer (IE). I suppose most people just think it is the only option considering that it is installed on a Windows computer when it arrives. It is also forced on many who have their Automatic Updates set up to auto-install themselves. So if you don’t [...]

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Before you get too excited this type of thing isn’t exactly an easy process. Well…it is, but it is also pretty confusing. While many of us are happy just to use Firefox Add-Ons such as AdBlock Plus to stop from showing internet ads, there is a more in depth approach you can use for other [...]

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Have you ever been sitting on the couch and increasing your body mass by drinking Mt. Dew and stuffing cheeseburgers into your face only to find that you can’t find the remote, it is too light in the room because you don’t have any pants on, and the curtains are open? Well things may be [...]

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A recent study suggest that the inexpensive plastic used in CDs, and DVDs could soon improve the integrity of airplane electronics, computers, and other electronics like iPhones.
The U.S. Air Force has offerd a pair of grants to Shay Curran, associate professor of physics at the University of Houston, where his research team have demonstrated ultra-high [...]

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Firefox has increased its market share significantly in the browser market in recent years. Last month a report showed that it has for the first time exceeded 20% for a full month. Almost anyone that is familiar with using the internet regularly at a high level has switched over to Firefox as their main browser [...]

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My first thought when seeing this story was that we already have this in most computers. You can have your PC shut itself down whenever you want if it isn’t being used in Windows at least. Have it hibernate, shut down, go to standby, whatever. In fact, I’m still trying to figure out how exactly [...]

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Straight out of 50’s sci-fi futures we have a man that is warning about the application of future robots. British robotics expert Professor Noel Sharkey, of the University of Sheffield, has called for international guidelines to be set for the ethical and safe application of robots before it is too late. Oh no!
Starkey believes that [...]

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Bear with me as I am always thinking about marketing in some way or another, but it occurred to me that the release of Home for the owner of the Playstaion 3 might be a place where you could do a bit of marketing.
Just looking at the idea initially is that “Home” is a [...]

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Not sure how many people ever went out and got Vista, but I know I still run XP on all of my computers. IT isn’t like this is a new thing anyways. Almost every new release of Windows has had enough problems that waiting an extra year or 2 to get the newer version has [...]

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It has been a long time since I had thought about search engines using a reward system for using their search engine to find information. Google has virtually taken over the web’s search throne, while Microsoft and Yahoo! are just trying to catch up, or get bought out by one or the other.
Frankly, I [...]

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