24 Samsung SSDs Strung Together To Make Super Computer
Do you have a spare $25,000 laying around, collecting dust? Want to build a supercomputer that has 6TBs of memory with write speeds of 2GBs a second? Now you can thanks to Solid State Drives (SSDs). A...
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Static Electricity And Your Computer
I always knew electricity and computers don’t mix well, but static electricity is a pain in the behind also. As I mentioned the other day in my post on the Kirksville Tornado, when I returned to my...
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Be Careful When Choosing Wi-Fi While On Vacation
If you’re going on vacation, do you know that Wi-fi hotspots you use to check your email may not be who they say they are? I am always leery of studies released by parties with a vested interests in...
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Extended Warranties For Laptops Is Always A Good Idea
Sometimes extended warranties may seem like a waste of money, but one my exception to this rule is on laptops. I originally wrote about are Are Extended Warranties Worth It back in June of 2008, and at...
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UK Firm Launches Computers Designed For The Elderly
If you are an elderly person in the UK, and you have stayed away from computers due to your fear of them, a new computer has launched that may be just what you are looking for. The BBC had a report...
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Battery Backups Are An Essential Part Of Your Computer Set Up
We had another one of those “real world” moments today that reminds you why you do certain things. While at my office today, working away without a cloud in the sky and … the power goes out. Not your...
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What Kids Searched For In 2009
The OnlineFamily.Norton site has published the results of what children searched for online this year, and it is sobering to say the least. OnlineFamily.Norton’s list of searches by children is...
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Cleaning Out Your Laptop Fan
I never knew a laptop could get so dusty. The past few nights my laptop fan had been running a lot more than usual, and it was also running at the faster speeds meaning that the system was getting way...
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New Hard Drives Coming Out In 2011 May Not Play Well With Windows XP
If you are continuing to use Windows XP like a goodly number of people are, and you need a new hard drive after Jan. 2011, you may run into some new issues. According to the BBC, all hard drive...
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Hate Trial Software? Try The Dell Vostro Line
One of the most annoying things about buying a new computer is all of the trial software you will have to deal with. You know all of those, “Try our security program for 90 days! And then we’ll annoy...
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