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  1. Agonizing Fury

    WOOTOFF!!!!!

    WOOT OFF starting now!!!
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    Amazon Kindle 2 review

    Yes they did refund the purchase price, however they also deleted any notes that the users had made, including one student's entire high school summer project (there is a lawsuit pending regarding this). I agree that the kindle is a great device, I just wish it had been made by a company with...
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    ipod touch question

    Probably not a problem on your end, it has more to do with the way the Touch discovers where it is. I don't know for sure, but I imagine the Touch uses some form of reverse IP location lookup based on what IP address is being assigned to you by your ISP. If it's a large company, they may have...
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    DVD movies to IPOD Transfer Software Needed

    You probably won't find too many commercial (or free) apps that will do this all in one step due to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:US-GreatSeal-Obverse.svg" class="image"><img alt="Great Seal of the United States."...
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    can I rob a 510's hard drive?

    Not sure if it existed yet in the 510s, but I'm pretty sure dish's current DVRs lock the hard drive and it can only be unlocked by the firmware sending a security code to the drive. This was because the DVR events on the internal drive are not encrypted. There is (was) a way to get around this...
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    XP Remote Desktop

    There is one exception to this, if the local user requests assistance from you via Windows Messenger (or MSN, or whatever the hell they feel like calling it this week) and you agree to assist via remote desktop, then they can see what you are doing. I used this to fix my parents this way all the...
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    Portable auto GPS question from a movie

    My Garmin Nuvi 680 could display lat and lon, but it wasn't on the main screen. you have to go into the signal strength screen to see it (By clicking on the signal bars at the top left of the screen). Also in the "where to" menu there was an option for lat and loin, but I only ever used it once...
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    Router recommendation

    If range is ultimate problem then there is little the 54GS will do for you, but if the QOS is the bigger problem and you are tech savvy then you might have a look at putting dd-wrt (http://www.dd-wrt.com/) on it. It greatly improves the abilities of the router, just make sure you check the...
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    Router recommendation

    WRT54GS should be just fine. I used one to manage a network of 32 personal computers in Iraq, with all the people trying to do internet, email, video chat, voice chat, etc on a very limited speed connection. I basically gave QOS preference to the services that used the least amount of bandwidth...
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    Processor Activity

    I'm gonna have to agree with Smith on this one. I have had poorly made ads bog my processor all the way to 50% (Dual Core, so 50% is pretty much 100% for single threaded apps) on many occasions. see if there are any ads on the pages creating the usage that have any amount of animation to them.
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    Recommendation for video input device

    I'm looking for a simple way to be able to watch my satellite on my computer. Just need composite or S-video + LR audio inputs, and the ability to watch it (semi) real time. I have no need for any special abilities (DVR, HD, IR Blaster, etc), and price is the ultimate goal. Anyone have any...
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    PC to HDTV problems

    Did your video card by any chance come with a Component video breakout cable? Not the best solution as your resolution probably won't be able to go to 1080p, but you could at least try it. My 3870s both came with one. you may need to go into the catalyst control center and check mark the Add...
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    Computers in your car? Anyone else have one?

    Scott, my jealousy meter is through the roof right now. I've been thinking about doing this for quite some time, but never been able to find all the parts I really want in it. Then there's the whole cost/income factor as well :). If I ever get to install mine, I'll make sure to post some...
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    My every so often dumb computer question

    are you using a personal e-mail account or a work e-mail? if it's a work e-mail, it's possible that the address in question makes backup copies of every e-mail to store off site (in case records of e-mails are needed)? If it's personal, maybe someone is copying your mail?
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    Solild State Disks

    This is a good question, and one that has been keeping me from investing in a Solid state drive for quite some time. To the best of my knowledge even the best Flash Memory has has a maximum write life cycle of about 100,000 writes per block. Good wear leveling can help extend the life of a...
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    Solild State Disks

    Why would you need an adapter when they already have IDE, SATA, and USB Solid State Drives? Newegg.com - Express Card, Solid State Disk, Solid State Hard Drive
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    Intermittent lockup on XP, trouble shooting ideas?

    I had a similar problem a few years ago with a computer I built. It would only lock up when I was running the computer hard. Then I started to have hard drive issues as well (which I originally attributed to all the forced reboots). It wasn't until I started to monitor the +12V power that I...
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    need advice on laptops

    That's really strange because my soon to be ex-wife has killed power adapters on two laptops, and we have had to get the jack on one of the laptops re-soldered as well. (BTW, she has never touched, nor will she ever touch, my toshiba :)
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    need advice on laptops

    I have to say I have had great luck with my toshiba. It's a very old Toshiba Satellite, 650 MHz Celeron, maxed out at 320MB of RAM and currently has a 20GB Hard Drive in it. I has survived 3 Military deployments (6 months in Bosnia, 6 months in Iraq, then a full year in Iraq). After the second...
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    problem in using tv as a monitor

    Did anyone in here read the OPs post?? The OP stated his video card has an S-Video output. S-Video is 480i only, so if the video card that output, it will downrez whatever resolution the computer is set to to 480i. My old sony is currently hooked up and working on S-video with the resolution set...
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    Those annoying Vista security popups.

    I agree, not too long ago I was un RARing a "song" with a very long name (long enough that winRAR displayed ... before the extension. This was the 6th of 9 that I was doing at the time so I was kinda in autopilot. Un RARed it, opened the folder, saw a Media Player Icon, double clicked it to make...
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    WD TV HD Media Player

    Anyone know if it will support MKV playback with x264 video and DD/DTS audio? If anyone gets this I would love to know how well it handles the task of a good quality 10-18GB 1080p mkv file during a fast motion scene. If it does well, what a great find!!
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    Windows 7: A rebadged, much better Vista?

    Gotta give you a +1 for this statement. I was trying to get Vista 64 to work with my Linksys wireless card. Can you believe there is still no driver for it?? Linksys claims there is some underlying compatibility issue with Vista 64. So what did I do? I did some research and discovered the name...
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    CIRCUIT CITY IS GOING BYE BYE

    I would have to say their staff really went downhill when they decided to eliminate commissions. The change did slightly lower the annoyance factor (can I help you with anything today? x40 times in an hour) but I think knowing their paycheck would depend on their sales encouraged the sales...
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    Not able to watch video online

    Make sure you have the latest version of Flash, and that you have no flash blocking applications, or hardware on your network