Recent content by kryten42

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    Intel's 22nm Silvermont Atoms: Four Cores, Up to 1.4 GHz

    jaquithReading might help, this Atom Silvermont CPU is for your Phones & Tablets -- not your Laptop or PC... The Atom CPU is for ultra-low-voltage use and >small size<. Yes, reading would help. Third paragraph: "likely to be offered in variety of applications and not just tablets and smartphones"
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    Verizon Defends Data Price Discrepancy in Share Everything

    I'm confused. You're saying the $50 for 1GB includes unlimited talk and text, but your calculations all act as if the talk and text is free.
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    Apple Blocked eBay Sale of 3G MacBook Pro

    While Apple can get it pulled using the VeRO program, there is an appeal process. The seller can go to eBay, and say, "I believe I do have the right to sell this because A B C." Then eBay goes back to Apple to have them back up their initial claim. If Apple can't, or doesn't, then the seller...
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    Apple A4 CPU Dissection: iPad is Just a Big Touch

    Can you say why it matters? Because tayb gave some excellent reasons behind his thinking.
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    CrunchPad 'joojoo' is $499, For Sale on Friday

    subliferAgreed. Not sure why Jane is being so hard on it. Who cares about 3G? Besides, if it has USB ports then you can add 3G. No where in the article does it say it has USB.
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    Microsoft Bing Goes Down Due to Mistake

    I use Bing for maps. I like it better that Google's map system.
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    Any Good MMO to play besides WoW

    My favorite is City of Heroes/City of Villains. There's a lot of backstory both in the game, and in comic books you can download from their site. It's fun to run around and do the super-hero thing, but I've always been a comic book fan.
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    QOTD: Do You Use Linux/BSD With a GUI?

    Yes, MythDora.
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    QOTD: What Was Your First Computer?

    In 1989, I got an IBM PS/2 Model 55SX 16MHz 386SX CPU 2MB RAM 30MB Hard drive 12" COLOR monitor. 3.5" floppy Paid extra for an external 5.25" floppy Came with DOS 3.3, later upgraded to 5.0 and Win 3.1 And eventually added a MicroChannel SoundBlaster card I still have the computer. I use it as...
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    Do I need a new OS?

    All good advice so far. I'd like to add something different. If what you're looking for is to save all the customization you've done to your desktop (and we all know what a pain that is to rebuild) then there are some products that can save all your cookies, My Documents, wallpaper, e-mail...