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    Tom's Hardware Registered Users: Account Upgrades Coming, Please Confirm Email Addresses

    No it's not. My correct email address is listed in my profile but "My Account" doesn't have the green checkmark. I have no way of indicating this is my correct email. I tried reentering it but gives me the account already exists error. This is ridiculous.
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    Comcast Fires Back Regarding Tor Browser Accusations

    So where did this accusation come from? Was it from someone talking a Comcast employee speaking on his own behalf instead of on that of his company. Sounds that way if this doesn't reflect company policy.
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    Windows 9 Expected To Push Consumers Off Windows XP

    You obviously don't understand Linux. Linux sees no reason in leaving RAM unallocated so it will preload commonly used applications into unused RAM for speed and mark it as removable if you don't use it and it needs the RAM. You are only filling 5.5GB out of 8GB. It probably couldn't find...
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    Google Fiber May Branch Out to 34 New Cities

    It's indicative of how bad the home broadband market currently is when everyone on sites such as this begs Google to come to their town. More so when this includes people who are even concerned about Google and privacy issues. That is just sad. Come on FCC, do your job for once.
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    Google Fiber May Branch Out to 34 New Cities

    It's indicative of how bad the home broadband market currently is when everyone on sites such as this begs Google to come to their town. More so when this includes people who are even concerned about Google and privacy issues. That is just sad. Come on FCC, do your job for once.
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    Google Fiber May Branch Out to 34 New Cities

    It's indicative of how bad the home broadband market currently is when everyone on sites such as this begs Google to come to their town. More so when this includes people who are even concerned about Google and privacy issues. That is just sad. Come on FCC, do your job for once.
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    Buffalo Intros Two AirStation Extreme Wireless AC Routers

    Well here is the rate footnote from the Buffal adapter page linked in the article:
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    Belkin Adding Paragon's UFSD Tech To Next-Gen Routers

    A notable ommision of the ext2 family of file systems, so I wouldn't be advertising support for Linux.
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    Report: Upcoming Socket FM2+ Will Support Older Trinity and Richland APUs

    This probably means Kaveri is going to be delayed while it's chipset gets here first. FM2+ lets you sell boards that work with currently available CPUs while you wait for the next.
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    Google to Offer Google Fiber Internet in Olathe, Kansas

    Expanding already? How much of Kansas City do they have connected so far? I thought they only started. It can't be more than 10%. Are they going to skip the less affluent areas as has become the norm? Welcome to the ISP world.
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    GlobalFoundries Unleashing 7-nm Process Tech in 2017

    I'm tired of bogus paper releases. I'll believe it when I see it.
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    FreedomPop Now Expanding into Free Home Broadband

    Folks, this isn't for the modern generation who streams video and games online. This is for your grandmother who only want's to check her email or read some news. Think of it as the NEW DialUp. Remember that? Does anyone even offer that anymore? At any rate, I think it is a cost effective...
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    One Third of the World's Households Have Broadband Access

    stoogieso basically my internet speed of 1.16mb/down 0.16mb/up is 98% worse than the world, well sorry but thats the best internet u can get at this location in TASMANIA, AUSTRALIAS INTERNET SUCKSWell, you got to keep those devils from chewing through your wiring or that's gonna happen