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    Building a computer from scratch in Canada for $700?

    Hey all, Thanks for any and all input. Long and short, I'm looking for a motherboard to build a new computer around. I'm looking to build a computer from the ground up. The last one I built was around the year 2000 and I've only been following tech moderately closely since then, so I'm in...
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    New Surface 3 Tablet Abandons Windows RT, Rocks Intel Cherry Trail Chip

    Redjaron, Seeing as I'm in Canada, I didn't see the need to respond to US pricing when it really doesn't affect me? True, I didn't answer directly, but I did reference it with my comment concerning Ultrabook hardware. You ask "Slow compared to what?" - well, in Canada I can get a variety of...
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    New Surface 3 Tablet Abandons Windows RT, Rocks Intel Cherry Trail Chip

    Right direction, wrong price. Adopting the Apple pricing model is just going to drive users like me - who like Surface products - away. Not paying $600+ - starting price - for an Atom tablet - prior to having a keyboard stuck on there. Add a keyboard to that starting price and it's bordering...
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    Sony Spends $15 Million To Fix Cyber Security

    Heh... That's pretty much any big technology company Badaxe.
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    Chromecast Most Popular Streaming Device in 2014 With 10 Million Sales And 1 Billion 'Casts'

    Nice to see streaming picking up - now, let's get full on device streaming, stable, lagless, supported, and popular. The fewer wires in my setup, the better.
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    This Is Spartan, Microsoft's New Browser In Windows 10

    "You lost the Phone war because you refused to make a separate interface for the Device" Never found the big button that said "Desktop" on it, eh? I figured after 2 some years there even the most novice computer users would have managed to accidentally click on it and discovered the separate...
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    Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview 'January' Build Now Available

    Turkey, good assessment. There are a lot of reasons to use Linux and, frankly, sometimes Windows just isn't worth the licensing fee depending on what the purpose of your computer is. I would still imagine, at least in part for the reasons concerning GUI that you mentioned - a *huge* hurdle for...
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    Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview 'January' Build Now Available

    You Linux guys are like the people who *insist* it's better to drive with a steering wheel on the right side in North America. Yes, it's great you've found something you like. Yes, we understand that you think your way is better. No, we don't need to have you constantly come running in to...
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    Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Details: Universal Apps, Cortana On All Platforms, Xbox Integration, More

    You know, for those of you saying "Why can't MS just GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!!?!?!," when what you want is Windows 7, perhaps you should realize you've already got it? I loved Windows 8, and I'm actually disturbed that Windows 10 is moving away from some of the design changes they made - and...