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    Microsoft Convinces Googlers to Switch to Bing

    Microsoft still the same ... they won't be happy unless they have a 80% market share in search, and no one else has more than 10%. Because there is nooooo waayyy you can use more than one product, it must be just theres. Im all for competition, but microsith pisses me off in that they don't snag...
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    QOTD: Which Version of Windows 7 Do You Use?

    i was about to install pro but I spilled holy water on the disk and it caught on fire :(
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    Yahoo Kills GeoCities Today

    geoshi***** is dead? Can't really say im sad that I won't see those crappy massive single body paragraph web pages from google searches anymore. If you miss it you can always go to archive.org
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    QOTD: What's Your Favorite YouTube Video?

    bubb rub and lil sis, for sure
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    Nvidia: DirectX 11 Won't Define GPU Sales

    I really like the cards both companies make, i juts wish ATI had better linux support. Nvidia linux support is top notch.
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    Students Can Get Windows 7 Pro for $19

    I got it for "free" througn my school, just like every other microsoft product. im a CS student
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    Pigeon Found to be Faster Than Broadband

    I worked in Mozambique Africa with a similar experience, although the internet speed there was rated at 512k we would be lucky to get 5k per second. What they do is hook up outrageous amounts of people to the same box and create a massive bottle neck
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    Microsoft May Have to Let Users Choose Browser

    Im no fan of MS but I have to side with them on this one, the whole thing is just stupid, of course they are going to by default incorporate their software into their operating system, Mac does the same thing, and most linux Distros by default use Firefox. There is competition out there for lots...
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    Circuit City is Back, Sorta

    Im .. really not sure why anyone would want them back, they always had really terrible customer service and way over priced products. I think they went out of business for a reason.....
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    Microsoft Puts Limits on Windows 7 Netbook Specs

    wow this really pisses me off... windows is the platform everyone will be designing for, so now they have to design arount this limitation.... i really really REALLY hate microsoft, i dont use windows, but this will affect the latest hardware that comes out. On the other hand mmaybe this will...
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    Desktop Linux For The Windows Power User

    No, dont use AWN for a mac like doc, it works ok, but it lacks very important features like grouping windows together and the OSX effects. Use cairo-dock. It has .deb packages ( cairo-dock useed to be a joke as far as stability and usability but now it works extremely well)
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    Google Says It's Not the Pirate Bay

    I agree, google is TOTALLY responsible, and microsoft is responsible too, because their computers allow us to download these files!!! that means you can throw mac in the mix too, and linux, oh and our parents are responsible! they brought us into the world to steal things!!!! Now lets get...
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    Why Cable ISP Capping is the New DRM, and Suck

    The governemnt should not step in, the government has been stepping in and managing businesses a little too much lately, you are talking about giving them more power. Anything that the government runs gets screwed up. On the other hand, it's the consumer that needs to regulate this. For the...
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    QOTD: Are You Always Fixing PCs for Others?

    Yes I am, but I charge people :-P