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Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives, according to a data recovery company that has released a list of the most remarkable cases of data loss witnessed this year. One customer left a banana on top of his hard drive, […]

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This is the basic of all “hacks”. Schaps AdvanceConfig and PHM Registry editor are the two basic tools you’ll need to tweak that sluggish smartphone of yours. Here’s a guide to install the two tools and use them to tweak your HTC Touch Diamond.
First, you’d need to download the files from the links I’d created.
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Auburn (CA) – Most small businesses and consumers do not have elaborate disaster recovery plans in place, which means that their data may be at risk, especially if backups are stored nearby. Fire and water can wipe out at least portions of the contents stored on hard drives in a matter of seconds. ioSafe announced […]

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Looking at the pictures, you can’t really tell the difference between the 700, 900 and the 1000. Not unless you take a look at it side-by-side. The Asus 1000 carries a larger 10″ LCD screen, thus allowing the ultra-portable PC to have a larger, less cramped keyboard. However, a larger screen size would mean an […]

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Seagate doesn’t currently have any drives in the SSD market. Seagate currently is one of the largest makers of traditional hard drives and while it foresees a time when the solid state drive (SSD) is a better value than traditional HDDs; that time is not now.Seagate announced that next year it will double its highest […]

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As you guys already have known, the Asus Eee PC 900 (next generation Eee PC) will come with a 8.9″ display (capable of 1024×600 resolution) and a choice of 8GB of storage space. On top of that, the next generation Eee PC will come with different coloured skins. Well, apparently, that’s not the end of […]

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Forget about 10 Watt processors; Intel’s got plans for entire systems that fit in that thermal envelope
To quote Richard Feynman, “there’s plenty of room at the bottom,” and the microprocessor market is no exception. Although high performance is what captured Intel’s attention for the past few years, the company is now aggressively targeting the low […]

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With more advanced technologies like voice recognition and touch screen, the role of the conventional QWERTY keyboard may reach it’s final destination soon. The conventional keyboards will be replaced by high tech key recognition modules that can be attached or embedded within a computer system.
Microsoft envisions the future computers without keyboards but voice recognition modules […]

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What would you do with a 32GB SD card? If you’d use it for a high MP digital camera, you’d probably need not delete your pictures from your SD card ever again (or maybe for a long long time). Hell, you can even slot it into your latest Asus Eee PC and boost your 4GB […]

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Laptop gaming systems are getting more popular these days. Given a laptop’s portability, you could easily dump it into a laptop messenger bag and effortlessly (maybe not to everyone) carry it to a lan party. It sucks to bring your rev-ed up desktop CPU, although it would be so much cooler and extreme.
To up one’s […]

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