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Magic Jack is the home VoIP solution that is taking on the big boys like Vonage and enjoying great success. The MagicJack, which is primarily advertised as an “as seen on TV” product is gaining some serious traction among the thrifty that are looking to cut costs on their monthly bills. With pho
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Almost everybody knows about the "specialized" top-level domain names, e.g. .name, .biz, and .info. But how come newly registered domain names still 99% of the time go for .com .net or .org? I'll discuss several reasons why, covering the typical reasons in addition to some lesser-known reasons why.
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="585" caption="Intel Nehalem Overview"][/caption] That's right - Intel continues to break barriers down with new processor technology every day, although the only software company able to take advantage of the new design currently is IBM. The new "Nehalem-EX
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Internet Explorer is the most widely used browser today, no doubt about it (the numbers don't lie). However, as alternative browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox continue to eat away at IE's market share, web designers are not only getting tired of supporting that which cannot be suppor
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The modern computer is like a poorly built house: its bad enough that its design was terrible in the first place, but instead of taking the time to fix it we simply place a bucket under every ceiling leak, and when that proves ineffective we just place a larger bucket in its place. Computers in
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Rumors of Apple's upcoming tablet-based (touchscreen) computer have been around for months, while the rumors of a possible Apple netbook have more recently been circulating. We have substantial evidence that they are, in fact, to be the same product. Earlier we reported an Apple netbook protot
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Terminator Salvation, the latest in the line of the Terminator movies and (cancelled) television series is an action-packed, revealing movie within the Terminator timeline. The movie follows John Conner, whom throughout the movie listens to the tapes left behind by his mother as the Sarah Conner Chr
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We've talked about what needs to be done in terms of better search engine ranking, but hand-in-hand with search engine optimization comes speed optimization for your website. Having a speedy website means visitors have a more pleasing experience in terms of faster page loading/rendering times, a
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Everyone has at one point or another offered little tips and tricks of varying quality for speeding up a Windows installation. I can't even watch TV for more than 10 minutes without seeing one of those obnoxious (and inaccurate) FinallyFast.com commercials, and I hear people all of the time offering
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Abandonware, software that is unsupported and obsolete yet still covered by copyright, has been an ongoing legality topic with no definitive precedent case determining its verdict of being legal or not. Although most argue that abandonware is software still technically covered by an unexpired copyri
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