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NAS (Network Attached Storage) Device

Posted in backup, hardware on June 13, 2007 | No Comments »

I found this highly recommended NAS hard drive for backup and storage purposes. Check it out:
LaCie NAS Drive
You can connect this drive to your router or switch on your home network and it will configure to a specific private IP address. Then you can use the massive 500GB drive to backup data, music, [...]

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How To: Get Songs Off Your iPod

Posted in apple, backup, hardware, music on June 12, 2007 | No Comments »

A family member’s laptop recently crashed. This person didn’t have any backups at all. They had iTunes installed with a bunch of music that they lost due to the crash. Here’s how to get songs off your iPod if this happens to you:
1.) Enable your iPod for Disk Use - Connect your iPod and iTunes [...]

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New Fastest AMD Dual Core

Posted in amd, computers, hardware, technology on February 21, 2007 | No Comments »

AMD has released their fastest X2 processor to date. It’s the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0GHz with 2 x 1MB L2 Cache and Socket AM2 architecture. This thing will run fast and hot, but if you have the bucks and the need for speed, you’d better check it out:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 [...]

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IntelliPoint 6.1 Mouse Software

Posted in computers, hardware, microsoft, technology, vista on February 19, 2007 | No Comments »

The new Microsoft IntelliPoint mouse software is available for download. This enables access to many cuztomized features for different mice. You can choose the type of mouse you have and then it will install the related package. It’s free and works for Vista.
Download IntelliPoint 6.1

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new computer specs

Posted in amd, computers, hardware, technology, vista on January 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »

So after years of wishing and saving and hoping I could build my own computer I finally got the chance to do it in December 2006. I wanted to build a computer that was fully prepared to work with Vista premium and any type of Linux OS. Here’s the rundown of my rig:

AMD [...]

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