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So, you heard the news: PC sales are tanking. Apparently, nobody wants to buy Dells or HPs anymore; nobody cares about clunky laptops and bulky...

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So, we meet again. Last time, we were, ahem, discussing religion: the

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I asked Google to delete my Google+ account the other day. I did it without second thoughts, without regrets, after using the service for barely a...

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To borrow the first line from The Streets' magnificent A Grand Don't Come for Free, it was supposed to be so easy. After a brutally...

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Murphy was right. If something can go wrong, it will... eventually. Earlier this week, the water main connected to our house burst, submerging...

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Man, I cannot wait to get started on my next build. Nearly all the necessary components are already laid out on my workbench. Some were...

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The old adage says there are only two certainties in this world: death and taxes. Steve Jobs proved that not even the Reality Distortion...

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As I mentioned on the podcast this week, I have been working to re-fit Damage Labs with new hardware all around....

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Join us as we offer a live account of Mooly Eden's day-opening keynote from the Intel Developer Forum 2011 in San Francisco.  Reload...

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There's been a lot of talk about the cloud lately. I'm not sure exactly when clouds came to represent noisy server farms thousands of miles...

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Years back, while still an angsty teenager, I had a bug in my head telling me that A+ certification sounded like good times. With...

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If Canada isn't off your radar completely, you've probably heard about the recent fuss over a CRTC ruling that effectively forced independent Internet service providers...

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You've heard about the cloud, right? No, not the one that's spitting a pitter-patter of raindrops onto the roof of my home office. ...

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I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to...

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Like many TR readers, I often find myself called upon to aid friends and family members with their technical problems. I'm usually happy to oblige....

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I built my first proper home-theater PC so long ago that I don't remember exactly when. Five years ago sounds about right, but it...

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Though he might not publicly admit it, I think I could detect some jealousy in Scott's voice when I called to say I was hanging...

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