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Eee Mobile PC Coming in Under $200

July 16th, 2007
11 Comments Written by Ryan

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Mobile computers continue to drop in cost, and as a result we get smaller PC’s that offer more bang for the buck. The low-cost mobile computer craze all started with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) who’s goal was to create a computing device that could be sold for $100 each to developing countries. As word began to spread about how cheap this

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If you typically have multiple tabs open at a time in Firefox, and multiple tabs for the same site, you’ll probably like ChromaTabs.  ChromaTabs is a Firefox extension which will assign a color to your opened tabs. Essentially you’re color-coding the sites that you visit which makes it quicker and easier to find them in your Tab Bar.

The screenshot below shows what my browser window looked like when I had multiple tabs open:

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Windows Home Server on the Home Stretch

July 16th, 2007
7 Comments Written by Ryan

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After 3-years in the making Windows Home Server has been sent to manufacturing. It was tested internally by 1,000 Microsoft employees which eventually grew to more than 100,000 public Beta testers. It was supposed to be sent to the manufacturer on June 22nd, but it apparently suffered from some minor delays.

So why would you want to use Windows Home Server? Here

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Pownce Invite Extravaganza!

July 16th, 2007
25 Comments Written by Ashley

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There’s no need to buy a Pownce invite on eBay if you’re one of the first 16 people to leave a comment! That’s right, we have 16 Pownce invites to give away.

Now, if you’re scratching your head wondering what on earth Pownce is, in a sentence, you use it to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. In a lot of ways, it reminds me

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Microsoft Patent Reveals Taskbar Ideas?

July 16th, 2007
2 Comments Written by Ryan

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Microsoft published an interesting patent on July 12th that details what could very well be a Windows Taskbar replacement. The images associated with the application can be viewed in this PDF that I put together, otherwise you need to have a TIFF image viewer (or QuickTime) installed to view the images in your browser.

The patent details what

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Apple fan or not, if you haven’t visited “The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs,” go take a look around, it’ll be worth it. The blog has become quite popular over the last several months, and even the real Steve Jobs has admitted to reading the blog. It’s funny, and entertaining, and one of my favorite posts came from the day the iPhone launched. It was titled “29 June 2007: The day the world

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ATM Thief Reprograms Money Dispenser

July 16th, 2007
No Comments Written by Ashley

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I thought it was bad when a message appeared on an ATM saying that Windows needed to be activated, but I think it’s worse when the owner of an ATM doesn’t change the master password from it’s default which results in an “ATM Robbery.”

An ATM Robbery is exactly what happened in Pennsylvania last month when a man walked in to Mastorocco’s Market and reprogrammed the ATM to think

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