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Mozilla Firefox: Safe Surfing Made Easy
The browser wars are in full swing again. You have Internet Exlporer 7, Mozilla 2.0, and Opera 9 all in beta and working hard to gain user share. But what is a person new to the internet, who is scared … Continue reading
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Why Microsoft's Zune Could Fail
Microsoft has announced their iPod rival, it is called Zune. The new digital audio player (DAP) is rumored to sport WiFi, a fast processor for gaming, and a satellite radio receiver. While all of this sounds great on paper it … Continue reading
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Apple to Announce iTunes Movie Rentals
It seems the internet is abuzz over ThinkSecret.com’s article about Apple announcing iTunes Movie Rentals. Everyone seems to think that the idea of watching full length movies on the iPod is a good one. I however am not one of … Continue reading
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Protect Your Computer For Free With ClamWin Free Antivirus
ClamWin Free Antivirus is an antivirus software that is licensed under the GNU Public Software License. This means that you can download the software and use it freely. What does this mean to you, the user? Well for one thing … Continue reading
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Microsoft’s Biggest Beta Tester? Itself
Here is a nice little article with Microsoft’s own Cheif Information Officer (CIO) about how Microsoft uses it’s own products internally from the Alpha testing period of a product all the way through release. This process which they refer to … Continue reading
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Why Microsoft’s Zune Could Fail
Microsoft has announced their iPod rival, it is called Zune. The new digital audio player (DAP) is rumored to sport WiFi, a fast processor for gaming, and a satellite radio receiver. While all of this sounds great on paper it … Continue reading →