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How to Save Money on Computer Repair

Matt Ryan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:37:48 +0000

Spending too much money on computer repair can be a real drag. Some shops charge as much as $200 for an hour of service that includes relatively simple processes such as upgrading the RAM and...

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How to Protect Your Electronics from Theft

Matt Ryan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:50:00 +0000

Having something of yours stolen can be one of the worst feelings in the world. Even more so when that particular item contains your personal information. These days we keep more and more of our...

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How to Choose Your Next Keyboard

Eddie Ringle — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:11:41 +0000

The computer keyboard is the one input device everyone uses and most take for granted. When you buy a computer from Dell or HP, you will usually get a keyboard included with it. Likewise, you can...

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Five Ways to Put an Old LCD Monitor to Good Use

Matt Ryan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:37:31 +0000

After a few years of upgrading and changing your PC, you’ll probably have quite a collection of used computer parts, monitors, cables, and an abundance of documentation just sitting there...

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Top Five Pens for Geeks

Matt Ryan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:41:07 +0000

The ancient art of putting quill to paper has been a celebrated sign of a civilized society. While we may not rely on the plucked feathers of a large bird to place our thoughts down in writing today,...

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Five Low-Tech Gifts for Geeks

Matt Ryan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:34:56 +0000

As the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year quickly approaches, many of us are still left with the question of what to get the geek (or geeks) left on the shopping list. Sure, you might know...

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Going Paperless with the Canon DR-C125 Desktop Scanner

Jake Ludington — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:28:19 +0000

This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Canon; the opinions represented are 100% my own. Almost two years ago, I began my first sustained effort to go paperless. Since then, I’ve scanned...

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Why Military Surplus Stores are Great for Geeks

Matt Ryan — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:36:34 +0000

Military surplus stores are some of the most interesting and unique places to shop. Where else can you pick up a pair of high-quality boots, a high-grade camp axe, a gas mask, and a bulletproof...

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How to Make a RAID-1 DAS for Under $125

Matt Ryan — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:04:52 +0000

I love working with video. Shooting, editing, uploading, watching, and even facilitating the storage of video is a process that feels a lot like archiving moments in time. Through video, we are able...

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RIM Only Shipped 150,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks in Q3 – but Why?

Jake Smith — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:00:10 +0000

RIM’s introductory tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, has been on the market for roughly seven months now, and hasn’t seen the traction that the company would exactly like. In fact, sales...

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