Many of us have an old computer lying around with a monitor attached to it. Many of us also have 2 monitors connected to our main PC. Here’s 2 tools that I have used to effectively have 3 (or more) monitors at my disposal. First let me give you a description of my setup: Main [...]

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CCleaner is a fantastic, free, registry and file cleaner for Windows. If you don’t know, crap (the first C in CCleaner) builds up on your Windows machine over time, and can use up gigs of free space and slow your machine down terribly. This is where CCleaner comes in. Step 1: Download and Install CCleaner [...]

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A slashdot user writes in to tell about Infoworld’s 7 Dirtiest Jobs in IT. As they explain, working in IT isn’t always pretty and this is the list of the worst of them. From your stock-standard black ops to dealing with legacy systems, its got them. Unfortunately, dirty jobs — whether you’re being chained to [...]

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ReadWriteWeb has an article on the reasons why they believe Apple is where its at in Next Generation Computing. The article starts – Last week Steve Jobs took the stage at the Apple Town hall meeting and announced two major things for the iPhone: 1) support for Microsoft Exchange and 2) the iPhone SDK. The [...]

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XKCD has finally settled the argument for us all!

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Researches are currently (and have been for some time) discussing a “clean slate” for the internet. Things are changing, there are no more space constrictions, processing power is plentiful as is bandwidth – the internet is no longer relevant to the mediums it works on. The idea may seem unthinkable, even absurd, but many believe [...]

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“A small harddrive” from 1956 is no joke. No joke.

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NS has an article about a company that intends to start selling servers that are swimming in oil! The microprocessors inside servers and desktop computers are normally cooled using fans that blow air across the components. But UK a company called Very-PC hopes to see a much more radical, oil-based alternative, take off instead. Technically [...]

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