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Options for Mobile Internet On The Go

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Is it a smartphone? Is it a tablet? Is it a laptop?

With home broadband being so much part of our daily lives now, more and more of us want to take that experience with us when we head out and about too. Whether it’s on our commute, at work, on holiday or . . .

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Setting Up A New Laptop

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There is nothing a geek likes better than to hear their spouse say “this computer is so slow”. 

It is practically permission to head out the door or straight to the Internet in that very moment and start the research towards purchasing a new PC or laptop to replace that slow computer . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 22

Welcome to our 22nd Episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! After letting you listen in on the crowd at Space View Park in Titusville, Florida during the final shuttle launch in the history of Human Space Flight for NASA we get down to business talking planet based technology. Items we discuss include 60% of Adobe users which use vulnerable versions of the software; Microsoft banning common passwords and introducing a new hacking alert system; Using a Microsoft FixIt to address power consumption problems on your laptop; the final 1,000 days of Windows XP; Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins; Versace’s censoring of comments on their Facebook page; websites to check if your credit card is stolen (not); Harley Davidson Museum and technology; Dropbox and Skydrive Terms of Service; Spam dropped by 82% in the past year; Office XP and Windows Vista SP1 retired. We then wrap up with a review of what we have been discussing on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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The PC Is Still Thriving

One would think that with the sales of tablets and the iPad that personal computer sales would become obsolete.  Au contraire. It seems desktop PC sales have actually grown in the past year and thanks to corporate enterprises, desktop and laptop sales won’t be going away anytime soon.

Granted, for people who . . .

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How Do You Get The News?

So if a newspaper wasn’t enough to get the current news, in addition to getting information sent to my smartphone, soon I can read a newspaper on an iPad and also check out the current New York Times while on my laptop?

Wow, talk about having a variety of options at my . . .

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ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Review and Commentary

I have been looking and tracking netbooks for several weeks as I travel a lot and have been seriously considering getting something smaller to tote around besides my 2 year old Gateway MX6455. I searched and scoured the web for any info about these devices to see what it might be like . . .

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