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Why is my computer so slow? Here is why!

Greg sent me an email earlier today - “Why is my computer so slow even though it’s brand new?”. A couple of email exchanges between us fixed his problem. If you are curious to know what problem his computer faced, it’s mentioned at the end of this post.
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Tips: How to save fuel and money on fuel bills

With the continuous and ever rising cost of fuel, fuel that’s a part of our everyday life, people with average income have begun to feel the pinch. The fossils fuels are anyway going to disappear in another 20-40 years and we will only be left with the option of using alternative fuels. But there is [...]

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IP over Avian Carriers - Internet Protocol traffic by birds?

While looking for some information on Internet Protocol and IP addresses on Wikipedia, I found an interesting article that talks about a humorous proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons.
IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) was initially described in RFC 1149 and was released by Internet Engineering Task Force on [...]

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List of the most important things to backup before you format your hard drive

You may find yourself in a disaster if you don’t backup these most important things off your computer before formatting your hard disk. Read on…
Today one of my colleague at the office received a new replacement laptop for his out of warranty laptop. The next thing he was expected to do was to take a [...]

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Do you GMail? Go for Better Gmail [Firefox Only]

Here is a Firefox extension that will enhance your GMail experience by several folds. If you have used Google Reader and Calendar, you will love this extension. Better Gmail is a firefox add-on from Lifehacker editor Gina Trapani. It’s a collection of several Greasemonkey scripts compiled into one great add-on.
This add-on will enhance your GMail [...]

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Play an online game to improve your vocabulary and donate free rice

I usually receive chain emails asking to click on links that would donate some money in charity and before I tell others about it, I do some research on the claims of such websites offering donations. Almost every site I have seen so far is not really donating any money but making money by displaying [...]

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Innovative Bose Suspension System

I have always been a big time fan of Bose music systems and love their world class music products developed by research and innovation. Bose is one of its kind of company that spends a very large share of their profits back into product research and that’s why they are much ahead than their competitors.
BoseĀ® [...]

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