On October 26th, I got up at 3:00 AM EST (12:00 AM PST) to order two iPad minis. One was black (my husband’s) and the other was white (mine). Other than that, the configuration was the same — 64GB of storage and Wifi + Cellular […]
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Regular DCT reader Holly Martin wants to know if she can upgrade her Windows 7 machine to Windows 8 and then go back if she doesn’t like the new operating system: Hi! I have a dell m-5040 with windows 7 home premium, and am wanting
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Like some of you, I got a new cell phone for Christmas. Mine is a white 64GB iPhone 5. I knew I wanted insurance but I wasn’t sure from whom. I had always gone with Verizon’s insurer, Asurion. But with a $199 deductible for my
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Ashampoo is once again offering 5 top products, all for free. You can download as many as you want… expiry date unknown. Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012 – Full featured burning suite. Ashampoo Photo Commander 9 – Easily manage, edit, and share your photos. Ashampoo Snap
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[important]Please see the update below ~ Dave[/important] Laplink DiskImage is a full featured disk imaging software including the ability to create bootable recovery media. Protect your PC with a perfect copy (image) of all your applications, files and settings. Quickly and easily restore your PC
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In 1974, Popular Electronics released its January issue, featuring the Altair 8800 computer on its cover. Two years later, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) announced that it had shipped over ten thousand Altair 8800 kits worldwide thus far. Learn more at http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=62&st=1.
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In 1924, astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda was another galactic system outside the Milky Way. Originally thought to be a nebulae, Edwin Hubble was able to resolve images that showed individual stars. Learn more at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp24ga.html.
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In 1987, Cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko ended his record 326 day mission orbiting the Earth in the Mir space station. Yuri Romanenko’s stay in space broke the previous Soviet record of 237 days and the U.S. space endurance record of 87 days. He held the record
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A little humor, not Christmas or New Year related but pretty funny nonetheless… at least, I thought so. Never allow the ‘bride’ to choose the access password! 🙂 Clever tortoise!! **Happy New Year!!**
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In 1969, Linus Torvalds was born. Linus Torvalds created the Linux operating system. Learn more at http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/linus-torvalds-isoc/.
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This is Part 2 of Digiarty’s Xmas giveaway for Mac – MacX iPhone/iPad Video Pack New Year Giveaway… expires 7th January MacX iPhone DVD Video Converter Pack, bundled with MacX iPhone Video Converter and MacX iPhone DVD Ripper, can rip DVD and convert video for
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In 1773, Sir George Cayley was born. Sir George Cayley is considered to be the “father of aerodynamics”. In 1849, he designed and built a gliding machine. With a ten year old boy aboard, it was the first manned glider flight. Cayley died on December
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A couple of weeks ago we published an article concerning the Windows 8 Start Screen and Shutdown options, you can view that article here: Windows 8 missing Start button – What missing Start button! We received a comment in response to that article from regular reader
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This is Part 2 of Wondershare’s Xmas Giveaway: *PhoneTrans* New Year Giveaway… expires 15th January. *NOTE: This one requires that you share the giveaway, through either Facebook or Twitter 1-Click Phone to Phone Content Transfer Simple yet effective solution for transferring content between Symbian, Android,
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