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RAM aka Memory for your computer

September 9th, 2008 · Comments Off

Howdy one and all, welcome back to another fact filled mission. This week we are going to use our James Bond like skills to check out SPECTER. Since we have just finished a series of training article on how to set up Virtual Memory, we need to take the next step and figure out if [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Optimizing · Purchasing · Speeding Up

More Best Buy store woes

February 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off

I thought I had posted an article on this last year, maybe it was in a newsletter. Anyway here is just another reason to buy from local business and not the big box retailers. http://techdirt.com/articles/20070302/171131.shtml

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Tags: Purchasing · Soap Box

CHEAP SOFTWARE SCAMS

December 11th, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome to another edition of The Weekly Geek. This week I want to keep it short, so let’s get straight to the material. Since many of you will be buying a new computer for Christmas, the first thing you will want to do is add some software program(s) that you did not get. Please only [...]

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Tags: E-Mail Issues · Internet · Malware · Purchasing · Security · Soap Box · Software

Continue to avoid Wireless N products.

October 10th, 2007 · Comments Off

Even though wireless products have been around for years, I still do not have much faith in them on the business level. Many individuals and homeowners have benefited by not needing to run cables in their apartments or homes, however video and large file transfers and remote sharing are still troublesome at best. Introduce Wireless [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Purchasing · Soap Box

Best Buy Soap Box

August 11th, 2006 · Comments Off

Howdy and welcome back to another fabulous edition of The Weekly Geek! This week I want to step up on the soap box and let all our wonderful readers know about the sheer pleasure that Best Buy brought to me (sarcasm is dripping from that statement). About a year and a half ago a customer [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Purchasing · Soap Box