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I will survive - Violin version

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February, 2008 (, , , , )
Posted in Fun

The disco classic ‘I will survive’ performed by a violin and a piano. It’s pretty funny too.

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$400 Cloudbook won’t dent eeePC’s reign

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February, 2008 (, , , , , , )
Posted in Cloud Computing, Tech News

The Everex Cloudbook is a new sub-notebook which will be sold by Walmart for $399. Despite its comparable configuration, it supposedly won’t pose a threat to the leader in the ultra-tiny laptop market, the Asus eeePC.
The specs:

Display: 7″ 800*480px
CPU: 1.2 GHz Via C7 chip
RAM: 512MB
HDD: 30GB
Connectivity: 2xUSB, Ethernet & WiFi
Extra: webcam

This thing’s design [...]

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Music made with Windows 98 & XP sounds only

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February, 2008 (, , )
Posted in Fun

The alert sounds that ship with Windows may enervate you after years and years of listening to them, but they’ve also found a new purpose. On YouTube, a little song was composed, comprised of merely Windows 98 and XP sounds.
It’s just as ingenious as it is frighteningly nostalgic. You have been warned.

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Toshiba to retreat from HD-DVD

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February, 2008 (, , , , )
Posted in HD, Tech News

Reuters reports that Toshiba, one of the main backers of the HD-DVD technology, is planning to pull the plug on HD-DVD for good. An anonymous source stated this and also noted that an official announcement could arrive as soon as next week. HD-DVD received it’s first major blow last month, when Warner Bros announced it [...]

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Vista Tip: Multiple clocks

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February, 2008 (, )
Posted in Tips & Tricks, Windows Vista

In this inter-connected world it’s sometimes hard to keep track of time — literally. With international communication spanning across the entire globe, you’re able to talk to people you’d probably never encountered without it. The only culprit to real-time communication is the differing time zones, though. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to keep [...]

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