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Chromebooks Coming to More Stores

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While Google hasn’t been pushing Chromebooks that hard, they’ve been working behind the scenes to increase the availability of their nifty little laptops. Google will now be shipping Chromebooks to Walmart, Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Fry’s Electronics, and TigerDirect, tripling the amount of stores that previously carried the device. …

WWDC 2013: A Guide to the MEGATech Essentials

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It’s that time of year gain, Apple’s annual WWDC in San Francisco. Every year Apple has something up its sleeve with a few surprise announcements and this year was no exception. As expected, Apple launched a completely new and redesigned iOS 7 along with an updated MacBook Air and offerred …

All American Airlines Flights Grounded Due to Computer Error

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The Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, has grounded all American Airlines and some American Eagle flights after AA experienced computer problems that resulted in their reservations systems going down. The problem is expected to be resolved by 5pm ET at the latest, at which point normal flights will resume. Insert …

Google Glass Specs Released

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Google has released the specifications for the earliest versions of Google Glass. There’s the obvious stuff, like a 5-megapixel camera and the ability to shoot video at a resolution of 720p, but then there’s also stuff like “bone conduction audio,” which sounds not impressive but downright painful.

Google Glass offers …

Microsoft Ending XP Support in One Year

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Do you still use Windows XP? Well your clock is ticking, friend. You have exactly 365 days until Microsoft will end all support for the operation system, which will happen on April 8, 2014. Of course you can continue to use it, but you won’t get anymore security updates, hotfixes, …

The Convenience of Remote Technical Support

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Our computers are incredibly important to us. We use them for just about everything, from watching random YouTube videos to completing those TPS reports. While things are running smoothly most of the time, you will inevitably encounter some hiccups. Back in the old days, you’d have to disconnect everything and …

Google Glass Will Be Manufactured in the US

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When Google starts selling the first Google Glass headsets later this year, they’ll have been made in the good ol’ US of A, specifically the Foxconn plant in Santa Clara, California. This will allow Google to keep a close eye on the initial production. The first product that Google produced …

GIGABYTE Launches “Dig for Victory” Contest at HWBOT

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It is competition time again and we are starting off with some love for AMD and the Piledriver series of processors. GIGABYTE has joined forces with HWBOT.org to host Dig For Victory.

The competition is as simple as getting the highest score with the new Futuremark 3DMark released just a …