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I ordered a PC a while back and thought I’d write about it. I’ve been running pretty much the same desktop hardware for the past 5 years. Eventually things got so slow on the desktop that I started using my Core 2 Duo Lenovo T61 laptop as my desktop. this worked for a while, and I really like the laptop I just didn’t feel like I was using it for…

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) percentage change grew 0.12%, to close at $51.17 and its overall traded volume was 1.83M shares during the last session with the total traded volume of 2.40M shares. ADP opened at $51.43 and is trading within the range of $51.00-$51.65. the stock has a 52-week range of $44.72-$55.12. the market capitalization of the company stands at $25.01B and it has 488.70M outstanding shares. Automatic Data Processing,…

Ubuntu users want to know more about the Ubuntu release process and with the Ubuntu 11.10 Feature Freeze milestone accomplished, Amber Graner catches up with Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manger at Canonical, to talk about the ends and outs of the release process and more. Thanks Kate! Let’s get started. Amber Graner: Could you please introduce yourself and tell me a little about what you do at Canonical and for…

Introducing AMD’s Radeon Mobility 7400M, 7500M, and 7600M Traditionally AMD and NVIDIA have launched their new series of graphics products at the high-end and worked their way down. this means launching products like Cypress (Radeon HD 5800 series) and GF100 (GeForce 470/480) first, and following it up with smaller products like Redwood (Radeon HD 5600 series) and GF106 (GeForce 450) later. this owes to the fact that high-end GPUs are…

It is difficult to see your home grow old and dysfunctional. your doors may start creaking and your windows may not effectively keep the cold out of your house. If you are currently experiencing some of these situations, then it may be time to do some upgrading. Upgrading, renovating, retrofitting, or whatever you may call it, changing some parts of your home may be necessary to give it new life…

Yesterday’s preview of the Windows Store, Microsoft’s apps distribution system for Windows 8, is the final and most decisive indicator anyone would need that the world to which Windows users have grown accustomed is being evacuated by its proprietor. The Windows 8 beta, which the company said yesterday will premiere in late February (pretty much on schedule), and every other subsequent release, will only underscore this fact. Last September in…

The struggling phone maker Nokia announced on Thursday that it had teamed up with T-Mobile USA to offer a new phone running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 software. Landing in stores Jan. 11, the Lumia 710 will cost $50 with a two-year contract on T-Mobile, with rates starting at $50 a month. Chris Weber, president of Nokia Americas, and Andrew Sherrard, senior vice president of marketing for T-Mobile USA, discussed the…

Dublin schoolkid Shane Curran, age 11, admits his obsession with computers began when was six, when he did his first Linux install. when he was 7 he learned how to programme in Visual Basic and built a simple web browser that he made available on the web for download. Since then, he has learned how to programme in multiple languages, such as PHP, C, C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and…

So long, Hewlett Packard: Marin County is giving its computer leasing business to Dell. A lease agreement between the county and Dell Financial Services which could total $800,000 a year or more was approved by county supervisors amid uncertainty about Hewlett Packard’s interest in the county’s business. The county contracted with Hewlett Packard in 2010 to lease personal computers and peripherals, but the company has since “announced it was moving…