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  • How to watch live digital TV on your PC
    3 comments, most recent: Yo You said on 07 January 2009: ""Shut the muck up; I can't hear the telly". 'It ain't me. It's those deafening fans from inside that crap pc telly box of yours'!! "I knew it. I shouldn't have listened to a female wannabe geek...."
  • Microsoft gives Windows XP another 4 months
    27 comments, most recent: Gary said on 07 January 2009: "Raid!! Raid is for mummy's boy with too much money to waste and simply just want to find a real girlfriend. Speed ? You won't notice the difference and when you lose one drive you lose all data. ..."
  • Windows 7 pirated and available now
    2 comments, most recent: FEfi come here said on 07 January 2009: "Oh. I just can't wait to be a 'chosen one' for beta testing. I will love it no matter how bloated, obese and irrelevant it will be. It should be a nice feeling as it eases into one's.But, on no acco..."
  • Report: Microsoft plans 15,000 job cuts
    2 comments, most recent: LayoffGossip said on 07 January 2009: "People always hate to talk about when they are laid off. But as it has become every day's news headline since Yahoo started it with cutting 1500 of its task force last year, now a need of platform has..."
  • Apple 'introduces MacBook Wheel' at Macworld Expo
    7 comments, most recent: Douglas said on 07 January 2009: "Oh Good, a 15inch iPod with a 320 GB Hard Drive! Can't wait for April 1st! Ha ha ha..."
  • How to reinstall Windows XP & Vista
    3 comments, most recent: Dave said on 06 January 2009: "Sorry, just realised hardware failure won't help in the instance I just discussed, but more often than not, it's software errors/corruption (or dare I say OS updates) that cause the problem, not hardw..."
  • The 100 oldest websites on the internet
    1 comment, most recent: Ann Arbor Guy said on 06 January 2009: "I don't think it got a direct Internet connection until about 1991, but the Ann Arbor BBS M-net, dating from 1983, is one of the oldest things on the Internet which the general public can access. M-..."
  • New Steve Jobs ill-health rumour sparks share drop
    2 comments, most recent: zipo said on 06 January 2009: "Me thinks, it's all down to the lead soldiers that he used to suck as a child. Walking In A Skirt ain't the man's style. He prefers $15 jeans from Kmart. On the other hand, 'flying yoga' aids great ..."
  • RIM tackling BlackBerry Storm shortage
    1 comment, most recent: Ordered my phone before Release Still waiting. said on 05 January 2009: "Ordered my storm via federal government verizon rep prior to release. I am still waiting. In short great ad campaign zero results...."
  • Wear latest phone/MP3 player on your wrist
    1 comment, most recent: Mr Butz said on 05 January 2009: "looks gay!!..."
  • Stephen Fry hit by Twitter ID hack
    1 comment, most recent: Birdies said on 05 January 2009: "...twittering so gay'ly in the olive groves...."
  • Apple 'to release 9-inch netbook touch in 2009'
    1 comment, most recent: Andrew said on 05 January 2009: "There's no possible way apple could ever make a netbook....netbooks are also known as "Ultra-Low Cost Personal Computers", something apple have proven itself not to understand The whole point of ne..."
  • Acer launches cheap quad-core laptop
    3 comments, most recent: Viper217 said on 04 January 2009: "Anyone seen the Car Battery you will have to power this 18.4" Laptop - yes laptop, that's laptop - portable computing? I bet if you crank this baby up you will get under 60mins on battery (if that)..."
  • Firefox and Safari chomp into IE browser share
    4 comments, most recent: Mark said on 03 January 2009: "I also think this article missed out on probably the one big reason for the drop, the IE security scare. Everywhere you were reading that you should avoid IE. till it was fixed and to switch browsers ..."
  • Sony cuts PlayStation 3 costs by 35 percent
    2 comments, most recent: Crazy Man said on 02 January 2009: "Sony didn't misjudge their customer base, the consumers complained that the price of the PS3 was too high. People still complain now that it is too expensive when it really isn't (spec up a 360 Elite ..."
  • Christmas sees record music downloads
    3 comments, most recent: James said on 31 December 2008: "I believe that people are starting to look at other sorces of stores that sell DRM-less music. I believe the reason why Apple is still popular is because they are so used to the one store they always..."
  • iPhone software update causes blurry photos
    2 comments, most recent: Bill Robbins said on 31 December 2008: "I have this same issue. My wife and I each hav e iPhones. We like to take picsd with the iPhone and email them to each other. The pics look great in the email app, but once you save them to the cam..."
  • Government crackdown on web standards
    5 comments, most recent: extent said on 30 December 2008: "If your internet provider prevents the browsing of certain sites to 'keep you safe' then (just like being in china trying to browse selected american websites) i doubt theres anything you could do abo..."
  • What's new in Windows Vista SP2?
    15 comments, most recent: Jamie said on 29 December 2008: "So far so good, I did the beta update yesterday and everything seems fine. Quad core 64 bit Vista Ultimate. I did notice sidebar came in faster upon reboot...."
  • George Bush hit in face 50m times
    2 comments, most recent: Blacksmith said on 27 December 2008: "You said it John, and he never will. I seem to have a phrase whizzing around in my head which contains word like 'thick' and 'planks'. I'm shoe(re) you guys out there will remember it!..."

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  • Registry First Aid review
    1 reader review, most recent: austinsteve said on 07 January 2009: "I Installed Registry First Aid on my laptop and desktop. Worked to perfection, well worth the price. Cleaned out all kinds of garbage in both registries without incident. No problems occurred, indeed ..."
  • iLuv i7500 iPod hi-fi system
    1 reader review, most recent: iHate iLuv said on 06 January 2009: "Less than zero...."
  • Microsoft Works Suite 2006
    1 reader review, most recent: tom379 said on 05 January 2009: "I buy a Microsoft Works Suite 2006 for my PC. It is an easy-to-use, value-priced product that includes most of the office applications that many home users will ever need. Microsoft Works Suite 2006 b..."
  • Microsoft Access 2007
    1 reader review, most recent: fredlynn said on 26 December 2008: "I'm a committed user, but not a developer. Access gave me the capacity to begin with a simple table and expand it into a multi-purpose application as my skills increased. I'll never hit the ceiling ..."
  • BluBox image-compression software review
    1 reader review, most recent: James0007 said on 23 December 2008: "Avoid it like the plague!..."
  • BitDefender Total Security 2009 review
    5 reader reviews, most recent: woodrell said on 21 December 2008: "Lousy. If another program can shut down an antivirus program, such as an antispyware program or any other program, what good is it?..."
  • i-Mate Momento digital photo frame
    1 reader review, most recent: DrATty said on 20 December 2008: "I like mine but wouldn't recommend it for its advanced wireless features. Was terrible value when a subscription was required for Live services...."
  • Gears of War 2 review
    1 reader review, most recent: dupree2010 said on 16 December 2008: "Overall, Gears of War 2 is a great game, and although the story has left me with more questions than answers, this just assures me that Gears 3 will be even better. Graphics - 10/10 Sound - 9/10..."
  • Powermonkey-explorer review
    1 reader review, most recent: Tattoo said on 11 December 2008: "Robust, unobtrusive and does what it says on the box. Need I say more? (Other than excellent value)..."
  • Belkin N1 Vision wireless router
    1 reader review, most recent: mep333 said on 07 December 2008: "I have spent half a day halving the speed of my network. It's reasonable to assume Belkin products will be backwards compatible with the previous generation. It isn't, and so reverts back to 802.11g ..."
  • Dell Inspiron XPS M1710
    1 reader review, most recent: ohyesblah said on 05 December 2008: "I have now had 2 of these laptops & they have had the same problem of overheating when playing online, (Call of Duty 4). Dell has replaced the graphics card & motherboard twice on this second laptop. ..."
  • Nero 9 review
    2 reader reviews, most recent: iceage555 said on 01 December 2008: "I wouldn't use this software even for free, but I paid J54.00 and I'm unhappy. It's waste of time and money...."
  • T-Mobile MDA Touch Plus review
    1 reader review, most recent: Jockytt said on 01 December 2008: "If you must have a PDA then I guess this is a good as any. The phone itself (Wi-Fi excepted) is good and HTC has done its best with what fundamentally is a terrible excuse for an operating system. ..."
  • Carbonite 3.5 online backup review
    2 reader reviews, most recent: allycoops said on 24 November 2008: "Customer support is non-existent (very slow and unhelpful) and refuse to admit there are bandwidth caps in place, preferring instead to send frankly insulting responses saying that UK domestic broadba..."
  • Google Chrome review
    8 reader reviews, most recent: KennyEllaway said on 21 November 2008: "I used Kmeleon up until i gave Chrome a try. Thankfully there are no toolbars etc to hamper the interface and it's quick, on par with Kmeleon. I prefer this browser for the sheer power and simplicity...."
  • Dell Inspiron 1525 review
    2 reader reviews, most recent: mikey2124 said on 15 November 2008: "I have had this laptop for nearly a year now, and it has served me very well. The only problem, is that I have had to send this in for repair two times, and it needs to be sent in for a third now. Ove..."
  • ClearMyMail spam blocker and antivirus software review
    2 reader reviews, most recent: j.d.jones.uk said on 13 November 2008: "First class... solved my spam problem anyway! Works well on both my computer email and my iPhone, saving me having to download any spam emails. Had a small problem setting it up but support were..."
  • Symantec Norton 360 2.0 review
    3 reader reviews, most recent: sunnystaines said on 07 November 2008: "Would be better having Norton Internet Security with Ghost included plus the HDD tools and reg checker rather than the clumsy 360 interface...."
  • Apple TV 2.2 review
    1 reader review, most recent: euigui said on 06 November 2008: "I love my Apple TV for the HD video rentals, allowing me to see all my digital photos on my plasma screen (rather than being locked away on my PC) and having no CDs in my living room! By the way it do..."
  • Far Cry 2 review
    1 reader review, most recent: sil_ver said on 06 November 2008: "Installs and runs fine straight out of the box..."

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