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Acer Aspire V3-771G Review

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Basic specs: Pros: Supports 32GB of RAM! via four available DDR3 memory connectors Supports dual hard drives PLUS an mSATA SSD! Simple access to most components for easy upgrades Fast CPU Fast GPU (for the price) Runs fairly cool Fan isn’t super loud (even under intense use) Nice port selection Cons: Glossy display Very poor vertical viewing angles Speakers distort at high volume and generally don’t sound that good Keyboard is not backlit Trackpad and buttons are merely ‘okay’ Loads

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Load balancing two network connections on Windows 7

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Commenter Rafael posted a link to this Windows 7 load balancer that he wrote: dextervip/load-balancer · GitHubhttps://github.com/dextervip/load-balancerREADME.md Simple Load Balancer for Windows 7 This is a script python which works switching network card metrics (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315088 and… It looks cool and when I get some free time I hope to test the load balancing performance  🙂  

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Best small form factor slim PC for less than $500? (late 2012)

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With all the lovely ultrabooks and super-powerful phones out there today, is is surprisingly hard to find diminutive-yet-powerful PCs at a reasonable price. We’re talking at least Core i3 and preferably i5, with the capability to have 8GB+ of memory, mSATA + 2.5″ SATA storage options, dual video out (at least Intel HD4000 or faster) and a small footprint. Ideally: under $500 and easily upgradeable with industry standard parts. UPDATE: We ended up purchasing a Dell 660s from Amazon. We also put

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Exede now offers an unlimited download time period

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Exciting news for satellite internet users! From 12 midnight to 5AM, local to your installation time zone, you can download an unlimited amount without it affecting your monthly bandwidth quota. Woot! 🙂 Late Night Free Zone: free downloads and uploads every night from 12 midnight – 5 a.m. local to your time zonehttp://www.exede.com/exede-customers/late-night-free-zoneEvery night during the wee hours, we’re giving Exede customers a free hall pass to enjoy their superfast Internet service just a little bit more. Or a whole

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BlackBerry PlayBook wireless file transfer, WiFi file sharing [SAMBA]

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The PlayBook tablet has some nice features built in: screenshot capability originally missing in Android, but in iOS for a long time Wifi file sharing (using SAMBA, i.e. the default file sharing protocol that Windows uses ) this can be accomplished on Android with 3rd parties apps and be fairly tightly integrated into the OS. on iOS, some apps utilize SAMBA but the locked down nature of the iOS file system makes it much less useful that BlackBerry’s straight-up file

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How to take screenshots on BlackBerry PlayBook

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If you are wondering how to take screenshots on the Blackberry PlayBook, it is very easy! Simple press the Volume UP and Volume DOWN buttons simultaneously and it will take a screenshot 🙂 To view your screenshots, go to the Pictures app on your tablet. That’s all there is to it! PS this blog entry is a result of me recently purchasing a 64GB PlayBook from Office Depot for $199 and checking out all of its features. I am very

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ACPI HPQ0006 HPQ0007 driver for Windows 7 (download)

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Question from Alban i need ( ACPI\HPQ007 ) driver for my laptop HP PAVILLION DV 6700 .. Answer from JD Hi Alban. Thank you for your question, I am happy to help! Here is the download link for the correct Windows 7 driver for unknown device HPQ0007 or HPQ0006: ([download id=”10487″ format=”1″] -or- hp dl desc) It works for the DV6700 and many other HP laptops (see complete listing below) and it may also work if you have another unknown device HPQ0006 🙂 More

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FIX for slow NZB download speeds

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Here is potential fix if you are experiencing slow USENET download speeds using SSL encryption and you are using port 563: switch to port 443 Specific scenario: I have a backup Hughesnet satellite internet system that uses one of their slowest plans. It used to get 120kbs+ download speeds but recently it seemed to be throttled to about 10-14kbs. I tried adjusting the number of connections from 3 up to 6 but that didn’t help. However, after switching from port

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