• Christmas Gifts

    Well, its Christmas time again, so once again, here’s some holiday recommendations from Rich. Hope you all buy early: h3. Household * Cusinart Classic Style 2-Slice Chrome Toaster with free shipping from MetroKitchen.com. This is $50. Interesting to see how retro is so in. Just look at what Restoration Hardware…

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  • Oakley Pro M

    Well, I have now run over both pairs of my Rudy Project Tayo sunglasses. Both freak accidents, but good thing I have an Oakley Pro M still. But I’ll need another a clear lense set. I loved the Rudy Project Tayo’s by the way, but the Pro Ms are so…

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  • Spam Spammers

    Lycos Screensaver Tackles Spam Wesites – PCStats.com. What a great idea, spammers get hit with denial of service attacks by those they are attacking. Basically, the new Lycos screensaver doesn’t just block spammers, but pings them like crazy. I love it!

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  • Tom’s Hardware Guide Processors: The P4-560’s Heat Can Crash and Kill – The Heat Can Cause Intel’s P4 To Throttle And Damage Over Time. An interesting study. Basically, the new Prescott runs so close to its thermal limits that if you install it into a stock system with their thermal…

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  • Total BitHead

    HeadRoom. Besides the great name, this is a terrific Christmas present for the geek that travels too much. I just lost my ER-6P on an airplane. Darn it. Here are the recommendations: * Etymotic “ER-6P”:http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=26&productID=0020100100. These are $99 street and are amazing. Best investment and value for the money. They…

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  • HTPC

    Home Theater PC News – Your Source for Everything HTPC Related. OK I’m biting the bullet and building a true home theater PC. Should be ultraquiet, have an HDTV decoder, product 1040i for my big screen TV and also have a PVR. The search begins now… * “$1,000 HTPC”:http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=htpcmidbuyersguide_1. The…

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  • XP Home vs. XP Pro

    Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows XP Home Edition vs. Professional Edition, What’s the difference?. This is the first PC I’ve bought that uses XP Home instead of my buying XP Professional from the Microsoft Company Store. I have to say having used it for a while at work, I’m…

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  • ASUS M5N

    We are looking for a new notebook standard at “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com. I’m partial to the build-it-yourself models that ASUS has. I have the older M3N and it is just as good as any other that I’ve seen (Dell and IBM thin and light), but you spec exactly what you want. Here…

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  • iPod Photo

    Been using this for about two weeks now. Its my first iPod. A nice device mainly because the screen is so easy to read. In termsof buying one, it is impossible to get much off the list price of $499 right now. Best you can do is to get free…

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