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In the iPod/iPhone (iPhod?) community, everyone’s talking about the 2.0 firmware series. The appstore has brought sanctioned 3rd party apps to the iPhod and a jailbreak lets you get the best of both worlds. This one is a bit harder than previous ones, and even I had trouble getting it to work due to numerous [...]

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I was apparently hiding under a rock when this happened (as many of us were, I’m sure), but nVidia acquired Ageia. This is excellent! If you don’t know why, read on…
Ageia, if you don’t recall, is that strange little company that designed a really smooth physics engine that many games picked up (approximately 140 give [...]

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Before you read, note that this article is meant for the less technically adept, those who would normally worry about a virus. If you’re the type who’s been reading my GPU comparisons, overclocking instructions, or processor workings articles, you probably belong on one of those pages instead, heheh.
The amount of concern for spyware and viruses [...]

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Disclaimer: Overclocking can be dangerous. While you should achieve a good overclock by following this guide, I do not take responsibility for any damage that may occur. Overclocking is your choice.

Since this processor is now becoming more than dominant on the market, I thought it only appropriate to share what I’ve gleaned in my long [...]

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I’ve been waiting a copy of KDE for my gaming box for a long time, and finally that wait is coming to an end. If you don’t know what KDE is, do some reading up first. Before going into the new solution, let me explain why this is such a big deal…
In the past, there were two [...]

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Ever wish that you had dozens, even hundreds of high resolution (HD even) wallpapers without paying a dime? As a photographer and Photoshop-guru, I find myself typically only using my own wallpapers. When I want something else, however, I am quite picky. I tell you this because almost everything at InterfaceLIFT meets or exceeds even my [...]

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FiOS is slowly making it’s way to every corner of the Internet. Neighborhood by neighborhood it is taking a chunk out of Comcast’s (substitute your region’s Cable internet provider) monopoly wherever it goes.

Most cable internet is approximately 630KB/s down, and 40KB/s up in my area. If more than one or two devices are using the connection, the upload gets overloaded. If you’re [...]

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Everyone is used to their wonderfully commercial Windows software, and many are tired of hearing about how wonderful “open source” is. This series was conceived to give you an idea of what exactly is available for use on Linux, specifically what I’ve been using on a regular basis.
This is article one in the series, and [...]

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Internet Explorer 8 Beta seems to have been released. It’s supposed to be for web developers, etc., so that they can make sure their code works well before it is mass-installed on their largest userbase. However, this also gives everyone else a ticket to check out the new version.
Among the new features, Microsoft has decided [...]

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Many people have heard of “writing your own session manager” or wondered how to get a program to start up when you log on. In this article I’m going to teach you how to accomplish this, and tell you what I use.
I installed Linux Mint 4.0, which comes with GNOME installed and configured as default. [...]

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