Stories by: Lincoln Spector

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    Sony BDP-S780 3D Blu-ray player 23/11/2011 15:00:00

    On paper, the Sony BDP-S780 looks like a great Blu-ray player. It comes with a large and well-chosen selection of Internet apps, including a Web browser. You can convert 2D to 3D and adjust the 3D settings. It's the fastest Blu-ray player I've tested yet. But the gotchas are big ones: The browser won't play video, converted 3D video still looks like 2D, and the price tag hurts.
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    Can you put an SSD and HDD in a laptop? 15/09/2011 01:16:00

    After reading The Best of Both Worlds: An SSD and a HDD, George McCluney asked if it's possible to combine both drives on a laptop.
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    Watch out for rogues 13/09/2011 00:31:00

    MikeWik's PC got infected with rogue malware. He asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum for help.
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    How to clean a TV 19/07/2011 15:34:00

    A dirty HDTV screen won't give you much pleasure -- or much information. Screens are delicate, however. Clean them the wrong way, and you ruin them for good.
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    The Bootable Maintenance Flash Drive 05/07/2011 05:22:00

    I enjoy being the tech hero. Relatives and friends come to me with their computer problems, and more often than not, I help them. Their problem gets solved, and my ego goes up a notch. (I can vouch for that last one. --Ed.)
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    An old hard drive and OS in a new PC 27/05/2011 01:21:00

    Terry Marshall asked if he could move his old hard drive, unchanged, to his new home-built PC, boot his existing, "very stable" XP installation, and skip Windows 7 altogether.
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    Edit your browser's AutoFill or AutoComplete 03/05/2011 00:42:00

    Tom Guthrie wants to selectively remove the usernames, passwords, and other bits of text from his browser's AutoFill -- or AutoComplete -- feature.
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    Where does Windows Live Mail store my mail? 09/04/2011 00:38:00

    Diane asked where on her hard drive she could find her downloaded email messages. She uses Windows Live Mail.
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    When we run out of IP addresses 26/03/2011 02:03:00

    LiveBrianD asked the Networking forum what will happen to the Internet when we run out of IPv4 addresses.
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    Is VOIP secure? 15/03/2011 01:24:00

    USANomad asked the Answer Line forum if people can eavesdrop on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOID) phone calls.
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    Using more than one backup program 24/02/2011 02:35:00

    Ata Amiri asked if using two separate backup program will interfere with incremental backups.
 
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