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Speccy Gives You Detailed Information About Your Hardware
7:30AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: Planning an upgrade soon? Save yourself the web searches for your specs and download Speccy. Speccy does a quick scan of your machine and gives you a complete rundown of every piece of gear that’s in your computer. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | Individual PC manufacturers have offered takeback schemes in the past — some good, some not so good — but we haven’t had any concrete plans for a national scheme to make any PC you purchase easily recyclable. Until now. More »
National Waste Policy Promises Simpler PC Recycling
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Individual PC manufacturers have offered takeback schemes in the past — some good, some not so good — but we haven’t had any concrete plans for a national scheme to make any PC you purchase easily recyclable. Until now. More »
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Build A Home Server In A Whisky Bottle
3:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | Jason Marton was looking for a quieter, hidden home server. So, naturally, he built one into a whisky bottle that blends in with his existing dry bar. More »
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Build A Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Centre On The Cheap
3:00AM Adam Pash | You won’t find a better media centre than the open-source XBMC, but most people don’t have the space or desire to plug a noisy PC into their TV. Instead, I converted a cheap nettop into a standalone XBMC set-top box. Here’s how. More »
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Apple Reveals A Fancy New “Magic” Mouse, Hardware Updates
4:30AM Adam Pash | Apple unleashed several hardware updates today in their iMac, MacBook and Mac mini lines, but the most interesting news comes with the release of their new Magic Mouse, a wireless multi-touch mouse. More »
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Build A Killer Windows Home Server From Scratch
1:05AM Kevin Purdy | Windows Home Server is a fairly easy way to start streaming net content and sharing files between home computers. Maximum PC details the building, installation, and management of a pretty serious Home Server setup, from the ground up. More »
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DIY Indestructible Thumb Drive
3:00AM Adam Pash | We love carrying handy little thumb drives everywhere we go, but at times they can be delicate little fellows. Blogger Dmitry Brant—having lost too many thumb drives to his washing machine—set out to make his thumb drive impervious to harm. More »
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Computer Repair Flowchart Troubleshoots Hardware Problems
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | We recently showed you a fun (but accurate) tech support cheat sheet courtesy of popular web comic xkcd. If hardware is more your problem, this series of interactive charts can help you troubleshoot some common hardware problems. More »
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s well-recognised that notebook sales are now outstripping desktop PCs, but within the notebook category, netbooks are also claiming an increasing chunk of the market. More »
Netbooks Rapidly Grabbing Notebook Market Share
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s well-recognised that notebook sales are now outstripping desktop PCs, but within the notebook category, netbooks are also claiming an increasing chunk of the market. More »
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve complained before about the confusing and overpriced cost for upgrading to Windows 7 if you’ve purchased a Vista-equipped PC recently. Fujitsu’s recently-announced pricing provides a clear example of how consumers aren’t getting much of a deal. More »
Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing Still Messy
1:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve complained before about the confusing and overpriced cost for upgrading to Windows 7 if you’ve purchased a Vista-equipped PC recently. Fujitsu’s recently-announced pricing provides a clear example of how consumers aren’t getting much of a deal. More » 
