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It may not feel like it when you step outside, but we’re only a few weeks away from the start of Spring.  To celebrate the end of 6-daylight hour days, freezing temperatures and permanently grey skies (here in the Northwest, at least), Ryan and I wanted to share some of our favorite Spring PCs.  Everything that we’re covering in the video – the Toshiba Satellite L635 Kids PC, ASUS U36Jc, HP Pavilion dm1z, Acer TimelineX 1830, Dell XPS 14, Sony VAIO Z, Samsung SF 510, and Lenovo U260 – is stylish, lightweight, and has plenty of power to get you … [Read More...]

There are more and more people joining the ranks of FarmVille on Facebook every day. No one can get enough of this game and there are plenty of reasons why. In FarmVille, you can get away from the noise and stress of everyday life. Just relax, plant some seeds, harvest some crops – not a bad way to spend an evening. And as you do this, you’ll naturally advance in levels over time.

There may come a time, though, when you want to get a little more out of the game. Every time you move up a level, you unlock … [Read More...]

Why Wipe Data Securely?

Whether you are preparing to reuse a hard disk for another operating system, clear off your junk shelves by passing along outdated drives to a friend or relative, donate an old PC to a charity or school, discard a too-small USB drive or flash memory card, or repurpose an SSD, you don’t want to leave any information on the storage device. With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. … [Read More...]

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