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The idea of Amazon’s Silk browser, for the Kindle Fire is an intriguing one. By caching web assets ahead of time, Amazon hopes to accelerate the browsing experience. But running all user traffic through Amazon’s EC2 cloud has made some privacy-minded people a little uneasy. Now members of Congress are starting to ask questions, and some of them are not totally ridiculous.

Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts sent a letter to Amazon asking for clarification on a number of points. He seeks the specifics about what data Amazon plans to store about user browsing habits, and what it plans to … [Read More...]

A good idea hamstrung by complex softaware

The basic idea behind the PopDrive is a good one: a sleek, portable external enclosure that holds two 2.5-inch drives in RAID 1, to protect against the risk of data loss due to drive failure. Add in support for user notification emails, hotswap drive bays, and a relatively speedy 3Gb/s eSATA port, and it sounds like you’ve got yourself a winner. And you might, eventually.

The PopDrive includes a slim, aluminum dual-bay chassis, 5V AC adapter, and USB 2.0 and eSATA ports at the rear of the chassis. If the PopDrive’s 1.2×3.9×6.4-inch aluminum … [Read More...]

In Windows there is a function that most users (experienced and “n00bs”) should use with the out most care: Compressing disk space to save space. The idea is to let windows compress files much like ZIP or RAR to give you more storage. While it may seem like a good idea, doing so on your [...]

This article was written by Windows Guides (Source)… [Read More...]

If nothing else, give Laser Pegs credit for being a really good idea. In fact, they’re actually a truly incredible idea: This set of modular construction pieces light up internally when connected to a power source.

If only the implementation worked as well as the concept.

These bastard children of Legos and Lite-Brite are bigger than you think, about the size of a typical Tinkertoy block. Made of clear plastic, each contains a colored LED. When connected to the included power source, a circuit is completed, and the Laser Pegs light up like Christmas lights. Just keep adding pieces and … [Read More...]

Back in the day, when Windows XP was brand new and shiny, one of the New Features was the Desktop Cleanup Wizard. The idea was to help you keep your desktop tidy and un-cluttered.

Personally I never used it. I pride myself in maintaining a strict Desktop Clutter Policy and rarely allow any programs I install to take occupation on my desktop. Therefore I never needed the DCW, and could remove that annoying popup reminder all together.

Here’s how you do it

• Right click an empty area on the desktop.
• Click Properties and select Display Properties.
• Click the Desktop tab.

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Sandy Bridge and GeForce GTX 580 appear

Who came up with the concept of a vertically oriented motherboard that positions the graphics cards upright so the tremendous heat they generate vents straight up?

It’s hard to say who first had the idea—we’ve seen cases that feature this design, and the Main-Gear Shift PC that we reviewed in June 2010 took the same approach. But Falcon Northwest claims it had a stake in the original idea and has even provided time-stamped images of its prototypes of the inverted design from 2002. That certainly predates the aforementioned examples, as well as Voodoo’s … [Read More...]