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During one of our radio shows, from the Ustream chatroom…
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pcnovice91 : what kind of laptop is everyone using slick ?
slick : for the moment, I’m using an Alienware Area 51 M9750
pcnovice91 : how is it slick ?
Large 17-inch screen…lots of room for me to rest my hands when I type (like a Macbook Pro)…large touchpad (like a Macbook Pro)…great for using as a desktop replacement.
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wladj : I am using a HP Pavillion 9000
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I’ve posted alerts to this site before but haven’t seen much feedback from the readers…but today’s freebie is a $99.95 program that helps you quickly and easily make a bootable recovery CD with all your programs automatically installing unattended!
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DDTG
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Windows XP SP3
A fellow Twitterer posted a great blog about using Twitter, then ‘tweet’ed her followers…If you’ve been thinking about using Twitter but haven’t yet; check out Vicky Beeching’s blog about it here.
You’ll be glad you did!
Once you’ve signed up for a Twitter account, be sure to click the “add Twitter to your site” link in the right hand corner of your home page…Twitter can follow you wherever you are; even go mobile (cell phone) if you’d like.
CNet News reported today that it’s finally over…the Microsoft bid for Yahoo…for now anyway.
Micosoft reportedly offered $33 a share, but Yahoo stood firm at their $37 counter offer.
Guess we’ll have to see what, if anything, pans out between Ballmer and … well … who knows?!?
But for now, no MicroHoo, YaSoft or whatever other combination your creative minds have produced, low these many moons!