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News about upgrading
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Google+ rolls out new features this week
A quartet of new features will be rolled out this week for users of Google's social network, Google+.
By John P. Mello Jr. | 20 December, 2011 04:07
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Kindle Fire, others to get HTML5, CSS3 in 'Kindle Format 8' update
Amazon is refreshing its staid, black-and-white take on the e-book with a new format that supports HTML5 and CSS3. Kindle Format 8 (KF8) will give Kindle users something a little more colorful to read on the new tablet/e-reader hybrid, the Kindle Fire, which is set to hit stores in time for the holiday season.
By Eric Mack | 25 October, 2011 03:17
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Ice Cream Sandwich: The most delicious Android yet
From its navigation methods to fonts, Android is redesigned and refreshed in its Ice Cream Sandwich edition to meet the tastes of its users.
By Armando Rodriguez | 20 October, 2011 01:15
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iPhone aftermarket emerges as updates loom
Yearning for the next iPhone but unsure what to do with your current, soon-to-be-outdated model? Not to worry -- plenty of gadget buyback options are available to give you enough cash to pay an early termination fee or snatch up that new, shiny iPhone you desire.
By Paul Suarez | 31 July, 2011 10:49
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5 more PC upgrade mistakes (and how to avoid them)
As PCs get more powerful and easier to use, the challenges involved with upgrading them have remained about the same. For the novice, a hard drive upgrade can appear downright daunting. For more experienced tinkerers, the upgrade itself may be easy, but it's easier still to overlook factors that could streamline the whole process and better protect both the hardware and the data stored on it.
By Robert Strohmeyer | 29 July, 2011 00:08
Tutorials about upgrading
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Connect a third monitor to your PC
As I wrote the other day, it's a pretty simple matter to add a second monitor to your PC. But what about a third? That might require a little more doing.
By Rick Broida | 14 January, 2011 03:25
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Laptop tips: Add RAM, recycle a hard drive
It's been almost a year since I served up some nice, hot laptop tips--and that's inexcusable. I'll make it up to you this week with some useful advice on adding memory to a laptop, turning an old laptop hard disc into an external drive, and using your laptop's power settings effectively.
By Rick Broida | 21 July, 2010 23:56
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Upgrade your motherboard the easy way
Even accomplished geeks shy away from motherboard upgrades on their main PCs. Years ago, I would often upgrade gaming and test systems in my own basement lab, but keep chugging along with a production machine using a two-year-old motherboard and CPU.
By Loyd Case | 15 July, 2010 01:10
Features about upgrading
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Lab notes: Kingston vs. VelociRaptor storage smackdown
It's time for a storage upgrade, but your budget won't bear the burden of both a blazing new VelociRaptor hard drive and an extra injection of Kingston RAM. Decision time: if you're looking to improve general performance on the cheap, do you shell out for more RAM or a high-performance hard disk?
By Alex Wawro | 15 July, 2010 10:44
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