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		<title>How To Choose a Video Card For Your Computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codrut Nistor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While some may simply answer &#8220;Nvidia&#8221; or &#8220;ATI&#8221; without adding anything else when asked about it, choosing the right video card for a certain hardware/software setup, user needs and budget can be quite tricky, especially when your video card- and computer-related knowledge is at the same level as my quantum physics proficiency. Well&#8230; let&#8217;s leave ]]></description>
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		<title>Game System Requirements Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codrut Nistor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3.9 MB of space required as a portable app, Windows and a computer &#8211; that&#8217;s all you need to solve a problem that seems like a huge wall to some users &#8211; answering the rather simple question that is &#8220;Can my computer run this/that game properly?&#8221; but, without any doubt, a question that a lot ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Check Drives for Errors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Vasile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Checking the hard disk for errors is a good way to not only make your computer boot faster, but also making sure that it will work at optimal parameters all the time. Though it may take some time, it&#8217;s a very easy process to do and is at a novice level. There is a wide ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Update Hardware Drivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Vasile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There comes a time when your hardware drivers will need to be updated order for them to work properly and efficiently. Be it your video card, your mouse or your webcam. All of them can be updated from the same place. We recommend doing this process once a month, as having all the drivers up-to-date ]]></description>
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		<title>Three microSD Memory Cards Benchmarked</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codrut Nistor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time, I kept wondering about the real life difference between class 4 and class 6 microSD memory cards. Since last week I got myself a 4 GB class 6 microSD card to use with my Android tablet, I decided to mess with a few benchmarks, especially since I got this card more ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Scan Windows 7 Computer for Newly Attached Hardware?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivek Nayyar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 is although quite sensitive when it comes to detection of new hardware devices. As soon as a user connects a new hardware device to a Windows 7 computer, the operating system automatically detects it and searches for appropriate drivers within its own driver database. Once it finds a suitable driver for the newly ]]></description>
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		<title>iMac 27&#8221; Power Consumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Kissi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got my iMac 27&#8221; about 4 months ago and these days I became really curious on how much does it cost me to run this machine 18 hours/day. So I unpacked my small Watt meter and started to measure things. Here it is: During start of the OS: It was between 70 &#8211; 140 ]]></description>
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		<title>Discover why Your Computer Keeps Crashing With whocrashed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrewazmi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blue screen crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death screen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your computer keep crashing? Not every computer is configured to display the blue screen when a kernel problem happens and often the computer just restarts, so all your unsaved work will be gone. This is very annoying, right? The big problem is that most computers crash because of a failure of a device, driver ]]></description>
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		<title>How to easily update all your drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.pctips3000.com/how-to-easily-update-all-your-drivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[network]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speed up Windows Explorer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time when you reinstall your Windows, installing drivers is the most boring/annoying part. Especially if you don&#8217;t have the drivers on a disk. So you have to search for the drivers. First you have to know the manufacturer of all your components. The &#8220;fun&#8221; part is when you have to install the drivers for a ]]></description>
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		<title>Free Data Recovery Evaluation</title>
		<link>http://www.pctips3000.com/free-data-recovery-evaluation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codrut Nistor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best interior decorations I have ever seen is the 5.25&#8243; hard drive hanging on the wall in the room of a friend of mine. One of the rooms, in fact, but the most interesting ones, primarily used as office and, sometimes, bedroom. Each time I go pay a visit and we spend ]]></description>
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