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clearview: one software to fix them all

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Ah, software problems. We’ve all experienced them in varying degrees – sometimes it’s just a stupid online video that won’t load, and sometimes the operating system itself gives up. Now imagine a future where programs can still be compromised, or attacked, but will no longer crash or hang. A group of MIT researchers, led by…

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October 30th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech strange + wonderful technology

computer repair book educates through the power of flowcharts

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Let it be known that on this great and blindingly sunny morning I accomplished yet another first here at technabob: I got dibs on the word flowchart. As unbelievable as that sounds this is indeed the first post here that contains that superficially geeky word. But a flowchart itself, if used by masters like Morris…

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September 1st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets geek art + craft strange + wonderful technology

microsoft offers free repairs for early xbox 360 consoles

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I guess good things come in threes from Microsoft. First, the Zune was revealed to be just $229.99, then the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive announced for under $200, and now they’re offering to repair any Xbox 360 manufactured prior to 1/1/2006 for free by extending the warranty on those machines by an additional year (over…

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September 21st, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games