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Nothing quite like a four- or five-figure phone bill to break your spirit, and in many circumstances, we can understand why your first reaction after opening such a bill might be “I’ll sue the pants off of these people.” Of course, contracts are pretty well ironclad thanks to the generations of overpaid lawyers that have [...]

We’re now less than a two days away from the scheduled activation of the latest variant of the Conficker worm and experts are still unsure if this is all a hoax or a set-up for security disaster.

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It may seem as if Hewlett-Packard is arriving somewhat late to the Netbook game with its Mini 1000, but the company’s business division has offered a similar system, the 2133 Mini-Note PC since the spring of this year. That model scored points with the best Netbook keyboard we’ve seen and a solid metal construction, but [...]

Verizon told George Vaccaro that bandwidth charges in Canada were .002 cents per kilobyte, but billed him at .002 dollars, or 100 times as much as he was quoted.

Here is a list of the apps that I cannot live without on my G1 android phone. Out of the box the phone is awesome, but these apps will make the phone even more awesome, if that is even possible. After using my phone for a few months, and loading it with all kinds of [...]

OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. Starting with the fundamental premise that complexity is the enemy of security, OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other [...]

The WinVistaClub forum walks through a simple registry hack to empty a folder right from the Windows context menu-a time saving tweak for cleaning up your clutter.

The system theme pack installer from NiwradSoft gives your crayola-inspired Windows XP desktop an impressive Windows 7-ish look-without wasting time hacking system files yourself.

Popular online video web site Hulu has gained major traction in the past year, thanks in part to integration with popular, cutting edge apps like Boxee. As of Friday, Hulu on Boxee (and TV.com) is no more.