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Using an mp3 exploit is a safe, fast and simple way to switch horizontal/landscape orientation on your kindle touch?..

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Two tasty treats come today in one package — the newly released Papa John’s App for Android OS. Enter coupon code DROID for 25% off your order! This has just been verified while ordering through the app. Those daring enough to try it from their PC, let us know your results!

The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. These downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice. The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. It should not be used in a production environment. The features and functionality in the prerelease software may not appear in the final version. Some product features and functionality may require advanced or additional hardware, or installation of other software.

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Netflix has officially made its way to Chrome OS, so if you want to instantly stream movies to your Samsung, Acer or CR-48 Chromebook, the box office is now open. I’ve been using the Chromebook more and more as it’s such a great device for battery life, Web connectivity, and yes speed. This strikes down one more exception for people looking to make the move.

The first time you launch a video, it will prompt you to allow the site to save data to your Chromebook. After this, you will get an error regarding Incognito Windows (Error Code: NPL15794229). Simply restart and you should be good to go.

Not sure if I’m late to the party here, but I just noticed that if you go to your news feed and hit the X (sometimes only shown when you mouse-over the particular post), you will be offered the option to “Hide all posts”.

This is available for comments, wall posts, likes, and even more I’m sure.

As of now, there are many mobile platforms available on the market. Often we look at one device over another, decide what apps we like and want and decide what to buy. Most consumers do not think about security of their phones. This is a major fail on both the part of the consumer, the salesman, and it goes all the way to the phone manufacturer(s) and carrier(s). Why may you ask?

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Smartphones these days are slowly becoming our personal computers. They are not yet at the level that they can completely replace our existing primary PC’s but they are pretty darn close. These devices come with complete operating systems, with the ability to download apps, music, & documents, all from the internet. Now that can only mean one thing: Viruses. Yes, viruses!! These devices are, or will, become susceptible to viruses, hacker intrusions, spyware, and malware just to name a few security breaches. They will infect your mobile device just like how a PC can be infected. Without proper security, you maybe at risk…

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A recall has been issued for certain models of notebook computers containing an NVIDIA graphics processing unit or media and communications processor, you could be entitled to benefits under a class action settlement. See if your model is affected HERE.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, authorized this Notice.

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This Toshiba Satellite notebook was very nice, but wouldn’t boot into windows. After running some diagnostics, we determined that the hard disc drive had failed, which was a bit of a difficult diagnosis to make because the hard drive spins and does not make any clicking noises typical of a dying drive. Diagnostics don’t lie though.

We then proceeded to hook up the hard drive to our data recovery server and were stunned to find out that the drive was not recognized – listed as an “uninitialized” disc. We also tried to hook the drive up to other computers to be sure that the issue was duplicated across various environments.

We are currently running sector-by-sector data recovery on the drive with the hopes of being able to pull an image off of it and push it back onto the laptop’s hard drive which we replaced.

This type of data recovery takes a very long time, days to a week to run through an entire hard drive, so we re-installed Windows Vista Home Premium on it and thankfully all of the drivers were conveniently available on Toshiba’s technical support site.

total bill including parts and labor (excluding pending data recovery): $160

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The Complete Backup package we have setup for a rubber stamp company proved its worth today when all stamp designs were thought to be gone.

Contact us NOW before an accident happens and critical data is lost.

Many times our users are only sure of one thing: something is wrong with their machine. However, there are often just as many ways about resolving issues with speed, viruses, software, or hardware as there are problems!

Give us a call, shoot out an email, or find us in chat. With recent additions to our website – including chat support and remote control capabilities, let us hear about your issue. We’ll courteously work within any budget and explain it all clearly to you – so you’re in control. How can we help you complete your computer?

NOTE: I have reposted this after another referral was “unqualified”. First instance was on March 30, 2010…

For those of us in the IT contracting/consulting field, affiliate programs provide a very good opportunity to give your clients a little more service without giving them a little more of a Bill, or to tack on a “repeat client discount”. Complete Computer Co. currently uses the Startlogic Affiliate Program, but apparently they like to hide behind the fine print instead of paying out for honestly earned referral customers.

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Dropbox is perhaps the easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online. There’s no complicated interface to learn. Dropbox works seamlessly with your operating system and automatically makes sure your files are up-to-date. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and iPAD!

Each computer on which Dropbox is installed must have the available space to hold the entire contents of the Dropbox folder – however, one feature allows you to create a public link for particular files which could, theoretically, be stored in a Google Docs file for shared assess without the free space requirement.

And, for you iPad fanatics out there: check out a review from our friends at pagadgets.com on Dropbox for iPad!

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