Can’t Stand The Slowness? The Top 10 Reasons for Poor PC Performance

Can’t Stand The Slowness? The Top 10 Reasons for Poor PC Performance: "Has your computer loaded this webpage yet? If it has, you’ll be halfway toward working out just why it seems to be running so slowly. There are many reasons for desktop and laptops to chug along at their own, slow pace, defying the system specs and performing more like a relic from the 1990s."

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Get Windows 8 for Dummies: Pocket Edition e-book for free | The Cheapskate - CNET News

Get Windows 8 for Dummies: Pocket Edition e-book for free | The Cheapskate - CNET News: "I've made no secret of my total hatred of lack of excessive fondness for Windows 8. I think unless you're getting it on a tablet or smartphone, the OS is best avoided."

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Oak Ridge unveils Titan, the world's most powerful supercomputer

Oak Ridge unveils Titan, the world's most powerful supercomputer: "The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has just introduced Titan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer. The size of a basketball court and using enough power to run a small town, the water-cooled circuits of Titan are capable of 20 petaflops or 20,000 trillion calculations per second. This makes Titan ten times more powerful than ORNL’s previous computer, Jaguar and 200,000 times more than the average PC. What’s more, it achieves this through components originally created for gaming computers."

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Get More from Windows 7 ALT+TAB App Switching: Tricks You Didn’t Know About

Get More from Windows 7 ALT+TAB App Switching: Tricks You Didn’t Know About: "There’s more to Alt+Tab than just pressing Alt+Tab to switch between windows. There are a variety of hidden keyboard shortcuts that make the Alt+Tab switcher quicker and easier to use. There are also ways to customize the Alt+Tab switcher, reverting to the old-style, classic Alt+Tab switcher or disabling the window previews that appear while Alt+Tabbing"

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Demand for Windows 8 exceeding Windows 7, Ballmer says - Computerworld

Demand for Windows 8 exceeding Windows 7, Ballmer says - Computerworld: "Microsoft has seen strong initial demand for its Windows 8 operating system, CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday."

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Windows 8 Is Too Big to Fail | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Windows 8 Is Too Big to Fail | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: "Unlike your typical Apple event, there are very rarely surprises at a Microsoft product launch. Everyone suspected Apple would release a new iPad mini on Tuesday, but the new MacBook, iMac, and Mac mini were surprises."

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Windows 8 Is a Desktop Disaster | Matthew Murray | PCMag.com

Windows 8 Is a Desktop Disaster | Matthew Murray | PCMag.com: "I sat staring at the screen, my emotions lodged somewhere between dumbfounded and despondent. From what I was seeing, I knew I'd made a horrific mistake, and restitution must be made immediately. I'd been told time and time again there was no going back; what's done is done, you have to accept it, there's no living in the past. But a violation this total demanded from me only one response.
I had to uninstall Windows 8, and I had to do it immediately."

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The Best Free Tools for Creating a Bootable Windows or Linux USB Drive - How-To Geek

The Best Free Tools for Creating a Bootable Windows or Linux USB Drive - How-To Geek: "If you need to install Windows or Linux and you don’t have access to a CD/DVD drive, a bootable USB drive is the solution. You can boot to the USB drive, using it to run the OS setup program, just like a CD or DVD."

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How To Disable the Charms Bar and Switcher Hot Corners in Windows 8 - How-To Geek

How To Disable the Charms Bar and Switcher Hot Corners in Windows 8 - How-To Geek: "Several programs can prevent the app switcher and charms from appearing when you move your mouse to the corners of the screen in Windows 8, but you can do it yourself with this quick registry hack."

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6 Start Menu Replacements for Windows 8 - How-To Geek

6 Start Menu Replacements for Windows 8 - How-To Geek: "Want a Start menu on your Windows 8 desktop? While Microsoft no longer includes the Start button, opting instead for a click in a hidden corner and a new Start screen, there are quite a few Start menu replacements you can choose from."

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