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The popularity of the DAP enjoys in Europe and Japan is not self-evident on a quick viewing of the player. It is a boxy little thing, a bit smaller than a packet of cigarettes. It has the best e

In general, people who work from home using computers and the Web fall into two categories. Firstly, there's the self-employed freelancers who have set up their own companies and then sell their servi

Data recovery is a mystical and varied art that shares much with archaeology. Depending on where you dig for data you may or may not find what you are looking for, and the longer you leave going after your lost data the greater the chance it will be worn away by age and reduced to fragments of its former self.

Your quick WiMAX technology primer, including speeds, notebook adaptors, base stations, VOIP gear, and whether it will blow away 3G.

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Do you have a business or are in charge of a business’ tech security? Get some tips from PC Authority’s experts.

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Although many people have focused on the question of why people should feel the need for a virtual representation of themselves, claiming that the desire for an alter cyber-ego is a manifestation of s

PC Authority speaks to key Googlists about world-beating software, the bleeding edge of Internet technology and life in the Googleplex.

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Find out how Microsoft’s impressive new OS will share and back up all the data on your home PCs, among other tricks.

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