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    IPhone bookings open on Airtel too

    At direct exchange rates the unsubsidized prices mentioned by AT&T is 599/699, so that translates into 26000/30000. Given our penchant for huge markups this could go north depending on Airtel/Vodaphone busines plans and positioning for India. At those rates it will have the same sort of sales...
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    if it ain't broken- don't fix it (DD-WRT vs linksys firmware)

    I have been using a Buffalo HPG54 for some time now and am still on original buffalo firmware. For those who know know me this has required an immense feat of self control because there is nothing I like more than tinkering aimlessly. I know Tomato is good and has certain extended...
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    WinXP having weird problems...

    Usually you will be able to get away by a clean install of C, however it depends on what kinds of files are in the other drives & USB drives, executable files that could be infected pose a particular risk of reinfection. So do a clean install of C and after installing an antivirus and...
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    Storage Solutions Which DVD writer to Buy ??

    Tray issues are history, Samsung resolved that some models ago but the reputation persists. The 203B has been getting rave reviews for a long time now, its still cdfreaks.com choice I think. The 203 series are good.
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    WinXP having weird problems...

    Hardware issues usually result in total failure to boot XP. You are totally comprised from your logs, I would suggest a clean install. Some of the viruses and rootkits nowadays are pretty difficult to get rid off, you can try but I would suggest a clean install and install a good antivirus...
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    Best Cd/Dvd Writing Software

    For XP I use Nero 6.6 and ImgBurn. For Vista Nero 8 lite, which is stripped of all the bloat.
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    For Half-life fans: Minerva Metastisis & Portal TFV

    Guys, I am sure some or most of you have already played this but for those who haven't this is absolutely amazing. I was getting a bit bored recently and downloaded the Portal TFV expansion/mod for Portal and whao! Those of you who have played the flash version of portal will know this, only...
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    Need To Partition The Unpartitioned Space

    If you want to create a new partition from the partitioned free space then do what Ronnie suggests. If you want to merge the free space into your main partition then you will have to use tools like partition magic, acronis or gparted.
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    Egg Ballmer

    This is total comedy, I would love to see Ballmer's face when he sees this. The way they have executed the game totally takes the piss and its just too much fun when you land a egg bang on the face. I got 1000 plus on one of my attempts.
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    Monitors How to Clean an LCD?

    I got the one locally available for 70 bucks. I also saw some lcd wipes for Rs 250-600 at Hypercity form Philips and HP. In my experience water really doesn't work as well as the iso+water mix. Water tends to leave some marks. With iso its becomes spotless but where to source isoprophyl...
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    a good bandwidth monitor ?

    I tried quite a few long time ago. The best by far was Netmeter. Its simple and does the job. Beware there are many bandwidth monitors called Netmeter. Find it here NetMeter 1.1.3 (stable) released
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    Egg Ballmer

    As you all may be aware Steve Ballmer was recently egged by a disgruntled student at a Hungarian University event. YouTube - Steve Ballmer Gets the Egg-Treatment in Budapest Well some enterprising folks have now made a hilarious flash game based on the incident. I found it highly amusing. Here...
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    help with home theater connections

    Wii component cables VS the bundled composite cables | WiiNintendo This might be helpful - screenshot comparisons of composite vs component
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    recording TV shows from set top box

    TV tuners cards will take analog out from the STB or cable so it doesn't matter whether its DTH, cable etc. You won't get the digital stream, that's encrypted and protected by the STB. You get the analog out which has been converted by the STB digital-analog converter that goes to the TV. You...
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    Laptops New Dell Mini laptop

    EDIT: Oops, already been posted here. Missed that. How does one delete a thread, never figured that out. Anyone know PM me. Just saw this on Slashdot. The new Dell mini laptop. Looks quite nice. Pics here: Your Blog Blog Archive Something from Dell at D6 This space is really picking up, so...
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    BootMgr is missing

    Ok backtoexistence, I have been a bit busy but you don't need to reinstall, most of these issues can be fixed. Its quite simple once you understand what does what. I am going to point you to a guide I wrote on the easybcd forums which explains the Vista and XP bootloaders and what you can use...
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    Linux Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Released !

    I have 7.10 installed for a long time now, maybe its 7.04. I have a custom updated kernel with the latest catalyst drivers which is super stable and also lots of software. I honestly haven't booted Linux for ages now. Have been playing with OSX and other things. Wondering whether to install...
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    BootMgr is missing

    More details, how many hardisks, how many partitions on your main drive, how many OSs do you have installed, Vista is installed on C?, what did you do with EasyBCD, what were you trying to do?
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    iATKOS v2.0i

    I second Lord Nemesis on that, though I haven't come across any show stoppers, on the contrary its quite stable but it took a quite a bit effort, time and lot of reading to get to that stage. It really can't be your primary OS, that's what a mac is for. Most of the drivers are hacks and I...
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    iATKOS v2.0i

    I don't know about Abit but for p965 boards not all sata ports work for install, if I am not mistaken only first 2 sata ports of the 4 will work initially to install but you will not get the Apple logo. Unfortunately I am rusty and don't remember all the issues. There is a thread for the Abit...