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Windows 7 on a Lenovo Ideapad S10e Netbook

At the end of January I ordered a nice shiny Lenovo Ideapad S10e from Buy.com. I managed to get a decent price that didn’t hurt the pocketbook, and it was a new toy that I could endlessly experiment with. I started to install a wide variety of operating systems to check for support and to [...]

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Tomato firmware for WRT54G/GL/GS

Linux really is a robust operating system that can squeeze out the performance of even an unlikely candidate. I’m sure Linksys never imagined that including a Linux based OS into their firmware for the WRT54G wireless router would ever ignite a modder revolution.
Over the last couple of years, the WRT54G has still remained popular [...]

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PC Hardware Virtualization Basics

With single core processors reaching their peak potential, and the latest quad core processors either on the market or a short distance off (dual 4-core Penryn), we are left to wonder how consumer computing will change beyond editing Word documents and playing 3D photo-realistic games. Enter virtualization.
Virtualization refers to virtualizing hardware in software, allowing [...]

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