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My “Pick” for today is this tiny, but powerful GMKtec Gaming Mini PC K8 Plus.
I’ve decided that I’ll never buy a full-size tower PC again and this little gem is one of the reasons why.
I’ve been using it as my primary work PC for a while now and I’m blown away by the amount of speed and power they managed to pack into such a small case.
Click here to check out the GMKtec Gaming Mini PC K8 Plus at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a flamingo that’s almost in silhouette due the backlighting from the golden rays of the setting sun. I hope you like it.
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February’s winner will receive this fantastic CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC 1500VA/1000W Sinewave UPS System.
This is one of my favorite UPS systems. It provides a clean sinewave output and it’ll keep your computer gear up and running long enough for you to save all of your open files and perform a normal shutdown when your power goes out.
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on February 28 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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If you’ve been on Facebook for a while you have probably uploaded lots of photos and posted countless status updates to your Timeline.
If so, you might be wondering if it’s possible to download all of those pics and updates to your local computer.
Well, it is, and it’s quite easy to do. [Read more…]
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If you’ve been using Microsoft Windows for a while you probably know that deleting a file doesn’t really remove it from the system.
Instead, it’s actually moved to a special folder called the Recycle Bin.
That’s generally a good thing because we all occasionally delete a file by mistake or wish we hadn’t deleted a file at some later point in time.
Having our deleted files go into the Recycle Bin makes it easy to restore one of them to it’s original folder in either of the above-mentioned cases.
But unfortunately some files can become problematic if we allow them to sit idly in the Recycle Bin.
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It seems like most everyone is shopping online these days, and truth be told, that’s a great thing for those who consider convenience to be their primary concern.
But that being said, you probably know that scammers are constantly coming out of the virtual woodwork to try to separate us from our hard-earned money. [Read more…]