You’ve probably seen the commercials for Bluehippo.com advertising computers for people with bad credit. Most of us assume that these guys are providing computers at a ridiculous markup. They claim that somewhere around a $99 down payment and then $30-100 a month will get you a computer after about a year. Wow only $460 to [...]

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From The LA Times: Can Windows 7 repair Microsoft’s reputation and trigger enough sales to pull the technology sector out of the economic funk? Steve Ballmer certainly hopes so. The Microsoft chief executive and impresario known for his highly energetic speaking style this morning kicked off the launch of its latest computer operating system by [...]

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Looks like nothing is infinite. Even computing speeds. http://www.insidescience.org/research/computers_faster_only_for_75_more_years

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