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    What Happened to DailyTech

    I visited DailyTech for the first time in and long time and noticed the lack of activity/new articles on the site. Anyone know what happened? The web media business is definitely a very tough one.
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    Traveling to Brazil and Argentina and Money

    Dear ATOT, I'm traveling to Brazil and Argentina for work in a few weeks. Will my Visa credit cards be acceptable forms of payments or should I exchange some dollars for the local currencies?
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    SXSW

    I'm thinking about attending the South by Southwest conference (SXSW) this year in March. Anyone ever been? Is it worth the cost/time? I would probably get a pass to see everything, music, film and interactive. It costs about $1,300. For those of you who don't know what it is, it is a big...
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    South Beach

    Anyone been to Miami Beach before? I'll be going out there solo next month but plan on meeting up with friends, staying on Collins.
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    Orange is the New Black: A Netflix Original Series

    Could this be the best Netflix series of them all so far? It is from the creator of "Weeds". It is already getting rave reviews and will be available to stream at midnight tonight: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Orange_Is_the_New_Black/70242311?trkid=2361637 Some reviews...
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    Yeezus - New Kanye West Album

    Anyone listen to Yeezus yet? It is so radically different than his last two works (although not solo) Cruel Summer and Watch the Throne. Similar to 808 and Heartbreaks. I love it! No wasted tracks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeezus Metacritic has it rated at 85/100...
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    Best Active TV Show

    Inspiration from the various TV threads...
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    Estimate my Body Fat %

    Hey guys what BF% do you think I'm at? I'm about 171 pounds:
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    House of Cards: A Netflix Original Series

    Anyone watch this yet? It came out at midnight, all 13 episodes at once. Reviews are quite favorable this far. It is a remake of the British original with the same name and stars Kevin Spacey, Kate Mara and Robin Wright...
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    MyFord Touch Major Upgrade

    Heads up to existing owners of Ford cars with the MyFord Touch infotainment system, a major upgrade was just released and will be shipped out via USB key/SD card to all existing users soon. You can also get it upgraded at your dealer once they get the upgrade software (end of the week it...
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    New Ford Focus

    After ordering the 2012 Ford Focus in September it finally arrived at the dealership and I picked it up last Friday. It is the Titanium trim with premium and parking package. I didn't want the Navigation (save $600 bucks plus I heard that most of the MFT bugs are related to the Nav), heated...
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    AMD Confirms 32nm Yield Issues at Global Foundries

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/4894/amd-confirms-32nm-yield-issues-at-global-foundries
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    Price Check: 2007 G35 Journey Fully Loaded 35K miles

    Hey everyone, I'm going to check out this 2007 G35 Sedan this weekend and wanted to know what you guys think of the price? It is a Journey fully loaded (Prem and Tech package), 35K miles and is listed at $23.9K. The CarFax and Autocheck for the vehicle are clean; my only slight concern it was...
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    Newby Buyer Here - 2006 G35 Coupe 63K miles for $18K

    Hello guys, I am looking to buy my first car (been using a "hand me down" this whole time). This G35 coupe I saw on craigslist seems like a really good deal, what do you guys think? http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/ctd/2484803786.html Also I want to be really thorough in buying a used car...
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    Michael Vick Wants to Own a Dog Some Day

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5922161 I laughed when I read the headline, but I agree with him that it would be pretty cool and helpful for him to one day be a dog owner.
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    Full of Win or Fail? Canada unveils new speed bump

    Canada unveils new speed bump: optical illusion of a child http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100908/od_yblog_upshot/canada-unveils-new-speed-bump-optical-illusions-of-children Personally I think this is a bad idea and that "Pavement Patty" will do more harm than good.
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    Bachelor Party

    Dear Fellow ATOT'ers, I'm planning a bachelor party to occur next March and am requesting any suggestions from you guys. There will be about 20 guys, budget of $1100 per person (total including transportation). We have narrowed down the venue to three destinations: 1) Cabo 2) Cancun...
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    DEAD: Starcraft II Preorder - $45

    DEAD From Slickdeals.net: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=A3794324 Bing Cash Back can probably save you another 10% (drops price to $40).
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    Who Didn't Know what "Purple Drank" was until yesterday?

    I didn't know what the "Purple Drank"/"Sizzurp" was (Codeine cough syrup mixed with Jolly Ranchers and Sprite) until JaMarcus Russell was busted. Anyone else heard about the term but didn't exactly know what it was until the "JaBust" story? See: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5332554...
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    Where/What is the "woodwork"?

    Just wondering from the phrase "...coming out of the woodwork" where/what is this "woodwork" place.
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    Akon (Producer/Hip-Hop Artist) Is Set for Life Thanks to...

    Lady Gaga. That's right, he bet (signed to record label) on her before she blew up like a person would on HGSI when it was at 0.45: http://new.music.yahoo.com/akon/news/akon-says-lady-gaga-pretty-much-retired-me--61999241
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    I am done with College Football

    Until they get a true playoff system. I rooted so hard for Nebraska to win the Big XII title game just because I want to see the BCS blown up. I think a playoff system in Division I-A NCAA Football would be an awesome thing and bring true excitement to the game across the nation. I'm not...
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    StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in "Next Few Years"

    http://kotaku.com/5403098/starcraft-ii-expansions-diablo-iii-coming-in-next-few-years Saw this on XS.org. Makes me :biggrin: and :mad:, then :'( : Old thread revived by spammer. admin allisolm
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    Parents in Balloon Hoax to Surrender

    Haha I was thinking "pwned" when I read the thread title.
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    Office 2010

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUawhjxLS2I :D
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    The world?s highest-paid athletes

    http://sports.yahoo.com/top/ne...09&prov=yhoo&type=lgns No surprise who is number 1. It looks like Kobe has fully recovered from his CO incident (both on and off the court). NFL players get paid the least due to their CBA and "weak" Union. They have the shortest careers, their league...
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    Tuniq Tower and LGA 1366?

    Anyone know if someone makes and sells a bracket that allows the Tuniq Tower to be used on LGA 1366 motherboards? I been searching XS/ATF/Google and haven't come up with anything besides some custom brackets. I may have to resort to trying to make a custom bracket or just give up and get a...
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    I got that Boom Boom Pow

    The lyrics are kind of annoying but the music is catchy.
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    Win 7 RC with 2GB System RAM

    What version of Win7 do you guys think I should install for a machine with 2GB of RAM, the x64 version or the x86 version? I've heard the x64 kernel is more "secure" and I believe I shouldn't run into any program/driver issues with the x64 version thus I am leaning towards using x64. BTW the...
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    World Class Golfer Tries to Swing "Happy Gilmore" Style

    http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/b...Happy-?urn=golf,159519 Pretty cool for Padraig to do this. I wonder if he'll ever try it during a tournament.
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    Is This Site Secure for Me to Enter in my Password?

    http://www.heritagebankofcommerce.com/ I emailed them and this was their response: My assumption is that any data sent from that page will be unencrypted and therefore insecure. Am I correct?
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    Rate These Web Sites I Helped Design

    Any comments is definitely appreciated and welcomed: http://www.raycopainting.com http://www.frontiersolar.com
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    *DEAD* BlackBerry Curve 8900 $49.99 AR (w/2 year contract from T-Mobile)

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...2899&zip=95133&sr=8-10 This phone just launched today in the States. Check out a review here: http://crackberry.com/t-mobile...8900-smartphone-review *Deal Dead* - Back to the regular price of $199, $99 AR.
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    BB Curve 8900

    Check out the "Curve II". Too bad it's on t-mobile right now. I can't wait for a CDMA version on Sprint/VZW: http://crackberry.com/t-mobile...8900-smartphone-review
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    Virgin Mobile Canada Presents: Mrs. Claus' Holiday Greeting!

    Found this clip on crackberry.com (NSFW, language [beeped out]): http://crackberry.com/virgin-m...claus-holiday-greeting I chuckled a bit :D
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    Tonight's House M.D. Episode

    This is an extended episode that lasts for 68 minutes (extra 8 minutes). I have a feeling something major is going to go down in this installment.
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    Switching the Order of Items/Apps in the Taskbar in Windows

    Hi everyone, One thing about MS Windows (all versions) that I don't like is the inability to move around items in the taskbar like one could change the order of tabs in FireFox or IE7 etc. Is there some technical reason why this can't happen? Will this feature be in future versions of...
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    White Man Can't Jump Redux

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysv3v7uXblw Owned?
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    EA430 Enough to Handle this Build?

    Hi everyone, I wanted to know if an Antec Earthwatts EA430 430W PSU could handle this system. I think it can, but I wanted everyone's opinion. Thanks. Intel E8500 3.16Ghz CPU Asus 9800GT Ultimate (Basically a 9800GTX) Gigabyte P45 DS3L Motherboard WD6400AAKS Hard Drive DVD RW...
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    Remember that thread: So apparently the governor of Alaska is hot

    Thread started 8/22/2008: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...ey=y&keyword1=governor Today I see that she has become John McCain's running mate and thus the Vice Presidential candidate. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...n_el_pr/cvn_veepstakes ATOT Effect?