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    Borders bookstores files for Chapter 11

    http://online.wsj.com/article/AP747f263940f9488cace69c603433cfda.html The list of 193 "underpeforming" stores, about 30% of their total stores, that will be closing will be released this afternoon.
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    Best SSD boot drive value?

    I'd like to add an SSD to my new build, as a boot drive. After my initial research, I settled on the Intel X-25V because of it's entry level price, reliability and read performance. However, with the next-gen on the horizon, there seems to be some downward movement on current-gen pricing in...
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    Intel i7 price drops - new value?

    I'm about halfway into an Intel i7 build - plans are to use the i7 860. However, it appears the July price drop reports have materialized, and the difference between the 860 & 870 has been narrowed to $30 (at least at my local MC). At twice the price, most people would be hard pressed to say...
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    Unfortunate news headline of the day

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    CSS layout question

    Hello. I'm doing a little CSS/HTML (I'm a CSS greenie) and want to create a main section or column of text. I would like to use an image as a border on the left and right of the main column. What are the best ways to do this? I've gotten it to work using two divs, one outer and one...
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    Strange pop-up in blogs section?

    Upon visiting the Anandtech Blogs page today, I noticed a "pop-up" which I've never seen before. It's a small border-less window hovering just to the right of the sidebar on the left of the page. Link to screenshot I've never noticed this before, but based on most of the links off the...
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    British Columbia, Canada - Hot air balloon bursts into flames before launch

    CNN story (w/ video and photos) Reports say the balloon may have shot as high as 400 feet after it burned through its tethers and rose quickly, before falling to the ground. Apparently, this is the second such incident this year. Earlier this month, 12 people were injured in a similar...
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    Vick will plead guilty

    Link Queasy called it. Repost. AnandTech Moderator allisolm
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    Canandian woman ill after eating tainted dog food

    I wonder what flavor it was...
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    Japanese television hijinks

    Maybe it's just me, but I'm willing to guess something like this wouldn't be made for American television. Just a hunch :laugh:
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    What's going on in Alaska today?

    Check it out.
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    The Endurance 50

    Link. Reading this ultramarathoner's (26+ mile runs) biography is truely amazing. Definitely motivating and puts perspective on what challenge/difficulty/possibility is. People can achieve a lot if they're willing and driven, and this guy absolutely proves it. Should be interesting to...
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    This news anchor is a knockout!

    And you thought your day at work was bad...
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    Online (gift) shopping experiences

    Curious as to people's experiences (mine below). And no, I don't think rushed orders deserve that much sympathy - if you order late into the rush, you should realize that it could be late (despite a "guarantee"). Had one bad experience with online holiday shopping this year. It was with...
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    Blury photos a thing of the past?

    Article at Wired Basically, the prototype camera is equipped with microlenses that allow custom software (also create by the Ph.D. student) to refocus any or all parts of a digital photo at a later time. Ability to rezoom or focus is obviously based on the hardware (camera) you start with...