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    Itunes scrambles chinese characters

    So I have some chinese songs on my ipod, on first import the characters display fine. Ipod screen and itunes both show the tags correctly. BUT as soon as I play the song in iTunes (with my ipod connected to my computer) itunes will overwrite the chinese characters with garbage like this ->...
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    Myspace hoaxer in internet suicide case convicted of misdemeanor

    Text An interesting case, where a woman, Lori Drew, cyber bullied a 13 year old girl. The woman pretended to be a 16 year old boy on MySpace and sent nasty messages to the girl. The girl eventually committed suicide. The interesting part is that the woman was charged with accessing a...
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    Brandon Crisp's body found (kid who ran away cause of xbox game)

    Brandon Crisp's body found So they found that poor kid dead in the woods.. that sucks. Police don't know how he died yet. The parents kept trying to make it sound like his online friends in COD4 kidnapped him or something.. ------------------------------------------------------...
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    Michael Crichton passes away

    Michael Crichton passes away at 66 Sad day, I really liked a lot of his writing.
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    chrome -> no sound for videos

    When I play streaming videos in Chrome I get no sound. It works fine in other browsers. Anyone have this problem or a solution?
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    Best degrag utility?

    Whats the best defrag utility for Vista?
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    Modern flight sims/combat flight sims?

    Are there any new flight / combat sim games out there? I know of Microsoft Flight Simulator X, anything else?
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    2.1 Speakers for gaming/music

    Any good suggestions for 2.1 speakers? Right now I'm looking at the Edifier S330D set. Also, I see a used set of Klipsch Pro-medias for around the same price on craigs.
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    Greyhound a dangerous way to travel these days?

    "Greyhound passengers exposed to TB" Thats what, the third incident in 2 months on the greyhound? Stabbing, beheading, TB hmm. Anyone take the greyhound regularly?
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    google chrome + vista aero theme = blurry text?

    When I use the vista aero theme the text in google chrome gets a fuzzy/blurry look. This applies only to text inside the window. All other text in other browsers and windows is still sharp. Any ideas?
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    wireless keyboard problem with combat arms

    When I use my Microsoft wireless desktop 6000 keyboard when playing combat arms, my character has random periods when the movement stops working. For example, I would be holding down forward, and it would suddenly stop (when I didn't let go of the key) and I would have to press another key to...
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    My first system build, thoughts, questions

    So I just completed my first from scratch system build. Technically anyway, since I had swapped out almost everything else in my older computer at various times, HD, vid card, HSF, ram etc except the motherboard. Still, a milestone for me. :) Here are my specs: Case: Antec P182 CPU...
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    ATP-3s dying, repair?

    My altec lansing ATP-3s have been crapping out recently. The left speaker sometimes doesn't work, and the sound cuts out intermittently when I touch the cable (sub to right speaker, the one with the volume/power control). Has anyone had such a problem? It looks like the problem is with the...
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    Audio cards still needed?

    Are audio cards still needed these days? Back in the day when Creative exclusively ruled the (gaming) audio card market, all I heard on forums were people ripping on the quality of on-board audio and saying audio cards were the only way to go, but now I don't see that much. How does the...
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    2253BW vs 2253LW, difference?

    What is the difference between these two monitors. The specs are the same except the 2253LW is 21.6'' and the BW is 22''. Googled, but didn't see any thing conclusive. Cause I just bought a 2253BW for $239 (CND) then saw the 2253LW on sale at futureshop on sale for $199. =/
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    new system, a few questions

    Hey guys, after doing some research this is the build I'm planning to get. Most components are from directcanada.com (I'm from canada =b). This is going to be a gaming machine, with a little bit of photoshop and programming. I will also be doing some overclocking. My budget is around $1300...