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Spore system requirements

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What are the system requirements for the PC version of Spore? I have a laptop that’s about a year old with the Core 2, and 2 GB ram and 160 GB hard drive running Vista. Can my computer play Spore? Here are the minimum Spore system requirements for Vista: 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent […]

PS3 Flashing red light of death

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Well my PS3 died this morning, again. This happens to my PS3 every once in awhile probably at least once a month. I would go and turn it on either by pressing the power button on the PS3 console or using the controller and it won’t on. It would act like it was booting up […]

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Websites similar to MySpace

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I’m really starting to get sick of people spamming MySpace. Are there any websites similar to MySpace and maybe a little more low profile. MySpace has 245,000,000 registered users and unfortunately that means spammers are not far behind looking for the quick buck. But the good news is there are a lot of other good […]

Saving bookmarks in Firefox

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I want to save my Firefox bookmarks for back up purposes. Where are Firefox bookmarks stored and how can I save it? Saving Bookmarks in Firefox: Click on “Bookmarks” Click on “Organize Bookmarks…” Click “Import an Backup” and select “Backup..” Now choose where you want to save the JSON file and hit “Save” Now if […]

.mkv player

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How do I play .mkv files from my computer? I just downloaded a bunch of anime video files online and Windows Media player can’t play them. Are there any .mkv players out there to download for free? Anime videos are commonly associated .mkv files and they get lots of support from the anime scene. VLC […]

How to put music on PSP

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Just got a shiny new PSP and not sure how to put music on the PSP. Here’s a quick guide of what you need to know to playback music with the PSP. The PSP can support the following music formats: MP3 WMA – this has to be enabled on your PSP WAV MP4 ATRAC3plus™- will […]

How to save flash videos

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How do you save flash videos from video sites like YouTube to your computer for play back later? Do you use Firefox? If you don’t you really should cause it’s pretty awesome browser with a lot of plug-ins to customize your browser to fit your needs. There is a plug-in for Firefox called DownloadHelper that […]

Free legal iPod music

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I’m getting sick of buying music for my iPod it’s costing me a small fortune. Are there any free legal iPod music I can download that’s totally legal. Downloading copyrighted music these days is a little too risky for most people so why risk it when you can get music for free without breaking any […]

Capture streaming audio

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First I have to say great site. How can I capture audio streaming from the net and save it to my hard drive, and which program do you recommend for editing it once it’s saved? I use Windows Vista and also Mac OSX. Freecorder is as the name implies a free audio recording program that […]