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Top 3 Reasons your PC is running slow

1) Needs cleaning and/or defragmentation: Depending on usage and how often your on the internet, your PC needs cleaned at a minimum on a weekly basis. Ideally you should utilize the disk clean-up tool daily either upon boot or shutdown. You should run a disk defragmentation ( defrag ) once a week. Both of these tasks you can schedule to run automatically under the "scheduled tasks" tool which you can find in your Control Panel under "Administrative Tasks".

2) More than one anti-virus or malware program running. On atleast 85% of the calls we go on we find more than one anti-virus and/or malware program. It's a common misperception that more protection is better. When it comes to anti-virus programs the opposite is true. These applications to not "play nice together" as my Mom would say. Infact they perceive each other as a threat and have a tendency to attack one another. Meanwhile your computer is running dog-slow because they are constantly running in the background consuming resources. Our recommendation is simple: remove all anti-virus programs. ( in most cases you will need to weed them out of your registry - call a professional don't attempt on your own ) Then install Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free, it does not need upgraded or renewed and who better to protect your Microsoft OS than Microsoft?

Technology Review

Apple iPAD2 - CNET Senior Editor Donald Bell

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The competition must really hate Apple. The Apple iPad wasn't just a successful tablet computer in 2010--it was the tablet computer. In one fell swoop, Apple created the new tablet market and sold tens of millions of iPads in spite of a global economic downturn and considerable skepticism.
The same, only better
With the iPad's second go-around, Apple sticks to its successful formula. The iPad 2 is thinner, faster, and includes two cameras. Otherwise, the iPad stays the same: size, price, capacity, and features all carry over.
Oh, except for color. Apple now offers both white and black versions of the iPad 2 in every price and configuration. The base model starts at $499, giving you 16GB of storage and a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet. If you want more storage for all your apps, photos, music, and videos, you can jump up to the 32GB ($599) or 64GB ($699) models.

The freedom to surf the Web over a 3G cellular connection costs an extra $130 over any of the three capacities mentioned above, plus monthly carrier fees. Unlike for the original iPad, you now have a choice of two carriers (Verizon and AT&T). Choose carefully, though, since the Verizon version of the iPad can't be made to work on AT&T, and vice versa.
The hardware
The iPad 2 is thin--so thin, in fact, that it feels like a different device. Measuring just 0.34 inch, it's thinner than the iPhone 4 and a third thinner than the original iPad.
Despite the thinner design, its construction quality is no less rugged than the original's. The back of the iPad is still made from a durable, single slab of aluminum machined to fit the iPad's internal components like a glove. The face of the iPad is covered in the same scratch-resistant glass, with a home button at the bottom of the screen and a new front-facing camera at the top.

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