Your computer will eventually die

Whether it is the moving parts nor electronics components that will be the cause, your computer (actually, any electronic item in your possession) will eventually die. Yes folks, whether we like it or not, this is the reality. I am writing this piece because while I was looking up about hard drives, I came across an article detailing that hard drives and other parts of the computer with mechanical parts are the ones that will kill your computer. He is even very much sure of it by stating that the electronic components like the integrated circuits...

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How to check a Hard Disk Drive's health?

You start up your computer then suddenly you hear strange noises coming that seems to come from one of your hard drive. Naturally you start to worry. What if your hard drive is starting to fail? There is a way to check all  your hard disk's health using only what Windows offers. Yes, like any other device, a hard drive also has its own "life expectancy". Same thing with other parts of your computer, actually more so for it because a hard drive consist of a moving (rotating) part. So how would you determine if your hard drive is already dying?...

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How I made my blog in blogger get a page rank?

This blog's rank  How I manage to get PR3 for this blog. Can a freely hosted blog or site such as CyberLiving be able to get a page rank? Look no further, this blog is an example that it can. Read on and you may also learn a thing or two. While starting with this blog, I was faced with the question whether it will be worth it to pour my efforts creating and writing content on a free hosted site like blogger because I am not sure whether it will ever going to rank at all on SERPs. My apprehension stemmed from the fact that some ad serving...

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Coby Kyros MID7047 Android 4.0 Tablet

Coby Kyros 7047-4 overview | source: http://www.cobyusa.com Coby 7.0" MID7047 Android Tablet Here is an unexpensive Android tablet running on Ice Cream Sandwich designed for budget customers. This is made for those looking for a low budget tablet that has the basic capabilities like web browsing, music playback and playing some basic games. Here are some positive notes about this Tablet 7.0" Multi-touchscreen - easily zoom with two fingers as well as other capabilities of a 2-point multi-touch device. Wi-Fi Support - connect...

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What are light boxes and how can you make one?

Ever wondered what are those square floating boxes that appear in front of the contents of a page when it is loaded or when you click a link like a thumbnail of a photo or a small window inside the current window?  It is called a lightbox. A lightbox is very handy when you want to show the content of a link but you do not want them leaving a page. One reason why you might not want your reader to leave a page is because many find it troublesome to go back to a page when they are taken somewhere else even if it is on a different tab or a new...

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Is PLDT's (Mybro/SmartBro) Fair Usage Policy (FUP) fair?

If you are currently a MyBro (formerly SmartBro) subscriber, then you already know and experienced what I am about to tell you. But still indulge me so that you may get additional insight about the matter and please do share this article to others so that they get informed. By spreading the word, we might make PLDT/Smart to rethink about its Fair Usage Policy. If you are not yet a MyBro (SmartBro) subscriber, you are in luck. Please read carefully and when you fully understand what has been written here you still wish to subscribe, then all the...

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How to draw lines using CSS

Do you want some simple lines (vertical, horizontal,diagonal or slanting) but without using images? It is quite simple really. By using CSS, you can create the above listed lines as well as circle. Let us start with the simpler ones, that is horizontal and vertical lines. To do so, simply create a div element and define the border on one side and you already have a line then define its position so you can place it at the exact location you wish the line be displayed by using a combination of the top, left, bottom, right properties together with...

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How to customize a Google Visualization Table to best fit your page

If you are using Google Visualization Table to show your data like when making Google Spreadsheet as a database, you may have learned that customizing it is not simply declaring an ID to the containing element. The declaration google.visualization.table in itself contains its own CSS styles which defines what you see when the table gets drawn like background color, font size, font face and so on. There are readily available options that you can turn on or off like alternating background color per row but sometimes that is not enough as what is...

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Nokia Asha 501 Review/Spec

Nokia Asha 501 Dual Sim |image source: http://www.nokia.com.ph Nokia Asha 501 (Dual SIM) Here is an inexpensive Nokia phone that would be new phone owner want to buy. At first glance this phone may look like a Lumia only smaller. Apparently the Asha 501 tries to go against the current norm and went smaller instead of bigger. The Asha 501 is small at 99.2x58mm (h x w) compared to what we are normally sold in the market these days. There was a time back in the early days of cellular phones where smaller is better, this phone is trying to...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 2 7.0 Review/Specs

Samsung Galaxy TM Tab2 7.0 front view | source: http://samsung.com Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 2 7.0 (Wi-Fi) 8GB Last April 22, 2012, Samsung has released another tablet from their 7-inch series. The Samsung Galaxy TabTM 2 7.0 seems a rehash of the earlier released Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. To be honest, because many loved the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus but had reservations in buying due to its price, they have this released. Looking from a distance the it looked like the Tab 7.0 Plus. Only at closer inspection will you see the difference in...

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