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	<title>Digital Bits Technology Column QnA &#187; Computers</title>
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	<description>Computer and technology questions and answers from Andy Kaiser</description>
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		<title>Online backup solution: Carbonite vs Mozy</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2011/06/10/online-backup-solution-carbonite-vs-mozy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2011/06/10/online-backup-solution-carbonite-vs-mozy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I was just curious why you like Mozy over Carbonite. I read a review that said they were similar, but the guy ended up picking Carbonite over Mozy for unlimited storage, price difference, and speed. What do you think about the differences between Mozy and Carbonite? Why did you switch? Answer: Carbonite is actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MacOS versus Windows &#8211; What do you think of Macs?</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2010/06/24/macos-versus-windows-what-do-you-think-of-macs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2010/06/24/macos-versus-windows-what-do-you-think-of-macs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: What do you think of MacBookPro? My daughter needs a new computer and wants a Mac. She is an education major and a lot of schools use Mac. She has two friends that are computer science majors and one thinks Mac is great the other thinks it stinks. You are the tie breaker. Answer: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free wireless, hackers, and protecting your communications with encryption</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2009/07/10/free-wireless-hackers-and-protecting-your-communications-with-encryption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2009/07/10/free-wireless-hackers-and-protecting-your-communications-with-encryption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scams and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Today on Fox News web site was an article about vulnerability to hackers of many free wi-fi internet systems that put travelers on vacation at risk when they use their computer on these systems. Since I&#8217;ll be doing that to log in to my home computer, I&#8217;m wondering if there are any security measures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will an iPod Touch slow down a computer?</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2009/05/14/will-an-ipod-touch-slow-down-a-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2009/05/14/will-an-ipod-touch-slow-down-a-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have a friend whose daughter purchased a 32GB iPod touch and it has slowed down their computer tremendously. My son would like to get the 16 GB iPod touch and I can&#8217;t seem to get a consistent answer from the Apple people about how it would affect our computer. My daughter has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM PC keeps turning off</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2009/04/07/ibm-pc-keeps-turning-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2009/04/07/ibm-pc-keeps-turning-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have been trying to find out why a friend&#8217;s 2002 IBM Windows XP PC keeps turning itself on and off unattended. This behavior has been continuing for many years since shortly after they bought it. So I recently decided to take a look at it for them. When I first brought the machine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPU upgrades alone are a bad way to increase PC performance</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2008/06/13/cpu-upgrades-alone-are-a-bad-way-to-increase-pc-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2008/06/13/cpu-upgrades-alone-are-a-bad-way-to-increase-pc-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Hey, thank you soo much for ur review of the &#8220;Story of Stuff&#8221;, i had tons of disagreements in mind so i wanted to do some research, but u did a lot of that for me haha. One thing im rly curious about, why cant the CPU just be replaced? is it cuz everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a 386 processor? What does 45nm mean? What is a 775 slot type?</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2008/03/16/whats-a-386-processor-what-does-45nm-mean-what-is-a-775-slot-type/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2008/03/16/whats-a-386-processor-what-does-45nm-mean-what-is-a-775-slot-type/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: No one can seem to tell me the difference between the two (45nm and x38)? What do these numbers mean, and are they both just CPU&#8217;s of different generations? I can&#8217;t seem to see these numbers in any specifications for processors, so how do you know which processors are which? I hope you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wireless questions &#8211; WEP, WPA and WPA2 problems and setup</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/12/18/wireless-questions-wep-wpa-and-wpa2-problems-and-setup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/12/18/wireless-questions-wep-wpa-and-wpa2-problems-and-setup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Hello, i read your web page regarding this issue [wireless network security basics and setting up WPA and WPA2] and i have a problem. Recently i purchased a laptop (Asus G2S-A1) with Windows XP SP2 and a router (NetGear WPN 824). While i am able to connect to my network using &#8220;open-WEP&#8221;, i cannot connect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to use &#8220;cable select&#8221; or Master and Slave drive selectors</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/12/09/when-to-use-cable-select-or-master-and-slave-drive-selectors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/12/09/when-to-use-cable-select-or-master-and-slave-drive-selectors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have multiple drives on the same drive cable. Is it OK to have both of these units on Cable Select or should the &#8220;end unit&#8221; be the master? Answer: The master drive should be the device that processes the most data. (For example, if you have a hard drive and a DVD drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How bad IDE cables can cause boot disk failure and other problems</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/12/09/how-bad-ide-cables-can-cause-boot-disk-failure-and-other-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/12/09/how-bad-ide-cables-can-cause-boot-disk-failure-and-other-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: HOW CAN A BAD IDE CABLE CAUSE A BOOT DISK FAILURE ??? Answer: The cable is the conduit for all your data, and needs to be functioning perfectly. Think of it as a high-tech game of &#8220;telephone&#8221;: What goes in one end of the cable MUST come out the other end. If you have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended laptop hardware stats</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/10/29/recommended-laptop-hardware-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2007/10/29/recommended-laptop-hardware-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Kaiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I&#8217;d like to buy my daughter a laptop for college&#8230;.can you give me some recommendations on what I should be looking for?  Speed, memory, hard disk space?  I&#8217;m going to buy it on e-bay &#38; may look to a used or refurbished one with a warranty.  I&#8217;m hoping to spend less than $700 (I [...]]]></description>
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