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Screenshots: Five alternatives to QuickBooks

April 11, 2013 11:52am PDT

Jack Wallen suggests several options that offer a near feature-for-feature comparison to the popular QuickBooks.

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Five of the better desktop ebook readers

November 21, 2012 12:22pm PST

Jack Wallen reveals his picks for desktop versions of ebook readers - one is bound to suit your needs.

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Cracking Open the Amazon Kindle Fire HD

September 20, 2012 12:42pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Kindle Fire HD. This 7-inch Amazon tablet is easy to open, simple to disassemble, and has a completely redesigned interior.

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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite ups the e-reader ante (pictures)

September 6, 2012 2:00pm PDT

Amazon revealed the $119 Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, which is coming your way October 1.

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Using Windows 8 on a Retina MacBook Pro

August 21, 2012 4:49pm PDT

A new Microsoft operating system meets new Apple hardware, what is the worst that could happen?

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Cracking Open the MacBook Air 11-inch (2012)

August 9, 2012 8:32am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 11-inch MacBook Pro (2012) and finds few design changes but several important hardware updates.

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Cracking Open the Google Nexus 7

August 2, 2012 11:47am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Asus-built Google Nexus 7, examines the internal hardware, and explains why it has an edge on Amazon's Kindle Fire.

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Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (2012)

July 11, 2012 12:34pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 13-inch MacBook Pro (2012) and finds few design changes but many significant hardware updates.

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Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display

July 5, 2012 9:51pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and finds a laptop that looks more like a MacBook Air than a MacBook Pro.

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Next-gen Macbook Pro with Retina Display

June 11, 2012 12:00pm PDT

Apple "discards legacy" with a new MacBook Pro that features a Retina display, a quad-core processor, and up to 768GB of flash storage all bundled into a razor-thin 0.71-inch chassis, available in...

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How to passcode lock Wi-Fi on Kindle Fire (photos)

January 27, 2012 2:10pm PST

Learn how to disable the Wi-Fi connection on an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, preventing the possibility of having your credit card charged or exposing children to objectionable content.

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iBooks 2 slideshow

January 19, 2012 3:10pm PST

In an event this morning in New York, Apple introduced iBooks 2, an update to the popular e-reader for iOS devices that adds textbooks. Check out our hands on to see how the new features make...

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How to put videos on a Kindle Fire

December 9, 2011 11:00am PST

A walkthough for adding your own videos to Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet.

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Kindle Fire: Got game? (photos)

December 8, 2011 6:00pm PST

So, how is gaming on the Kindle Fire? We answer in pictures.

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Cracking Open: Amazon Kindle Touch (2011)

December 1, 2011 1:47pm PST

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2011 Amazon Kindle Touch. Inside this e-book reader, he found hardware from Freescale, SanDisk, and Samsung.

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TechRepublic's 2011 Geek Gift Guide: 12 items for your holiday shopping list

November 22, 2011 12:21pm PST

From tablets to biographies to gaming consoles, here are geeky items that TechRepublic editors think you might want to consider adding to your holiday wish list or shopping list this year.

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