You know how sometimes you see mall kiosks set up that sell those muscle relaxation pads? The ones with the gel inside so that you can stick them in the microwave for a warmth that will soothe your aching body?

The ones that you can also stick in the fridge if you need to prevent swelling on a recently injured body part? Well, it turns out that these kinds of pads are just for your body. They get designed for your laptop as well.

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The Viewsonic VX2255wmb with its integrated webcam is an all in one solution to the VOIP or video chatting consumer. With a rather simple setup, in minutes you can have your monitor properly setup, recording video or chatting with your friends online.

I do have to admit, the functionality does get rather handy when the situation arises, but this monitor does need some polish before I would personally lay my money down to purchase it.

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Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.” It’s advice that can not only make you feel better, but actually improve the performance of your system.

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In 2004, Cooler Master released its Stacker STC-T01, considered a legend and pioneer of case design. Its unprecedented 11 drive bays, dual power supply mounts, build quality, and simple but elegant design gave users a level of flexibility and working space, which destroyed copycats down the road.

Among these copycats were the Raidmax Katana, Xion Stacker, and Thermaltake Armor; the Armor was the most successful of them. However, it still lagged behind the original Stacker in almost all aspects. But this is all ancient history. Three years later, Cooler Master has unveiled its new flagship chassis, the Cooler Master Cosmos 1000.

You would expect it to be just another no holds barred ultimate performance chassis, but Cooler Master defines this case as "Performance Meets Silence." It seems like Cooler Master has upped the ante this time...

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Vista is very good at protecting users from their own idiocy... so much so that it can be a chore for Power Users who mess with their settings all the time. For example, some people like to move the location of Internet Explorer's Favorites, but IE 7's Protected Mode will prevent you from being able to write to this new location.

Whenever you try to save a web page to your Favorites, then Vista will generate an error message. Again, we have to pull out our bag of Administrator's tricks to tell Vista that we know what we are doing. Here's the procedure on how to fix this.

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Zalman are most well known for their exploits in the cooling and case making side of computers. Today however I have their cryptically named ZM-MFC2 which is your standard fan controller with a wattage twist. With rising temperatures and noise levels, this controller might just be the ticket to quieter/cooler computing.

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If you are a fan of the VX Revolution, you will probably like the VX Nano even more. The tiny USB receiver is the highlight of the Nano and the free wheel scroll is great as well. The Logitech VX Nano is a laser mouse with 800 dpi sensitivity and it is able to track accurately on any surface but clear glass and mirrored finishes.

The most important feature of the Logitech VX Nano is the tiny USB Nano receiver that is a mere fraction of the size of typical notebook mouse wireless receivers.

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Today on our arena we have dual-core processors based on Intel's NetBurst architecture - perhaps, one of the most controversial architectures in the history of x86-processors.

It started out with disappointments and faint hopes, then justified the hopes and made us doubt the disappointments, and, finally, redoubled disappointments and totally destroyed all hopes. Not an easy path indeed, and in any case a bright page in the history of modern processors.

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Welcome to the Mikhailtech August 2007 Giveaway. This month marks our largest giveaway ever - over $900 in computer hardware prizes!! Our first premier sponsor Kingston is going to hook you up with several dual channel kits of HyperX DDR2, totaling 6GB and including some of the world's fastest RAM, PC-9600 (1200MHz)!!

Our second premier sponsor Brando is giving away an assortment of items including a universal solar charger, a USB mini fridge, a 55-in-1 Bluetooth card reader/USB hub, a USB missile launcher, and more! Also sponsoring the giveaway is Noctua with a couple of their low noise fan kits and XtracPads giving away a Ripper XXL mouse pad.

All in all, we have 12 individual prizes up for grabs totaling more than $900. Keep reading for the exact prizes and how you can win. There's almost nothing to it!

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The choices are becoming endless when it is time to choose a power supply for todays demanding computer components. The consumer has several things to consider, loudness, output, efficiency, and usability to name just a few. Today we are going to take a look at the OCZ ModXStream power supply which is available in the 780W configuration as well as a 900W configuration.

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