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What’s happened To My RAM?

As operating systems and software applications get bigger and bigger, we often find that we need to install more system memory (RAM) in our PCs.  Worse still, we may find that our PC motherboard won't support any more, so we need to upgrade that, too. So we head down to our local computer store and the salesman convinces us to buy 8Gb of RAM, and maybe a new motherboard in which to install it. Back home, upgrade completed, we power up, expecting our operating system and software to luxuriate in the relative ocean of 8Gb of memory. But wait!  What's this?  Windows tells me I have only 4Gb ...
Anyone who has suffered from loud mobile phone users on trains is going to be dismayed by this news. The European Commission has given the green light to airlines flying in European airspace to permit the use of mobile phones on board. Airlines will be able to install mobile phone base-stations known as "pico cells" on board the aircraft. These will be switched on once the aircraft has reached an altitude of 3000 metres (about 9800 feet). The signals from the pico cell will be relayed to the terrestrial networks via a satellite link. Once an aircraft leaves European airspace, the pico cells ...

Great New Alternative To ClickBank

To the affiliate marketer, ClickBank is a real boon. Just sign up to get a free account and you can start selling any one of the 6000 or so (and rising) products currently being sold through the ClickBank marketplace. One of my major gripes with ClickBank though, is that they pay out the money using cheques (checks). This costs ClickBank money, and it costs me money. It's also a very slow process. A great new alternative for vendors and affiliate marketers alike is Click2Sell. They do everything that ClickBank does, and then some. The greatest part for me is that ...