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Wyse V90LE Thin Client - DTS - 1 x Eden 1.2 GHz - RAM 512 MB - no HDD - WLAN : 8

The high-range Wyse V90LE thin computer delivers the Windows XPe performance you need; dual-video support (with purchase of optional monitor splitter cable); a CardBus/PCMCIA slot; plus serial, parallel, and USB ports. Using the same form-factor as the Wyse V class family of thin computers, the Wyse V90LE thin computer can fit easily into most work environments.

Price: 643.11

Sony VPL CX150 - LCD projector - 3500 ANSI lumens - XGA (1024 x 768) - 4:3

Perfect for business and education, the VPL-CX150 provides 3500lm for unsurpassed brightness in even the lightest of rooms. Ceiling mount, rear install or carry from room to room. Generating a powerful 3500 ANSI Lumens, you're sure of a brilliant performance every presentation with the VPL-CX150. And as you'd expect from Sony, it's packed full of features designed to make life easier and your presentations brighter, sharper and more colorful - however light the room.

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LaCie Ethernet Disk mini - NAS - 320 GB - HD 320 GB x 1 - Hi-Speed USB / Gigabit

With Gigabit Ethernet for file sharing and USB 2.0 for personal storage, the Ethernet Disk mini works with or without a network. Use it as a simple, cost-effective data server with your office or home network. Accessible on every wired or wireless network, sharing files among Windows, Mac and Linux, users becomes very easy. The user-friendly Wizard Install and web page administration make network set-up and configuration accessible for anyone. With the additional USB expansion port, the available capacity on your network can be expanded or you can share your photos stored on your camera.

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Cables to Go - Patch cable - RJ-45 (M) - RJ-45 (M) - 7 ft - ( CAT 6 ) - green

With Cables To Go's Cat6 550 MHz Snagless Patch Cables you can stay ahead of the game with the use of this high-speed cabling to distribute data, voice and video. These cables will deliver stable performance to 550 MHz. Each cable comes UL-verified, and meets EIA/TIA Cat 6 TIA/EIA-568-B-2.1, draft 9 standards. These cables will handle bandwidth intensive applications up to 550 MHz and beyond and drastically reduce both impedance and structural return loss (SRL) as compared to standard 100 MHz wire! This is accomplished by bonding together each of the individual pairs, helping to maintain the twist-spacing throughout the line right up to your termination point. Constructed with high-quality wire and a shortened body plug will keep Near-end Crosstalk (NEXT) levels to a minimum. The molded, snag-free boot prevents unwanted cable snags during installation and provides strain-relief. Cables To Go Cat6 550 MHz Snagless Patch Cables are available in a variety of colors to easily color-code your network installation.

Price: 10.87

Cisco upgrade from 256MB to 512MB - Memory - 256 MB - DDR

Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco provides the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses, or around the world. Cisco solutions ensure that networks both public and private operate with maximum performance, security, and flexibility.

Price: 1427.20

FUJIFILM 3592 Series Enterprise Media 3592 JA Standard - 3592 - 300 GB / 900 GB

Enterprise-class data storage systems require the use of media that offers both high capacity and extremely high reliability. Featuring Fujifilm's proprietary NANOCUBIC technology, 3592 Tape Cartridge Series offers 300GB native capacity (900GB 3: 1 data compressed) and a native transfer rate of 40MB per second (110MB per second with 3: 1 data compression). And Fujifilm tape products are recognized throughout the world as among the most reliable data storage products available.

Price: 120.95

Lexmark X4850 - Multifunction ( color ) - ink-jet - copying (up to): 27 ppm (mon

The Lexmark X4850 Wireless All-in-One offers the convenience of wireless technology combined with efficient 2-sided printing and business class speeds - up to 30 ppm black and 27 ppm color. Produce high resolution scan documents and easily copy with 1-touch of a button. Robust photo performance allows viewing and editing of photos on the 2.4" (6 cm) LCD and direct photo printing from memory card, USB Flash drive or from PictBridge compatible cameras. Enjoy vibrant resilient borderless photos on popular photos sizes printed with Lexmark evercolor2 ink. The Lexmark X4850 provides maxium performance for your home. Printing in draft mode and excludes time to first page feed.

Price: 142.25

Ricoh Advanced Exchange Extended Warranty Package - Extended service agreement -

Ricoh is a world leader in digital imaging integration. Its products offer dependable digital solutions for all your needs today, plus the technology to meet your demands tomorrow.

Price: 117.32

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi I/O Drive Upgrade Kit - Expansion module

Get more out of your Sound Blaster X-Fi enabled PC! The Sound Blaster X-Fi I/O Drive upgrade kit adds a dedicated headphone jack, additional audio connectivity and a wireless remote control for an even better entertainment experience. The dedicated headphone jack makes it even easier to take advantage of the X-Fi headphone surround technology. Additional audio inputs and digital I/O give you the flexibility to connect to and record from other audio devices. And the wireless remote gives you control over all of your music, movies and pictures from the comfort of your couch.

Price: 75.31

Rain Design iLap 15 inch - Notebook stand - silver

iLap keeps you and your laptop cool, so that you can work comfortably on your lap as well as your desk. Designed to match the Apple Powerbooks, the iLap laptop stand is made of aluminum with sand-blasted and silver anodized finish. iLap 15 inch is made for general size 15" laptops.

Price: 54.87

Canon DR 1210C - Document scanner - Legal - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 12 ppm (mo

The Canon DR-1210C incorporates the reliability and advanced image processing capabilities inherent in Canon's DR-Scanner line to provide high-end functionality at an entry-level price. Ideal for distributed imaging and general office workloads, the DR-1210C scanner's user-friendly and durable design make it an attractive desktop scanning solution for most small workgroups and home offices.The DR-1210C features an intuitively designed control panel to quickly navigate through job functions and increase workflow efficiency. Users can easily initiate scan operations with three dedicated JOB buttons for Scan-to-Print, Scan-to-File, and Scan-to-E-mail, as well as five programmable JOB buttons for assigning up to 50 imaging functions. The JOB buttons enable use by multiple users within a workgroup to access frequently performed tasks at the touch of a button, providing for greater office efficiency. Complete with an Easy Installer tool and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection, the DR-1210C scanner promotes fast, simple installation and helps ensure that all necessary software and drivers are properly installed.Capturing remarkable color images, the DR-1210C features a 600 dpi optical resolution and employs Canon's cutting-edge 3-Dimensional Color Correction technology to more accurately interpret RGB color data. With a multitude of advanced features designed to optimize electronic document creation, the DR-1210C provides various image processing capabilities, such as Advanced Text Enhancement, Auto Page Size Detection, Deskew, and Text Orientation Recognition.The DR-1210C scanner helps optimize document management and archival workflows, and ultimately assists in streamlining business processes with a unique combination of hardware and software capabilities.

Price: 412.88

StarTech.com - Keyboard adapter - 4 pin USB Type A (F) - 6 pin PS/2 (M)

Do you need to use your USB keyboard in a PS/2 port? Keep your keyboard and convert the connector to meet your needs with this keyboard adapter.

Price: 5.59

DSX-1 - Patch panel - 1U - 28 ports

This 1U high patch panel provides 28 RJ connections for DSX-1 deployment. It fits in a 19-inch rack and includes two 6-foot, 64-pin cables to connect directly to the rear of the MX2800 or MX2810.

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Brother P-Touch 9500pc - Label printer - B/W - thermal transfer - Roll (1.42 in

It's now easier than ever to create professional looking laminated labels right from your desktop. Create and print, it's as easy and 1-2-3. Those assets you've thought about labeling can now be done with labels that stick anywhere at any time. With the 9500PC you can create a strip of labels from your desktop so you can be off and labeling user machines in no time flat. This labeler also has an auto-cutter and can print "crack and peel" labels for easy peeling. Pre-design your labels with your company logo or other graphics, import your database, and print - labeling has never been easier.The PT-9500PC connects to your PC or MAC and uses easy-swap tape cassettes allowing you to print laminated labels with standard or "industrial strength" adhesive (twice the adhesive strength) in a variety of fonts and styles. With built-in base code templates and symbols, the PT-9500PC delivers the performance and reliability you want in a label printer.

Price: 251.62

Verbatim - Toner cartridge ( replaces HP C8543X ) - 1 x black - 30000 pages

The development of digital content is exploding demand for high quality digital imaging products. Verbatim has high quality digital imaging products for the most demanding applications. Verbatim carries a wide variety of inkjet, toner, and specialty papers to produce superior output. This product is designed for the following systems: HP LaserJet 9000 Series, replaces HP C8543X Toner Cartridge.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.

Price: 148.85

Targus Notepac - Notebook carrying case - black (pack of 10 )

The Targus Notepac Case is specifically designed for laptop computers and related accessories. A fully adjustable padded divider separates the laptop computer from your power supply, AC adapter, cables and other accessories. This laptop case also includes a workstation area that features disk pockets, business card holders and a file/document pocket. The external pocket is perfect for files and miscellaneous items.

Price: 269.06

Kingston - Memory - 512 MB - MicroDIMM 172-pin - DDR - 333 MHz / PC2700

Kingston, the world's largest independent memory manufacturer, has over 2,000 memory products. In today's performance-driven environment, memory upgrades provide an easy, economical alternative to increase system performance. Every memory product Kingston offers is designed to help you get maximum performance at the best price to you.

Price: 63.03

Tripp Lite SmartRack SR205 - Rack shelf (sliding) - 1U

Tripp Lite is a leading manufacturer of power protection supplies, including UPS systems, AC and dataline surge suppressors, line conditioners, cabling and connectivity products, and network management accessories. Tripp Lite quality products provide increased reliability and protection to PC workstations, network file servers, telephone systems, point-of-sale terminals, audio/video systems, and laboratory equipment.

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Creative WebCam Live! Motion - Web camera - pan / tilt - color - Hi-Speed USB

Distinctive and innovative, the Creative WebCam Live! Motion delivers unmatched panoramic view with its smooth pan and tilt motor and ultra wide-angle lens.MaxView is the combination of mechanical pan 'n tilt and 76 optical lens, which gives you 200 horizontal and 105 vertical view. Creative's Smart Face-Tracking activates auto pan and tilt to smoothly track your movements using the Live! Motion's precision motor. You can also manually control the webcam's pan and tilt motion via the included Creative WebCam Center. WebCam Center provides easy to use on-screen arrows so that you can make the Live! Motion pan and tilt using your mouse.Creative's exclusive Multi-Attach Base works with almost any surface. Whether you have a traditional CRT monitor or a flat panel display, you can easily mount the Live! Motion webcam on the display and adjust the base to give you that perfect angle for video IM. The Live! Motion even works on a notebook display!

Price: 111.08

InfoPrint - Toner cartridge - 1 x black - 10000 pages - 1 pcs.

Bring out the best in your printer and your work - by using IBM printer supplies and consumables. They're designed and manufactured to meet the same high standards as your IBM printer. They'll work with your printer to deliver exceptional print quality and years of reliable performance.This cartridge is sold under the IBM Return Program.

Price: 184.46

Kingston HyperX - Memory - 2 GB ( 2 x 1 GB ) - DIMM 240-pin - DDR II - 800 MHz /

It's Here - HyperX DDR2 memory, the next-generation evolution of DDR memory technology. Like all Kingston HyperX products, HyperX DDR2 modules were specifically engineered and designed to meet the rigorous requirements of PC enthusiasts. HyperX DDR2 offers faster speeds, lower latencies, higher data bandwidths and lower power consumption.This memory is NVIDIA SLI-Ready.

Price: 76.58

Processor upgrade - 1 x Intel Quad-Core Xeon E5345 / 2.33 GHz ( 1333 MHz ) - LGA

This industry's first quad-core processor for mainstream servers provides breakthrough performance and capabilities for the ultimate in powerful, dense and energy efficient servers. With the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor you get breakthrough performance - up to 50% greater than the industry-leading Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor in the same power envelope.

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PPC Appraisal Program: Leave Your Computer On And Earn Money

This program is very simple to download, entirely free and really works!

Requiring no sponsoring, no costs at all to join, once it has been set up, the only thing you do is leave your computer on and the system will just automatically run and you can trace your income by the second.

This program operates comparable to "click on a search engine and get paid" programs, with the exception of the following:

1. It is run automatically similar to auto surf, so there is no need for you to click on any link.

2. It does not provide you with only one search engine, but there are at least twenty one now running.

If you continually run your computer for twenty four hours a day, you may earn up to fifteen dollars a day. At the end of the month, when they will be adding up to two hundred more search engines, you may earn up to sixty dollars a day, not doing anything, just be online.

In addition, you get another five percent of your referrals running time; these referrals could go as far as four levels.

Every search engine builds up an independent total of your time surfing. You must reach sixty dollars before payment be done by each of the search engine.

Normally, when you are running your computer online for twenty four hours each day, without any referral, for you to reach sixty dollars, it would more or less take you up to two months, with the now running twenty four search engines. Now consider this, sixty multiplied by twenty four will equal to one thousand four hundred forty. This is how much you will make in two months, of doing nothing.

Signing up:

Take note of this URL, as you will use this as your sponsor:

ppcappraisal.com/register.php?fT=1&RefId=14387

1. Go to ppcappraisal.com/register.php?fT=1&RefId=14387 and fill out the form.

2. Where it is asking for the company name, put PPC appraisal

For the URL, put ppcappraisal.com

For tax ID, put N/A

Fill the rest of the form with your personal information

Take note that ppc appraisal does not accept any email address with full stops or non alphabetic characters in it. If you are in need of a new email address just for this intention, you can register at hotmail.com ; they offer a free account.

3. Log in (this will take you on to a menu)

4. Hit select all at the pages' bottom.

5. Go back again to the bottom of the page and hit "select all" then "request"

6. There will be more than two pages that will appear. Do the same for all of the pages.

7. Go to your PPC account and click on "statistics" and observe the entire search engines appear and your total earnings.

8. Download "test 33" (go to 66.84.56.206/ppc/test33.exe) and make sure you save it to the desktop.

9. Log in to PPC appraisal, select campaigns on the menu.

10. Write down a copy of your portal URL

11. In the test33 browser, go to tools, analyst, act, setup; you will see two squares that are empty; on the lower left side, click append and wait for the pop up window to appear open.

12. Inside that window, type in set 1 and hit OK.

13. After which, it will fade away.

14. Go back to tools, analyst, act, hit set 1 and the url will load.

15. Go to tools, analyst and hit loop and then click on navigation.

16. At the bottom, click on the word "six" and this will open up six different search engines.

17. Now the test 33 will start on clicking all search engines.

18. Do not adjust any settings. You can minimize the window and still work on your normal computer wok. It will just continue on clicking the search engines and will never interfere with what you do. These are search engines that use up or get a run through this particular program. They are doing this and making payments to improve or increase their numbers so they can have a better chance to compete with google or yahoo.

About the Author

Mark Flavin Is An Expert On Making Money Online & All Work From Home Topics. Find Out How Mark Makes His Living Online At markflavin.com/index.html

What Are Anti Virus Software, Anti Spyware Software and Computer Firewalls and What Can They Do For You?

Now that most people use the internet these days, it is a very good idea to make sure that you have good quality computer security software installed and protecting your computer. Anti virus software, anti spyware software and having a hardware or software firewall are now essential for everyone using a computer and here is an explanation why this is so.

Anti Virus software protects your computer from virus threats that can contaminate your computer and can slow down your computer, damage your files or even damage your computers hard drive requiring you to reformat your hard drive and needing to reinstall your operating system in order to get things back to normal. So as you can see anti virus software is an essential thing to have if you want to keep your computer healthy and free from viruses.

It is not enough just to install the anti virus software however, you will also need to keep it up to date in order to protect your computer from new anti virus threats, fortunately this is easy to do as most anti virus software programs let you update their anti virus files over the internet.

So what is anti spyware software exactly? Well anti spyware software is another kind of security program which protects your computer against all kinds of undesirables, such as spyware, keystroke loggers, malware, tracking cookies, dialers, trojans and unwanted commercial software. All of these things should be removed from your computer so that your computer security is not compromised. A good quality antispyware software program will protect your identity from unscrupulous people, hackers and fraudsters so that you can have peace of mind.

A computer firewall is either a software program or a hardware device which only allows authorised users to access your computer system and stops all unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the internet or a network. So a firewall stops malicious users from accessing your system and this is absolutely essential if you use the internet, especially if you have an always on broadband connection on your computer. So which is better to have a software firewall or a hardware firewall? Well a software firewall will give you good firewall protection, but the absolute best firewall to have is a hardware one because this is even harder to get past for a malicious user.

So in summary, if you do not already have an antivirus program, an anti spyware program and a firewall, then you really should look into getting these things as they will save you a lot of hassle and worry in the future.

About the Author:

Miguel Poza runs a website about computer security & broadband services which
includes reviews of the latest computer security software & broadband services. Please visit it at Computer Security Software Reviews & Broadband Services Guide

The History and Origins of Our PC Computer Keyboards

The keyboard is among the most underappreciated and taken for granted component of the Personal Computer (PC) that we use everyday.

We are all creatures of habit. We generally use certain keys and not others in certain way.

What are the origins and history of the now current accepted PC computer keyboard?

Interestingly enough the standard keyboard layout did not originate in one fell swoop. It developed through three separate IBM keyboard projects and often involved mistakes and pitfalls along its evolutionary path.

Most keyboard setups have their direct origin in the original IBM keyboard - "The IBM Enhanced 101 Key Keyboard "which IBM set as the standard in the year of 1987. The Enhanced Keyboard was not the first but rather IBM's third keyboard standard for PCs.

What were these previous frameworks of IBM keyboard models?

First the original IBM PC and XT keyboards had 83 keys. There were 10 function keys on the left side of the keyboard, a combined number pad and a cursor pad placed on the right hand side. The now called Control (Ctrl), Left Shift, and Alt keys were arranged in a line next to the function keys.

The Escape (Esc) as we know it was to the left of the numbers in the top row. To the right of the Right Shift Key, an unshifted asterisk key allowed the user to type the now common *.* without acrobatics. Between the tiny Left Shift key and the Zee key was a Backslash / Vertical key. The Enter key was narrow and vertically aligned and very easy to miss by most early PC users.

The design of this original IBM keyboard standard was a mixture of sensible and absurd keyboard layout decisions so much so that the admired components overshadowed the less thought out shortcomings and thus here we are today.

IBM's next design was the original AT keyboard. This was somehow made incompatible with the earlier PC/XT design but a calculating user could reprogram in essence the newer keyboard to work.

The AT keyboard again had the then accepted ten function keys on the left, but exiled the Esc and the unshifted asterisk to the number pad. The Enter key was L-shaped and the Backsplash key, which now occupied the spot which used to be the left half of the Backspace key. Was reduced in size to the width of a single "alpha" key.

At some point when market forces pushed IBM to upgrade the venerable AT computer, it introduced the Enhanced model keyboard which was compatible with the original AT model, but had a drastically different layout. The ESC key and the 12 function keys were now along the top, the number pad was moved to the right. And a new cursor pad was placed between the alpha keys a number pad. The cursor pad ( which was actually split into two sets of keys ) consisted of four arrow keys in an inverted T at the bottom and a separate bank of 6 keys at the top: Ins ( Insert) , Del (Delete) , Home and End, and PgUp (Page up_ and PgDn ( Page down) .

What happened is that the computer users of the time disastrously started to press the Delete key when they meant end. There was virtually little memory, by today's standards' hence no advanced features of rescue that we take for granted today. A computer user who may have spent hours typing a major endeavor such as master's thesis may have seen his hard work disappear into never never land.

It did not take too long for the complaints to arrive at IBM head office to rectify the situation. "Leave well enough alone "was the refrain. And the Backspace key returned to its original double width. The backslash key now occupied a single row. Caps lock migrated to the old side of the Ctrl key, and twin Ctrl and Alt keys flanked the spacebar.
The Del key though remained in its now current place although in some keyboards it is now double sized.

Like it or not this layout has become the standard by which we live with our computer enhanced lives.

The keyboard is among the most underappreciated and taken for granted component in our every day computer lives. We seldom stop to think why certain keys are laid out in the given way. Like it or not we owe a debt to thoughtfulness and thoroughness of the original IBM PC project engineers.

About the Author

Maxwell Rubin
Vintage Computer Manuals
vintagecomputermanuals@yahoo.com
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Will Green Peace Go After Microsoft Like they Attacked Apple Computers?

If Microsoft moves towards web based software applications, then so too will Google and others. Yet in doing so this might get many people to ditch their computers for newer versions. This worries some environmentalists and perhaps you might recall the environmental groups attacked Apple Computers in the media recently calling them evil.

If computers become inexpensive will they become disposable, some say yes? If so will they fill up the junk yards? I guess now that Apple settled with the angry ELF, Sierra Club, Green Peace environmental hypocrites (that was opinion - duly noted), that might be a play against Google and Microsoft. Although remember that Microsoft is partnered with companies like Dell and HP and remember both those companies are hot on the environmental trail too.

Besides, Microsoft does not make computers, they make software and think of all the CD ROM Jewel Cases that will not be thrown out, or all the Computer Manuals also online? Think of all the Trees that are no longer cut down due to Gate's concept of the Digital Nervous system?

Now if the Government would follow his lead, think how many trees will be saved then? Microsoft has very smart people, such an attack by environmentalists would bounce off and give them a reason to come out smelling like a rose on the Vista looking out the Window to the world. As for Google, it would be hard to accuse them of being anti-environmental.

Will used computers, Screens, keyboards, USB ports, mouses and touch pads be littered across the beaches of the world? My gosh that was some harsh imagery. Well, please, kids can use all these parts to make robots. And recycling can be the same as mining. Right now you cannot walk on many beaches due to beer bottles, paper products, plastic garbage or flying toilets in some places already. Think about it.

L. Winslow is an Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entreprenuer. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.

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