Tutorial: How to create a Windows rescue USB stick

Anyone who’s been on the receiving end of a PC disaster can testify to the pain that they can cause, and recovering from a major crash can be a long and difficult process.

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Square Now Processing $4 Million In Mobile Payments Per Day

Flush with $100 million in new funding, Square is continuing to grow like a weed in the mobile payments space. After passing the $3 million mark at the end of May, Square is now processing $4 million in mobile payments daily, and is on track to reach over $100 million in transactions in July. And COO Keith Rabois tells us that he expects the company to double this volume by October.

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Buying Guide: Best PC gamepad: 6 reviewed and rated

For most PC gamers, the mouse and keyboard combination is the ultimate way to control our games. The mouse offers lightning-fast responses that are essential for positioning the camera or lining up the scopes for a headshot.

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A Billion Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? Basic Human Decency

‘”Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing his hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”‘A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

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Review Roundup: This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadar

This week we’ve been looking at Apple’s new lightweight marvel, the MacBook Air, as well as the new K1 Android Honeycomb tablet from Lenovo.

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How The Hell Is This My Fault?

You’ve doubtless heard about the Airbnb fiasco – being dubbed #ransackgate by some – that’s been exploding the last couple of days. If you’re not familiar with the story, we first covered it here, and there’s some terrific source material from the woman who’s home was ransacked and robbed here and here.

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Facebook Sues 25 Domain “Typosquatters”

Palo Alto, Calif. Facebook filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing 25 companies of infringing its trademark name. First reported by Bill Hartzer, the lawsuit includes companies who have similar domain names, including facebobk.com, facemook.com, wwwfacefook.com, ffacebook.com and faecbook.com. Known as typosquatters,” because they Read More

White Samsung Galaxy S2 official and coming to Three

You remember when we told you the Samsung Galaxy S2 was getting a white variant? Well, it’s only gone and got all official!

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Video: This Guy Plays Air Drums That Actually Make Music

I find myself playing the air drums rather regularly, and the drum set on Rock Band is by far my favorite instrument, but neither of those hold a candle to what Maayan Migdal has up his sleeve. My air drums dont make real music. My Rock Band drums do, but they also take up a hunk of space in my room. His make real music and are invisible.

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Verisign’s CEO Resigns

Dulles, Va. – Mark McLaughlin will step down as the president and CEO of Dulles-based Verisign, the provider of Internet infrastructure and domain name services said. McLaughlin, who has been with the company since 2000 and led it for the past two years, is Read More

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