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HTC's new One has what they are calling an UltraPixel camera. Is this something that is actually new (and improved!), or is it just a marketing department branding of existing technology?

The news wires have been reporting the largest DDoS attack in history is taking place today against a company called Spamhaus. I haven't noticed much of an impact, but the news reports suggest that the effect is being felt by companies including Netflix. How can a single attack have such a wide impact?

I was thinking about replacing a bad HDD on a desktop with an SSD or hybrid drive. Is there a compelling reason to go with the hybrid, or would an SSD be the better choice?

I have a pretty old wireless router for my home network that's a 802.11g standard. Would it be worthwhile to replace it with a new 802.11n router? What differences would I be likely to notice?

I don't use EDB files really, but you could convert them to PST files using one of the myriad software options available, then use the Export to a File function on Outlook to export all of your files as CSVs, which would then allow you to use Excel or another spreadsheet to organize your data. Clunky process, at best, though.

I've read posts of other people having a similar issue in the past week or so. The solutions that they found were to: 1. Restarting their iPhone/iPad. 2. Force closing App Store and restarting it. 3. Updating apps through iTunes synch.

Is there an option in the app to "mark all read"? I'm one of the 4 people in the world who doesn't use Facebook, so I'm pretty much speculating. Full disclosure and all that. Otherwise, maybe you can log on to Facebook through your desktop and change your push notification settings.  

Christmas is coming up, and I need to get a few small presents ($20 or less) as stocking stuffers and presents for my coworkers. Yeah, I know, weird right, but most of us actually like each other and are friends outside of work. Any suggestions?

Sure you can.  You will just have to download the iCloud Control Panel (free) and install it on your PC.  Then you should be able to sync your data between your PC and iPhone, as well as access any music that you have purchased on iTunes. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455

LOL, I think someone has been looking at the buy.com daily email deals this morning, because I just got one that listed a refurbished Pandigital tablet for $39.99.  I just looked at the specs and sure enough, it says Android 2.6.36.    

There are lots of registry cleaners around, obviously. The thing is, many of their claims remind me of the old snake oil salesmen in the vintage westerns I used to watch as a kid. "You there madam, with the Windows XP machine. Is you computer slower than it used to be? Do programs sometimes crash? Well, have I got a cure for you! Dr.