Why can't you e-file to the IRS for free? Ask Intuit and HR Block

The IRS recommends that taxpayers file electronically, but it refuses to set up its own Web portal to receive the filings because of pressure from the tax-preparation industry.



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Why I think you should spend £425 on a Sony PS3

Here are 9 Reasons why you should spend £425 on a Sony PS3. An example is Price of games - Sony are charging £39.99 for games, the exact same price as Wii titles, but the graphics are far superior on the PS3, as anyone can admit. Xbox 360 games are ten quid more at £49.99, a huge amount for titles also available on the PS3.



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Playstation 3 is Folding Up a Storm, Now Accounts for 3/4 of all TFLOPS!

"Today I glanced at the leader board, which breaks out the calculations by platform, updated hourly, and realized that the PS3 has taken the program to a completely new level, now accounting for 666 of the total 920 TeraFlops (72%!) of total distributed computing power. And it's probably increased since I checked. How crazy!"



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Funny things people actually said in court, word for word. Hilarious!

Q: What is your date of birth? A: July fifteen. Q: What year? A: Every year.



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Ubuntu - Command Not Found

You have just tried to open some program note installed in your machine, amazingly, the machine answers you with a simple command line on how to install it. Dream? Or just open-source evolving?



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YouTube to Present Video Awards

Step aside, MTV. Next week, YouTube will present awards for best user-generated videos of 2006. Starting Monday, YouTube members can browse through videos and rank their favorite short-form videos.



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Phil Harrison: PS3 Demand Is Unprecedented

Here's the latest from Sony's spin machine... "Talk to the people who run GameStop, talk to the people who run BestBuy, and they'll tell you that the demand is unprecedented and that they give us kudos for managing to keep a very sophisticated supply chain moving."



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Yahoo Tracking Your Google AdSense Data & MORE

Yahoo has a widget called MyBlogLog which (they recently purchased for 10 million dollars). People were a little mystified why Yahoo would pay so much for a widget. Turns out they are using it to track Adsense data to get a edge. (video included)



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TigerDirect: 2GB Flash Drive For $1.99 After Rebates, $171.98 After 30 Days

TigerDirect.com sold Chudacek a 2GB flash drive for $1.99, without warning that after thirty days, the price would skyrocket to an astounding $171.38. Included with the drive "[for] a limited-time only [the] opportunity to try [CA] Internet Security Suite 2007." We have warned against rebates...



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10 must have programs for a new Ubuntu user.

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Google Lays the Smack Down on Microsoft

Google announces plans to sell an expanded version of Google Apps (docs&spreadsheets, email, web publishing) and become a more direct competitor to Microsoft office.



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PS3: a skeptic converts after spending time with the system

Much of the press online about the PS3 has been negative, but this is the story of one person whose views of the PS3 changed once he sat down and actually played the system.



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‘Christian’ Pediatrician Turns Away Child Because of Parent’s Tatoos

So you can be self-righteous all you’d like. It’s one of the freedoms that makes this country great. But to claim that you’re refusing to help someone because you follow the teachings of Jesus Christ is like saying that you’re going to volunteer at the Jewish community center because you follow the teachings of Hitler.



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How Identity Thieves Clone Your Credit Cards

This is why you should always pay cash when eating out. A waitress uses a special device to extract data from the credit card’s magnetic strip — includes name, address, etc. It only takes minutes to prep, and seconds to steal.



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Please Digg: Net Neutrality Law Introduced in Maryland - Diggers Speak Up!

"Not content to wait for Congress to act, a group of Maryland state legislators is backing a smaller-scale attempt at putting a Net neutrality mandate in place." Any diggers living in Maryland please email, write, or call your representatives!



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First Look: Firefox 3 Alpha 2

Mozilla's latest pre-release version of its browser remains buggy, but performance enhancements give us reason to get excited.



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30 Essential Open Source Software Packages for Windows

This is from the perspective of a person setting up a machine from scratch and shows the possibilities of OSS. Good descriptions, covers the obvious and the not-so-obvious, provides URLs, and indicates clearly what closed source software each package can replace. A great list for someone setting up a new machine or updating one.

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Top 25 Tips to Secure Your VoIP Network

A VoIP network is susceptible to the usual attacks that plague all data networks: viruses, spam, phishing, hacking attempts, intrusions, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, data sniffing, eavesdropping, and so on. The only difference is, with other technologies people take basic steps to protect themselves. Here are 25 tips to do so with your VoIP.

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Gobo Linux Makes Installing Apps As Easy As OSX!

Gobo Linux manages to completely remove the UNIX directory structure in their distro! What they've come up with you might find very surprising!

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Housekeeping utilities for Debian packages

For all the efficiency and continued evolution of Debian's APT tools, some gaps in package management functionality remain. One of the largest ones is that, when a package is removed, any other packages that depend on it are not removed.

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