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		<title>Back To School Software Discounts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The back to school discounts season has started. Here&#8217;s a list of discounts you can get on our site:
ImTOO iPhone Transfer helps you transfer iPhone music, videos and photos to computer, and vice versa. It also supports file transfer from iPhone to iTunes. You can get it now with a 2.99$ discount.
Xilisoft iPhone Transfer for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/back-to-school-software/</link>
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		<title>Vuelta a Espana 09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last grand cycling tour of the year, La Vuelta '09, has started today with a 4km individual time trial at Assen (Netherlands). This is the most international edition of the Spanish tour as it passes through three countries: Netherlands, Belgium and of course Spain.  The last year winner and recent Tour De France '09 winner, Alberto Contador does not participate to this edition. This will allow other cyclists to fight for the first place this year.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/vuelta-a-espana-09/</link>
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		<title>How to integrate Araxis Merge comparison tool with WinSCP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a software developer I use file comparison tools almost on daily basis. My favorite file comparison tool , in fact the only one I use, is Araxis Merge. You can compare files and directories with ease, have three way visual comparison, ignore different patterns of your choice (predefined like: code comments, cvs comments, &#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/how-to-integrate-araxis-merge-comparison-tool-with-winscp/</link>
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		<title>ATI HD4850 vs. GeForce GTS 250</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
ATI HD4850 is part of the Radeon HD 4k graphic cards family and it features the RV770 Pro GPU which is a 965 milions transistors  chip build on 55nm technology. The default clock speeds are 625 MHz for the GPU and 1,986 MHz for the memory (DDR3).

GeForce GTS 250 is actually a rebranded 9800 GTX which was an overclocked 8800 GTS.  So it features a slightly revisioned version of the G92 GPU present in the 8800 series.  The new G92b   is a 754 milions transistors  chip build on 55nm technology. The default clock speeds are 738 MHz on the GPU, 1,836 MHz on the shaders, and 2,200 MHz on the memory  (DDR3). However it is now a more  mature chip now and the power consumption and temperature have improved compared with the 9800 GTX. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/ati-hd4850-vs-geforce-gts-250/</link>
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		<title>Comodo Internet Security Give Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SoftArea51 and Comodo Group are joining forces for a safer web surfing. For a whole month SoftArea51 and Comodo Group will offer free licenses for Comodo Internet Security Pro with LivePCSupport services.

Comodo Internet Security Pro combines the power of COMODO&#8217;s award-winning Firewall and AntiVirus software to protect your PC from malicious software and Hackers.
Live PC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/comodo-internet-security-give-away/</link>
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		<title>How to predict a hard disk failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago a friend started to have some problems with his laptop as it randomly  does not detect the hard disk. The usual suspects would be a hard disk failure or IDE cable or IDE controller problem. On a desktop it is easy to check the IDE cable or the IDE controller just by testing with a different cable or just by connecting the hard disk on a different IDE but since it has problems with his laptop he can not do these checks so he's only option was to run some tests to check if his hard disk is failing and hope it is not  the IDE controller on the motherboard. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/how-to-predict-a-hard-disk-failure/</link>
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		<title>Dell to Offer Limited Warranty Enhancement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dell will offer limited warranty enhancement to all affected customers worldwide on Nvidia die packaging issue. This announcement follows the BIOS updates releases that is trying to reduce the heat throttle. Until now only HP has announced similar actions. There are no announcement from other companies on this issue although many MacBook owners seem to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/dell-to-offer-limited-warranty-enhancement/</link>
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		<title>HP reacts on Nvidia faulty GPU issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HP has published a list of 24 notebooks affected by the Nvidia faulty GPU issue that includes several Pavilion dv2000/dv6000/dv9000 and Compaq Presario V3000/V6000 models.  The issue has been under their attention since November 2007. HP recommends all owners of the listed models to update the BIOS system of their laptops. Also they might be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/hp-reacts-on-nvidia-faulty-gpu-issue/</link>
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		<title>Dell releases BIOS updates to prevent NVIDIA GPU failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dell has released  during the last month BIOS updates to prevent NVIDIA GPU failure issue for 10 notebook models. The issue is a weak die/packaging material set, which may fail due to GPU temperature fluctuations.
The affected models are:

Inspiron 1420
Latitude D630
Latitude D630c
Dell Precision M2300
Vostro Notebook 1310
Vostro Notebook 1400
Vostro Notebook 1510
Vostro Notebook 1710
XPS 1330
XPS 1530

If the GPU [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/dell-releases-bios-updates-to-prevent-nvidia-gpu-failure/</link>
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		<title>Week 28 recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 28, July 6 &#8211; July 13
Nvidia has not disclosed yet what chips are affected by the &#8220;certain die/packaging material&#8221; problem.
&#8220;“While we have not been able to determine a root cause for these failures, testing suggests a weak material set of die/package combination, system thermal management designs, and customer use patterns are contributing factors.”
Besides not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softarea51.com/blog/week-28-recap/</link>
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