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Monday, December 28, 2009

Earn Some Free Snow Gear

If you are a fan of snowboarding or skiing there is a pretty tight way to earn free gear. Rossignol makes all kinds of mountain gear and has a search engine that earns you points redeemable for decent stuff. It returns results from Google and Ask so you can earn while doing your normal browsing. They have some algorithm for preventing users from padding their stats with random searches and clicks but, there is potential to earn faster via referral.

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Grid Computing Projects

While doing some research for my Computer Architecture class I came across this article 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power. Some pretty interesting projects here especially Enigma@home and the IBM World Community Grid.

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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Avoiding Online Scams

Check out The Complete Guide to Avoiding Online Scams @ lifehacker, a great article for the less "savvy" users in your life.

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