Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Goodbye malware, hello micro-projector

Mark Gibbs By Mark Gibbs
After weeks of wrestling with malware on one of his Windows XP machines, Gibbs seems to have found a way to get rid of it . . . but he has no idea what was actually removed. Then he checks out a micro-projector. Busy, busy, busy. Read full story

Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist and columnist.

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