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Why does COM require output pointers to be initialized even on failure?
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Join the Seattle Symphony for a New Year Eve's performance of Beethoven's Nin… wait a second…
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Even your folder icons can be used as a Rorschach test
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How do I minimize a group of windows in Windows 7 from the taskbar?
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How does the keyboard autorepeat setting work?
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Merry Christmas to me: Zune headphones
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No, you didn't win the Jethro Tull box set, and please tell everybody else in your area code to stop calling me
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The NPR Planet Money one-hour story competition: The shopping mall convention
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