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TSSDR Affiliate Tech Reviews for April 26, 2013
Summer is fast approaching, but the weather is not cooperating. We are into the last week of April and we still haven’t had good enough weather to get the motorcycle out of the garage for more than 15 minutes. So again today, I have time to pull together the work of our affiliates to share with our readers. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW QNAP TS-269L NAS …
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