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On a fateful night in April 2019, John Paul Mac Isaac was working at his store, The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., when a customer walked in who would upend his life. In his forthcoming book, “American Injustice: My Battle to Expose the Truth,” Isaac will tell his story — and here, in an exclusive first look, he describes the moment he met Hunter Biden. It was a Friday night, 10 minutes before the shop’s closing time. I was checking out a website about CNC machines and woodworking. I had no intention of working late; I was ready to go...

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether the emails allegedly describing activities by Joe Biden and his son Hunter and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop are linked to a foreign intelligence operation, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. The FBI seized the laptop and a hard drive through a grand jury subpoena. The subpoena was later published by the New York Post. The bureau has declined to comment. snip Many commentators have said it is hard to believe that Hunter Biden would abandon a Mac laptop full of incriminating information at a repair...

With no warning, when I plugged it in, (does run on external power) I got message "disk must be formatted". I took it to my local guy and he quoted $60 - $90 if data can be recovered. Did a quick search and see "free" software listed for data recovery, but I am leery and seek input on what my best course is. There is nothing actually vital on it. But, I have maybe 200 GB of music that I have recorded from my singing groups that I would rather not lose. And I would rather keep my money in...

Last week, my Dell Inspiron laptop ingested a cup of coffee (with cream and sugar, of course) and I would appreciate any suggestions. At this point, while it does shut down frequently and sporadically during the boot process, it has gotten as far as the Vista login screen. (Many of the keys aren't responding so I can't log in.) Since so much of it is working, my thought is that a good internal cleaning to remove the coffee/cream/sugar gunk would be a good next step. Can anyone offer any guidance on disassembling this computer and how to best clean it...

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Everyone has seen the playful sign or t-shirt that says "Will work for sex," but there's actually a guy in New York doing it. The 34-year-old systems engineer, who goes by "Ray Digerati," fixes computers in exchange for sex. Digerati says he came up with the idea while helping a female friend and wondered if he could get sex in exchange for his time. He posted ads for his services on craigslist.com and says the response has been overwhelming. Digerati says he leaves the payment amount up to the client, but he thinks one orgasm...