Joe and Mary Wurtz were trying to get a catering business off the ground while fighting with older computer equipment.  They were so worried about their kids not having good technology education that they moved them to another school.  The Gurus not only set the Wurtzes up with a solid foundation for their blossoming business, but they also transformed the unused basement into a gathering place not only for friends to come over for fun and games, but for potential catering clients to sample Mary's wares...

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The seven members of the Word family are musically talented, but had old technology for writing songs and listening to music. They also didn't have equipment that let them come together as a family and watch television - all they had was "Yellowvision." The Gurus not only set them up to make beautiful music together with a digital wall harp and renovated play room, but redid their living room with a 47" HDTV (equipped with FiOS Premiere TV service) that retracts into a cabinet when not being used...

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Rich and Nancy weren't slowing down at all, but their equipment was.  While Rich struggled with an older computer that couldn't keep up with his fast-paced stock trading, Nancy attempted to quilt for distant family members on a broken, 30 year old sewing machine.  The Gurus literally knocked Rich off his feet with a 15 Mbps* FiOS connected computer so that he can be a power trader from the comfort of his home office.  Nancy can watch her new HDTV while she makes quilts on a new, computerized sewing machine.  And their neighbors can enjoy the 61" HDTV at the community center, as well as a 20" iMac to share...

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Lewis, the talented rapper, producer and 17-year-old son of the Word clan, gives a tour of the new room he can enjoy right along with his other siblings -- LaShayna, 18, Maiché, 9, Shane Jr., 7, and Kennedy, 4...

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On behalf of the Techno-Gurus, our producers Kathleen and Andrew, and all the rest of the My Home 2.0 crew, I just wanted to give a special shout-out to the fine folks at Overture Ultimate Home Electronics in Wilmington, Delaware...

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