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10 Dead Simple Gmail Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts
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Gmail can be tweaked almost endlessly with various Firefox and Chrome extensions, and offers some pretty nifty Labs options too. However, we’ve taken a look at some simple tips, tricks, tweaks and shortcuts you can use without going down the plugin or experimental route. These 10 features will hel...
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Get to Know Windows 7 Libraries Inside and Out
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The new Libraries feature in Windows 7 makes it easier to manage your files and folders. Today we take a comprehensive look at everything you can do with Windows 7 Libraries. The Libraries feature in Windows 7 provides a central place to manage files that are located in multiple locations throughout...
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HOW TO: Run Your Business Online with $10 and a Google Account
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Online infrastructure for your small business doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. By leveraging many of the free and inexpensive products offered by Google, you can create a website, a domain-branded e-mail system, and a document collaboration platform, all unified under one master lo...
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Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media
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6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows
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We live in a mobile world; if you have a laptop (and who doesn't?), that means constantly connecting to the Internet via Wi-Fi. You most likely use Wi-Fi not just when you're on the road at cafés, airports or hotels, but to connect to your home network too. You might even connect to a wireless network at t...
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Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks
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One thing you can depend on these days is that the claims made for wireless routers, like 300Mbit/sec. throughput and 1,000-foot range, are nothing more than digital pipe dreams. The plain and simple truth is that these speeds and distances just aren't going to happen in your home, office or any plac...
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HOW TO: Make Free iPhone Ringtones
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Ringtones — They are the darlings of the music industry and the bane of anyone subject to hearing a bad one. If you’re sick of your plain old telephone ringer but don’t want to download a canned tone, you don’t need to spend extra money to turn your favorite song into a ringtone for your iPhone. There’s a w...
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How to Murder a Flash Cookie Zombie
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The more I use Adobe Flash, the more I understand why Steve Jobs hates it. I can't tell you how many times a misbehaving Flash video has crashed my browser and/or slowed my system to sludge. Happens at least once a week. Well, here's another good reason to hate Flash: Advertisers are using it to track you...
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How to back up the Windows Registry!
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The registry of a Windows computer controls how the operating system uses programs, and as such it’s a very critical file. The Windows 7 registry is no different. If there are problems in the registry, it’s not exclusive for a computer to become less stable, which, as you might imagine, causes blue sc...
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15 Killer Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts That Might Surprise You
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One of my personal favorites among the new features that Windows 7 came with was the introduction of some awesome and long awaited keyboard shortcuts. I personally use them as much as I can to save time, and I recommend the practice of using keyboard shortcuts to others too. This article talks about 15...
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Two Windows 7 Taskbar Speed Up Tips
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The Windows 7 Taskbar is one area of the Windows 7 operating system that Microsoft put lots of improvements in. Two of the features that have been introduced and revamped are Jumplists and taskbar previews. Jumplists display often used program features and links to recent documents. Not every soft...
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How to Reinstall Windows Media Player in Windows 7 to Solve Problems
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If you’re having problems with media playback on your Windows 7 PC using Windows Media Player, or even using other applications like Media Monkey, you might need to reinstall Windows Media Player. But how? How-to-geek has the details HERE!
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Computer Tools: Your At-Home IT Toolkit
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It's been true since the dawn of the PC's creation: if you know anything about technology, you end up helping out everyone else every time they have a hiccup or crash with their computer. The information technology (IT) pros at your office have their specialized tools to assist them. Here's a collect...
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5 Amazing Windows UI Tweaks
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Chances are, your PC is pretty tame--you have a beach-scene wallpaper, the default Windows 7 Aero theme, and a standard-issue Dell keyboard. But you don't have to settle for the ordinary. It's time to mix things up with a few easy ways to make everybody say "Wow." Though we can't give you th...
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How to Increase Attachment Size Limit in Outlook 2010
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If you have tried to attach large sized files in Outlook 2010 (files greater than 20MB in size), then you might have probably noticed that Outlook 2010 gives a error. Outlook will give you an error when inserting large attachments in your email and will not allow you to add the attachment. This is in ord...
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How to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch
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It's now legal to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, but it still voids your Apple warranty. We'll show you how to do it and explain some of the benefits of taking that risk. Watch the video and learn how
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50 Ways to Make the Most of Windows 7
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If you have a Windows 7 system, you know that there's a lot to like about Microsoft's newest OS. More svelte and nimble than its troubled predecessor, Vista, Windows 7 offers a refreshing new look, fewer compatibility issues, simpler home networking, and a faster start-up. (For our complete review...
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How To Troubleshoot Your Home-Built PC
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Building a PC is a little like walking a tightrope without a net. Okay, it's not quite that dangerous, but unlike buying an off-the-shelf system, you have to be your own tech support staff. Sure, you can try to get support from individual component suppliers, but that can be frustrating--your mother...
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Downgrade your iPhone 3G from iOS 4
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Not happy with the latest software update? We'll show you how to bring your iPhone 3G back to life by reinstalling iPhone OS 3.1.3. See the Cnet video HERE!
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How to build a NAS box
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There is no single way to store your data. A NAS - or Network Attached Storage box is the easy and increasingly popular answer because you can simply drag and drop files to/from any PC. I dare not for a second though suggest it is a "backup device" since I fear the mob of realists who will claim t...
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How to use YouTube's video editor
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Back in June, YouTube released an experimental tool that had been long asked for by its users: a browser-based video editor. The tool, which requires no additional software, or browser plug-ins (besides Adobe's Flash), lets users make minor edits to videos they've uploaded, as well as stitch sev...
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HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Q&A Sites
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Since the beginning of the year, there has been a lot of activity in online Q&A sites due to increased funding and launch announcements. The next generation of question and answer sites promise higher quality, informed answers, and the opportunity to publish and showcase your knowled...
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Create Outlook 2007 rules to organize email
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We all receive a lot of email every day. Creating a series of rules in Microsoft Outlook 2007 can help you better organize your inbox. This tip gives examples of different Outlook rules and shows how easy they are to create. Users often belong to different group email distribution lists, whi...
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How to Install Windows 7 from a USB drive – easy way
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One of the best ways around this is to install Windows 7 from a USB drive, which can cut the install time down to around 15 minutes (from 30-40 via DVD) if you use a fast drive. I am constantly being asked to explain to friends and colleagues the best way to do this as many of the guides online are too complex,...
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How to add email Signatures in Outlook 2010
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One of the most important feature in an email is a Signatures that can be appended at the end of the email and contains contact information, salutation etc. Signatures can be set in an email client so they don’t need to be retyped every time a new mail is drafted. Microsoft Outlook 2010 too pro...
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Change the Windows 7 Taskbar to Work Like Vista
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While many think the new taskbar feature in Windows 7 is a great improvement, others may not want to use it. Today we take a look at how to get the Vista style taskbar back on Windows 7.
The new Windows 7 taskbar does take some getting used to for sure. However, if you need to get things done on your...
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Microsoft Outlook: Top 10 annoyances and how to fix them
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Microsoft Outlook is a nearly ubiquitous presence in PC computing -- and, seemingly, a universally reviled one. Outlook has countless features, ranging from e-mail gathering to calendaring, contact tracking, to-do list creation and more -- yet its tendency toward bloat, sluggishness and unre...
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4 Tips for Producing Quality Web Videos
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With web video exploding and the promise of GoogleTV around the corner, it’s a wonderful time to be able to upload your own content. But just because anyone can do it doesn’t mean everyone should. For every well-produced, entertaining and informative video, there are millions that aren’t....
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How to set up a projector using Windows 7
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Cool set-up! Check it out HERE..
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The Cleverest Geeky Windows Tricks Everyone Should Know
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Anyone can sit down at a Windows PC and get along fine, but with the right tips and tricks, you can get around much faster. Here's a handful of clever tricks to boost your Windows skills (and show off to friends).
You might recognize a few of these tips (we've covered most of them here before), b...
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