12 Reasons to Try Linux Mint 12 | PCWorld Business Center

12 Reasons to Try Linux Mint 12 | PCWorld Business Center: "For any new release of a popular Linux distribution, there are typically numerous fans eagerly awaiting the software's final debut. For Linux Mint 12, however, that anticipation may well have broken all previous records, so anxious have Linux fans been to see the new release's answer to the controversial desktop environments increasingly appearing in other operating systems."

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The Secret of The Successful Copywriter | Copyblogger

The Secret of The Successful Copywriter | Copyblogger: "A copywriter was struggling deeply with his business.
He was getting clients and jobs, but his words weren’t making sales, and his clients rarely called him back."

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HTG Explains: Understanding Routers, Switches, and Network Hardware - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: Understanding Routers, Switches, and Network Hardware - How-To Geek: "Today we’re taking a look at the home networking hardware: what the individual pieces do, when you need them, and how best to deploy them. Read on to get a clearer picture of what you need to optimize your home network."

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Google Rolls Out a New and Compact Navigation Bar - How-To Geek

Google Rolls Out a New and Compact Navigation Bar - How-To Geek: "Earlier this spring Google introduced the black navigation bar; now they’ve updated the bar to take up less space and be more useful."

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Lendle Connects Kindle Owners for Cross-Country Book Lending - How-To Geek

Lendle Connects Kindle Owners for Cross-Country Book Lending - How-To Geek: "You can lend books from your Kindle library to other Kindle users but it’s not always easy to find people with books you want. Lendle is a social network for Kindle readers to share books with each other."

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Seagate offers best of both worlds with second gen Momentus XT hybrid solid state/hard drive

Seagate offers best of both worlds with second gen Momentus XT hybrid solid state/hard drive: "Released in mid-2010, Seagate's Momentus XT combined performance approaching that of a solid state drive (SSD) with the storage capacity and cheaper price of a traditional platter-based hard disk drive (HDD) in a laptop-friendly 2.5-inch form factor."

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How to Build an Engaged Audience with Content Marketing | Copyblogger

How to Build an Engaged Audience with Content Marketing | Copyblogger: "Most bloggers are after the same things.
They want traffic to their blogs, comments on their posts, and sales of their products or services.
These are all great goals, but they’re really just symptoms of something else: having an engaged and responsive audience."

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One Very Simple Way to Come Up With More Blog Post Ideas Than You’ll Ever Need

One Very Simple Way to Come Up With More Blog Post Ideas Than You’ll Ever Need: "Any great piece of content has to begin with a great idea. You can be an amazingly talented writer – but without a strong idea, your post isn’t going to resonate with people."

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How To Create a Portable USB Version of Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - How-To Geek

How To Create a Portable USB Version of Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - How-To Geek: "Microsoft Office 2010 Starter edition is a free, ad-supported version of Office 2010 meant to be included on new PCs. It only includes Word and Excel with a subset of features—but it does let you make a portable version. Here’s how to do it."

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How to Write Weapons-Grade Copy | Copyblogger

How to Write Weapons-Grade Copy | Copyblogger: "You might not think that DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) would be very concerned about writing copy"

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» Cool case mods (part 2) Computers. Review: New and old computers. Review

» Cool case mods (part 2) Computers. Review: New and old computers. Review:

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The 10 fastest computers in the world | News | TechRadar

The 10 fastest computers in the world | News | TechRadar: "f you thought your PC was fast, wait until you see what Tianhe-1A can do: the Intel and Nvidia-powered supercomputer can do in a day what a dual-core personal computer would take 160 years to complete."

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10 Quick Tips to Get the Most from Microsoft Office - How-To Geek

10 Quick Tips to Get the Most from Microsoft Office - How-To Geek: "We have published some useful tips and tricks for getting the most out of Office 2010 and 2007. This article compiles 10 of the best tips and tricks we have covered."

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Turn external hard drives into network storage via USB with Addonics NAS adapter | ZDNet

Turn external hard drives into network storage via USB with Addonics NAS adapter | ZDNet: " Here’s one of those good ideas that makes you wonder why it took so long for someone to come up with it. Addonics has introduced its Network Attached Storage (NAS) adapter, which is a $55 device that lets you plug a USB-powered external drive in one end and then connect an Ethernet cable to the [...]"

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Improve Your Google Search Skills [Infographic] - How-To Geek

Improve Your Google Search Skills [Infographic] - How-To Geek:

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True Hollywood Story: Bipeds and the World Wide Web.

True Hollywood Story: Bipeds and the World Wide Web.: "Once upon a time, your daily news was delivered via a delivery boy. With the flick of the wrist, all the daily essential news was on your front porch, rather than a few keystrokes on your MacBook. In a galaxy far, far away, to contact an acquaintance, a little black book was required instead of Facebook."

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How to buy the right cell phone | Dialed In - CNET Blogs

How to buy the right cell phone | Dialed In - CNET Blogs: "Buying a cell phone as a holiday gift is a bit more complicated than buying a television or a camera. It's not that shopping for those products is easy--indeed, one TV can present you with a mind-boggling array of specs--but a cell phone also requires you to select a carrier and choose a service plan"

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Find and Download Music for Free

Find and Download Music for Free: "Finding free, downloadable music is becoming harder and harder as the record companies continue to attack our favorite sharing software. However, we have little need for file sharing software as most MP3s are readily available throughout the Web. Downloading them just requires a bit of creativity."

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Create and Use Basic Formulas in MS Excel 2010

Create and Use Basic Formulas in MS Excel 2010: "Oftentimes people avoid using certain programs because they figure the learning curve might be too long or the amount of time invested won’t be worth the eventual payoff. Nowhere is this more apparent than Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet program that comes with the Office suite of applications."

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180 claims title of world's smallest desktop PC

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180 claims title of world's smallest desktop PC: "Lenovo has unleashed a new device which falls into the HTPC or nettop PC category - the Windows 7-based IdeaCentre Q180. The book-sized computer will fit easily alongside any television set, where it can serve as an entertainment hub, given that it handles 1080p videos and optionally supports Blu-ray videos in 3D."

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How to get more work done in Google Docs | How To - CNET

How to get more work done in Google Docs | How To - CNET: "Not many people use only one computer. In fact, most of us hop from machine to machine in the course of a workday.
The best way to make sure you can access your important files from any of the various machines in your digital life is to store the files online. If you use Google Docs as your online file repository, these tips will help shorten your workday."

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How to See What Web Sites Your Computer is Secretly Connecting To - How-To Geek

How to See What Web Sites Your Computer is Secretly Connecting To - How-To Geek: "Has your internet connection become slower than it should be? There may be a chance that you have some malware, spyware, or adware that is using your internet connection in the background without your knowledge. Here’s how to see what’s going on under the hood."

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A Long Day for Tech Support [Funny Comic] - How-To Geek

A Long Day for Tech Support [Funny Comic] - How-To Geek:

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SLUG device allows for copying of any streamed audio

SLUG device allows for copying of any streamed audio: "Perhaps you've experienced this frustration before. There's a piece of audio on a website that you want to use in a project of your own, and it's playing right there on your computer, yet you have no way of copying it - short of holding a microphone up to your speakers, that is. Well, Kenneth Gibbs and Seena Zandipour want to change that."

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How long will AT&T fight for T-Mobile? | Signal Strength - CNET News

How long will AT&T fight for T-Mobile? | Signal Strength - CNET News: "On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski began circulating a draft order recommending to the other four FCC commissioners that the agency refer the case to an administrative law judge."

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So you bought a smartphone--now what? | Mobile - CNET News

So you bought a smartphone--now what? | Mobile - CNET News: "The carriers are increasingly taking their cues from Apple's stores as they look to evolve more into a resource for consumers instead of simply a place to buy cell phones."

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Roundup: 40 Amazing Full HD Wallpapers

Roundup: 40 Amazing Full HD Wallpapers: "If you are looking for a new wallpaper, and want something sharp and awesome at the same time, you might want to look ahead as we post some 40 amazing wallpapers (from random categeories) in their Full HD resolution (1920×1080 and 1920×1200)."

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Storage products bargain hunters should look for | Crave - CNET

Storage products bargain hunters should look for | Crave - CNET: "Despite the massive recent flood in Thailand that affected many storage vendors, hard drives, the most common form of computer storage, are still generally affordable (and abundant in terms of capacities). However, not all other forms of storage applications share the similar pricing as hard drives. And they can get progressively pricier the faster and the cooler they get."

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SplashData reveals 2011's 25 worst passwords - TechSpot News

SplashData reveals 2011's 25 worst passwords - TechSpot News: "Reaffirming a smaller study released earlier this year, SplashData has published a list of this year's 25 worst passwords. We've seen countless security breaches this year and in many of those cases, the hackers released the stolen data online."

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After iPad, Kindle Fire most desired tablet, study finds | The Digital Home - CNET News

After iPad, Kindle Fire most desired tablet, study finds | The Digital Home - CNET News: "Among future tablet buyers, 65 percent of respondents said that they are planning to purchase Apple's iPad, a ChangeWave Research study found. In no time at all, Amazon's Kindle Fire has been able to attract 22 percent of future tablet buyers. The Samsung Galaxy Tab line, which has been available for over a year, was only able to muster 4 percent demand among consumers looking to buy a tablet in the coming months. According to ChangeWave, no other tablet vendor was able to secure just 1 percent demand among consumers."

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30 Great Photoshop Tips and Tricks to Help Your Computer Graphic Skills - How-To Geek

30 Great Photoshop Tips and Tricks to Help Your Computer Graphic Skills - How-To Geek: "Photoshop is a powerful, but complex, graphics program that can be difficult to learn and frustrating to use. We have published many articles about tips and tricks for using Photoshop and how to fix annoying issues you may encounter."

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How to Master the Craft of Writing | Copyblogger

How to Master the Craft of Writing | Copyblogger: "Though merely a fiction, written over a century ago by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his methods of logical deduction are without equal."

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How to Write Faster Blog Posts (Every Time)

How to Write Faster Blog Posts (Every Time): "Last week, we looked at why great content is so important. But one of the biggest problems that bloggers face is finding enough time to write."

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Top 10 technologies that burnt early adopters - News - PC & Tech Authority

Top 10 technologies that burnt early adopters - News - PC & Tech Authority: "Did you rush out to the stores to buy the latest and greatest? We chart the 10 biggest early adopter products that fizzled and made us wish we could forget the money we paid for them. Okay, some weren't too bad and worked pretty well - but for most, these technologies will be remembered for their lack of popularity and compatibility."

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Desktop Fun: Mountain Travel Wallpaper Collection - How-To Geek

Desktop Fun: Mountain Travel Wallpaper Collection - How-To Geek:

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30 Great Photoshop Tips and Tricks to Help Your Computer Graphic Skills - How-To Geek

30 Great Photoshop Tips and Tricks to Help Your Computer Graphic Skills - How-To Geek: "Photoshop is a powerful, but complex, graphics program that can be difficult to learn and frustrating to use. We have published many articles about tips and tricks for using Photoshop and how to fix annoying issues you may encounter."

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The Kindle Nation WEEKENDER - 11.19.2011

The Kindle Nation WEEKENDER - 11.19.2011:

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How To Read Scratched CDs or DVDs In Windows

How To Read Scratched CDs or DVDs In Windows: "Have you ever had a CD or DVD that contained critical information but you could not get to it? Does your disk have a huge scratch running through it? Maybe it’s a little chipped or cracked? Don’t throw it out there might still be hope!"

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Showcase: 25 Random Awesome Wallpapers

Showcase: 25 Random Awesome Wallpapers: "In this post we will show you some random wallpapers we compiled over a brief search for good looking wallpapers. And this is what we came out with. Some 25 amazing wallpapers, from random categeories. "

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Hotmail - sgpease@msn.com - Windows Live

Hotmail - sgpease@msn.com - Windows Live: "“Total freedom” is a creative cage.

What people are really doing online.

Steve Martin’s secret of success, and a massive (and mostly missed) opportunity on Twitter.

Speaking of Twitter, follow @copyblogger"

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Best Chrome Extensions

Best Chrome Extensions: "On this page, you will find the best 101 Chrome extensions for all your browsing needs.
We’ve taken the effort to categorize the extensions and picked only those we believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you."

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Kindle Fire – Unfiltered Kindle Fire first impressions « Kindle Review – Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Review

Kindle Fire – Unfiltered Kindle Fire first impressions « Kindle Review – Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Review: "It’s a LOT better than the press would have you believe
After expecting something terrible, it was a pleasant surprise to find out it’s a really good tablet. It seems the press was suffering from ‘$200 = $500′ disease. It’s understandable - since tech bloggers get ‘free’ review units and they don’t have to decide whether Device X is worth $300 more of their hard-earned money."

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Amazon’s New Kindle Fire Tablet: the How-To Geek Review - How-To Geek

Amazon’s New Kindle Fire Tablet: the How-To Geek Review - How-To Geek: "We got our Kindle Fire a few days ago, and since then we’ve been poking, prodding, and generally trying to figure out how to break it. Before you go out and buy your own, check out our in-depth review."

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How to Make the Kindle Fire Silk Browser *Actually* Fast! - How-To Geek

How to Make the Kindle Fire Silk Browser *Actually* Fast! - How-To Geek: "Not that long ago, we reviewed the Kindle Fire, and one of our biggest complaints was how lousy the browser is—but we’ve discovered the trick to making it actually fast. Here’s how to fix it.

What’s the problem?"

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Barnes and Noble Nook a Solid Tablet Choice: 10 Reasons Why - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Barnes and Noble Nook a Solid Tablet Choice: 10 Reasons Why - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com: "The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet is available for in-store pickup now, which means the battle for dominance in the sub-$250 tablet category is on. Now, customers will need to decide if they want to buy the $199 Kindle Fire from Amazon or drop an extra $50 to get their hands on the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet."

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How to Remove Malware From Your Windows PC | PCWorld

How to Remove Malware From Your Windows PC | PCWorld: "Is your computer running slower than usual? Are you getting lots of pop-ups? Have you seen other weird problems crop up? If so, your PC might be infected with a virus, spyware, or other malware--even if you have an antivirus program installed on it."

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Check How Your Website Looks to a Screen Reader

Check How Your Website Looks to a Screen Reader: "While accessibility for the handicapped is not always a primary concern for Web developers, the fact remains that there are plenty of visually impaired who try to surf the Internet every day. Not all website designs are created equally when it comes to the devices the blind use to navigate the Web."

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My Kindle Touch is Here – Review Attached | Free Kindle Books and Tips

My Kindle Touch is Here – Review Attached | Free Kindle Books and Tips: "The following is the review I just posted on the Kindle Touch’s web page on the Amazon website – if you think this review is helpful (or not), I would appreciate a “Yes” or “No” vote on the helpfulness of the review on the Amazon website. You can see the review if you click here or type in http://amzn.to/touchreview into your computer’s web browser; the voting buttons are at the bottom of the review."

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Dominate Google: 7 Steps to Keyword Research Success

Dominate Google: 7 Steps to Keyword Research Success: "If you have a website, you should be doing keyword research. It’s that simple. Whilst you can produce a popular and successful website without considering keyword research or SEO, you will vastly improve your chances of success if you invite Google to the party."

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Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Review - Watch CNET's Video Review: "Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire?
That's the question that's already bedeviling consumers and gadget aficionados alike.
In a matter of weeks, it seems, the tablet market has been compressed to just a handful of choices. The iPad 2 still rules the high end ($500 and above), but the "e-reader as tablet" option now looms large in the sub-$250 range, with the $199 Kindle Fire going mano a mano with the $249 Nook Tablet."

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Packard Bell unveils slimmed down PB oneTwo all-in-one PC

Packard Bell unveils slimmed down PB oneTwo all-in-one PC: "Looking to build on the success of its original PB oneTwo all-in-one desktop computer solutions, Packard Bell has announced two new slimmed-down revamps in the shape of the 21.5-inch PB oneTwo M and the 23-inch PB oneTwo L. Both space-saving, touchscreen models will feature second generation Intel Core i processor options, a choice of NVIDIA or AMD discrete graphics, a high definition webcam and the option of a Blu-ray optical drive, when they go on sale later this month in Europe."

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7 Things Ex-Geek Squad Employee Wishes Every Computer Novice Knew - The Consumerist

7 Things Ex-Geek Squad Employee Wishes Every Computer Novice Knew - The Consumerist: "Not all Geek Squad technicians are ex-Domino's delivery guys trying to siphon porn from your computer, some of them actually have a heart."

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My Kindle Fire is Here – Review Attached | Free Kindle Books and Tips

My Kindle Fire is Here – Review Attached | Free Kindle Books and Tips: "The following is the review I just posted on the Kindle Fire’s web page on the Amazon web page – if you think this review is helpful (or not), I would appreciate a “Yes” or “No” vote on the helpfulness of the review on the Amazon website. You can see the review if you click here or type in http://amzn.to/firereview into your computer’s web browser, and the voting buttons are at the bottom of the review."

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Cell phone buying guide - CNET Reviews

Cell phone buying guide - CNET Reviews: "Buying a cell phone is more than a matter of choosing a handset--you also have to pick a service provider, or carrier, as well. Each carrier in the United States offers a different selection of technologies and services, so it's important to think about your needs when making a choice. For that reason, selecting a carrier should be the first step in the cell phone buying process."

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Hotmail - sgpease@msn.com - Windows Live

Hotmail - sgpease@msn.com - Windows Live: "As bloggers, we’ve got an awful lot to think about: SEO (search engine optimization), widgets, plugins, stats, design, monetization … oh, and creating content.

It’s easy for content to slip to the end of the list. After all, checking your stats or installing a shiny new plugin often seems more fun than sitting down to write yet another blog post.

But content is crucial. However great your design is, however optimized your pages are, your content is what really pulls readers in – and keeps them coming back."

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Thailand Floods Could Have Severe Impact on 2012 PC Shipments | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Thailand Floods Could Have Severe Impact on 2012 PC Shipments | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: "The devastating floods that have hit Thailand will likely result in significant hard disk drive shortages by mid-November, and the industry might not see a full recovery until late next year."

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Browser Wars: Chrome vs. IE9 vs. Firefox | PCMag.com

Browser Wars: Chrome vs. IE9 vs. Firefox | PCMag.com: "Web browsers are converging. Since the arrival of Google Chrome nearly three years ago, all browsers have come under its influence, and they've all moved in the same three-pronged directions—speedier page loading, cleaner user interfaces, and greater support for new Web standards. "

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HTG Explains: Do You Really Need to Defrag Your PC? - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: Do You Really Need to Defrag Your PC? - How-To Geek: "Ask any PC tech person how to make your computer faster, and almost every one of them will tell you to defrag your PC. But do you really need to manually trigger a defrag these days?"

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Downloadable Computer Repair CDs | Technibble

Downloadable Computer Repair CDs | Technibble: "One of our Technibble forum members, PcTek9, and a handful of other Technibble members have compiled a large list of CDs for various computer repair tasks. In this list, the following types of CD are available for download: Antivirus Boot CDs, Recovery Disks, Hardware Diagnostic Boot CDs, Network Testing/Monitoring, Data Recovery Boot CDs and Special Purpose CDs."

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Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer - NYTimes.com

Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer - NYTimes.com: "Computers mimic human reasoning by building on simple rules and statistical averages. Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence. Choose from two different modes: novice, where the computer learns to play from scratch, and veteran, where the computer pits over 200,000 rounds of previous experience against you."

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Roundup: 25 Breath Taking HD Nature Wallpapers

Roundup: 25 Breath Taking HD Nature Wallpapers:

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Choose a Smartphone the Easy Way

Choose a Smartphone the Easy Way: "Just five short years ago, choosing a smartphone was easy. Options were limited: you could buy a Blackberry, a Palm or a Windows CE phone. None were great choices."

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5 Good Kindle Books For New Blog Owners

5 Good Kindle Books For New Blog Owners: "The cool thing about Kindle books is that an actual Kindle is not required to read them. All you need is a Kindle-enabled app which is available for a myriad of devices including the iPhone, iPad and a host of smartphones including Blackberry and Android. Once you have the app installed and enabled you can download and read any Kindle book."

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4 Things To Do Immediately When Your Facebook Account Is Hacked

4 Things To Do Immediately When Your Facebook Account Is Hacked: "For most people, having their Facebook account hacked is a nightmare. Imagine if someone had access to all your private messages, could contact your friends, abuse your Facebook page, and delete your personal information. To avoid this, you should regularly update your password and keep other security settings tight."

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INFOGRAPHIC : The Life Cycle Of A Webpage On Stumbleupon

INFOGRAPHIC : The Life Cycle Of A Webpage On Stumbleupon: "There’s no denying that Stumbleupon is a very powerful social networking tool when it comes to promoting websites. Once a page gets into the Stumbleupon system (up to 2.2 million pages a month!), it can then be seen by hundreds, thousands, if not tens of thousands of people, all in a very short time."

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DOWNLOAD Set Up Your Blog With WordPress: Your Ultimate Guide

DOWNLOAD Set Up Your Blog With WordPress: Your Ultimate Guide: "Want to start your own blog, but don’t know where to start? You should really look into WordPress, the simplest and most powerful blogging platform available today. Powering over 50% of all blogs, and more than a few other websites, WordPress makes the task of content-management easy for anyone."

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What Do Fishing and Blogging Have in Common?

What Do Fishing and Blogging Have in Common?: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; sell him fishing supplies and a fishing guide and you’ve got a business."

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The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet will spark a revolution – New Tech Gadgets & Electronic Devices | Geek.com

The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet will spark a revolution – New Tech Gadgets & Electronic Devices | Geek.com: "Though most of the world didn’t know it, tablet computers existed long before the iPad. They were clunky, ran Windows, and required a stylus; but they were tablets nonetheless. Then Apple came along and revolutionized the category. Now, less than two years later, a new tablet revolution is about to take place–only this one will be led by content providers Amazon and Barnes & Noble."

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Which is Better: Revo Uninstaller or a Free Alternative? - How-To Geek

Which is Better: Revo Uninstaller or a Free Alternative? - How-To Geek: "The results might surprise you! Our friends over at 7 Tutorials did some testing and found that the free IObit uninstaller application actually stacked up pretty well against the paid solution from Revo—though perhaps with a few less features."

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How to use Wordpress to design to a website. - YouTube

How to use Wordpress to design to a website. - YouTube: ""

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Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays | PCWorld | PCWorld

Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays | PCWorld | PCWorld: "It's that time of the year again, when days get short, nights get long, and Christmas seems just over the horizon. Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. If you're planning a Halloween party instead of making your holiday gift list, how about printing out invitations in a Ghoulish font? And if you're busily hanging up paper ghosts and spider webs, don't neglect your computer:"

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How to Put Ubuntu Linux on a USB Thumb Drive (Without the Mess) - How-To Geek

How to Put Ubuntu Linux on a USB Thumb Drive (Without the Mess) - How-To Geek: "In the past, we’ve showed you how to install Ubuntu on a USB thumb drive (here and here). We all know, Ubuntu LiveUSBs are really cool, and really helpful as well. Usually when you install Ubuntu on a USB thumb drive, the drive becomes pretty much unusable for data storage, because there’s a mess of Ubuntu files in it. You’d surely ask yourself, “Where on earth do I store my data now?”"

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1 GB of Storage – 1987 versus 2009 [Image] - How-To Geek

1 GB of Storage – 1987 versus 2009 [Image] - How-To Geek:

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Yes, Google, Apple’s Siri is a serious threat – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

Yes, Google, Apple’s Siri is a serious threat – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home: "The search industry is in the early stages of a disruptive period of change,” Kevin Kelleher writes for Fortune. “It will look more like Siri than Google does today — that is, it will have a more intuitive AI feel to it"

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Waiting for Firefox 8? It's Already Here | PCWorld Business Center

Waiting for Firefox 8? It's Already Here | PCWorld Business Center: "It's been six short weeks--less a day--since the official release of Firefox 7, but already the next version of Mozilla's popular Web browser is available for download."

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How to Hide a Drive in Windows So that No One Will Know it’s There - How-To Geek

How to Hide a Drive in Windows So that No One Will Know it’s There - How-To Geek: "When you add a drive to your PC, by default it gets a drive letter, whether it is a removable drive or even a fixed hard drive inside of your PC. Lets take a look at how we can hide these drives."

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Build a Modern Warfare 3 PC for under $250 | ExtremeTech

Build a Modern Warfare 3 PC for under $250 | ExtremeTech: "Unless you’ve been hunkering in a bunker for the last 12 hours, you are aware that the biggest game of the year — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — was released this morning. "

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Yahoo Gives the iPad the Power to Understand TV - Technology Review

Yahoo Gives the iPad the Power to Understand TV - Technology Review: "A new iPad app from Yahoo can recognize any TV show by listening to the audio, and automatically serve up related Web content, such as news stories related to a news broadcast or play-by-play stats for a ballgame."

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E-Mail Is Broken; Here's How To Fix It

E-Mail Is Broken; Here's How To Fix It: "Don't get me wrong. The industry has done a swell job of managing spam--although it's not cheap. The Radicati Group, which provides messaging research, estimated last year that a typical 1,000-user organization can spend upward of $1.8 million a year to manage spam."

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Apple iPhone 4S Review - TechSpot Reviews

Apple iPhone 4S Review - TechSpot Reviews: "It's been 15 months since Apple released the iPhone 4. This has left many iPhone, and would-be iPhone customers, anxious for what the company planned to bring next. As we learned recently, the iPhone 4S it is: same body, same screen, same construction, same look as the iPhone 4. To say that some people were disappointed with the 4S announcement would be an understatement"

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Motorola Droid Razr Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Motorola Droid Razr Review - Watch CNET's Video Review: "When the Motorola Razr first debuted in 2004, it made headlines for its stunningly thin profile. Indeed, the Razr was the impetus behind the slim phone trend that dominated the industry for years."

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Nook Tablet: Hands on with Barnes & Noble's Fire-eater | E-book readers - CNET Reviews

Nook Tablet: Hands on with Barnes & Noble's Fire-eater | E-book readers - CNET Reviews: "That's the message of the just-announced $249 Nook Tablet, the successor to 2010's Nook Color (which remains on the market for $199). The new 7-inch color tablet equals many of the basic specs of the Kindle Fire, but justifies its $50 price premium over Amazon.com's model by offering several notable upgrades."

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Beginner Photoshop: Black and White and Red Photo Effect in Ten Seconds - How-To Geek

Beginner Photoshop: Black and White and Red Photo Effect in Ten Seconds - How-To Geek: "It’s a classic effect: the black and white photo with the stark, isolated red. Here’s how to knock out that effect in Photoshop in ten seconds with our (GIMP friendly!) method."

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Desktop Fun: Sci-Fi Cities Wallpaper Collection Series 1 - How-To Geek

Desktop Fun: Sci-Fi Cities Wallpaper Collection Series 1 - How-To Geek: "Science fiction lets us dream of new worlds to explore, advanced technology, unknown species, fantastic cities to live in, and more. Now you can bring the metropolises of the future straight to your desktop with the first in our Sci-Fi Cities Wallpaper collections."

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20 of the Best Stupid Geek Tricks to Impress Your Friends - How-To Geek

20 of the Best Stupid Geek Tricks to Impress Your Friends - How-To Geek: "Have you ever surprised and impressed a non-geek friend when you were doing something on your computer that you thought was simple? If so, you performed a Stupid Geek Trick. These are simple, sometimes not very useful, computer tasks."

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Funniest PC Pranks you can play on your friends ( explained ) » Our Picks – News, articles and reviews

Funniest PC Pranks you can play on your friends ( explained ) » Our Picks – News, articles and reviews: "Have you ever found yourself wanting to play a prank on somebody, but the traditional methods just aren’t available, or aren’t enough? If you’re the kind of guy I am, I bet you did. But again, if you’re anything like I am, you won’t give up so easy. So here’s some of the funniest pranks you can play on your friends, colleagues, even parents or neighbours."

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The Best Resources to Pimp Your Wallpaper

The Best Resources to Pimp Your Wallpaper: "Here is the first follow-up to my last post, 3 Steps to an Organized Desktop. Once you freed your desktop from all the clutter, it’s time to decorate it with a kick-ass pretty wallpaper."

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"Computer Friends" [Stack the Memory] by Sniper Twins feat. Rob... - StumbleUpon

"Computer Friends" [Stack the Memory] by Sniper Twins feat. Rob... - StumbleUpon:

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How to Recover Dead Hard Drive Data | Hack N Mod

How to Recover Dead Hard Drive Data | Hack N Mod: "Legend has it that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. Is it true? Indeed, it seems so."

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How to Send Text Messages From Your Computer

How to Send Text Messages From Your Computer: "Recently I wanted to figure out an easy and reliable way to send text messages from my computer to a mobile phone. I wanted to do this for no other reason than to just see if it works and what it out there right now! After playing around with all kinds of shady websites, software downloads, etc, I realized that there are very few options for doing this."

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Beginner Tips to Optimizing Your Site’s Title Tags

Beginner Tips to Optimizing Your Site’s Title Tags: "Search engine optimization (SEO) is today’s go to form of marketing for businesses looking to build their online presence and more importantly, their business. There are many factors, both on-site and off that factor in to your rankings."

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Trippy Apps - A Selection of Trippy Software, Websites, and Screensavers

Trippy Apps - A Selection of Trippy Software, Websites, and Screensavers:

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Top 5 Streaming Music Sites – The Best Websites for Streaming Audio

Top 5 Streaming Music Sites – The Best Websites for Streaming Audio: "Streaming music sites offer you a huge library of music that you can listen to on-demand via your web browser. It's a great way to discover new music at zero cost while surfing the net. Simply type in the name of your favorite artist to start searching for music tracks; there are also recommendations displayed that are similar to what you are searching for. Many of them offer additional services that you can utilize, such as creating personalized playlists that you can share, watching videos, social networking, listening to radio, and even uploading your own music."

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Best Free and Legal Music Download Sites - Free and Legal MP3 websites

Best Free and Legal Music Download Sites - Free and Legal MP3 websites: "There is a mass of free music on the Internet that is produced by artists just waiting to be discovered. Most of this music is usually covered by the creative commons license which allows you to listen, copy, share, or burn the tracks to CD. Here is an essential selection that will give you access to literally thousands of tracks for free."

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Great QWERTY smartphones you can have right now | Dialed In - CNET Blogs

Great QWERTY smartphones you can have right now | Dialed In - CNET Blogs: "Touch screens may be all the rage, but for many of you, there's no substitute to a phone with a physical keyboard attached."

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Best Sites to Download Free Audiobooks

Best Sites to Download Free Audiobooks: "Even if you don’t have time to read, you can still take in plenty of literature by listening to audiobooks. Fortunately, there are thousands of audiobooks available for free online. You can listen to them on your computer, MP3 player, iPod or iPhone or other listening device. Most of the free audiobooks on the Internet are classic books in the public domain, but there are some newer free audiobooks as well."

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The Best How-To Geek Articles for October 2011 - How-To Geek

The Best How-To Geek Articles for October 2011 - How-To Geek: "October has been full of geeky goodness here at HTG where we covered topics such as anonymizing and encrypting your BitTorrent traffic, installing Android on your HP Touchpad, reinstalling Windows without having to reactivate it, and more. Join us as we look back at the most popular articles from this past month."

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Stupid Geek Tricks: How To Turn Images And Photos Into Sound Files - How-To Geek

Stupid Geek Tricks: How To Turn Images And Photos Into Sound Files - How-To Geek: "There may be no point to it… it must be a stupid geek trick! Here’s how you can convert some of your images into sound files and hear what your photographs are secretly saying to you."

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Are You Monetizing Your Blog to Its Potential?

Are You Monetizing Your Blog to Its Potential?: "It may take years to build a site up to the point where you are happy with the income, traffic, and exposure you get on a daily basis. Seeing traffic numbers improve is always a great feeling, but increased traffic doesn’t necessarily correlate to increased earnings."

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Google Hidden Tricks - StumbleUpon

Google Hidden Tricks - StumbleUpon:

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Empty Boxes Transformed Into Outstanding Halloween Decorations [Image]

Empty Boxes Transformed Into Outstanding Halloween Decorations [Image]:

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The Painless Way to Ditch Your Old Windows XP for a More Secure Linux - How-To Geek

The Painless Way to Ditch Your Old Windows XP for a More Secure Linux - How-To Geek: "Windows XP just isn’t secure anymore! If the expense of the new Windows operating systems is too great, here’s an easy and painless way to get a completely free Linux, keep your old Windows XP installation, and start surfing securely."

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