How to Easily Create Selective Color Using Lightroom

How to Easily Create Selective Color Using Lightroom: "Selective color photography has been around for ages. It’s something that has been used in the movies – Schindler’s List and Sin City come to mind – and more recently Chase Freedom and Budweiser have used it in their ad campaigns to highlight their products. So even if you dislike selective color, or if haven’t given it much thought, you have to admit it’s a great technique to use when you’re trying to draw attention to a certain subject and is something useful to have in your tool belt."

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12 easy PC tasks you should be doing (but aren't) | PCWorld

12 easy PC tasks you should be doing (but aren't) | PCWorld: "Computers may have become a lot more user-friendly over the past decade, but they’re still far from perfect—PCs require a certain amount of configuration and maintenance to operate at their full potential. Unfortunately, because we humans are also far from perfect, we frequently don’t put in the work we should, and we end up with a slower, sloppier, less secure machine as a result"

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The experts agree: Ban Facebook Home in your BYOD workplace | PCWorld

The experts agree: Ban Facebook Home in your BYOD workplace | PCWorld: "Facebook Home, the new app that replaces the home screen on an Android smartphone, should be banned from corporate networks to avoid unnecessary security risks, experts say."

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How to Control Internet Access and More With Windows 8’s Parental Controls

How to Control Internet Access and More With Windows 8’s Parental Controls: "Any parent will know that giving their children access to the internet is a double-edged sword. Access to the world’s biggest free library is invaluable, but there are plenty of unpleasant corners of the web that young eyes are best shielded from.  If you’re using Windows 8, Family Safety can be used to lock down your kids’ accounts."

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HTG Explains: What Firewalls Actually Do

HTG Explains: What Firewalls Actually Do: "You’ve probably heard that firewalls are an important security protection, but do you know why that is? Many people don’t, if references to firewalls in TV shows, movies, and other forms of popular media are any indication."

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PCs hit by an ugly quarterly drop as Windows 8 flops - How-To Geek Discussion

PCs hit by an ugly quarterly drop as Windows 8 flops - How-To Geek Discussion: "Looks like Windows 8 is really not doing very well, according to this CNET article covering a report from IDC that says computer shipments dropped 14 percent."

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How to Setup a Website With a Custom Domain in 30 Minutes

How to Setup a Website With a Custom Domain in 30 Minutes: "I’ve been blogging on Online Tech Tips and Help Desk geek for years now, but I really can’t use them to post random thoughts, ideas, links, notes, etc since they consist of more professional content. That’s why I decided two days ago to setup another blog using the aseemkishore.com domain name I had bought a long time ago. I ended up setting it up on Tumblr, which I love since it’s so easy to use and looks great."

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End of free TV as you know it may be on the horizon | TechHive

End of free TV as you know it may be on the horizon | TechHive: "A skirmish in New York City between a streaming live broadcast service and the major TV networks could speed up the death of free TV as consumers know it.

In recent days, Fox, CBS and Univision declared that they’ll stop over-the-air broadcasts of their programming if a streaming live-broadcast-to-Internet service called Aereo isn’t stopped in its tracks."

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