Archive for September, 2011
Friday Fun: Zombies versus Penguins
The work week is almost over, but until you can go home why not take a few minutes to relax and have some fun? In this week’s game your mission is to help a penguin warrior defeat the zombie hordes using precise shooting skills. The Beginner’s Guide to Using QoS (Quality of Service) on Your [...]
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How to Use a Single Mouse and Keyboard Across Multiple Computers
If you’ve got multiple computers at your desk, you probably know that it’s a pain to use more than one keyboard and mouse. Here’s how to use a single keyboard and mouse on more than one PC using a tool from Microsoft. Most geeks will be familiar with Input Director and Synergy, which do the [...]
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Keep Your PC’s Data Safe Using Create Synchronicity
Keeping your data safe by performing regular backups is important. However, how many of us actually remember to stop what we’re doing and back up our data manually? An easy-to-use, automatic backup solution would solve that problem. Create Synchronicity is a free backup and synchronization tool that allows you to manually or automatically keep your [...]
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From the Tips Box: Windows 8 on VMware, Speedy Windows 7 Search, and Reusable Zip Ties
Once week we round up the best reader tips and share them here. This week we’re looking at running Windows 8 as a VMware machine, speeding up Windows 7 search with Agent Ransack, and making zip ties reusable. The Beginner’s Guide to Using QoS (Quality of Service) on Your Router Online Safety: Understanding Hackers, Phishers, [...]
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If Only all EULAs were this Easy to Read Through [Image]
Sometimes a person just gets tired of seeing EULAs that are as long as books and longs for something simpler. This is literally the first time I’ve ever read a software EULA from start to finish [via Reddit] The Beginner’s Guide to Using QoS (Quality of Service) on Your Router Online Safety: Understanding Hackers, Phishers, [...]
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Ask the Readers: Do You Pay Your Bills Online?
Electronic payment is quick, paperless, and easy to keep track of. Have you ditched traditional paper bill payment for online payments? The woes of the Postal Service have been all over the news lately. Among their many ailments is the massive migration from paper bills to electronic bills. Are you part of the migration? Do [...]
29Sep2011 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
When There Really are ‘Bugs’ in the System [Humorous Image]
Why hello there my little pets! I guess I should clean my computer caNOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE [via Reddit] Online Safety: Understanding Hackers, Phishers, and Cybercriminals How to Enable the Hidden Windows 7 Admin Account Using the Registry How to Sync Your Media Across Your Entire House with XBMC
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Captain Falcon can not get Car Insurance [Video]
Captain Falcon has just been in an accident and goes to file a claim with his insurance agent. Unfortunately for him the insurance agent says that they can no longer cover him. With a record of 160 wrecks per day for six months straight, having and keeping insurance should be a snap for Captain Falcon, [...]
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Beginner: Customize and Tweak Your System Tray Icons in Windows 7
In Windows 7, the System Tray has become the Notification Area and it allows for more customization than was available in Windows XP. You can choose which icons in the Notification Area are visible and which are hidden. This article shows you how to show and hide icons by dragging and dropping them and how [...]
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PixelGarde Enhances Privacy by Stripping EXIF Data From Photos
Windows/Android/iOS: If you’re reluctant to share photos online because of embedded metadata (like GPS coordinates in pictures taken from your camera phone), PixelGarde offers easy metadata stripping and photo sharing. PixelGarde is a free app available for iOS and Android mobile devices as well as Windows machines. You can easily sort your photos, selectively strip [...]
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