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The gHacks Windows Phone 7 Review, Pt 5 – The Verdict

So the time has come!  I’ve had my HTC Mozart review handset for a week now and I’ve written here about various aspects of Microsoft’s new smartphone operating system. If you missed any of the previous parts of this review, you can catch up with them here… Windows Phone 7 Review, Part 1 – Unboxing [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: Microsoft

The Definition Of Idle In Windows

When is a computer idle? A friend of mine asked me that question the other day after playing around with the Windows Task Scheduler for a while. One of the conditions in the Task Scheduler is the on idle condition which executes the given task if the computer has been idle for a given amount [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Google Instant Previews, New Search Feature

Google has not touched their core business search for a long time. Only recently have they started to implement changes to their search engine, that many that it almost feels like a different search engine by now. Features like the search sidebar, instant search, integration of other Google products and a massive increase in advertisement [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: Google, Search Engines

Opera noAds Extension

I do not like ad blockers as I make my living from those ads. The more users install ad blockers, the less money I make. It is that simple. My hope is that regular visitors of my sites turn off their ad blockers or NoScript add-ons when they visit my sites. But enough about that. [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: Browsing, Opera

How To Troubleshoot .NET Framework Issues

Microsoft’s .NET Framework has become an integral part of the Windows operating system. Windows 7 for instance ships with the .NET Framework 3.5, which means that users can run applications that require this version of the framework, or an older version like the .Net Framework 3.0. Sometimes things are not working as they are intended [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: Uncategorized

How To Protect Your USB Device At Cyber Cafes

Entertainment on the go has become a must for travelers. People who listen to music or watch something all the time are so accustomed to doing those things that they almost feel isolated when they are traveling and don’t have access to media. Also, the business traveler has many important things to be taken care [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: travelling geek

Depositfiles, Skip The Countdown On Download Pages

Free users who want to download files from the file hosting service Depositfiles need to wait 60 seconds before they can download the first files. Additional time limits are added once a few downloads have been made. Some users help themselves by using download managers, such as JDownloader to download multiple files from Depositfiles or [...]

Author: , Tuesday November 9, 2010
Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

The gHacks Windows Phone Review – Part 4

So far in this review series I’ve covered the main OS, the handset I’ve been provided with by Microsoft and the main apps.  But what’s a Windows Phone like to live with on a day to day basis?  This after all is the most important factor to any consumer when deciding whether to buy one [...]

Author: , Monday November 8, 2010
Categories: Microsoft

Save Lots Of Server Storage In WordPress

I have been working with WordPress for the last six years and it has been a pleasant ride for most of the time. WordPress offers a lot, considering that it is free to use and I occasionally discover something new. This time it is how to save lots of server storage space in WordPress. WordPress, [...]

Author: , Monday November 8, 2010
Categories: The Web

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