Evernote Skitch: free screenshot taking app for Windows
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Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant standalone
If you are planing to upgrade your existing operating system to Windows 8 you probably want to know whether your PC's hardware and software is compatible with W
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Windows 8 pricing overview
Windows 8 has been officially released by Microsoft, and while it is too early to tell how big of an impact the operating system will make in the coming twelve
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E-Codes Free: Food Additives dictionary for Android
Have you ever asked yourself why food often contains food additives indicated by e-codes on the packaging? This may be especially helpful when you are in a fore
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Evernote Introduces Windows 8 App
There has been no shortage of Windows 8 news today.
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Free Windows 8 Pro to Windows Media Center Pack upgrades until January 31, 2013
All versions of the Windows 8 operating system ship with Windows Media Player but not with Windows Media Center.
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Windows 8: difference between power down and reboot
When you power down a PC running Windows 7, the operating system gets loaded fully again on the next start of the system.
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SmartDeblur restores defocused or blurred photos
Photos may become blurry or defocused for a number of reasons, and it is likely that the majority of digital camera owners have had to deal with blurred images
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What the Skype app for Windows 8 is missing
The Internet was buzzing with news that Microsoft released the Skype app early yesterday during the release of Skype 6.
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LastActivityView: See Recent User Activity and Events on Windows
LastActivityView (also written Last Activity View) is a free, portable NirSoft utility for Windows that shows a single, time-sorted log of what happened on a PC
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MSN for Windows 8 Launches, Immediately Goes Down
It's a big time for Microsoft with the upcoming release of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet this Friday.
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Skype 6 released
The desktop version of Skype for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computer systems has just been released.
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Say goodbye to Windows service packs
A service pack contains a number of patches, fixes and improvements for the software it has been released for.
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Repair Internet Explorer with Browser Repair Tool
If your favorite web browser is acting up, for instance after a successful malware attack on your computer system or other issues, you have have problems troubl
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What is Xbox SmartGlass?
Xbox SmartGlass is a new application for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 that is being released on October 26 and October 29 respectively when the new operating s
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How to remove annotations on YouTube
YouTube's annotation feature enables video publishers to add comment bubbles to their videos.
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Windows 8 freezes? Here is a fix
When I started to work on my Windows 8 PC today I noticed a strange behavior after updating some apps in the store.
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Disable all recent file listings in Windows permanently
Windows by default not only keeps track of recently opened documents and files generally, but also on a per-application basis.
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Camera Zoom FX for Android Gets a Major Update
Every phone today comes with a camera, including even the most basic handsets.
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Xbox Music Pass 6 month free with Windows 8 purchase
Microsoft today has updated the official video and music apps that it ships with the final version of the operating system to include support for the Xbox Music
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Official Google Search app for Windows 8
All major Internet companies will eventually create apps for the Windows 8 operating system.
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Ifttt now with SkyDrive support
Remember Ifttt? The Internet service makes available if then actions on the Internet which you can use to automate recurring tasks.
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WinMetro adds Windows 8's start screen to earlier versions of Windows
You are a fan of the new start screen and Charms Bar that Microsoft is introducing in Windows 8 but can't switch to Windows 8 for whatever reason right now? Win
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Skype application for Windows 8
Skype is one of the messaging programs that I'm running on my system, mainly to chat with a few business contacts and friends who prefer the software over other
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Steam: display regional game prices on Steam Store in Opera
Valve is operating several localized versions of its Steam Store just like Amazon is running multiple Amazon websites for certain regions and countries of the w
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Solid Explorer is an Android file manager with cloud support
When it comes to managing files on your Android smartphone, there is only so much you can do with the default tools Google built in the version of Android your
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Firefox finally getting H.264 support
Google released its WebM video format back in 2010 and heralded it as an alternative to the widely used H.
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Buy Office 2010 and get a free Office 2013 upgrade
If you are planning to purchase the next Office once it comes out, and holding back on the previous version of the software because of that, you may be interest
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Customize the Windows 8 Start Screen background
Microsoft is limiting the customization options of Windows 8's start screen.
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Relax and Sleep for Android helps you fall asleep
I'm always open to suggestions on how to improve sleep in general, or falling asleep in particular.
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Get Google Play Credit and Gift Cards
Recently Google updated their Play Store, not only with a new version for Android devices, but also with the ability to buy credits and also pick up gift cards
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Opt-out of sending add-on information to Mozilla
Mozilla introduced the Get Add-ons dialog in the add-on manager of Firefox and Thunderbird in Firefox 4 and Thunderbird 5.
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Always open Google Chrome on the desktop in Windows 8
When you make a browser the default system web browser in Windows 8 you may notice one of two things.
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DuckDuckGo for Firefox
I switched to DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine back in the beginning of 2012, not only because I believe it to deliver better results on the majority of s
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Firefox's Social API launches with Facebook Messenger app
One of the features that Mozilla is currently working on is Firefox's new Social API that aims to integrate the "social web" into the browser.
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Radiant Defense [Game Saturday]
Radiant Defense is the first Windows 8 Windows Store game that I'm reviewing for Game Saturday.
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Instagram Gets Tighter with Twitter, Adds @Mmentions
These days every mobile phone, even the non-smartphones, come with a camera built in.
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Ubuntu 12.10: what is new and how to test it
If you take an interest in the Linux world you have probably already noticed that Ubuntu 12.
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One-click video conversions with EasyBrake
If you need to convert videos into different formats but do not want to be bothered configuring the output first, EasyBrake may be the video converter you are l
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Cartoon Camera for Android
I have recently started to look at various camera apps for Android, from the popular Instagr.
