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Sort Photos With Image Sorter

The freeware Image Sorter has been around for quite some time. I first reviewed the application back in 2007, and the changes and improvements since then justify a new review of the […]

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Backup And Restore Windows Activation

The Windows operating system saves registration information to the PC it was properly registered on. The file is created whenever Windows is activated on a system. It contains hardware information, which means […]

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Fix Bootloaders After Dual Boot Installation

Installing a second operating system on your computer can be a great way to drastically increase the number of things you can do on it. It’s no big secret that many of […]

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Avoid Ever Having to Visit Facebook or Twitter with Handy Chrome Extensions

Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way people use the internet. Blogs and websites provide links to share information on the sites, and advertisers have completely restructured the way they approach internet […]

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How To Backup Steam Games

Steam users have several reasons for backing up some of their Steam games. Maybe they want to move the games to a new computer so that they do not have to download […]

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Learn to Install FontForge to Make Your Own Fonts

Creating your own completely unique fonts can be a lot of fun. Customizing a font to fit your personal likes and dislikes, making decisions whether it will be serif or sans serif, […]

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SeaMonkey 2.1 Final Released, Say What?

When you look at the top five web browsers on today's Internet, which are undoubtedly Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari you will notice that all but one reduce their […]

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Change The Windows Power Button Action

When you press the power button on your computer you are by default powering it down. You need to press the button for a few seconds for this to happen. This is […]

How long should we support old Windows versions?

Apple this week announced their new iCloud service, bringing together MobileMe and iTunes in the cloud. With it though they also announced they were dropping support for Windows XP from the new […]

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New Versions of FoxyTunes Include More Supported Players, Increased Functionality

Listening to music is a big part of the computer experience for many people. Having an organized music library is a point of pride for music enthusiasts, and even casual computer users […]

Play C-64, PC Dos Games Online [Game Saturday]

Ah the C-64, the best selling home computer of all times. Commodore managed to do nearly everything right with that one. It is undeniable that it was used mostly for gaming, but […]

Changing Colors of Blue Screen of Death Adds Fun to Otherwise Terrifying Sight

Time for Friday fun anyone? Maybe not fun so much, but something to amuse yourselves the next time your computer decides to have a mind of its own. There are few things […]

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3 PS3 "Hactivists" Detained in Spain

Spanish police announced today that they had captured three people suspected of hacking in connection with the recent attacks against Sony’s PlayStation Network, as well as government and corporate websites around the […]

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Installing, Copying Software on Windows, How Do You Do It?

One of the things that irritates me ever since I started using Windows is software installations on the system. You are probably wondering what's irritating me. The core problem for me is […]

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Super iGoogle, Optimize iGoogle's Layout To Save Space

Update: Google has retired iGoogle. Check out these alternatives. Google's customizable start page iGoogle is nice and all, as it gives users options to create their own unique homepage on the Internet. […]

How the Samsung Series 9 made me fall in love with laptops

Last week I reviewed the Samsung Series 9 laptop and you can read Part 1 and Part 2 of my reviews here. Today the review unit goes back but I thought it […]

Look-up IP Address Information

The IP (Internet Protocol, see The IP: The housenumber of your Computer for more information) address is a unique device identifier. Every website on the Internet has an IP address associated with […]

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Webian Shell, Bare Bones Web Shell

You may have heard about Webian Shell in the news. If you did not, here is a short article that fills you in on the details. Webian Shell has been released as […]

Banks Not Required to Utilize "The Best" Security?

In May of 2009 a Sanford, Maine based company, Patco Construction Co, filed suit against Ocean Bank, a division of Bridgeport, Conn. Based People’s United Bank. Patco used online banking to make […]

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Create Google Chrome Shortcuts

Having an extension like Mega Button for Chrome to access often used features faster is nice and all, but it is not the fastest way to work with the browser. Shortcuts are […]

Massive Data Theft in Citibank Hack

It's being reported that hackers have stolen the details of thousands of Citibank customers including their account details and personal information. The breach has not exposed the names, dates of birth and […]

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Chrome Mega Button, Quick Access To Chrome Features

Both Google and Mozilla slim down the web browser interface with nearly every new browser version that the companies release. A downside to minimizing the interface is that less browser controls become […]

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How To Fix Slow Folders In Windows Explorer

Sometimes you may experience lags when you open a folder in Windows Explorer. Chance is, it is always the same folder that takes a darn long time to display its contents. Question […]

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Close All Windows At Once

While it is possible to close programs directly, for instance by killing their running process, it is usually better to close the applications from within the program interface so that program settings […]

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MakeMKV, Rip DVD, Blu-Ray Discs To Your Computer

Computer users have different requirements when it comes to ripping DVD and Blu-Ray movies to their computer system. All obviously want the ability to rip any DVD or Blu-Ray disc, regardless of […]

Sync Apple Devices To Your Linux System

Experienced users of handheld products know that in order to protect your data and applications it is important to sync apps frequently with a primary machine. Unfortunately, this is often easier said […]

Today is IPv6 day!

The largest test yet of the Internet's new IPv6 addressing system is taking place worldwide today.  Companies including Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Facebook are switching on IPv6 versions of their websites for […]

Apple's iCloud Service Not Supporting Windows XP

Apple introduced their new cloud hosting and synchronization service iCloud two days ago. We have covered Apple's iCloud service on the date of announcement, but we have looked at the features mostly. […]

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Ping Monitor Gadget, Monitor Domains, IP Addresses

Is my website up or down, is it responsive or is it taking to long to load? Those are questions that every webmaster needs to ask from time to time. The best […]

Google Chrome Stable Updated To 12

Google has updated the stable channel of the Google Chrome web browser. The Chrome browser is now at version 12.0.742.91 on the stable channel. The new release combines security fixes, other updates […]

RSA Admits That SecureID Tokens Were Compromised

RSA has finally opened up and started talking about the March breach into its systems. Admitting that SecurID tokens were compromised, the company has promised to replace all 40 million tokens, for […]

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Liquesce, Windows Drive Pooling Software

Drive pooling describes a technique where multiple hard drives, partitions or folders of drives are merged together to become available as one larger virtual drive. Say you have your media on a […]

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Creating Your Own Shortcut Keys For Your Windows Machine

Computer shortcuts enable you to cut even more time when doing various tasks in programs which is key for today’s tech savvy computer user. Nearly everyone knows a few of the more […]

Is OS X Lion hinting at a Mac Tablet?

Yesterday Steve Job's unveiling of a host of new Apple products and services was very well received, including the official product tour for the next version of OS X on the Mac […]

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Disable Automatic Photo Tagging Suggestions On Facebook

Facebook introduced a new facial recognition technology last year that offered a semi-automated way to tag people in photos uploaded to the social networking site. Back then, that technology was only available […]

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Apple iCloud, Google Music, Amazon Cloud Drive, Its Getting Crowded

Everyone and their mum seems to be releasing a new cloud based online storage service these days. It started with Amazon and its Cloud Drive service, followed by Google's announcement of Google […]

Apple Announces iCloud and Other Functions

In what Apple enthusiasts called a highly anticipated keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Apple's future approach to cloud computing. iCloud, […]

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How To Use ScummVM To Play Old Adventure Games

Ever since the release of Maniac Mansion on the Commodore C-64, and probably even earlier than that (Guild of Thieves for instance), I was fascinated by adventure games. You know, the click […]

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Add Thumbnails To Your WordPress Blog

Blogging with WordPress is an easy, quick way to get your posts to viewers without sitting down and coding an entire website by yourself. However, there are certain aspects of the platform […]

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An Introduction to IPv6

Right now, most of the world is using IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). The problem is that it does not allow for enough addresses. The world is just too big of a […]