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Will Windows run at 1GHz, gHacks find out!

There's been a lot of talk recently about the next version of Windows running on ARM processors at only 1GHz.  Many people have been skeptical, few more so than myself.  Rather than […]

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PC Decrapifier, Remove Unwanted Software From PCs

One of the things that you can be relatively sure of when buying a new PC or laptop is that it will be filled with software that you do not necessarily need […]

Chrome OS, WebOS, Microsoft's OS Competition in 2012

We may still be at least a year away from Windows 8's big debut in 2012, but the OS arena is heating up like never before, and new competitors are stepping up […]

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CD, DVD, Blu-Ray Recovery Software

I still have CDs lying around that I have created more than ten years ago. Some of them are still working fine while others have unreadable sectors or files. I'm not sure […]

Twitter Announced Launch of Photo-Service

Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo, announced to the world yesterday that Twitter was going to be rolling out its very own photo-sharing service over the next few weeks. He made this announcement yesterday, […]

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Create Flash Cards With Multi-Platform Software Cabra

Flash cards can be an effective learning technique. It is especially effective to learn vocabulary and subject matters that can be learned via a question and answer format, which is for instance […]

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Download Picasa Albums With Picasa Grabber

Picasa users who upload photos to the online photo hosting service can flag them as public or private. Public photos and galleries become searchable on the Picasa website. Everyone can view and […]

Samsung Series 9 Ultraportable Review… Part 2

This week I've been testing Samsung's new Ultraportable laptop, their Macbook Air equivalent.  Yesterday I wrote about the hardware itself which is absolutely gorgeous and even lighter than the Air. Today I'll […]

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Microsoft Publishes First Official Windows 8 Video

Information about Microsoft's next version of Windows has been limited to indirect sources including job postings, Windows 8 leaks or third party sites that got insider information. Yesterday, Microsoft published a first […]

Google Drops Support For Old Browsers

Web companies like Google, WordPress or Facebook are suddenly realizing that old web browsers may have a serious impact on the support they offer. While everyone applauds the companies for dropping support […]

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How to disable Microsoft SpyNet on Windows7

When Microsoft Security Essentials is installed on a computer with Windows 7, you automatically become a member of the Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Defender community and grant Microsoft the ability to […]

Acer Announces Plans To Launch Ultrabook PC Model

Ranked as the no. 2 PC manufacturing company in the world, Acer Inc. has announced plans to produce an ultra book which will be a super light computer model. The plan is […]

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Free Online ePub Converter

A few days ago I have reviewed the Firefox add-on GrabMyBooks which can be used to turn multiple web pages into an ePub ebook. Today I'm reviewing the free service 2ePub which […]

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Firefox Preferences Cleaner, Remove Add-On Preferences On Uninstallation

One of the biggest issues that I personally have with Firefox, and that for a very long time, is the fact that add-on preferences are not deleted when the add-on that has […]

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File Repair, Fix Damaged, Corrupt Files

There are numerous reasons why files become corrupt or damaged. Possible reasons include malware that modifies files, application failures, crashes, network errors or manual tampering with the file contents. Damaged files usually […]

Samsung Series 9 Ultraportable Review... Part 1

In the race to beat the Macbook Air for size and portability, there have been precious few Windows laptops.  Indeed so far we've only seen Sony's Z Series and the Dell Adamo […]

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PwrDrain Gadget Display Realtime Battery Use

Mobile users have to keep an eye on the battery level of their device when they use it without connection to a direct power source. If they do not it can happen […]

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How To Stop People From Adding You To Facebook Groups

One of the dumbest ideas ever on Facebook is that friends can automatically add you to groups. I'm not sure why Facebook thinks that giving friends the power to add you to […]

Windows User Profile Backup Tool DataGrab

DataGrab is a free tool for the Windows operating system that can be used to backup user profile data and other data from a connected drive. The portable backup software displays a […]

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How To Properly Protect Your Google Account, Login

After showing you how to protect your Facebook account login from malicious attacks, it is time to show you how to protect your Google account and login as well. Your Google login […]

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Tips to Master Google Chrome

Google Chrome is one of the leading web browsers and it has become increasingly popular with tech savvy folks as well as those who aren’t quite as tech savvy. The simplicity, usability […]

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Sumatra 1.6 PDF Reader Released

PDF readers can be categorized in three groups. You got heavyweight applications like Adobe Reader that offer the best compatibility at the expense of performance, lightweight applications like Sumatra PDF reader that […]

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Google Music Beta Set To Clash with Music Applications on the Net

Google recently launched its new online music service through Google Music Beta which is jam- packed with features. It allows uploading up to 20,000 songs on to the virtual cloud known as […]

The Internet is Flawed (Discuss)... Part 4

In the final part of this article series I want to look at what the future might hold for the Internet and all of us who use it. So far I've discussed […]

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Custom New Tab Page For Google Chrome

The new tab page of the Google Chrome browser offers little options to change layout or contents. The page displays the bookmarks bar, web apps, most visited websites and recently closed sites […]

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper

Microsoft has just released a beta of a system recovery software. Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper has been designed to aid users in starting an infected PC and performing offline malware scans to […]

The Dark Web... Part 3

In the first two parts of this article series I've written about how Iran is reportedly planning to build their own in-country Internet and asked if western countries want to constrain the […]

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Network Troubleshooting Basics: Some Simple Steps

This article is the fourth and final part of a series on the basics of network troubleshooting. The tools covered in the previous articles (ping, ipconfig, tracert and pathping) will be combined […]

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How To Properly Protect Your Facebook Account, Login

Facebook has been rolling out new or improved security and privacy features in rapid succession for the past year. Many of the changes have only been announced on the official blog and […]

Cryoserver’s Email Archiving Offered as an Application or Hosted on The Cloud

Cryoserver Email archiving software is a standalone application which in addition to archiving email messages offers fast search of the information stored in messages through indexing. Now-a-days email systems provide more features […]

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How To Uninstall EasyBits GO (EasyBitsGo.exe) Completely

Skype users who use Windows as their operating system may currently receive update notifications when they run Skype. The update, which displays right after the launch of the voice over IP software […]

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Create Ebooks In EPub Format With GrabMyBooks For Firefox

Grab my Books is a handy Firefox add-on for users who want to convert multiple web pages to the EPub ebook format. The add-on offers options to add the active page, a […]

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How To Open Links In Firefox In New Tabs, Windows

I recently stumbled upon the Firefox add-on InstaClick which maps the "middle-click on links" functionality of the browser to the right-click button instead. That way it is possible to open links in […]

Does the West want to constrain the Internet..? Part 2

Yesterday I wrote and article about how Iran apparently wants to create its own in-country Internet. This move is almost unprecedented with only North Korea having done this before. In the article […]

G Data CloudSecurity, Web Browser Protection Plugin

Internet users have lots of choice to add extra protection to their web browser. Those who have installed an Internet security software usually get a browser toolbar or protection plugin delivered with […]

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Free Video Converter Kastor

Sometimes you may need to convert videos into different formats, for instance if the device or player that you want to play them on does not support the video format they are […]

Iran to create its own Internet... Part 1

The Internet is a fascinating place, especially when countries that don't embrace the concepts of freedom of expression and freedom of speech are involved. Each of these countries takes it's own view […]

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How To Correct Out Of Sync Audio Before Burning Video To DVD

One of the most annoying video viewing experiences, at least for me, is a video where the audio is out of sync. You can think of video and audio as two lines […]

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Firefox Aurora Jumps To Version 6

I'm probably not the only user who thinks that the increase in Firefox builds has made it difficulty to keep up to date with the latest features and improvements. Just like Google […]

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Bubble Hero 2 [Game Saturday]

Do you remember the game Bubble Bobble? It came out for lots of different 8-bit and 16-bit systems, and even had a spin-off called Rainbow Island, which in my opinion was even […]