Windows 8 Release Date confirmed, it is October 2012
Up until now it was not really clear when Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 8 would hit the stores.
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How to create custom Post Templates with WordPress
Sometimes you may want to customize the post template of a WordPress post.
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Mass Download Images with Image Downloader for Chrome
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Windows 8 RP to final upgrade possible, but you still need a license
Microsoft some days ago revealed how existing Windows users can upgrade to the soon to be released Windows 8 operating system.
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Firefox: Skip Addon Compatibility Check and What's New Page
I'm running several Firefox versions on my computer.
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Thunderbird Alternative Opera Mail
Having used Thunderbird for several years I was quite disappointed by Mozilla's announcement to move development priorities to other projects.
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How to quickly switch between themes in Windows
Microsoft changed the way basic themes are delivered in Windows 7.
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Metro needs more customization options
I have been toying around with a copy of Windows 8's Release Preview on my second desktop system for a while now, and have gotten used to the Metro interface ra
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Comic Book Archive Creator
Comic Book readers are specialized programs that support the various virtual comic book formats, cbr, cbz or cba come to mind.
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BitTorrent Torque, JavaScript Interface to a torrent client
BitTorrent is without doubt the most popular file sharing solution on today's Internet.
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Why I prefer desktop email clients over web-based services
With Mozilla's announcement that the company would put Thunderbird development on a backburner to concentrate on Firefox OS and other projects that it has ident
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Enigmata Stellar War [Game Saturday]
Tower defense meets space action.
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Mozilla: Thunderbird's not our priority anymore
News broke earlier today that Mozilla had a huge announcement concerning the email client Thunderbird to make.
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Can Firefox OS Break the Android and iOS domination?
The US smartphone market has seen huge changes in the past six years.
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SystemPowerShortcuts adds one-click Power Shortcuts to Metro
Windows users who switch to Windows 8 when the operating system comes out may face issues changing the computer's power state at first.
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Firefox Up and Coming Add-ons July 2012
Every month, we are going to look at some of the up and coming extensions for the Firefox web browser.
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Microsoft Discontinues Windows Home Server
Microsoft yesterday revealed the new Windows Server 2012 lineup, reducing available versions from 12 to 4.
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AllPlayer 5.2 Media Player with Extras
I find it quite surprising that I never heard about AllPlayer before, despite the fact that it is one of the most downloaded media players on several popular do
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Google annoys Opera users with incompatibility warnings
Opera users who are administrating a blog on Blogger, Google's free blog hosting service, receive warning notifications as of lately that the browser is no long
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How to roll back the Cisco Cloud Connect Firmware Update
Cisco has been in the news lately with a firmware update for some of the company's routers (Linksys EA Routers) that is integrating a Cloud based service into t
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Windows 8: Troubleshoot Microsoft Accounts Issues
If you have spend some time using Windows 8 you know that there are basically two options to sign in.
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Dropbox 1.5.7 Experimental Build adds Mountain Lion support
If you are a user of the file synchronization service Dropbox, you may know that the developers are releasing experimental versions regularly in the forum.
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Windows 8: New Installation with Upgrade not possible
Windows customers who purchased an upgrade of Windows in the past were able to install that update even on a PC where no previous version of Windows was install
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iGoogle Alternative Netvibes
With iGoogle being shut down by Google in November 2013 I thought it would be a good idea to revisit some of the Internet startpage alternatives that users of i
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Google to retire iGoogle on November 1, 2013
Bad news for users of some of Google's lesser popular and known services.
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Check for Driver Updates with DriverPack Solution Lite
While it is not really necessary to update computer drivers regularly, I'd recommend to check for updates on a regular basis to make sure you do not miss stabil
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uTorrent 3.2 Stable Released
The developers of the popular uTorrent Bittorrent client bringing the version of the application to 3.
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Microsoft TechNet/MSDN keys will expire at end of subscription period
Microsoft, in an attempt to fight piracy, has tightened the terms for MSDN and TechNet subscribers once again.
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Twitter Transparency Report, US Tops the list
Twitter yesterday has released the company's first transparency report which offers information about user information, removal and takedown notice requests Twi
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Upgrade Windows 7, Vista or XP to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99
Microsoft has just announced that the price to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro will be $39.
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Crystal Anti-Exploit Protection new security software released
The new security software Crystal Anti-Exploit Protection has just been released in a first beta version.
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AIMP 3.10 Audio Player released
I went through a lot of audio players ever since I installed my first copy of Windows.
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Mozilla renames Boot2Gecko to Firefox OS, announces partnerships
Up until now I have not really paid much attention to Mozilla's attempt at creating an operating system for mobile devices.
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Move Firefox Add-on icons from Status Bar to Address Bar
The Firefox status bar has always been the location for add-on icons, even after Mozilla replaced the original bar and hid the new one by default.
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Windows+R Alias Manager, Add shortcuts to the Windows run box
I use Windows' run box all the time to launch applications and system tools like the Registry Editor or the Services Manager.
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INTO, A Sports Add-on from Sony for Firefox
Who would have thought that? Sony has created a Firefox add-on, called INTO, which displays sports news directly in the browser.
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Top 20 Keyboard Shortcuts everyone should know
Keyboard shortcuts can speed up your productivity on a computer significantly.
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Time Zone Converter converts Time Zones for you
There are dozens of different time zones in this world which you may come into contact with occasionally.
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Classic Shell Update brings Windows 8 Metro bypass option
Programs like Classic Shell will likely become more popular when Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 8 gets released later this year.
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How To Purchase Digital Games at Amazon from outside the US
Amazon for some time now has been offering digital game downloads at its US shop.
