Touchpad Blocker, Block Accidental Keyboard With Touchpad Actions
If you ask me what I really do not like when working on mobile computer systems such as laptops or netbooks, then the answer is touchpads.
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Easily connect Linux to a Windows Domain
The task of joining Linux to a Windows domain can be a challenge.
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Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool, Test Intel CPUs
There are a few things that you need to look out for when buying a new processor or a computer system.
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Power Twitter For Chrome
Update: The extension does not work anymore.
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Shopping for Travelers
One of the hardest things about this time of the year is finding the right gifts for the people you love.
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Image Search Options, Firefox Reverse Image Search Add-on
Sometimes you may want to find out more about an image that has been posted on the Internet, especially if there are no additional information attached to it on
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Things Are Different Today..
Sometimes it's hard to see just how much the internet has really changed things.
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Ping Info View, Ping Multiple Host Names, IP Addresses
PingInfoView is a free program developed by NirSoft that allows users to ping multiple hostnames and IP addresses simultaneously and view the results in a singl
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Configure Godaddy Email Accounts In Desktop Email Clients
I have been trying to move a Godaddy email account to the desktop email client Thunderbird for the last 30 minutes.
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System Monitor II Gadget, Display Handy System Information On The Desktop
What's the current cpu load of your PC? How much RAM is used, how much is still free? What about hard drive space?While you can hit Ctrl-Shift-Esc to open the W
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Add a quick-access shortcuts to the GNOME right-click menu
I use the terminal A LOT.
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Firefox 4 UI Fixer, Modify The Firefox 4 User Interface
There has been lots of controversy about Firefox's new user interface that will be introduced in the soon to be released version 4 of the web browser.
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Display Thunderbird Email Attachments With Their Full Name
I'm not sure why the developers of the Thunderbird email client have made the decision to limit the visible characters of email attachments in the desktop email
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Geotag Security, Remove Geotag Data From Photos
Many modern digital cameras come with geotagging capabilities.
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WIA-Loader, Transfer Photos From Digital Camera, Memory Card To PC
The newest Windows operating systems make it actually very easy to transfer photos from a digital camera to the local PC.
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UK Police seek powers to close .uk Domains
I have mixed feelings about this, but the BBC is reporting that the police in the UK are seeking co-operation with the Internet's domain provider, N
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Internet Explorer Zone Analyser
Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses zones for security reasons.
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Configure Linux to boot without a monitor
Many administrators/users prefer to set up their servers as headless machines.
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Sport Player, Live Streaming TV Of Sport Events
Sometimes you may not be able to watch your favorite sports team live.
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How to Autostart Programs During Windows Log On
I have written my fair share of articles about how to speed up the start up of the Windows operating system.
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Converter, On Demand Unit Conversions In Firefox
The Internet has made it a lot easier for consumers to buy products in foreign countries.
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Facebook Search: How To Make The Most Of It
Facebook's website has a search form at the top of every page that users of the social network site may use to find friends, pages of interest, apps or games, p
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Disable Do You Want To Scan And Fix Removable Disk
Sometimes you see the prompt "Do you want to scan and fix removable disk" when you connect a removable device to your Windows PC.
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iPad 2 Features Leak
Update: Apple in the meantime released new versions of the iPad.
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Widgetblock, Block Social Media Widgets In Google Chrome
The majority of blogs and a lot of websites display social media widgets on their pages.
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WinArchiver Virtual Drive, Archive, Image And ISO File Mounter
Sometimes you may encounter an ISO file or archive, like zip or rar, that you want to access directly, without burning it to a disk or unpacking it to the hard
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Microsoft Fix-It For Missing, Unrecognized CD and DVD Drives In Windows
When I first installed Windows 7 I was puzzled that my Samsung DVD drive was not displayed in Windows Explorer.
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TextCrawler, Software To Replace Text In Multiple Files Updated
Find and Replace text across multiple documents was the name of the TextCrawler review back in 2008.
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Resize TrueCrypt Volumes With Extcv
I have reviewed the open source tool Extcv back in July and came to the conclusion that it offered TrueCrypt users an elegant and unobtrusive option to resize t
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How To Enable Quick Launch In Windows 7
The Quick Launch feature has been disabled by default in Windows 7 by Microsoft.
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Windows Phone hits 3,000 apps + 1 unlocker
Two interesting Windows Phone stories have emerged today.
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Use Gloobus Preview to preview your files
There are many ways to preview your files in Linux.
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Firefox 4 Minefield Now With Improved Add-Ons Manager
One of the design elements that I did not like in the development builds of Firefox 4 until now was the add-ons manager.
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Validome, Web Page Validator
One of the aspects of being a webmaster is to make sure that your web pages are compatible with the most popular web browsers.
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Repair Windows Firewall And WMI
The Windows Firewall has seen lots of improvements ever since its first implementation in a Windows operating system (which was Windows XP by the way).
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Add parental controls to your GNOME desktop
I will preface this by saying I am not a champion for any type of censorship.
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Logon Workshop, Customize The Windows 7 Logon Screen.
Multiple programs have been released in the past to give Windows 7 users options to customize the operating systems logon screen.
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Why I'm Not Using The Windows Snipping Tool
A tool to take screenshots of the whole computer screen or part of it, built directly into Windows, that must be great, right? Part of my job is to take screens
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Apple personal computer sells for $210,000 (and it's not even a new one)
Okay, so I might poke fun at the price Apple charges for its computers, but this one is truly antique.
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Install ActiveX Control, What's That?
Sometimes when you visit websites in Microsoft's Internet Explorer you may be prompted to install an ActiveX Control to use some functionality on the site.
