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Google Maps Locator For Google Chrome
Update: The browser extension is no longer working in recent versions of Google Chrome.
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How To Clean Hard Drives In Windows 7
When it comes to keeping the computer in shape, one of the things that you should do regularly is remove temporary files and data that you no longer need.
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Display Only Images On Image Hosting Sites
Many webmasters and Internet users host images on so called image hosting websites that allow them to store images often without having to pay for that.
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10 Wikipedia Encyclopedia Usability Userscripts
Wikipedia: almost every Internet user has heard that name before and chance is they have been - intentionally or not - on the website of the popular online ency
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How to install eGroupware
Quite some time ago I wrote an article that illustrated how eGroupware could serve as a legitimate Exchange replacement (see my article "eGroupware: Your Exchan
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Track Software Releases With Web Versions
Web Versions is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that helps you check whether program updates are available for local software applications.
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Windows 7 Tweaks Software Overview
Windows 7 tweaks can be applied either manually by manipulation the Windows Registry or by using one of the available tweaking programs that often offer comfort
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Microsoft About Internet Explorer 8 Privacy
A video posted on Microsoft's TechNet Edge website (now unavailable but still available as a cached page) has caused some controversy on the Internet.
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Spammers Flood Youtube With Junk
It seems that spammers have finally found a new target for their campaigns: YouTube.
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Microsoft Whitepaper About Internet Explorer 8 Performance
Microsoft has published the whitepaper "Enhancing the performance of Windows Internet Explorer 8" recently which provides information about Internet Explorer 8
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Google Adds Site Speed To Web Search Ranking Algorithm
Google announced on its Webmaster Central Blog today that a site speed factor has been added to the company's web search ranking algorithm.
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Display the Windows Program History With UserAssistView
Windows maintains a list of programs that have been executed on the operating system in the Windows Registry.
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Google Docs Windows Explorer Integration (Ask The Readers)
Now that I have decided to run a computer system without local pdf reader installed I had to find another comfortable way of dealing with pdf documents.
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GNOME Shell tips
So recently I discussed GNOME shell which gave a sneak peak at what GNOME 3 was going to look like (see my article "A sneak peek at GNOME 3").
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Adobearm.exe And Reader_sl.exe
Adobe just announced changes to the way they deliver updates to their users, specifically an option to install an Adobe Reader update silently in the background
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Digital Photo Organizer Adebis Photo Sorter
Adebis Photo Sorter is a free software for the Windows operating system that can aid you in organizing photos that are accessible on a computer system.
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Windows 7 Tweaks Software GigaTweaker
GigaTweaker is a free program for Windows 7 and Vista that provides you with an assortment of tweaks to customize the operating system.
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Kleo Bare Metal Back for Linux
I am always looking for an outstanding backup solution.
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Make Gmail The Default Email Client In Google Chrome
The Google Chrome browser and its open source counterpart Chromium do not have options currently to configure default programs.
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Display Symbolic Links With NTFS Links View
NTFSLinksView is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows operating systems that displays all symbolic links that exist on the system.
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Display Email User Agent In Thunderbird
The following guide walks you through the steps of configuring the email client Thunderbird to display the user agent for emails.
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How To Convert Videos With MeGUI
MeGUI is a free video conversion program for Microsoft Windows devices to convert videos from one format to the other effortlessly.
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Disable Install Missing Plugins Message In Firefox
One of the nuisances that one encounters after uninstalling Adobe Flash from the computer system is the constant reminder that websites make use of Adobe Flash
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Aspell: Command line spell check
Spell check is a "feature" we all take for granted.
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A Life Without PDF Readers
If you read yesterday's article a life without flash you already know where this article is heading.
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Record Media Streams With Streamrecorder.net
StreamRecorder.
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A Life Without Flash
Adobe has a market penetration of 99% which means that it is installed on 99 out of 100 computer systems according to a study posted on the Adobe website.
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Google Voice Extension For Google Chrome
Google Voice is a an invite only US-only service by Google that provides additional benefits to phones and voice communication.
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Portable Backup Software Mirror
Mirror is a free portable backup program for Microsoft windows devices to quickly sync one folder with another on a local system.
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Easy pastebin uploads with Nautilus-pastebin
If you're like me, you do a lot of uploading to pastebin services.
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Improve Windows Security By Closing Open Ports
A standard Windows operating system installation has a number of ports open right after installation.
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Display Network Information With Win IP Config
Win IP Config is a network troubleshooting program for Microsoft Windows that displays networking information and tools in its interface.
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A sneak peek at GNOME 3
Recently I did what every good technical writer does - spent a lot of time getting something working that has yet to be released in order to test it out and wri
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Add Photos To Contacts In Thunderbird
The email client Thunderbird displays information about the sender, recipients and email in the mail headers displayed in its interface.
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Google Chrome Gets Snap Links Finally
Snap Links Lite is a free browser extension for the Google Chrome browser that enables you to load multiple links at once in the browser.
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Chromium Gets Rid Of Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnails
The feature to display taskbar thumbnails in the Windows 7 operating system was recently added to Chromium and later on to Google Chrome.
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How To Delete And Add Registry Keys From The Command Line
There are a few scenarios where a Windows user might have to or want to use the command line instead of the Regedit tool to change, delete or add keys in the [&
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Blank Start Menu In Windows 7
The Windows 7 start menu has been designed by Microsoft to display recently used programs on the first page and all installed programs that have added a start m
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Windows Startup Manager What In Startup
Nothing beats Autoruns when it comes to making a thorough analysis of startup programs and files that are loaded during Windows start.
