Google Chrome - A New Chapter in Browser History? (8)
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Chrome, a Google Browser. It was about time. I’m sure you have heard a lot about Google Chrome already. If you haven’t tried it yet, keep reading because I have tried it for you, and I will summarize everything you should be aware of. Alright, did we really need another browser? Maybe. Google’s approach was to analyze existing technology and then make it better. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? The comic strip that introduces the ideas ...
Recover Your Lost XP, Vista & Office Serial Numbers (10)
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Hey, Hey, Hey! AskTheAdmin here again with another free tool that I can’t live without. As TheAdmiN I have literally over 10,000 servers in production. Most of them are on the same corporate open license program and have the same serial number and need no activation. BUT there are more than a few machines that are not owned by my company and were installed, configured and shipped to us as-is. When one of these machines ...
Gwibber: The Everything-Client (6)
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Micro-blogging is all the rage nowadays, though if you don’t know what it is you might want to check out Twitter Explained for a little tutorial. The default way to handle micro-blogging and updates is to keep refreshing a page in your browser over and over, but since that can be a bit of a pain, having a desktop client to poll for updates is very handy. But then let’s face it, Twitter’s not the ...
Work With Linux Partitions From Windows (8)
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Do you dual-boot Windows and Linux? If you do, then you’re probably familiar with the different file systems that the two operating systems use and the difficulty in transferring files between the two. While most modern Linux operating systems can read and write to Windows file systems (NTFS and FAT/FAT32), Windows can’t read or write to Linux file systems (Ext2 and Ext3). Sure, if you need to access your files from both operating systems you ...
4 Open Source 'Collection Manager' Apps (19)
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I have way too much stuff - so much in fact that it’s often difficult to keep track of it all. Rather than get rid of some of it though, I’ve done what any self-respecting person who calls himself a geek and a collector would do: I turned to the internet. In the process I managed to find four open source programs that all call themselves “collection managers.” That is, they all claim to make ...
A Beginner’s Guide To Building Your Own Wordpress Theme | MakeUseOf.com (43)
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No one can argue that one of the most popular blogging platforms these days is Wordpress. The solid framework makes it the geek’s choice, but Wordpress further gains its popularity among laymen because of its flexibility for expanding its functions and looks. There are thousands of plugins and themes available to be downloaded and used for free from the official Wordpress site alone which opens up unlimited possibilities of what you want your blog to ...
Nircmd: A Power Packed Command Line Tool (7)
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In this article we will be looking at a free utility called Nircmd which is an excellent tool that offers a lot of features. When used with some imagination, it can accomplish wonders. But first let’s see what Nircmd has to offer. Nircmd allows you to open the CD tray, dial an internet connection, increase & decrease the system volume, center all windows, remove the title bar from the ‘My Computer’ window, set a window ...
How To Make MP3 Mobile Ringtones With Audacity (19)
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A couple of days back, after surviving an accident, my girlfriend’s father decided to cheer me up by giving me his very nice Sony Ericsson K750i mobile phone. This gave me the opportunity to learn how to make MP3 ringtones - and it made me realise it’s not as difficult as I thought. All you need is your desired MP3, Audacity and the mobile phone software to transfer the MP3 to your phone. Audacity is ...
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Free tool to chop up mp3s. Still a lot of people that don't know about Audacity.
Wakoopa - Find Out What Software Do You (and others) Use Most (10)
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Do you try out just about every program with “freeware” slapped on it? Does your computer have seven programs that all do the same thing? Are you on a first name basis with many developers? If any of these are true, you may be addicted to freeware. As a fellow sufferer (Hello, my name is Jimmy…), I have a suggestion for you. No, it’s not therapy. It’s a social network for software users. If your ...
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異塵行者 said:
雖然是小眾服務，但我還是覺得這服務滿有意思的
JetPhoto - Photo Management App with Tons of Great Features (8)
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Even though I’m not much of a photo person, I do manage my photos. Mostly just collecting-grouping-tagging-retouching (using iPhoto), and resizing (using now not free anymore ImageWell) to be able to easily send to my friend or use the image for my blog. I also have a Flickr account but there was only 3 photos inside it. The reason: I personally thought that online photo management process was too troublesome for the happy-go-lucky-shoot-everything amateur photographer ...
How can I remove Duplicate Emails from Outlook for Free? (3)
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I have used many different email addresses in my 10+ years on the Internets. I started with a email address from Brooklyn College, moved on to Hotmail and then several custom domains. I would ping-pong between different corporate emails and amusingly geeky personal ones. But being an Admin by profession I have kept all my craptastic forwards geektacular jokes “Historical Emails”. I have folders with email messages dating back to 1996. Now I try and ...
Reduce Your PC Memory Usage With Minimem (7)
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Computer memory is in high demand as you play, err, work on your computer, and performance can take a big hit when it runs low. Control the programs that use more than their share of memory using the Windows program Minimem, which moves unused or unnecessary memory pages to the hard drive. I tried it on Firefox 3, Kallout, Windows Explorer, SpyBot Search and Destroy and a few other processes, most of which seemed to ...
Monitor your FriendFeed efficiently with Feedalizr (7)
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There are quite a few Adobe AIR applications on the Web right now that allow you to monitor your FriendFeed. The most commons ones that you may know about are Alert Thingy, Twhirl, Posty, and bTT by Sobees but now we have Feedalizr to add to the list. Among all of the FriendFeed applications I have tested out, Feedalizr is definitely one of the coolest and most unique. It allows you to post updates to ...
14 Simple Things to Boost Your Online Productivity (39)
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There are dozens of ways to boost your productivity, and we tell you plenty. But have you ever just looked at that and said “Gee, I just don’t have time to do that” or you just don’t want to use some new alpha beta whatchamacallit. Lucky for you, there are some simple everyday things you can do to make doing whatever easier and faster. 1. Sort Bookmarks - This might take a little time if ...
Instant Eyedropper Drops The Pain From Color Matching (3)
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I am no webmaster by any stretch of the imagination, yet there are times in the course of my work where I need to be able to match the color of something on my screen to a project that I am working on. There are several ways that I know of to do that. The first is to open up a program and seek out its color matching dialogue and apply what I call the ...
Visualize Your Hard Drive with WinDirStat (9)
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Have you noticed your hard drive has been slowly filling up? If you’ve had your machine for a while, a lot of extra “stuff” can build up over time. Whether it’s temporary files from your browser, old music files in your iTunes library, or something else, it can be tricky to hunt down and delete junk files. Fortunately, this is help for your bogged-down drive. WinDirStat, one of the least appealingly named pieces of freeware ...
USB Office Showdown: Tiny USB Office vs. Portable Apps (13)
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If you have been a computer user for a while, then you may have heard of FloppyOffice, which was - as you probably already guessed, a portable office software suite on a floppy drive! Now in 2008, you probably can only find floppies in the dark recesses of closets, boxes and landfills - but FloppyOffice has been reincarnated as Tiny USB Office, which offeres a wide variety of free, standalone portable software. Tiny USB Office ...
How to Prepare Yourself for System Restore From Scratch | MakeUseOf.com (9)
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Back in January I treated myself to a new laptop, a mobile workstation. Compared to my old laptop, the new machine was operating at the speed of light. However, with all the software that came and went over the months, and despite regular system maintenance, some minor but annoying bugs had crept in along with the performance slowly declining. At some point reinstalling your machine simply is inevitable. Although my system was not at that ...
