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Jan 08 2008

Determine Wattage

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If you are building a computer it is important to determine the PSU, or power supply unit, wattage. You never want to go under the recomended wattage or you might be affected by hiccups or possibly loss of power. it is always best to go over then under but you shouldn’t go to far over. […]

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Jan 06 2008

Upload Files To Be scanned

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Ever receive a file from an attachment and unsure whether it contains a virus?Maybe you just want to scan a file that you downloaded online. There are sites that offer you the ability to upload files to be scanned by 15+ Antivirus Engines.
The first one is http://virusscan.jotti.org/ and they scan your files with Nod32, Panda, AVG […]

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Jan 03 2008

Take Songs From Youtube Videos

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I always wondered if you could do this and by this I mean take songs, or any audio, from youtube videos. I now know this is true with the help of ConvertTube. This site allows you to download music from the hundred of thousands of music videos on youtube. All you have to do is […]

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Jan 02 2008

How To Get Better FPS in Games

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People always try to get betters FPS in games and by FPS I mean frames per second. Gamers want higer FPS rates so their game plays out mroe smoothly. First off we want to get rid of all uneeded programs running. We should close out of any p2p or torrents, close AIM or similar softwares […]

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Jan 02 2008

Opera Mouse Gestures

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A great feature with Opera is their mouse gestures. These gestures save me lots of time and are quite conveient. Little did I know that there were lots more then I was using. Here is the full list of them…

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Dec 30 2007

Keep Your Identity Safe

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You here so many stories these days about identity thieves and how they steal information from online. For this reason it is a good idea to use disposable items.
You could use Numbr to act as a disposable phone number so you don’t get bugged when signing up online. Basically they forward incoming calls to your phone […]

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Dec 30 2007

Mimic GoogleBot

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ave you ever visited a website that had the exact description in Google but once you went to it, it asked for a username and password? The reason for this is that there is a GoogleBot that is allowed to visit some sites unrestricted. This is allowed so the GoogleBot indexes the webpage in Google.
Now […]

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Dec 29 2007

How To Network a Folder

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This tut can be really handy if you just build a home network and you now wish to share your files over it. To do so create a new folder that you wish to share. Right Click Desktop->New->Folder. Now after the folder is created you want to right click it and got to Properties and […]

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Dec 29 2007

Virtual Machines

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Did you know you can create virtual machines within windows? First I must explain what a virtual machine is. Basically you are running an operating system within your operating system. You can have Windows XP on your actual HDD then have Ubuntu running on your computer in another screen. This is great if you want […]

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Dec 28 2007

Customize XP!

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Does your XP Operating system lack that homely feeling you are looking for? Or possibly it is just not fast enough for you? Well there is now a program called Nlite that allows you to fully customize your XP to your liking. With Nlite you need a XP installation CD to customize. What customizations can […]

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