Tag Archives: Microsoft Windows
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While you were sleeping 2/19/2010

Image via CrunchBase Here’s a weekend project for you. Speed up Windows 7! “No matter which version of Windows you use, you will find your PC slowing down after a few months of regular use. This holds true for the latest incarnation as well – Windows 7. There are several third-party utilities that optimize Windows, [...]

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The search is finally over!

Image via CrunchBase I write frequently about my disdain [hatred is too strong a word] for Microsoft and their evil licensing practices and my newfound love for Ubuntu. Over the weekend, the two final barriers to moving ‘full time’ to Ubuntu were removed. I wrote about one last night — VirtualBox allows you to run [...]

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Top 20 Free Applications to Increase Your Productivity

“The Internet is loaded with free software, making it hard to know which one’s you really need. This article will act as your guide to the top 20 free applications (Web and Windows) for increased productivity.” Click here to read more… Don’t forget to check Google Pack and Ninite to grab some of this software!

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Firefox or Chrome; which one should I use?

Image via CrunchBase This question is NOT a slam dunk! Also, you may be surprised to know that the answer depends on what computer platform you use… “Which Should I Use on Windows: Firefox or Chrome? There’s no short answer to this question, really, since neither browser is clearly better, so instead of a straight [...]

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Soluto: Anti-Frustration Software

This is the most innovative Windows trouble-shooting software I’ve seen in a verrry long time. Combining technology and crowdsourcing, Soluto works automatically to solve one of the most difficult issues Windows users face; taming all the applications that want to launch on startup and suck the life out of their computers… Soluto – Anti Frustration [...]

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Tactic #4: Use an external blog editor

This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series Top 10 Tactics and Tools
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Last week I covered tactic #3 in the tactics and tools series: blogging. Assuming that all my clients and readers went out and immediately launched a new blog by now you’re thinking to yourself ‘there’s got to be an easier way’. That easier way is to use a blog editor. Not just any blog editor; [...]

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PowerBook G4

I had a date with an old ‘flame’ this past week…

Image via Wikipedia Not really — it just felt that way! David Sauter of Envano gave me a Powerbook G4 for a project we’re working on and it was the first time I had used a fast Mac running a current version of OS X. Ever… I left the Mac back in 2002 — finally [...]

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