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Gmail to Unveil New Interface to Help Fight Information Overload

Google’s excellent webmail app Gmail appears set to relaunch with a new interface, according to a video caught on the company’s YouTube channel by long-time watchdog Alex Chitu this morning. The new version of Gmail looks a lot like the recent refresh of Google Docs, but adds big avatar photos of your contacts to your [...]

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Call me a wimp…

…but I hate Vista 64bit even more than I hate ‘regular’ 32bit Vista and I hate it so much that I’m getting ready to ‘downgrade’… “Vista x64 is the turning point for operating systems as they transition to 64-bit. Currently, however, the majority of users will be very disappointed by installing Vista x64. The lack [...]

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Another step toward the online “cloud computing” life

“Web-based computing has these advantages: It doesn’t matter what kind of computer you use. Mac, Windows, Linux, Ubuntu — they’re all the same. It doesn’t matter whose computer you’re using, or where. You don’t have to drag hard drives or USB sticks or even computers around with you, or copy files between a desktop and [...]

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Yes, my grandma can run Ubuntu Linux

“Last week Lenovo lent me one of its X61 ThinkPad laptops so that I could give Ubuntu Linux a try. Having had a bad experience with Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop a few years ago, I had sworn off desktop Linux and determined not to return. A week into a new trial with Ubuntu Linux, [...]

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Mainstream Media Discovers Ubuntu Linux

“The VAR Guy was flipping though his Sunday morning paper when he spotted an article about Ubuntu Linux. He took a few more sips of coffee to perk up and make sure his eyes weren’t deceiving him. Sure enough, Ubuntu had made the leap into the mainstream media — earning coverage in Newsday, the eight [...]

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All the New Apple Stuff

via gizmodo.com Lions and clouds and iPhones, oh my! You can follow the ‘via’ link above if you’re a Mac fanboy…

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How do I love Google?

Image via CrunchBase Let me count the ways… “When technologists of the future look back in time, they’ll remember 2009 as the year Google got serious about an internet operating system, speeding up the web, and indexing EVERYTHING in sight. Take a look at the year 2009 in Google.” Source: This Year in Google: The [...]

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Windows Maintenance Tips: The Good, Bad, and Useless

via lifehacker.com Lifehacker has a great roundup explaining the good and the bad of maintaining Windows. Definitely worth reading in its entirety! Click the ‘via’ link… Posted via web from e1evation, llc Related articles by Zemanta Announcing Freedom for Windows (fstutzman.com) Master Windows Searching with Google-Like Search Operators [Windows Tip] (lifehacker.com) Best Windows 7 Tweaker [...]

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Windows on the iPad?

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You betcha!

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What’s holding you back?

The beautiful view from my deck in rural northeast Wisconsin is a great reminder of the power I have to publish and promote; from anywhere to the ends of the internet! I’ve worked hard to develop a simple blogging workflow that can empower even the most basic computer user. I don’t care if you’re Mac, [...]

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