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Installing Flock on Ubuntu 9.10
As you all know Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was released today. I upgraded my beta release to the latest and greatest and really wanted to install the Flock Web Browser. I have used Flock before on Windows and really liked it, and figured if I want to lose Microsoft all together I need to figure out how to install it. After searching through Forums for a while and not getting anywhere following other instructions step-by-step, I decided to make my own guide on getting Flock installed on your Ubuntu PC. Its easy enough to do and no, I am not a ...
Picasa 3.5
I have been using Google Picasa off and on for some time now; Having just recently upgraded my version to 3.5... I was surprised to find a new addition. New in Picasa 3.5 is name tags, where picasa scans all your photos, identifies the ones with faces and groups similar faces together. In my testing this new feature worked rather well... finding faces in pictures that are half cut off and even out of focus. If Picasa adds photos into a group and it isn't too sure about the match, it will ask you to verify its the same person. My ...
Spare USB Drive anyone?
Are you stuck with a legacy USB Drive? Whether or not you have an extra flash drive lying around, you could be putting it to better use. If you use your USB flash drive daily then why not make it automatically lock and unlock your PC? You can do it for free and rather simply using some very creative software. Predator uses your flash drive as a key by writing a key file to it, and then constantly verifying that it still exists. If you remove the drive it will dim your monitors and hide all of your applications. As I said before ...
Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows 7 will be released next Thursday, October 22nd, here are some great keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate around the new OS. Want more on Win 7? Visit Microsoft.com Win+T Toggle through taskbar items Win+P Cycles through networked projectors display mode Win+Home Minimizes all windows except current Win+Spacebar Show Desktop (Makes open windows transparent) Win+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Maximizes/Minimizes current window Win+Left Arrow/Right Arrow Tiles the windows on the left/right side of the screen Win+Alt+1… Opens the Jump List of an application pinned to the taskbar (number determines position in taskbar) Win+1… Starts or opens an application pinned to the taskbar (number determines position in taskbar) Win+Shift+1… Starts a new instance of an application ...
The Next Generation of Microsoft Office
The next generation of Microsoft Office, Office 2010 will come out after Windows 7 is released; it will be an interesting release to watch for seeing the various free and Open Source office applications out there. It seems Microsoft has come out with a free, ad-supported version of Office 2010. It will be dubbed Office 2010 Starter, and feature just two main applications... Word and Excel, in a feature limited version. The good news is there is no time limit, so unless you uninstall it you can be editing and creating basic Word documents in the Office 2007 style ribbon. What ...
Don’t lose those memories!
Have you ever suffered data loss from your PC at home? It can be frustrating trying to retrieve all those photos and documents, and its even more frustrating if you can't. Time and time again, people need their PCs repaired and they don't have a backup of any of their files, and they always say something along the lines of "can you at least save my pictures?" This is an ever so common situation and if people performed a simple semi-regular backup, then a lot of stress can be avoided. It only takes a few minutes to back things up, and ...
Google, Yahoo & Microsoft
Google alone retrieved more than half of the world search queries last month, gaining more ground on their biggest rival Yahoo. Microsoft still trails in 3rd, which doesn't sound too bad but when you look at the numbers its sad - Yahoo's searches add up to more than double of what Microsoft is currently luring people into. The biggest buzz in the search world now is the new player Wolfram Alpha, which claims to be a calculable knowledge source, which calculates answers related to specific questions, rather than searching for them. I read many many articles and thought oh no for ...
Spring Cleaning: Your PC
Well, its that time of the year again... and if you are like most PC users out there - it's time for a spring cleaning. Read my simple tips for cleaning up your PC this spring - and you will see a performance boost - guaranteed! First things first, we need to defrag your hard drive. But before you navigate to my computer and start the defrag utility, I want you to clear out your temporary files. Yes, lets do this before we defrag, as it will help speed up the process since there are less files for it to comb ...
