Month: February 2010
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Improve Windows Print Screen With Gadwin PrintScreen
Windows includes only the most basic screen capture capabilities by default, but free software like Gadwin PrintScreen offers a solution that will add much more functionality to your computer. Using Gadwin PrintScreen Once you have downloaded and installed Gadwin PrintScreen, right click the newly created icon in your system tray and select Properties… from the…
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See What Others are Saying with the Twitter Reactions Extension for Google Chrome
One of the most useful aspects of Twitter is that people tweet about everything – which means there is never a shortage of commentary about anything on the internet. Twitter Reactions is a new extension for the Google Chrome web browser that displays what others are saying about websites you view in real-time. To get…
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CDBurnerXP: Free, Powerful & Easy-To-Use Disc Burning Software
Although the increasing size of USB flash drives has decreased the need to use CDs and DVDs for data transfer, they are still very useful for backing up important files. In the event you need to burn a disc, CDBurnerXP is free, powerful, and easy to use. Despite it’s name, CDBurnerXP supports Windows XP, Vista,…
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Time to Upgrade: Google Ending Support for Internet Explorer 6 Soon
Google recently announced that as of March 1st, 2010, they will no longer be supporting Internet Explorer 6 in their web applications, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites. It’s safe to assume that many of their other web applications will soon follow, as they promise that this year will be a “great year for…
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Google Chrome: How to Sync Browser Sessions Between Multiple Computers
Here’s a scenario: you’re about to leave work for the day and you have 9 important tabs open in Google Chrome. You’d like to continue with that same session when you get home – but what can you do? FreshStart is a great extension for Google Chrome that allows you to save your browser sessions…
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Google or Bing? Qrobe.it Combines Both in a Single Search Engine
One question I frequently hear is, “Which is better: Google or Bing?”. I wrote an article awhile back about using blind search tests to compare results from Google and Bing, but most of the time I find that both sets of results are pretty useful. If both search engines get you the information you were…
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Facebook Tip: Display Missing Status Updates in Facebook’s Live Feed
Facebook’s Live Feed shows a stream of your friends’ activity on Facebook in real-time. This feature was added after the updated News Feed was released, which only shows popular posts (tailored just for you) that occurred throughout the entire day. One thing I noticed when I compared my Facebook Live Feed to the feed displayed…