Category: Tools
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How to Setup Internet Connection Sharing in Fedora 12
If you have a computer with two network interfaces, one wired and one wireless, it can sometimes be beneficial to share an internet connection from one interface to another. In Microsoft Windows this is called Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). This guide will show you how to setup the equilivant of ICS in Fedora 12 by…
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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Your PC
With the start of a new year fast approaching, many people are making personal New Year’s resolutions such as to lose a few pounds or save some extra money. Your PC is also looking for changes this New Year. Here are 5 simple New Year’s Resolutions for your PC. 1) Upgrade your web browser Upgrading…
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Turn Your Digital Media into Web Video with Stupeflix Studio
French startup Stupeflix has just launched Stupeflix Studio which aims to turn your digital media into something more meaningful. Stupeflix Studio lets you easily create web videos from your own pictures and videos to showcase your digital artwork, create scrapbooks, or send personal video greetings. To get started, create a free account and you’ll be…
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Vibe Streamer 3 Improves Your Music Library Streaming
I previously wrote an article about setting up the free program Vibe Streamer to stream your music library to any Flash-enabled web browser. An upgrade was recently released with offers many improvements that you may be interested in which I will cover below. Getting Started Start by downloading and installing the latest version of Vibe…
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How to Prevent Automatic Windows Restarts
Windows sometimes requires a restart when important updates are installed. Unfortunately, some updates are so important that Windows performs automatic restarts after a set period of time, meaning the unsaved work you left open before you went to bed could be lost when Windows forces itself to restart. So here are a few things I…
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Songbird: The Firefox of Media Players
Songbird, built by former Winamp, Netscape, and Firefox designers and developers, is fast on it’s way to becoming a large competitor in the media player category. The free and open source Songbird has been in development since early 2006. Recently released by the Songbird team is version 1.4.2 of the Songbird media player. Although Songbird…
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FlockDraw: Real-time, Collaborative Drawing
Drawing has been a medium for communicating ideas since the beginning of time, probably because of it’s simplicity. That’s the idea behind FlockDraw. FlockDraw is an amazing online application from Dan Blake (a founder of the equally simple TinyChat.com) and Ryan Hile. The purpose is to bring collaborative, real-time drawing to the internet. Like TinyChat,…
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Free and Simple Screen Sharing with LogMeIn Express
Recently released from LogMeIn is a free, simple and secure screen sharing service known as LogMeIn Express. Setting up the service is very simple and is outlined in this article. Before getting started, make sure your systems meet the requirements shown below. Requirements Host requirements Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, or 2008 (all including…
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Dropbox: Take Your Files Everywhere
Methods of transferring and sharing files have come a long way from the days of 3.5″ floppy disks. Once limited to 1.44 MB at a time, we are now able to use flash drives to easily transfer around 32 GB (approximately 22000 times as much data) at greater transfer speeds than before. Although physical media…