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  • Stay Up-To-Date with the Olympics and Olympic Athletes using Twitter

    The 2010 Winter Olympics are in full swing and many people are using social networks to follow and become more involved with the Olympics and Olympic athletes.  Many Olympians are using social networks like Twitter this year to communicate with their fans and give great behind-the-scenes stories and pictures from Vancouver. The best part about…

  • How to Manage, Mute, or Complete Hide Google Buzz Notifications in Gmail

    Love it or hate it, Google Buzz can make a lot of noise in your inbox if you have a few engaged followers.  When any of your followers reply to a message you post in Buzz, you will receive a notification in your inbox that contains a live view of the Buzz message.  This is…

  • Do Public DNS Services Such As Google DNS Have Any Real Benefit?

    If you haven’t heard about it, Google announced their free Public DNS service in early December.  According to Google’s Blog, Google Public DNS will provide increased DNS lookup speeds, making the end-user experience faster. Google isn’t the first company to provide an alternative DNS service.  The popular OpenDNS has been around for a few years…

  • Google Announces Upcoming Option to Disable Buzz (for real this time)

    Google Buzz is a new Twitter/FriendFeed-esque social network which was released last week for all Gmail users.  Buzz allows you to share messages, photos, and links with your friends that use Gmail and is built right into your Gmail inbox so you’ll never miss a message. Google Buzz has had several privacy concerns since its…

  • Windows 7 RC Will Auto-Shutdown Every Two Hours Starting March 1st

    This is an important reminder to anyone still using the release candidate version of Windows 7 – even though it doesn’t officially expire until June 1st, 2010, Windows 7 RC will begin to auto-shutdown every two hours starting March 1st, 2010.  Microsoft warns that your work will not be saved when these automatic shutdowns occur.…

  • 7 Gifts For Your Special Geek This Valentine’s Day

    With Valentine’s Day happening this Sunday, hopefully you have thought ahead and purchased your special someone a gift already.  If you haven’t purchased your Valentine a gift yet, then continuing reading to get some ideas for what to get them this year. E-Book Reader (Him and Her) Chances are that your special someone likes to…

  • How to Add Facebook Chat To Your Desktop Instant Messaging Software

    When Facebook Chat was first launched in early 2008, it added a powerful feature to the growing social network.  Almost two years later Facebook Chat has received an upgrade – the ability to use Facebook Chat from your favorite desktop IM software. This new feature works by utilizing the XMPP messaging protocol (the same protocol…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…