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Free-ocr.com converts your images or PDFs to plain text. Handy little tool when you need it…. Explained… Related posts |
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How to Copy Text From an Image or PDF
February 23rd, 2010
Reverse Email Lookup
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Spokeo.com is a reverse lookup for email. It just asks for one thing – the address. Then, it crawls 40+ social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc, to gather all it can about that email address. Often this includes, a full name, sex, city and state, marital status, and more… wow! (that’s in a good way, and a scary way) Video: watch a news station’s review Give it a try now (free): spokeo.com/email Our Results Don’t want your dirty laundry out there? Related posts |
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Video Demo: Windows 7 is Ready
October 22nd, 2009 |
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Windows 7 is available for purchase/install today. I’m really excited – downloading my official copy right now. All the reviews are highly positive for this new release. Cali Lewis says Windows 7 is as great as Mac OS X and, “PC users finally have an OS that is a joy to use”. Her review is says it best… watch now: Related posts |
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How Much Does it Cost to Power My Computer?
September 30th, 2009 |
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One reader asks, “How much does it cost to run my computer? How can I minimize this expense?”
That’s a pretty huge difference above. These are of course, opposite extremes. It depends on your computer, and your use. And especially if you use power saving options. A typical desktop computer uses about 65 to 250 watts. Add another 35 watts for a flat screen (LCD) and 80 watts for old school large monitor (CRT). In sleep or standby mode? Just 1-6 watts! How to Reduce the Cost
How to Setup Power Saving Modes Or, just run the following scripts on your computer for automatic setting changes:
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Should I Turn My Computer Off at Night?
September 29th, 2009 |
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One reader asks, “Should I turn my computer off at night? Would it save enough in the long run to justify? What about wearing out the switch?” If you leave it on…
If you turn it off…
Switching a computer on and off every day versus leaving it on all the time is highly debatable, but I think most agree now days that with current technologies, it doesn’t make a difference either way anymore.
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Free Reference Sheets for Popular Applications
September 24th, 2009 |
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Contributed by Bo Layer
CustomGuide has a great resource for quick, easy to use reference sheets for popular programs such as MS Office, Mac OS, Adobe products, and more. Don’t miss out! These are free PDFs you can download, save, and print. No signup required. Download here: http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm
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Students/Teachers: Windows 7 for $64.95
September 24th, 2009 |
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Students/Teachers win again: Microsoft offers Windows 7 for just $64.95. This is an official offer just like previous MS Office 2007 discount. Learn more… or buy now. (Previously was $29.99, but that offer expired Jan 3, 2010) Related posts |
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Why Crazy Letters Before I Click Submit?
September 17th, 2009 |
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Contributed by: Brian Clark
What are these random letters I have to type before I can submit a form on a web site? Google, Yahoo! and others have been using this kind of barrier for a while now, and while, at times, it may be frustrating, there is a method to their madness. Its called CAPTCHA, or Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. As the name implies, this tests to ensure a real person is filling a form, and not something automated. Why go through all this trouble? Other individual sites use CAPTCHAs to combat spam that is sent to the site owners through their own contact forms. Using this method, it ensures that their visitors’ emails are not lost in a flood of trash. CAPTCHA techniques aren’t fail-proof, but they are evolving as fast as attackers find ways to have their automated programs, believe it or not, interpret CAPTCHA images without the aid of a human.
Comic Relief…
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Find Restaurants with Urbanspoon
September 15th, 2009 |
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Urbanspoon helps you find places to eat. Using GPS on your smart phone, it will locate restaurants near you by category, price, or only places with Wi-Fi. How convenient. Urbanspoon is online at www.urbanspoon.com, or available as a free download for your iPhone/iPod, Blackberry, or other smartphone. Video demo…. Related posts |
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Read reviews, see photos of the restaurant, or view the menu.How to Create Quick a Greeting Card
August 18th, 2009 |
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There are tons of applications out there to help make beautiful cards but like many people, I don’t have any installed, and don’t prefer those larger programs. Here’s a quick way to use MS Word to create a simple greeting card or note. MS Word includes templates for all sorts of letters and cards. Choose File (or the Orb at the top left), and New. Choose any pre-designed template and edit. Search for new ones online, or… create your own card: 1. Find a photo to match your needs. Visit images.google.com and search for any key word. Example: Birthday Balloons. Click the image to enlarge, then right click it and choose copy. 2. Open MS Word (or Open Office or other document editor). Right click anywhere and choose paste. Here’s a video demonstration. 3. Rotate the image upside down. Video demonstration. 4. Write your text in the bottom right corner of the document 5. Print and fold in half, twice Need help? See my example from above – you can just edit from here: In the news…
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