When it comes to selling, buying, renting, or trading stuff, you just can’t beat craigslist.org for online classifieds.  But it takes some work to get the perfect posting.  Using symbols in Craigslist postings can help make your post stand out, and look more professional. Of course you should use relevant symbols, putting musical notes in [...]

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A major release of Linux Ubuntu operating system will soon be available. And the Ubuntu version of Linux will be available off-the-shelf pre-installed on a full featured laptop from Dell. The new Dell Vostro V13 – Comes with Ubuntu Preloaded. The Dell laptop features a full sized keyboard, 13.3" WLED display, aluminum body and Ubuntu [...]

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The Latest Flash Player Plugin from Adobe is live on get.adobe.com/flashplayer .  The under 2 megabyte install includes the plugin for Opera, Chrome, Internet Explorer (IE) and Safari.  The new version adds additional security fixes, hardware acceleration, and improvements to the consistency of the experience between browsers.  There is still no 64 bit native version [...]

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The Microsoft Interent Explorer 9 ( IE9 ) Platform Preview is just a wrapper for the Browser Object, so it doesn’t have much UI, but behind that lack of UI is actually quite a few useful tools. When you first run the IE9 Platform Preview you get a screen that has minimal menus, and a [...]

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While Apple is announcing the availability of the iPad in April, you can already buy screen protectors and portfolios for the iPad you don’t yet have.   Griffin makes this really nice looking portfolio.   Not bad for $44.95 You can also get iPad Screen Protectors and other accessories.   “iPad is something completely new,” said [...]

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The Joojoo was formerly the “CrunchPad”, made famous by Michael Arrington. The original CrunchPad was recently pronounced dead and now is alive again. The Joojoo is a reborn version of the CrunchPad and instead of costing less $200 is now selling for $499. The term “joojoo” is really supposed to be “juju,” an African word [...]

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If you want to get a jump on Windows 7 you can download it from Microsoft.   It’s a 2.24 Gig Download, so it’s not for the faint of heart, but it is a great way to try it out before it goes live.  That said, this version has a LOT of downsides since it is [...]

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Windows Recycle Bin may get you out of a jam from time, to time, but occasionally you empty the bin just as you remember that there was an important document that you need to undelete.  To recover files which have been truly deleted you need a powerful Undelete program.  Norton Used to be the leader [...]

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Betanews is reporting that you shouldn’t upgrade to Windows 7 unless you are buying a new PC.  Carmi Levy is a Troll.  His “philosophy” may have been right with Microsoft Vista, but not with Windows 7.  Windows 7 is faster, smarter and better looking than Vista, and it will run on even the lowliest of [...]

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This Amazon Search Provider Plugin will enable you to search Amazon, it includes product previews.  Very useful if you shop Amazon a lot. Just click on the link Amazon Search Provider Plugin and then select to add this search provider, or make it your default search provider. That’s how its done, now happy shopping.

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CruzMail is the campus email system for UC Santa Cruz. You can access CruzMail using a supported email program(iMail, Outlook, Windows Mail, Etc) or securely on the web using a supported web browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome). CruzMail features include a vacation auto-response tool, virus scanning of attachments, and spam scanning. New students are pre-assigned email [...]

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While not officially supported you can upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 RC, or Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM / Windows 7 Final. This will work on any 32 bit, to 32 bit, or 64 bit to 64 bit.  If you need to upgrade from a 32 bit Windows to Windows [...]

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StalkDaily.com Created several of those “fun” twitter apps that ask for your user and password then show you information about your friends list. When it got to critical mass it started spamming people via the web interface to twitter.  It is also sending e-mails from users who have the same e-mail address as they have [...]

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Jake writes about how to get Internet with no Phone: Piggybacking Internet service as DSL over a phone line or high speed cable service are the two easiest ways to have Internet access, although they aren’t the only solutions. Depending on where your aunt lives, there may be several ways for her to access the [...]

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Unhappy with how Office Looks on my Windows 7, I decided that I’d share with the world how to change the color scheme of Office 2007 to something a little sexier than it is by default. Open Word 2007 then click Word Options from the Home Menu Now select Black or Silver Now my Windows [...]

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Good news if you are a Mac User, you too can run Windows 7.  Using Parallels 4.0 Windows 7 runs mostly ok.  There are a few pesky issues, but you didn’t want sound did you? So Here are some of the issues you will face. – Windows 7 x86_64 installation media cannot be automatically detected. [...]

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Windows Photo Viewer is a feature in Windows that you can use to view and print your digital pictures. Windows Photo Viewer is designed to be used with the Pictures library, the main storage location for pictures on your computer. Any pictures in the Pictures library—which includes those you’ve imported—appear in Photo Viewer. To open [...]

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Windows DVD Maker in Windows 7 will burn a disc that can be played in most standard DVD player, Xbox 360, or another Windows PC or Mac.  Windows DVD Maker will allow you to create reasonably professional looking DVD’s with photos, music, video, and menu system. To access DVD Maker got to Start –> All [...]

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There are only two buttons in Windows 7 Sound recorder.  A big Red button to start recording, and it is labeled as such, and a Question Mark button that is for help. How much help do you need if your only choice is to hit the big red record button?  Did Microsoft have a technical [...]

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While Google has a great Unit Conversion Tool Built in, that won’t help you on a plane, when you need to quickly figure out how many Feet per second 200 knots are before you crash in to the ocean will it? If you start Calc.exe in Windows 7 and select Options –> Unit Calculator you [...]

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