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Compare and Verify Files using a MD5 or SHA-1 Hash

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:34 +0000

To compare files, you have to manually open each one and check if they have the same content. This is possible for a 5 line text document, but not for a bunch of 500-page Word documents

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Use ATI Overdrive to Overclock Your Radeon Video Card

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:15:16 +0000

Using the ATI Overdrive feature of ATI’s Catalyst Control Center, you can easily overclock your Radeon video card to squeeze out more performance for video games and other graphics-intensive applications. However, you need to be careful not to damage your video card by attempting too much overclocking at one time. What is Overclocking?

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Turn Partial-Text RSS Feeds into Full Text the Easy Way

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:59:01 +0000

Subscribing to RSS feeds in our favorite reader should save us time.

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Create Ringtones The Easy Way Using Garage Band

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:36:04 +0000

If you are a Mac user, you can use the built-in Garage Band application that came with your computer to make custom ringtones. The process is very simple, and best of all, these ringtones will work with different phones… not just the iPhone. Before we get started, you need to make sure that you have the MP3 file that you would like to sample your ringtone from saved to your computer

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Make PDF Files Display in a Web Browser with Adobe Reader 9

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:18:36 +0000

Adobe Reader 9 is the most popular PDF viewer worldwide. Part of Adobe’s line of Acrobat PDF creation, editing, and viewing software, Reader 9 is the most feature rich and user friendly version of the application to date. One of the reasons Adobe Reader is so popular is that it is versatile as a means to view, save, and share documents

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Log Into Every Web Site With Just One Account

Master — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:39:05 +0000

Unless you have a Rainman-like memory, you have forgotten a Web site login password at least once. Some Web sites require passwords with numbers and letters, others require numbers, letters and special characters, and still others require a capital letter, a lower-case letter and then a number.

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Test Your Password Strength

Master — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:31:01 +0000

Despite the thousands of warnings telling us not to use the same password for every site, most of us use the same password, or a variation of that password on most Web services for the simple reason that multiple passwords are hard to remember. Since this practice is unlikely to change, the one password we do use must be a strong one. One of the most interesting places to test a password’s strength is howsecureismypassword.net .

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Makes Most Web Sites HTTPS in Firefox

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:40:47 +0000

We are all concerned about privacy on the internet. Most everyone knows not to enter a credit card number on a site that does not start with HTTPS://, but what about all the passwords and other personal data we enter throughout the Web? Identities are stolen from more than just credit card numbers.

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How to Protect Yourself from Viruses When Browsing the Internet

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:12:34 +0000

The World Wide Web gave us Google and Facebook. It capped ignorance and made the world smaller.

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Strengthen and Extend Your Home WiFi Signal

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:29:16 +0000

Urban dwellers have an advantage over their rural counterparts when it comes to setting up a home wireless network. With smaller homes and apartments in the urban environment, the WiFi signal does not need to travel far. An entire urban home (of standard size—we have seen very large urban homes, too) can have WiFi connection with a single, well-placed router

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Strengthen and Extend Your Home WiFi Signal

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Scan Web Sites for Viruses and Malware

Master — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:32:24 +0000

New malware appears every day, often from sources we do not expect. Web sites can infect our computers just as well as torrents and email attachments

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Install A Hard Drive and CD/DVD Burner Drive For Your Custom PC Build

Master — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:54:43 +0000

Installing a hard drive and CD/DVD burner is quite easy, and only takes a couple of steps to complete. If you have been following along with our custom PC build series, then you are nearing the final steps to assembling the PC.

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Install A Graphics Video Card and Power Supply For Your Custom PC Build

Master — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:39:31 +0000

If you’ve been following along with the series, you have already chosen a case, power supply and hard drive for your PC . Also, you should have successfully installed the CPU , heat sink , RAM memory , and mounted the motherboard.

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Install RAM Memory and Mount a Motherboard For Your Custom PC Build

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:02:36 +0000

Previously in our custom computer build, we covered how to properly install a CPU and install a heat sink . Now, it’s just about time to get the motherboard installed into the case and get to the core of the build.

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Install an Intel or AMD Heat Sink For Your Custom PC Build

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:24:20 +0000

Now that we’ve got the processor installed on our PC build , it’s time to install the heat sink. Basically the heat sink in necessary because it draws heat away from the processor and helps to keep the CPU cool. Like the processor install, the heat sink install is slightly different, depending on whether you are using Intel CPU/motherboard or AMD CPU/motherboard.

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Install an Intel or AMD CPU Processor For Your Custom PC Build

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:20:06 +0000

Previously in the series, we introduced the basics of computer building and gave a comprehensive overview of each basic part that you will need for the PC build . We also went over what kind of hard drive, case and power supply to buy . At this point, it’s time to get started with the actual build and assembly of the PC.

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Install an Intel or AMD CPU Processor For Your Custom PC Build

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Choose a Hard Drive, Case, and Power Supply For Your Custom PC Build

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:51:53 +0000

Previously, we covered several parts that you will need to purchase when building your own custom PC . Here, we will top off the list by giving advice for the hard drive, case, and power supply components of a PC

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What Parts Do I Need to Build a Computer – Part III

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:49:44 +0000

In Part I of our series, we gave an overview of all of the required parts that are needed to build a PC . In Part II, we talked about buying a motherboard and choosing RAM . Here, we will continue discussing each part in detail, and provide a comprehensive, yet easy to understand explanation of each part

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What Parts Do I Need to Build a Computer – Part II

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:02:10 +0000

In our previous article, What Parts Do I Need to Build a Computer , we introduced all of the main parts that are required to build a computer and took a deeper look at how to choose a CPU processor that will work well with your build. Here, we will take a look at the other necessary parts for building a computer.

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What Parts Do I Need to Build a Computer – Part I

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:54:52 +0000

In Part I of our custom PC building series, we discussed the pros and cons of building your own computer. Here, we will provide an overview of the parts needed to build a PC computer.

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Hide a Drive in Windows the Easy Way

Master — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:53:36 +0000

Keeping confidential data super-secret is a challenge in this day of wireless networks available at home, at work and most restaurants. Besides that, most home computers are used by several people, making privacy a limited commodity

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How to Convert Your MP3s into Karaoke

Master — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:26:35 +0000

Ever since the Philippines invented and patented the Karaoke machine in the 1980s, it has now become a worldwide phenomenon. Why not?

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Completely Uninstall Antivirus Software Down to the Registry

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:33:09 +0000

Did you know that with a usual system, uninstalling a program will not totally remove all its components including some of the data stored in the registry? This is especially true with antivirus, security tools, PC boost, spyware removers, and the likes. If you want to completely uninstall a security-based application and replace it with another one, try AppRemover.

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Completely Uninstall Antivirus Software Down to the Registry