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Organize, Track, and Keep Receipts of All Your Online Purchases

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:05:17 +0000

Keeping your receipts, whether they be from store purchases or online purchases, is always a good idea. With online purchases, however, you don’t get a physical hard copy receipt of the things you buy, unless you choose to print the order confirmation page upon purchasing something online

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Mask Your Email Address

Master — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:31:17 +0000

Back in the early days of the Internet, we used handles, like those used by truckers and ham radio enthusiasts, to hide our identities.

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Send Online Thank You Notes

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:59:53 +0000

The art of sending a thank you note is often forgotten in our digital world. The rules of etiquette dictate that we should send a handwritten thank you note after a job interview or after receiving a gift, but many people either send a text message or email and call it a day, or send Post from: Send Online Thank You Notes

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Make an Online Chart the Easy Way

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:16:55 +0000

Infographics are the hottest way to present information on the Web right now. People are drawn to visuals, so charts, graphs and pictorials are often the best way to show data in a way that people will read and understand

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Convert Documents to PDF and Save Them Online

Master — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:00:25 +0000

Since Microsoft added built-in document-to-PDF functionality to their Office suite, there have been no shortage of document to PDF converters appearing on the Web. Some are better than others, and some are even better than the one built into Office—most of them just do a standard conversion. Splarchive adds an extra feature to the standard Post from: Convert Documents to PDF and Save Them Online

5 Places to Watch Movies Online Besides Netflix

Master — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:36:56 +0000

Netflix angered customers this week by charging separate fees for its online video streaming and DVD-by-mail rental services. This raised the price of the average Netflix account from $10/month to $16/month. While $6 does not seem like a great amount of money, thousands of outraged customers have canceled their Netflix accounts and are now searching Post from: 5 Places to Watch Movies Online Besides Netflix

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How to Make Your Own MySpace Layout

Master — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:19:15 +0000

The MySpace website offers a versatile free layout builder that you can use to edit your profile any way you like. You can quickly customize your profile using this profile builder, and you won’t have to display advertisements on your profile as you would with other online MySpace layout editors. You can also preview your Post from: How to Make Your Own MySpace Layout

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Google Desktop Calendar Tips

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:18:28 +0000

Google Desktop Calendar is a handy gadget that installs in the Google Desktop Sidebar. You can use this small calendar to quickly track your important appointments and events. The Google Desktop Calendar is quite versatile, and fully integrates with the online version of Google Calendar

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Save Your Favorite Articles, Tweets and Links in One Place

Master — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:50:49 +0000

Between Twitter, Facebook, Delicious and numerous RSS feeds, it is no wonder our online lives feel chaotic. Finding a single article you just know you saved somewhere can be dizzying. Faveous connects to our favorite social networks and RSS feeds to keep all of our marked favorites in a single place, making them easy to find when needed.

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How to Record a Podcast using Audacity

Master — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:50:30 +0000

Audacity is the most popular open source sound recording and editing software on the Internet for Windows computers, and for good reason, it’s loaded with powerful tools and can perform some of the simple functions you’d like to do without a lot of fuss. One such application is recording a podcast so you can post it on your website. To use Audacity to record your podcast, first download it if you don’t have it yet, install according to the instructions, then run it.

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How to Manually Format Spreadsheets in Excel 2010

Master — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:46:35 +0000

One the downsides to having all kinds of templates and style sheets in MS Excel is that you pretty much get locked in to creating sheets that look like everyone else’s; which doesn’t do much for creativity or inspirational ideas. This is why it’s a good idea to learn how to use Excels formatting tools.

How to Make a Greeting Card with MS Word 2007/2010 the Easy Way

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:26:53 +0000

Quite often the most meaningful greeting cards are those that are handmade, and while those that are made with crayons and glue are fine for when we’re younger, a much more professional look can be achieved by using Microsoft Word.

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Record Most Online Videos with StreamTransport

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:49:39 +0000

As most people are aware, recording videos from sites such as CBS or Hulu can be a bit difficult.

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Top 5 Free Sites to Learn to Type

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:55:23 +0000

As computer savvy as many people are, there are still millions who never take the time to learn how to type. Typing is one of the most basic, yet essential computer skills

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How to Stream Media Across the Internet Using Windows 7

Master — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:31:48 +0000

One of the things Microsoft has been advertising pretty heavily as part of it’s “cloud” campaign, is streaming media from one computer across the Internet, to another. On television, it looks rather simple, in real life, it’s a little trickier; nonetheless, it can be done; here’s how.

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Setup AutoSave in OpenOffice

Master — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:40:07 +0000

No one wants to accidentally lose all their work while creating a document. Nothing is worse than a sudden shut down when you’ve forgotten to press Save. Unless you have AutoSave enabled, program glitches, operating system issues or closing the wrong program can all cause you to lose your precious documents and all the time you’ve spent creating them

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Top 3 Coupon, Promo and Deal Websites To Save You Money On Your Next Purchase

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:03:55 +0000

Sure you purchase items online once in a while (or often), but how often do you enter a promo or coupon code into the text box during checkout? Much easier to use than traditional cut-out coupons, online coupons are a simple matter of copy and paste.

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Change OpenOffice Settings to Save As Microsoft Office File Extensions

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:41:19 +0000

Many users use OpenOffice in place of Microsoft Office. If you need to save your files using the Microsoft Office file extensions, do this automatically instead of having to select the appropriate Microsoft Office file type each time you save an OpenOffice file

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Use Google Cloud Connect to Share and Backup Microsoft Office Files

Master — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:23:41 +0000

Google Docs is one of the most popular ways to share and collaborate with others on documents.

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Share a Word 2010 Document Simultaneously with Multiple Users on Windows Live Skydrive

Master — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:22:40 +0000

You’ve no doubt seen it advertised either online or on television, Microsoft’s Windows Live product that allows two or more people to edit one Word document at the same time. It works just as advertised, though the process is anything but easy, simple or streamlined.

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Best Free Online Spell Check Websites

Master — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:15:28 +0000

If you don’t want to download and install spell check software on your computer, there are plenty of free spell checkers that you can use online. Each of these sites lets you check the spelling of text or published web pages without registering for an account

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How to use Microsoft Office Live

Master — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:25:56 +0000

When Microsoft announced the release of Office 2010, it also announced a parallel version of its ubiquitous suite of office products that would reside on the “cloud” or in more down to earth terms, on the Internet. Microsoft Office Live is comprised of an online version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote; all of which can be accessed and used completely free of charge, at least for now. To gain access to Microsoft Office Live, you must first create a Windows Live account.

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Save Documents Directly to Windows Live SkyDrive using MS Word 2010

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:23:21 +0000

Microsoft has made a lot of noise of late about the benefits of moving to the “cloud,” but hasn’t really done much in the way of showing users just exactly how to do so. One of the ways is by using Windows Live SkyDrive, which in reality is nothing more than an online storage facility that Microsoft has made available for free to anyone who signs up for a Windows Live account; which is also free – see another post Windows Live SkyDrive – 500 MB of secure online storage from Microsoft . To save a document you’ve created in Word 2010 to the SkyDrive, use Word’s Backstage Area via File : Click on it to reveal the backstage area: Look down past the usual menu choices to where it says Save & Send ; when you click on that, you’ll get: Next, click on Save to Web.

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Make Free Phone Calls from iPad

Master — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:35:03 +0000

iPad’s greatest attribute is it is much like iPhone, only bigger. Well, one iPhone feature that is seriously lacking with iPad is the ability to make phone calls

2 Apps for Making Free Phone Calls on iPhone

Master — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:15:29 +0000

International phone calls are expensive on any phone, landline or mobile. However, there are many Apps for iPhone that allow free phone calls to other app users over a WiFi or 3G connection—meaning you pay data rates, but not the inflated international calling rates. Skype Skype is the most popular of these apps, largely because it works with most any device

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