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2007 May

Sharing Is Not Discarding

Like a packrat, I save bits and pieces from old computers even when there is no real good reason to believe I will ever need them. One of the PCI cards I salvaged from an old computer is a parallel port adapter. I suppose someone wanted to run two printers from one computer and needed [...]

Add Animation To An Object In PowerPoint 2007

Sometimes, in order to get your ideas across in a PowerPoint presentation, you need objects in a slide to build. You may need one object appear first, then on a mouse click, have another object appear. In PowerPoint, this is referred to as animation.
To add custom animation to an object on a slide:

Select the [...]

Add A Page Border To Your Document In Word 2007

Page borders are just another way that you can spice up your Word documents. You can add page borders of different styles, colors, sizes and art. You can also apply page borders to certain pages and sections of a document.
To add a page border in Word 2007:

Open your Word document.

On the Page Layout tab, [...]

OS Envy Or Sincerest Flattery?

One of the amusing things about people who use operating systems is that even though some of them may confidently claim that the platform they use is better than the competition, there are probably still going to be times when they covet a feature that another OS has. In fact, most of us have probably [...]

What’s My Best Digital Video Recording Option?

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DVRs and PVRs, which are basically the same thing, allow you to watch television whenever you want to, instead of when they’re broadcast: you simply record the program and play it back when you want to.
Corey in the chat room wanted to know what the best DVR is: TiVo, Windows Media [...]

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We Share How We Repair

Even though the live stream wasn’t working very well at the time we recorded this, I’m pretty pleased with how this video / conference call turned out. Keep in mind, possibly before you watch (or listen) to our segment, that Jason has fully explained his situation in the How to Repair Your Credit post. There’s [...]

TuneUp Utilities 2007

The new TuneUp Utilities 2007 will make Windows even faster, more comfortable and more secure than ever.
Configuring the system, making backups and performing maintenance can be easily carried out using the intuitive user interface - all easily done in one program at a single glance.
TuneUp Utilities 2007 Advantages

NEW! TuneUp Disk Doctor: Performs a thorough check [...]

8hands v0.8.012

8hands is a new way of managing your online activities. It is a small and friendly desktop application that presents a concise summary of all your online social-networking activities (your MySpace and Flickr profiles, your blog, etc.) with useful statistics (the number of friends in each network and an activity meter).
With 8hands you can [...]

Buxfer

Unless money just effortlessly falls into your hands, I think it’s safe to say that most of us have to work hard for the money just like Donna Summer alluded to in one of her songs. It’s not always easy to make a living, and with the prices of almost everything increasing like they are, [...]

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