Google’s ‘Become a Gmail Ninja’ Tips and Tricks

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Straight from the source, advice from Google will help you master Gmail.

Become a Gmail Ninja

Great Music On Demand with Grooveshark

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We still find it amazing when we find our friends don’t know or use Grooveshark to create playlists and share their favorite music. 

Grooveshark.com

JV Powertools Lite, Registry Cleaning Freeware from Macecraft

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Not everyone uses registry/windows cleaners but if you do, consider running JV Powertools Lite. Effectively clean your registry junk, temp files lists and more.

JV Powertools Lite v1.9.0.589

Reviewing Trend Micro Internet Security 2010

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Trend Micro might not have as much history as Kaspersky or Symantec do on the security solutions niche, but they do have a respectable product. Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 brings a lot of improvements vs the 2009 edition and it manages to be also very user friendly. Is this enough for it to become one of the top security solutions? Find out from this complete review.

Security for Everyone – Reviewing Trend Micro Internet Security 2010

Spybot, Search & Destroy HiRes (Icons We Like)

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You can download this great icon from here,

YodelajGi DeviantArt page

2009 Open Web Awards Winners, Social Media Edition

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Mashable.com’s 3rd annual list of the best sites in social media.

2009 Winners List

Create a Video Greeting Card with Microsoft Movie Maker

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Put your holiday pictures to music and create a video in 9 steps with this Movie Maker tutorial from Microsoft.

Holiday Card with Movie Maker

Do You Use Stylish? Check Out Barbiegirl’s Styles

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With the Stylish extension for Firefox (Tbird too), you can add small CSS enhancements to your browsing experience. Of all the thousands of available styles, we love the ones by the prolific Barbiegirl the most. Frankly, not all styles work well but hers are top notch. If you’d like to lower a toolbar height, make a menu a different color, change favicon behavior all at a click of a button, see her list of available styles below and be amazed how functional they really are.

Barbiegirl’s styles

Forum discussion of Barbirgirl’s styles

Stylish Add-on Install Page

99 Windows 7 Shortcuts & Counting

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If you’re the type of geek using shortcuts for most commonly used application/tasks, you might want to take a look at this collection. It has 99 shortcuts for Windows 7 apps, administration tasks, etc. Also, the authors of the download package are willing to expand the collection on request.

All shortcuts are split into the following categories: Shut Down Menu, Troubleshooting, Windows Programs, Ease of Access, System Administration Tools, Tablet PC, Windows PowerShell, Networking.

The Biggest Library of Windows 7 Shortcuts

Use Revo Uninstaller’s Built-in Tracks Cleaner

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Our favorite app Revo has released a new version, 1.85. While most of the changes were minor, the revision gives us an excuse to write it up, again pointing out features other than its best in class uninstaller. Click on Tracks Cleaner and then Windows Cleaner to remove the items listed above.  We’ll cover the ‘Hunter Mode’ soon.

Revo Uninstaller v1.85 (free)




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