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From Wired News: Potential computer users in the developing world will not want a basic $100 hand-cranked laptop due to be rolled out to millions, according to Craig Barrett, ECO of Intel. Schoolchildren in Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria will begin receiving the first few million textbook style computers from the MIT Media Lab run …
I recently mentioned GMail Tips & Tricks by Bibear. Well, here are some more Gmail Tips courtesy of JimsTips.com.
Talk Digger is a meta-search engine. It asks major search engines: “Who links that URL?” The results will then be processed and displayed on Talk Digger. It’s a neat idea, that pulls several free resources into one place. For instance, visiting http://www.talkdigger.com/index.php?surl=http://potd.chrisempey.com will let you know who is linking (or talking) about Chris’ Photo of …
I run Office 2003 at home and at work. At home, for some reason my Places Bar (the column of folder shortcuts that show up when you save or open an Office document) hasn’t been showing the My Documents folder. I’ve always meant to look into how to fix this, but never actually. Well, today’s …
From Redmond Magazine: All of the noise and attention surrounding the release last month of Firefox 1.5 appears to have helped the alternative Web browser’s market share, even if those gains are still only in fractions of percentage points. “November 2005 browser numbers indicate that Firefox continues to gain market share, reaching 8.84 percent,” says …
Google seems to be making some more changes to Gmail: The “Move to Trash” option of the drop-down menu has now been changed to simply “Delete”. This confused me at first because I was so used to the “Move to Trash” option. I thought this option had been removed entirely. Thankfully it hasn’t. Now if …
From TechRepublic: A survey of home PC users found 81 percent lacked at least one of three critical types of security, but the number of consumers using firewalls and updated antivirus software is improving, according to a report released Wednesday. The vast majority of consumers surveyed were found to lack at least one of three …
I received this email on Wednesday and I thought I’d pass it along: Make a Resolution to Keep Your PC Healthy with System Mechanic 6. With all that your PC does for you this holiday season — frantic last-minute online shopping, storing priceless family photos, playing music during holiday gatherings — why not reward it …
The latest LangaList newsletter links to an older LangaList newsletter where there was a tip about an ActiveX diagnostic tool: 7) A Free And Useful ActiveX Diagnostic Tool Hi Fred, [An] item came in the 27 Sep 01 issue of another newsletter that I receive — Woody’s Office Watch. I’d appreciate any comments you have …
Last week I reviewed Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, a must have for amateur digital photographers. This week I will discuss white balance, how it will affect your photos, why it does, and how you can take advantage of this feature in your camera. Light as we see it is typically white. That is because our …