Archive for November, 2009

Cyber Monday Shopping Deals!

In case you missed out on the Black Friday madness, don’t sweat it. Cyber Monday is here! Overall, this holiday season there were not that many great computer/electronics deals out there but if you are looking for some holiday presents, now is a good time to buy! Below are some shopping website suggestions:

Amazon.com Cyber Monday [...]

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What is .docx file and how to open it for free

.docx is the Office Open XML file format that was introduced in Microsoft Office 2007.  Microsoft uses this XML-based format to store all text, formulas, graphics, etc  for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The ultimate goal for this switchover is to facilitate extensibility and interoperability by allowing third-party vendors to read these files. So how to [...]

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How to add “Run…” option to Windows 7 Start menu

If you recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, you may be wondering where the Run… option in the Start menu went. I use this option in XP regularly to quickly launch programs like Notepad and the Command Prompt, so it was annoying when I tried doing this in Windows 7 only to find [...]

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Free Download: Microsoft Office 2010 Beta

Microsoft has released a publically downloadable beta version Office 2010 – Professional Plus edition.  This version lets you use this product completely free of charge until October 2010! Included are: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and communicator.
Available for download are both 32- and 64-bit versions compatable with XP w/ [...]

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How to add a Windows/Linux network printer in Ubuntu 9.10

This article will show you how to add a network printer on a Ubuntu 9.10 system. Let’s go ahead and get started…
Navigate to System –> Administration –> Printing

Then choose Server –> New –> Printer from the Printer configuration window

The New Printer wizard will be displayed. Here you can add either local or network printers. For [...]

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How to add the XP/Vista ‘Show Desktop’ icon to the Windows 7 taskbar

This article will show you how to add the “Show Desktop” icon that is present in Windows XP and Vista, to the Windows 7 taskbar. Windows 7 got rid of this icon and replaced it with a Aero Peek/Show Desktop button on the bottom right corner of the screen, near the System Tray. Many users, [...]

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DOTD: Buy a WD 750 GB HDD for $65 and get a FREE Canon printer! (Dead)

Deal of the Day – Newegg
Buy a Western Digital 750 GB Hard drive ($65) and get a Canon PIXMA iP2600SE Photo Color Printer For FREE INSTANTLY – a $50 value!
Offer Ends 11/20!
Sorry guys, but this deal is no longer available. Looks like it got too popular and NewEgg pulled it from their site!

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Mozilla Thunderbird: Forwarding Message results in ‘Mail delivery failed’ error

Have you ever forwarded a message (for example to a Gmail account) in Mozilla Thunderbird,  and gotten one of these pesky message?

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

email@example.com
[...]

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Amazon: Buy a Nintendo Wii + Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board, get a free $50 GC

The Deal:
Buy a Nintendo Wii Console ($199) and a Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board ($89.99) and get $50 gift card to Amazon.com!
Offer is valid from November 16 – November 22
Get the deal now!

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Linux: How to Kill all instances of a script/program by using a string search

This article will show you how to kill (or end) multiple processes or instances of a running script with a single command.
If you are like me, you have run into this situation many many times. You run the ps command to list all the currently running processes and you see that there are multiple instances [...]

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