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/ [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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!

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 [...]

This article will show you how to change your monitor resolution in Ubuntu 9.10. Most of us are long-time Windows users and we are very used to the interface and how to do a simple task like this. But for Linux newbies, it can get frustrating to navigate all the menu options to find the [...]

In Part 1 of this series, I showed you how to download a lightweight Windows application from Amazon.com that allows you to read Kindle books. In this article, I will show you how to download thousands of Kindle books absolutely free! How to Download Thousands of Kindle Books for Free! Download, install, and run the [...]

With the holiday season quickly approaching, time is running out on finding a  gift for the geek in your life. Us geeks can be very difficult to shop for because when it comes to electronics/computers, we are very picky! We know what features we want, we know all the best review sites on the web, [...]