Archive for 'Tips & Tricks'
Shortcuts and surprises in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Posted on 09. Mar, 2012 by Jes Darmanin.
The Windows 8 consumer preview has now been out for about a week or so, and considering this is beta software it seems to be working surprisingly well. There are a few usability kinks that have to be ironed out but overall it seems like a nice stable system. We have recently came across this [...]
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Domain Dispute Scam – Local Businesses and Domain Owners beware!
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
Just spreading the word about an email scam I received several (hundreds of) times over the past 2 years. I was made aware that a lot of people still dont understand that this is a scam, designed to alarm the user that another company (generally in the Asian territory) is trying to register domains with [...]
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Find and Delete large emails from Gmail
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
Even though Gmail offers a massive 7.5GB (and growing) email storage, some power users will occasionally get dangerously close to the limit, and therefore will have to start thinking about either upgrading or deleting some of the unnecessary junk from the mailbox. When upgrading the account is out of the question (even though it’s really [...]
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How Google Search Works
Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by Jes Darmanin.
We just found out this nice little video that explains the technology that runs in the background of every Google search you run. It’s pretty impressive considering that search results are displayed in less than a second!
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Install Windows 7 from USB Drive
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Jes Darmanin.
I’ve recently acquired a cool new Acer One Netbook. These netbooks usually come pre-installed with some Linux version, that unfortunately it’s not ideal to use for most of us. When I went around to install Windows 7 on my new machine, I absolutely couldn’t find my external DVD drive (I loaned this to a friend [...]
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15 Great Windows 7 Shortcuts
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Jes Darmanin.
Windows keyboard shortcuts are a great way to save time and do things more efficiently. In this article we’ll show you 15 really cool keyboards shortcuts that are specific to Windows 7. Check them out, some of them will surprise you for sure. Let us know if you know any great new shortcuts! Ctrl+Shift+N to [...]
