Archive for December, 2006

Track Santa with NORAD

So gather the kids ’round the warm glow of the computer this Christmas Eve and watch Santa trot the globe and deliver presents. If that’s not enough to excite you, watch a slew of CW and basic cable stars talk about how excited they are about it. [via lifehacker]

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Extreme Makeover

A really good Photoshop makeover video.
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Turn Off Unnecessary Windows XP Services

Turning off unnecessary services in Windows XP can greatly reduce your exploit risk, while improving system performance. It’s a good time to inject that often there are all sorts of “download optimizers” and other cute programs that vendors like to push on users. The first rule is “If you don’t know you need it, you [...]


10 Steps to Becoming Stress Free

Bertha snapped at Ted because he did not wash out his coffee mug. Bob yelled at Lisa for not putting paper in the copy machine. Darcy left a nasty note in the ladies room explaining to all the women the proper way to replace toilet paper after finishing a roll. Sound familiar? Ten steps [...]


Apple Rumor Sites Sue Linksys Over ‘iPhone’ Name

The website crazy apple rumors published a Press Release complaining about Linksys and the use of iPhone as well-known rumored product from Apple. They also expect $1.4 billion damages from Linksys.
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Turn your PC into a full-fledged media center with MediaPortal

Turn your PC into a full-fledged media center with MediaPortal, an open-source alternative to Microsoft’s own Media Center Edition OS.
MediaPortal can play, record and timeshift TV; play videos and DVDs; run photo slideshows; play your music library and FM radio; show local weather; and much more. In short, it offers everything a good media-center application [...]


Apple Phone Pictures Leaked?

Nano like phone with NO BUTTONS. Large screen. Very cool real or fake!
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How old can you go? Oldversion.com “because newer isn’t always better!”

A great site that archives older version of software. Maybe you’re looking for a pre-bloatware favorite application, or maybe you having been able to get AIM to work right on granny’s Pentium II. This is the place for you.
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