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Easy ways to make money from your website

admin @ December 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet

You don’t have to be Amazon or Facebook to generate income from the web.
The modest presence you already have – whether it’s a regularly updated blog, fan page or community message board – may be enough to provide a decent trickle of cash.
Many of the methods available can be implemented with very little [...]

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10 things that Apple should make right now

admin @ December 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Apple likes to think it’s the oracle of technology; rays of light shining forth from its Cupertino offices, Steve Jobs with a halo around his head.
But oddly, while its products are angelic, its press office is more secretive than the USA’s Homeland Security.
Apple has a strict policy, which it repeats ad infinitum: it won’t discuss [...]

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Affordable upgrades to make your Mac laptop fly

admin @ December 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Due to their compact size and complex design, laptops don’t lend themselves to upgrades quite as easily as towers.
This is especially true of Apple laptops, which have always been thinner and far more stylish than a typical, chunky PC portable.
The flip side of their graceful design is that you can’t pull them to [...]

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6 mistakes people make when they criticise Apple

admin @ December 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Nothing is perfect, let’s make that clear from the start. Everything can be criticised. And although I think Apple’s interfaces generally are the best, that doesn’t mean they aren’t flawed. (Just a lot less flawed than the alternatives.)
I’m writing this because my last post on this subject kicked off some interesting comments in some usability [...]

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14 ways to make your laptop battery last longer

admin @ November 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet

We all know the feeling; you need to finish some work on the train but your battery has but seconds left and the charger is still on your desk. So how can you avoid it?
Logic will tell you that playing games or watching DVDs on your laptop might just be a slight drain on its [...]

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Make Windows boot lightning-fast

admin @ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet

When your PC is running properly, you probably won’t spend a great deal of time thinking about the Windows boot process. What would be the point?
You turn your PC on in the morning, Windows starts and your desktop appears. It happens automatically, and every time, so there will seem little need to worry about [...]

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Make Windows boot lightning-fast

admin @ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet

When your PC is running properly, you probably won’t spend a great deal of time thinking about the Windows boot process. What would be the point?
You turn your PC on in the morning, Windows starts and your desktop appears. It happens automatically, and every time, so there will seem little need to worry about [...]

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Freesat vs Sky: how to make the right HD choice

admin @ October 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Until recently, Sky’s dominance of UK satellite television was unchallenged.
With hundreds of channels, it offers practically everything a TV addict could ask for – first-run US entertainment series, classic British TV, movies, world-beating sports coverage, the best choice of hi-def content (including BBC HD and Channel 4 HD), a friendly 7-day EPG, interactive services [...]

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12 ways to make your phone battery last longer

admin @ September 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Does your phone run out of juice too quickly between charges? Do your battery bars drop like a credit-crunched housing market? You may sometimes curse your mobile for its lack of staying power, but a few simple changes in how you use it could boost battery performance and cut down on your charging…
СЕКРЕТАРША. Close unnecessary [...]

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8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast

admin @ September 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever.
But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations, all for about five minutes work and for the cost of precisely nothing at all. Here’s what you need [...]

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