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If you're interested in some of the next up and coming applications available from the Google development teams, check out Google Labs. Some examples of the recently developed (but not yet graduated) are Google Code Search (For interested software developers), Google Reader (which can get you started reading your news feeds if you've never tried RSS before), and even Google Extensions for

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Here are some easy steps to take to help you rid yourself of annoyances caused by what most are calling spyware. If the computer is at the point that it's locking up, you may want to wipe the computer clean and reload the operating system. If that sounds too hefty, and you'd like to try cleaning it out instead, here are few things to understand, download, and do to get you on the right path. "

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Sysinternals Freeware - PageDefrag There are always system files you are unable to defrag when you run the disk defragmenter that comes with Windows. This utility can take care of that for you. I would expect after running it you'll see improved startup and task switching times. What's even cooler is, it's free. It may not be that way long, however. Microsoft has acquired both Winternals

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Who likes calling Dell? I suppose I didn't have to call them, but considering the technical support is free, it does seem like the wise way to start troubleshooting. The system I was working with was exhibiting blue (stop) screens. The computer wouldn't boot, and was offering me an "inaccessible_boot_volume". Googling that term didn't provide me with much. An hour of tech support though,

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ABC News: Microsoft Makes Virtual PC Free ! This is way cool for a geek like me. Presently this means that on my WindowsXP Pro laptop, I can run a variety of other operating systems. For developers, this means testing applications on other machine types without having to own the additional physical computer. Download Microsoft's Virtual PC.

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ABC News: Buying Guide: Back-To-School Laptops A great primer to get your ready for that upcoming purchase. If you flinch at the idea of footing the bill for a dual-processor, note in the article that the prices don't really reflect how expensive it sounds. Also, if you're looking to get through on the cheap you could also go the refurbished route. Following is a dated article, but well layed

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"mmc.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows" I ran into this today when clicking on the system event log. I was troubleshooting a write caching issue with the Windows 2000 box I was working on and found that when I clicked on the system log, the mmc crashed with the above error. I wrote this in the case maybe you did some searches to figure out a way around it. You could try

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I've long thought about a way to share questions and answers. My business questions revolve for the most part around computers (is that a surprise?). I've seen sites spring up based on monetary systems, meaning that they pay experts to answer questions for you. Asking questions in a forum and waiting for someone to answer is largely a pain. Will anyone ever answer? Is this the right forum

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This is one of the more common questions I've been getting asked lately. If you get the suspicion that not all of your e-mails are making it to your inbox, you may find this support document helpful. This document is valid only for those using GKG's E-mail Hosting (or if your host is using the MDaemon E-mail Server with the WorldClient Webmail). You can find the PDF support document here: How

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At least once a week I'm asked about how to drive more traffic to a web site. I've been thinking about a variety of things that can help. Future articles will probably include web site entry points, and tools for marketing your web site. This article will deal with the single most important thing to do to get your web site to show up in the search engines. The Single Most Important Thing:

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A new article by Small Business Computing Magazine gives details about a CDW contest. The contest winner will receive a technology "makeover" with lots of free consulting. This almost makes me wish I had employees. On another note, here's an article that praises the phrase "know thyself". How many people follow the method of "ready, fire!, aim"? Too many. Along this guideline, I love the

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Using table prefixes within my single designated database for niftygeek.com and a slew of others was a wise move. Unfortunately, this can leave a set of tables I'm working on pretty far down the list, and each time I have to edit the contents of one of these tables I have to scroll, find, and click. So rather than do this each time, I created a bookmark folder in my menu bar of FireFox

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ZDNet reports a free anti-spam service for small business. http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1009_22-5432614.html This is good only for small companies using one domain with which to receive email. The cap is 5,000 emails per month. This sounds a little too much like a free trial to me, but I like the model. It should get Netriplex recognized in the market more quickly with the "free" term

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I've been working on an energy drinks website for the better part of four months. Although the site hasn't done extremely well, marketing it has been a great relearning experience. It's been years since I've done heavy work with SEO and online marketing. My favorite resource forums have been the SEOChat forums. There are knowledgable people there, and usually friendly to new users with

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