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- November 2nd, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Say Hello to the Community
With the motive of adding more functionality to this site and creating a more interactive community I have just launched the Computer Realm community forums! The forum is currently broadly divided in…
- October 16th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Windows Live Messenger Not Remembering Your Email?
Windows Live Messenger keeps getting fancier, the latest version has visual customization incorporated at every possible location in your messenger window almost as if it’s target audience is fo…
- October 11th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Schedule a Computer Shutdown
Do you need to shutdown your computer at a specific time? You might need to do this for a number of reasons, an ideal situation maybe you are downloading a file overnight and you sleep 12 hours a day…
- October 9th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Customize Your Comment Icon
Ever left a comment on a blog? If you haven’t and you are reading this you are one undeserving freeloader, get off my blog! But seriously, leave comments on blogs, it shows appreciation to the…
- September 28th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Open RAR Files
RAR files have become increasingly common in terms of compressed files that it has almost become second nature, specially in illegal online file sharing networks and also several webmasters today sha…
- September 25th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
10 Free Tools to Rename Files Effectively
Renaming isn’t really something we focus on so much as to use a dedicated software for it, most operating systems provide renaming on the fly in just a few clicks. However you might encounter…
- September 3rd, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Permanently Delete a File
Windows provides a nifty feature to easily and quickly delete any files, but is it, really? A while back I posted on how you can recover your deleted files, a few days back I gave you a list of 10 a…
- September 2nd, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Modes of Data Transmission
Talking about data transmission can get confusing sometimes, we talk of types, modes, ways, these terms maybe synonymous to each other however they do have very distinct differences and cover differen…
- September 1st, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Open WPS Files
A WPS file is a document file type similar to the well known DOC type however with less formatting that DOC offers. WPS files aren’t really as common as the other standard document file types (d…
- August 31st, 2009
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10 Tools to Recover Deleted Files
I recently enlightened you on how you can recover your deleted files, well there are dozens of similar software tools (freeware and shareware) developed for this purpose however their performance may…
- August 28th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
WinX DVD Ripper Review
Review Details Company – Digiarty Software Version – 4.1.1 (free) Operating System – Windows XP Summary Media converters are a dime a dozen in the software market today, thus staying afloat the…
- August 27th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Give Your Blog a Voice
Text can get boring, online, offline, anywhere you see, the main form of information representation is via text. While it’s one of those things that cannot be replaced and never runs out of styl…
- August 25th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
CounterSpy Review
Summary Antispyware software has taken centre stage lately with spyware becoming just as harmful a threat as viruses. Ad Aware and Spyware Doctor have established quite a name for themselves in this i…
- August 24th, 2009
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Different Types of Network Transmission
I’ve been covering different topics on networking lately, last week I gave you some of the pros and cons of using networks. Networks are indeed very popular in computer systems today and knowing the…
- August 20th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Manage Your Downloads Better On Firefox
Firefox has proven to be one of the best web browsers undoubtedly staying in par in terms of features and performance and also appreciating in market share continually. However, the default download m…
- August 19th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
The Pros and Cons of Networks
The past month, we touched on certain areas of networking including an introduction to Local Area Networking and also the main contrasting factors in the two main branches of networks, i.e. LAN and WA…
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Bye Bye Top Commentators (Sorry Spammers)
Well, a few months back I disabled DoFollow with the overwhelming comment spam. I still had the Top Commentators plugin to benefit from this site’s page rank, however disabling DoFollow apparent…
- August 18th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Copy Your Files Faster
Do you copy files often? With the performance of computers increasing by the day, and having spoilt us with most functions computer related performed ‘instantly’ copying files can be a rea…
- August 17th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
StumbleUpon Shows Me the Finger
I am a big fan of StumbleUpon, it pretty much gives you a view of the web that Google or any other search engine or service never could, keeping it short, the web’s a lot more interesting with S…
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MediaTemple Grid Hosting Review
Summary I moved to MediaTemple’s Grid hosting platform in the beginning of January, I think I’ve used the service enough to post a review on the service. Personally I’m very happy wi…
- August 14th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Have a Gmail Account? Turn it into a Hard Drive
Gmail is arguably the best mail service, with its simplicity and speed of execution of its features. The other striking factor is the massive 7GB+ storage space (and counting) which only a few would e…
- August 13th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Find Out Which EXE Files are Safe
Malicious software developers are becoming more tactical in disguising the identity of a virus, they do this by hiding them and naming them with something unsuspecting and crafty. You can’t real…
- August 12th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Take Care of Duplicate Bookmarks
Are you a bookmark junkie? Do you haphazardly bookmark pages for ‘later use’. Whether you actually would refer it later or never look at it again. Nevertheless, at some point of realizatio…
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How to Split Animated GIFs into Frames
GIF images are the image files you see that usually animate. They are created using several static frames (just like any other motion picture) and used in websites for banners and other web based repr…
- August 11th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Backup Your Firefox Profile
If you are a frequent surfer, your browser handles a lot of aspects of your surfing, if you happen to lose this data for some reason, restoring all your personal data to its previous state manually ca…
- August 10th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Add a Poll to Your Website
As I stated in the ‘Introducing Polls‘ post, polls are a great way to get to know what’s popular, what’s best and is the ’safest’ way to conclude something on a ver…
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Poll:What is the Best Web Browser?
To honor the example used in the introductory post to polls, I thought I’ll start it off with one of the most heated topics in this niche and the blogosphere itself. There’s no doubt the w…
- August 9th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Introducing Polls
It’s all about competition today, just take the browser wars for example, completely ruling out a particular method, product or service is also not considered ‘fair play’ today and r…
- August 7th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
The Different Types of Operating Systems
An operating system is the single most important software when you run a computer, it is what takes care of pretty much everything on a computer system, while the majority of computers we see happen t…
- August 6th, 2009
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Dell E6400 Laptop Review
Dell recently released the new E series corporate laptops. I’ve been deploying these for a few months to our employees and so far I like what I see. Related posts:The Best Laptop Solution for S…
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Looking to Keep Things Mutual on Twitter?
You can’t talk about Twitter enough, Twitter is a classic example of viral marketing, based on how Twitter became popular and how stories can spread on Twitter. The growth of Twitter and ‘…
- August 5th, 2009
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Still Outdated With Your Word Processor?
It’s been a while since Microsoft rolled out the docx format which handles documents in the new releases of Microsoft Office, this format has been the default format for all Office documents sin…
- August 4th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Have Your Files Disappeared From Your Hard Drive?
You might have noticed files on your hard drive mysteriously ‘disappearing’, as in you can’t find your files but the disk space that the file requires is still unavailable, if this i…
- August 3rd, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Record Your Screen Activity
Ever needed to capture your screen in action? You might need this feature for several reasons, the main purpose would probably be to create on screen video tutorials for explanation, or you might just…
- July 30th, 2009
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The Samsung P2370L LED Monitor Review
The next generation of computer monitors are now beginning to take hold of the monitor market. These new LED computer monitors are replacing the older LCD technology. After reviewing a few new LED m…
- July 29th, 2009
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Need to Pick a Color On Your Screen?
If you are into any form of creating or editing with your computer that involves color you might probably need to know the exact hex value of that really cool shade you noticed on a website or in a…
- July 28th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
5 Free Windows Applications To Automatically Change Your Desktop Background
We all need variety in our lives, it’s how we are, using the same setup or seeing or doing the same thing over and over leads to monotony and can make things really boring. Well, the same thin…
- July 27th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Find Out Your Computer’s IP
Your IP is a unique set of numbers that identifies your computer on the Internet or any network, you might need to know what your IP is for different reasons. Maybe to forward a port to an application…
- July 23rd, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
How to Download Videos on Youtube
This is a question many are seeking the answer for that has had several solutions already available in the form of web based scripts, browser addons and standalone applications. To clear the doubt onc…
- July 22nd, 2009
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Opera Looking to Turn Your Local Computer into a Web Server
The Internet has been set ablaze once again with news from Google, like the release of Chrome, the recent announcement of the Google Chrome OS has become a trending topic in technology blogs and websi…
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Need to Rename Several Files at Once?
Renaming files is no big deal really, with today’s easy to use operating systems all you need to do is right click the file, click rename, rename the file, and you’re done, but just like e…
- July 21st, 2009
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Simple Ways to Deal with Vista Start Up Failure
A lot of Vista users face the problem of booting up the OS. A number of Vista users have reported the problems they face with using it with regards to the extremely slow pace at which it boots. Users…
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Looking For a Good Photoshop Alternative?
The birth of photoshop has pretty much revolutionized photography so much so that it’s commonly used as a verb today. Images too ‘awesome’ to be true are usually accused of being …
- July 20th, 2009
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Advantages Of Using A Linux Platform For Web Hosting
There are a lot of micro and medium finance businesses that have their own websites. They put in a lot of effort to make sure that the web host they choose is the best and they get the best deal at a…
- July 19th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Knowing The Main Differences Between LAN and WAN
We recently gave you an overview of what a LAN (Local Area Network) is, this in combination with WAN (Wide Area Network) would virtually give you the definition of what networks are in the field of co…
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Do You Need to Upgrade Your Video Card?
We all remember the fiasco when Vista was first released. Companies and individuals were scrambling to find the minimum requirements and plan for a massive upgrade. Vista required at least 128 MB on…
- July 17th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Fed up of Duplicate Files Lurking in Your Computer
If you download a lot of files, you might have noticed more than a couple of the same file in different parts of your hard disk. This could be music, images, video, software or anything for that matte…
- July 16th, 2009
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luq has posted a new entry on: Computer Realm
Want to Know Your Connection’s Real Speed?
With Google and several other services looking to take virtually all your computer usage online, your internet connection speed is going to be one of the most important factors to consider, in recent…
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NOD32 Antivirus Review
Summary NOD32 has been lately getting attention and surfacing on various ‘top 10′ lists, this has been due to NOD32’s success in doing what an antivirus is supposed to, protect you f…
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The Best Laptop Solution for Students
Many high school and college students use laptops today. Laptops have become almost essential to stay competitive in academics. I believe that students with access to a laptop have a huge advantage…
