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Jul 6

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Opera is one of those browsers that has a very dedicated community, but pales in usage compared to Firefox and Internet Explorer.
The perks of Opera have pretty much always been the same.

Best native tab management
Lightning fast operation in just about every way
Low memory usage
A user interface that just makes sense
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Jul 6

Windows Vista OS Purchase Includes Free 7 Upgrade Coupon

I made mention last week that if you were running XP illegally, you could still get Windows 7 by buying Vista, then buying the Windows 7 Upgrade and the total cost would be around $138.
NewEgg now offers free Windows 7 coupons with certain Vista license purchases.
The cost now? $109.99. With free shipping. This is something [...]

Jul 5

Easily Hide ‘Text’ From Web Crawling Bots

If you ever have the need to hide text from web crawling bots such as email gathering spam bots or search engine spiders, then putting your text in an image and posting the image is an effective method. Of course, this can be cumbersome for obvious reasons. Instead of doing this manually, check out Hide [...]

Jul 4

Take Control Of Your Cookies

If you like to take total control over your browsing session which means controlling individual cookies, then a Firefox add-on you need is CookieSafe.
This extension will allow you to easily control cookie permissions. It will appear on your statusbar. Just click on the icon to allow, block, or temporarily allow the site to set cookies. [...]

Jul 3

Running XP Illegally And Want Windows 7 Cheap?

(Note: If you are running Windows XP or Vista legally, this article does not apply to you.)
I’m not going to pretend for a moment that there’s more than a few of you out there running Windows XP illegally. You’ve seen the very nice $50 price tag of Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade and said, "Okay, [...]

Jul 3

Web Stats: Log File Analysis Is Still Most Accurate

A couple of days ago, I posted about Piwik which is a Google Analytics alternative. These two gather information the same way: via javascript. While this is gives great insight into your visitors, it is not 100% reliable because of script blockers. Basically, if a visitor is running a script blocking utility (i.e. NoScript), unless [...]

Jul 2

Send A Fax For Free Over The Internet

Every now and then we all have the need to send a fax. Whether it is for important [fill in the blank] forms with your signature or you simply need to send a ‘paper copy’ of something instantly, fax is still a standard for transferring documents. If you don’t have a fax machine and do [...]

Jul 2

Deleting Specific Web Accounts [How-To]

Some sites make it easy (more or less) to delete your account if you don’t feel like using it any longer. Others however make it exceedingly difficult.
Recently I was going thru my password manager and realized there were a ton of accounts I simply didn’t use anymore, so I figured I’d get rid of them. [...]