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Vista Prices are down and we still don’t care.

Microsoft has announced that it plans to cut prices for its truly crappy Windows Vista OS in order to push consumers to upgrade to the latest OS. (Chirp chirp chirp). OH YEA, lets all rush out and buy it. It will go great with that discounted Gateway PC I bought a few […]

Your PC can cure disease, discover ET, solve the mysteries of the universe and much more.

Do you feel like you just don’t do enough for society and you want to actually contribute something even if it is just 1’s and 0’s. Then here are 10 great programs that you can install and run on your PC when you have to go back to work cause your incompetent boss, who claims to know everything, just deleted the finance department share from the network. (omg.. it’s the second time this month!!)

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Save a Firefox extension. Help an angel get it’s wings.

Did you know that there are a ton of cool Firefox extensions out there that you have never heard of? That is because they are stuck in extension purgatory. Meaning they are waiting for reviews. When a new extension is submitted it is put into the sandbox where it waits for reviews. The problem is […]

Remove Windows XP balloon pop up madness.

If you use Windows, you know about balloons. Every day I get at least one telling me to take a shower or to fall asleep on the edge of a cliff. (my computer hates me) Luckily, I’m the sadist in the relationship. Here is a little registry edit to remove those annoying pop up balloons…

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How to recover a Windows domain account password.

We have all been there. The user just changed their password and now they can’t remember it. Alzheimer’s Disease is an epidemic where I work. Anyway here is a useful method for recovering a user account password on a Windows 2000/2003 domain.
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The best damn way to learn Photoshop (rated R)

I was playing with Photoshop the other day and couldn’t figure out how to blend a picture of my ex-girlfriend with another picture of a bi-plane flying upside down… she was going to be falling out of it. (I figure since I fell for her…) Bad jokes aside, I came across this AWESOME site that teaches you how to do some cool things in Photoshop…
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HTML by example. Sometimes we all need a little help…

I mean that in a purely technical way. If you are looking for life changing advice, boy are you in the wrong place. Anyway, since starting this site I have, on occasion, found myself helping my team with basic html coding. Although everyone here is an uber techie, only I have actually done any web […]

Aussie’s invent faster way to travel 32 feet.

That is, if you are a packet of information. NICTA, Australia’s national information and communication technology research center team claims to have made a CMOS chip capable of 5Gbps transmission speeds via wireless dubbed “GiFi”. That means faster Australian porn downloads and uploads for everyone. The technology is still new so don’t […]

The definitive guide to remote controlling your PC.

We have all been there. Its late at night and you are beat from a day of answering questions and solving problems for your coworkers. All you want to do is watch T.V. and goto bed. Then the phone rings and it is either a family member or friend who just blew up their computer downloading the latest holiday screen saver which wiped out something they need ASAP. For your sake I hope it was a cocktail recipe. Anyway, instead of trying to teach them where the My Computer icon is or the intricacies of regedit over the phone, wouldn’t be easier to take control of their system remotely and just fix it yourself. That way you can get back to your Bay Watch rerun faster. Read on for the definitive guide to remote controlling your PC.

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Copy files without over writing existing ones.

Here’s a time saving tip for ya… If you are copying a bunch of files in Windows XP and do not want to overwrite any of them, you are usually stuck pressing no, no, no, for every file. The next time you are given the options you […]