Archive for March, 2008

I have been using an Apple Mighty Mouse with my Mac for nearly a year and a half now, so it’s about time I weighed in with an opinion on this stylish pointer. In general, Apple makes great products. Their computers are top notch, as are most of their gadgets. The Mighty Mouse however, falls [...]

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Today’s link round-up is a little bit light, due to the combination of the previous holiday weekend, a little server downtime yesterday, and the fact that I am currently out of town. Thanks for sticking with us, folks. How to Put Your Computer to Work for You Comcast to Spy on Customers with Set Top Box Cameras? Are [...]

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My co-worker has a printer attached to their computer — is there a way I can add the printer to my computer over the network? Yes, you can add network printers to your computer through the Control Panel. If the printer is hooked up to a server, it is probably ready to go. If it is [...]

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A friend sent me a .wps file. How do I open it? A .WPS file is a word processing document that was composed with Microsoft Works. Microsoft Works is the baby brother of Microsoft Office — it has the same sort of applications, but on a smaller scale and with a less expensive price tag. A .WPS [...]

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My computer has started displaying something called “Popular Screensavers”, but I have no idea where it came from. Popular Screensavers is part of the “My Web Search” package, and uses cookies to silently track usage. It’s not a terribly dangerous program, but I have seen it stealthily creep onto others’ computers, which is not cool. Removing [...]

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Pause iTunes When Headphones are Unplugged VLC Media Player Vulnerable to Buffer Overflow Attacks Quick Hack to Read .DOCX Files in Internet Explorer Rapid7 Cuts Ties to Hannaford Data Breach How to Customs-Proof Your Laptop The Friday Link Round-Up is brought to you by our companion blog, Technology Links Daily. If you have enjoyed this week’s picks, we hope you [...]

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You get what you pay for, and in the case of consumer electronics this fact of life can often leave quite a sting in unsuspecting consumers who do not do their research. People planning on spending significant amounts of money are often lured in by prices that seem to good to be true. You need [...]

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How can I make curved text in a Word Document? You can make curved text in a Word Document by using the Word Art drawing tool. This article shows the process of making curved text in Word 2003, but the process should be similar in versions like Office 2000 and XP.

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Kentucky Lawmaker Pushes to Make Anonymous Online Posting Illegal YouTube: Watch High Quality Videos by Default Microsoft Releases Critical Office ‘08 Fix for Leopard A Brief Look at Google’s Inside Tools Motivational Wallpaper: Do Your Work. Don’t Be Stupid. The Friday Link Round-Up is brought to you by our companion blog, Technology Links Daily. If you have enjoyed this week’s [...]

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How can I make curved text with Adobe Photoshop? Photoshop has a “Text Warp” tool that can take care of curving your text. The Text Warp tool can also do arcs, bulges, shell shapes, flags, waves, fish, squeezing, twisting, and more. Basically, the Text Warp tool can twist and turn your letters in almost any way [...]

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