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Ubuntu 12.10 can help you avoid the pain of Windows 8 (regardless of the retraction)
Ubuntu's powerful and new slogan, "Avoid the pain of Windows 8," was retracted for a generic, watered-down tagline. Jack Wallen thinks it was a mistake to retract it. Here's why.
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10 reasons why Ubuntu 12.10 desktop blows away Windows 8
Ubuntu 12.10 has arrived, and Windows 8 is just around the corner. Jack Wallen says there's no contest between the two.
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Microsoft dips back into the realm of evil with its trusty patent trolling
Microsoft has dusted off their tried and true patent portfolio and taken up Mafia-like bullying once again. The on again, off again love affair with open source is, seemingly, off ...
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Microsoft back to dirty pool with UEFI Secure Boot
With the UEFI Secure Boot it seems MS is back to some of their old, dirtier practices. This time around it involves the ARM platform. Does Windows 8 want to be the only player on t...
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Quick Tip: Shrink the size used by Windows 7 System Restore
Jack Wallen shows you how to shrink the maximum size allowed for System Restore so that you can get back space on a hard drive when space is at a premium.
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Quick Tip: Add Open with Notepad to the right-click menu
Jack Wallen shows you how you can apply a simple Windows registry hack that will add a new right-click menu entry for opening files in Notepad.
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Kill and trap rogue processes in Windows with Daphne
It can be very frustrating when a program crashes or refuses to close. A free utility called Daphne can relieve some of that frustration with improved process management in Windows...
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How do I add drive icons to either the Taskbar or the Quick Launch Bar in Windows 7?
Jack Wallen explains how to add a shortcut to a specific system drive to the Quick Launch Bar in Microsoft Windows 7, making access just a click away.
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How do I clone a hard drive with Clonezilla?
With Clonezilla you can clone a single drive or even a single partition within a drive and then recover that drive later. Jack Wallen shows you how.
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How do I save power on my PC with Edison
Edison provides a simple means of controlling and monitoring the energy used by your personal computer. Jack Wallen explains how to use it.
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How do I . . . change my MAC address with SMAC?
SMAC is a MAC address changer that has a simple to use graphical interface that enables the less experienced user all the way up to the guru change a piece of hardware's MAC addres...
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How do I ... monitor Web sites and their changes with Wysigot?
Wysigot is an application that will capture the content (including scripts, flash, and cookies) of the sites you follow and alert you when something changes. Jack Wallen explains h...
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Repair your corrupted Windows registry file the easy way
Any long time Windows user knows that a single corrupt registry entry can kill an entire Windows installation. Jack Wallen takes a look at the features of the open source applicati...
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How do I ... use Tag2Find for better Windows searches?
You know how difficult it can be some times to locate that one specific file on your Microsoft Windows PC. An application like Tag2Find enables you to tag files with a system simil...
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How do I ... take control of my Windows Desktop with WinSplit Revolution?
If you are using a monitor capable of high resolutions, and you frequently work with many open windows, you know getting those windows just in the right position can be a time-cons...
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How do I ... use ArsClip to enhance the Windows clipboard?
ArsClip monitors the Windows (98, Me, 2000, XP, and Vista) clipboard and keeps track of the last 15 levels (the default amount) of copied text entries. Jack Wallen shows you how to...
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How do I ... use ReNamer to batch rename files?
Batch file renaming is not a task anyone should have to undertake manually. It is time consuming and a mistake can be costly. Jack Wallen shows you how to use the open source appli...
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How do I... scan a hard drive for sensitive data with Spider?
Large capacity hard drives can be difficult to scan without the right tool and one of the better tools for scanning hard drives is Spider from Cornell University. Jack Wallen shows...