15 posts
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Chat About Microsoft Office and Windows with Microsoft MVP Experts
Would you like to learn more about the cool new features in Office 2010 and Windows 7? Still not sure what has changed since previous versions? Do you use Microsoft Office but would like to learn tips and tricks to be more productive at home, school or at work? Perhaps you are…
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Forget Black Friday – Hello Cyber Monday!
I used to be one of those women who was standing in line at my favorite store at 3am on Black Friday. I was armed with a list, and nothing was going to stand in the way of my obtaining every last item. To be clear, I never shoved anyone or ran my cart into […]
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After 15 years with Windows, 30 days with Snow Leopard
After 15 years as a Windows power user, and current Windows 7 user, a colleague at What the Tech has accepted the challenge of his roommate, a database engineer for online casinos and corporate logistics networks, to give up his Windows notebook cold turkey, and use a similarly…
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10 Free DNS and IP Lookup Tools – or DNSstuff.com Alternatives
If you’ve ever tried to lookup the location of an IP address, check the status of DNS propagation, or wanted to check the health of your DNS or mail server, you’re probably familiar with DNSstuff.com. It used to be an incredibly useful site – when it was free. While…
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ERD Commander – Free Trial from Microsoft
ERD Commander is a very useful tool that Microsoft acquired with it’s purchase of Winternals. It’s especially useful for computers that aren’t able to boot into Windows, or even safe mode. ERD (Emergency Repair Disk) allows access to Windows restore points, file recovery, crash…
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Norton Internet Security 2009: Review
Change can be a great thing. We’ve all heard fascinating tales of people who shed half their weight. But change can also be treacherous and destructive. A peek into history books would reveal us tales of great empires falling apart, leaving nothing but dust behind.…
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Seagate FreeAgent Backup Bundle Winner!
Wow! 571 entries seems to confirm these backup drives are in hot demand. Reading those comments, a lot of you really need to develop a backup plan. If not an external backup drive, check out other options in our Home Backup Series, or even a cheap Fireproof Backup Soultion.…
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$6000 HP Magic Giveaway Contest!
Welcome… To the $6,000 Geeks to Go HP Magic Giveaway contest! What? One winner will receive a prize package valued at over $6,000! Including all of the following: HP TouchSmart IQ816 AIO Desktop PC HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC HP Pavilion dv4 series Entertainment…
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We’re Spreading Holiday Magic
Finding it a little more difficult to find the holiday magic this year? Still need something extra special for under the tree? HP and Microsoft have teamed up with 50 websites this holiday season to give away a total of $300,000 in prizes, in The HP Magic Giveaway. If…
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Netbook –vs- Notebook
On several occasions I’ve had the chance to talk directly with Pat Moorhead, Vice President of Marketing at AMD. He is a very genuine, and honest person. He’s the kind of person you’d like to have as a next-door neighbor. How many marketing people can you say that about?…