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If you're using the new Firefox 3 but don't particularly care for the intrusiveness of the Smart Bar, then you're not alone. Below are a few simple fixes that will help you regain some of your privacy when surfing the web.
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World's Smallest Website
Have you ever seen the world's smallest website? At http://www.guimp.com, you can explore a real, functioning site contained within a 22 x 18 pixel block. There is a news section, a blog, games, a picture slideshow, and more. If your screen resolution's too low, you may have to use something to enlarge the size of the page (such as Microsoft's Magnifier) just to view it. (Read More)Permalink
Encrypt Your Gmail E-mail
Despite my grumblings about certain aspects of Google's Gmail service, I'm still a died-in-the-wool user. Gmail has the best overall features of any web-based mail client, which include unparalelled spam filtering and mail searching. Now you can add GPG encryption to your capabilities with Gmail, thanks to this handy little Instructables article...
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Get Vista's Best Features in XP
Still a user of XP? Yeah, me too. But just because you don't have Microsoft Vista installed as your OS doesn't mean that you have to do without some of its cool features. Lifehacker has a guide that shows you how to obtain the best of both worlds by getting Vista's best features in XP.
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Never Neglect Good Design
Are you ignoring one of the principal components of any successful product, service, or application? I'm talking about good design. The following is a brief introduction on recognizing bad design is and what to do to test for it... (Read More)Permalink
Using the Err Object to Trap Errors in Classic ASP
It's inevitable that you'll generate an error or two (or three, or four...) when you code in Classic ASP. I'll show you how to trap errors and use them to your advantage.(Read More)
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SQL Nuts and Bolts (Part 3)
We'll be progressing from simply selecting records from a database to actually changing the data that resides in it. In this installment, we'll add data with SQL's insert statement...(Read More)
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Introduction to PHP - PHP Variables
Because of it's wide availabilty on web servers and it's free nature, PHP has become the choice scripting language in the internet. If you would like to get a good grasp on its precepts using variables, read on... (Read More)Permalink
Download Older Versions of Programs With OldApps
If you've ever downloaded a new version of a software application only to discover that it's bloated with unnecessary features, harder to use, runs slower, or just doesn't work right on your computer, you'll need OldApps.com. The site features downloads of older versions of free and shareware programs including web browsers, utilities, instant messaging programs, music apps, CD and DVD authoring tools, and more. While OldApps.com focuses more on Windows programs, it does host some Mac applications as well... (Read More)Permalink
Futuristic Google Device
Designer Mac Funamizu has come up with a concept device where all you would have to do is point it at a builiding or word, and with GPS or some type of OCR technology it will tell you instantly what it is...
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Is Google Maps Turning Evil?
Take a look at this and judge for yourself:Google Maps is Evil - Watch more free videos
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Reading Computer Monitors Around a Corner Using Reflections
Spying and hacking efforts have security experts in a dizzying search on where the "next big vulnerability" will come from. The hackers have used numerous angles employing just about every method and trick in the book, and come up with new weaknesses all of the time.
One such trick is reading computer monitors from a far distance - particularly monitors that aren't facing the snoop. Just how easy is it to do this? Well, three researchers from the Information Security and Cryptography Group at the Saarland University in Germany have proven that it's... (Read More)
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20 Tips On How To Promote Your Forums
Want to drive more traffic to your message boards? Here's a list of tips I've gathered of not only getting members initially, but keeping them active as well... (Read More)Permalink
SQL Nuts and Bolts (Part 2)
In this second tutorial of the SQL Nuts and Bolts Series, we’ll delve further into SQL basics and demonstrate more clauses for the select statement: group by, having, in, and between. (Read More)Permalink
Block Posters - Create Any Size Wall Posters From Any Size Images
Got digital images that you wish you could blow up and create giant posters out of? Block Posters will give you the ability to do just that using their simple web interface and your computer's printer. Just upload an image (the higher the resolution, the less fuzzy your poster will be) to their site, select the number of printer pages on which you want it laid out, and then download a PDF of your image appropriately sliced up into page-sized blocks... (Read More)Permalink