There are lots of Halloween giveaways on offer at the moment, too many to detail individually, so we have combined them all into one post here: WinX HD Video Converter Halloween Edition Giveaway + The New iPad Ripper Giveaway Take advantage of this offer here: […]
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In 1955 , Tappan introduced the first domestic microwave oven. Priced at $1,295, the microwave oven had a stainless-steel exterior , an aluminum oven cavity with a glass shelf and two cooking speeds (500 or 800 watts). Learn more at http://www.enotes.com/microwave-oven-reference/microwave-oven-178049.
Yes, I wrote an article about adding borders to tables last week. This is he same article but with clarifications. One reader wrote to me who said that she “had a hard time following the items mentioned in this article.” Everyone learns in different ways
I get a significant volume of email every day and most of it I read it once and I’m done with it. No further action is required. But I do get some email that I want to save to read later or that requires some
In 1861, the first transcontinental telegram was sent. The first transcontinental telegram was sent from Stephen J. Field, chief justice of California, to President Abraham Lincoln. Learn more at http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/western-union-completes-the-first-transcontinental-telegraph-line.
*For the sake of convenience, the mobile side of Windows 8 will be referred to as “Metro” throughout this article. When it comes to Microsoft’s new operating system, regular DCT readers would be aware that I have been numbered among the detractors. I have criticized
The terrific WinPatrol Plus will be available for 2 days at the special price of just 99cents… commencing12.00am (EST) Thursday 25th October through the following 48 hours. How do we know this? Because developer and all round ‘good bloke’ Bill Pytlovany sent us advanced notice
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Apple held its media event today at the California Theatre in San Jose, California. Tim Cook, CEO, and Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, took the stage to announce several product upgrades as well as the much-anticipated iPad mini. The presentation began
In 2001, the iPod was introduced. The iPod was a huge leap forward for MP3s with the ability to have “1,000 songs in your pocket” and, with iTunes, would later revolutionize the music industry. Learn more at http://lowendmac.com/orchard/05/origin-of-the-ipod.html.
Steve Gibson, in Episode 366 of Security Now!, “Password Cracking Update: The Death of Clever,” presents the case for longer, random passwords saying that hackers know all the tricks humans use to create them. We all probably have suspected this, but it’s likely few of
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A client recently sent me a query, wanting to know if she could somehow omit the hyphenated words when performing a word count in her document. I am sure she is referencing compound words in her document (i.e., son-in-law, built-in). Actually there is no built-in way
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In 1959, IBM released the IBM 1620 data processing system. The IBM 1620 was a small, transistorized inexpensive scientific computer that could perform more than 100,000 calculations a minute. In the eleven years that it was on the market, approximately two thousand units were sold.
NetFlix Hotkeys List I don’t know about you but I don’t like switching between the keyboard and mouse all the time. If I’m working with the keyboard, I want to stay there. That’s where HotKeys come in. HotKeys are Key Combinations that will provide the
In your list of inboxes in the Mail app is this thing called ‘VIP’. You can identify who your VIPs are and any email from them will be put into the VIP inbox in addition to the appropriate inbox for the receiving email account. The
