Surface Prices Drop The Microsoft Store is permanently reducing the cost of the Touch Cover by $40 to $79.99. The Surface RT bundle, which includes a black Touch Cover and the Surface RT, will also see a $50 price drop. The Surface RT bundle will […]
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In the U.S,. three of the four major carriers are now offering a plan that allows you to get a new device more frequently than the standard 2-year contract time frame. This sort of reminds me of the lease vs buy conundrum when you are
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FireBird is a professional music synthesizer developed by Tone2 which has previously sold for $79.00us. However, Tone2 has decided to release a final updated version and make it available free to everyone. FireBird 2 – now available for free! After seven years of faithful service,
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To promote its annual September iTunes Festival, Apple is giving away six songs from some of the artists. The songs are: Chain My Name by POLICA The Curse by Agnes Obel My Love Took Me Down the River to Silence Me by Little Green Cars
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What Are Ghost Devices? When you attach a device to your computer, such as a keyboard, mouse, USB thumb drive and so on, Windows makes a record of this device along with the driver information it needs to manage it. When the device is unattached
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Why would you want a smaller URL? I wanted smaller URLs for use in emails, anywhere I post on the web and almost explicitly for Twitter, where characters count. Occasionally, I want a shorter URL because I don’t like the text in the URL, due
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I have a client who wrote to me asking if it was possible to include unique serial numbers in his document. More than that, he wanted the numbers to be specific and not in order. I advised my client that the quickest and easiest method
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If you are thinking about upgrading your iPhone next month when, presumably, the new iPhone becomes available, you should check out Gazelle’s website. Gazelle will give you a quote on your current iPhone. Typically, it is only guaranteed for thirty days but Gazelle is guaranteeing
Due to safety concerns over some 3rd-party USB power adapters, Apple recently announced a takeback program. You can drop off a 3rd-party iPhone, iPad or iPod USB power adapter at any Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to have them dispose of it in
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While working on a spreadsheet the other day I had difficulty getting zeros to show in a column of zip codes even though the numbers were formatted as zip codes. I’d never had this problem before, but it was somebody else’s worksheet. There are several
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Kind of a slow week techwise… Yahoo Bests Google Chalk one up for Yahoo. comScore announced this week that, for the first time since May of 2011, Yahoo! had more of its sites visited in the U.S. than Google. Yahoo had 196.6 million visitors to
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**Caveat: This only works with Gmail to Gmail using Google’s Chrome browser. Recent revelations concerning the NSA and government surveillance have tended to heighten users’ awareness that email communications are generally susceptible to prying eyes. As a result, I suspect many would be seeking some
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These days, if you take pictures, chances are you’ll post them somewhere like Facebook, your website, or even in an email. If you do, you should edit your images; especially their size. The problem is, many people don’t know how to use or can’t afford
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