I hate it when I’m working on my computer with all my winodows open, I just found an awesome website, I started my music, I got everything the way I want it and all of a sudden out of nowhere I get a notification telling me that all of my updates have been downloaded/installed and that my machine...

Microsoft just released Internet Explorer Beta 7. I’ve been using it (Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2) recently and find that it is faster loading than Firefox, however there are a lot of quirks that it lacks; the integrated search box, tabs that can be shifted from one side to other, and other little...

"This add-in enables you to embed a Creative Commons license into a document that you create using the popular applications: Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Excel. With a Creative Commons license, authors can express their intentions regarding how their...

Microsoft’s new Office iteration allows you to customize it like never before. For those of you who use Windows XP. Office 2007 defaults to the blue color scheme which resembles that of Windows XP. You can however make it look like Windows Vista Theme by applying the Vista color scheme. If you’re...

The Windows Registry allows you to make changes to every aspect of your computer. Of course you have to be somewhat knowledgeable when edititing the registry, inherently the registry’s ability to change anything on your computer can also spell disaster if you mess up. Below you’ll find a...

This Excel Add-in allows you to create treemaps which can be used to visually represented for easier interpretation, think of it like a multiple-level pie chart. I’ve seen maps (Smart Money’s Maps) like these used in the stock market to display different Market segments and their performance...

I use Photoshop for everything that involves picture manipulation, I even use photoshop to resize images, I have macro’s (actions) set up so that I can automate the process. I do find however that it would be much nicer just to right-click a picture, hit resize and I’m done. I found that...

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