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How to Thief-Proof Your Laptop [Laptops]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 04, 2008
PCWorld rounds up eight tips to stop thieves from stealing your laptop, the most obvious-yet-effective of which is simply locking it up. Apart from their suggestion that you encrypt your hard drive (we'd recommend the cross-platform TrueCrypt for that), all of their suggestions require you to throw down a bit of cash. If you're not up to spending any money but you still want to beef up...
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Catch The “Hackers” with Helix
via Daily Cup of Tech by Tim Fehlman on May 06, 2008
It is only a matter of time before most IT professionals find themselves having to do some sort of a forensic analysis on a computer. The problem that most people come are then faced with is their lack of experience in performing these tasks.And all of the pressure does not help either because there are often some pretty high staked involved.This is where Helix comes in. Helix is a live CD that...
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Unger Trim Scraper
via Cool Tools by (author unknown) on May 05, 2008
I work in the beverage industry and use this scraper for removing stickers from cooler doors that other guys with pocket knives, razors, car keys, etc. couldn't budge. The Trim 10 has wide, super thin, very flexible blades about 4 inches long that really conform to the surface of the work. I find it picks up more material per stroke and gets down to the bottom of things better than a...
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Top 10 Memory Hacks [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 29, 2008
Writing things down, on paper or on-screen, is the best way to make sure you remember important info and tasks, but sometimes you've got to rely on your plain old brain to keep essential data sorted and handy. Whether it's a client's name, a password or combination you want stored only in your head, or answers for an upcoming test, there are plenty of techniques and tools to help you...
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Download MP3s from MuxTape
via Firefox Facts by Mitch on May 01, 2008
I figured this hack was in the works for some time now, just happened to run across it this morning. Thanks to Firefox, Greasemonkey and a little creativity from a scripter out there you can download music from the MuxTape web site. Here are the words of wisdom from the script creator…This downloads muxtape songs. Just click the “Download me!” link, change the file-name to your liking...
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Getting Paid
via Cool Tools by (author unknown) on May 01, 2008
Scott Kirsner has compiled an online list of the best ways to sell your video creations online. Everyone is making video, but few figure out how to sell them. Kirsner gives you 21 different sites that pay videomakers and dissects the monetary deal each one offers. I haven't found anything as useful anywhere else. It is the equivalent of the first version of a "Writer's Market" for digital...
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Boolify Simplifies Advanced Search [Search Techniques]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on April 29, 2008
Web site Boolify makes advanced web searches easy through a simple drag-and-drop interface. Intended as an educational tool, Boolify teaches users how to create boolean searches in Google using operators like OR and NOT (-) to get very specific search results. Boolean searching isn't new by any means, but if you've never gotten the hang of it or you just prefer a more visual approach,...
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Five Email Addresses that Convert Documents [Conversion]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 06, 2008
The Digital Inspiration blog offers up five email addresses that offer free file conversion for Word docs, PDFs, and even MP3s with no fuss, no muss—just attach a file, send it, and wait for the reply with the converted file attached. For mobile device users who can't read or open certain formats or desktop users who need a little audio formatting without downloading software. The full list...
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Top 10 iTunes Smart Playlists [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 12, 2008
One of iTunes' most powerful and useful features is Smart Playlists: dynamic, search-based lists of songs that save you the work of grouping tunes by hand. But with almost 40 fields to search against—from Album and Artist to Bit Rate and Category—there are thousands of possible Smart Playlist combinations. If you listen to music while you work, but don't want to waste time manually...
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View PDF Documents in Your Browser at PdfMeNot.com [PDFs]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 17, 2008
Webapp PDFMeNot bypasses the need to wrangle with a separate PDF reader application—instead, it opens PDFs right inside your browser. Billed as "a nicer way of linking to PDFs," plug in the URL of a PDF and PDFMeNot will webify the document and make it viewable in-browser, as well as offer embed code to include the PDF into any web page. To see it in action, check out the Quicksilver manual...
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