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Give an Old Laptop New Life with Cheap (or Free) Projects [Feature]
via Lifehacker: Feature by Kevin Purdy on February 21, 2008
Like a famed race horse or a classic book, you don't just throw away a laptop because it's banged up a little. Even if it seems outdated and underpowered, most any laptop is still small, quiet, and relatively low on power consumption, making it a seriously valuable spare to keep handy—even without a working screen. With some free software, a little know-how and some creative thinking...
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Create Your Own Cross-Platform Backup Server [Feature]
via Lifehacker: Top by Kevin Purdy on February 28, 2008
Backing up your data on a regular basis is important, and turning a spare computer into a backup server is often the best way to make sure it gets done. But most methods require either a good deal of command-line learning or serve only one operating system. Not with Restore, a free, open-source backup system that can install or run from a live CD, work with any OS and operate through a simple...
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Top 10 DIY Car Hacks [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker: Top by Kevin Purdy on February 26, 2008
Take a look at all the devices in your life, and which one seems the most resistant to DIY improvements, repairs and useful tweaking? The answer, most likely, is that four-wheeled gadget resting just outside. But while many of us lifehack fans aren't as comfortable in our driveways as our desktops, there are lots of cheap and (mostly) simple ways to get more from your vehicle and make driving...
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Remove old Msconfig Entries
via gHacks technology news by Martin on February 26, 2008
Msconfig is a standard system tool in Windows where users can, among other things, disable startup items. It’s a great tool if you do not have any other software like Autoruns or Starter in reach that deal with startup programs more efficiently. If you use Msconfig all the time you will notice that deactivated entries will not disappear and that there is no way to delete them permanently from...
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Create a Wii-Friendly Home Page with Wii Browser [Nintendo Wii]
via Lifehacker: Top by Kevin Purdy on February 26, 2008
Want to create an easy-to-navigate home page for the broswer on your Wii or any other? Wii Browser, a free page creation tool, lets you create a page full of big, easy-to-click links to set as your homepage. You can also easily edit or rearrange your links from inside your Opera-powered Wii browser, as the site uses a number-based passkey system instead of requiring a login/password, which can...
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Use an OS X-Style Global Menu in Ubuntu [Ubuntu]
via Lifehacker: Top by Kevin Purdy on February 21, 2008
Most "Make X Look Like a Mac" hacks for any system end up merely putting a new skin on the same basic window and menu layouts. Not so with Global Menu, an Ubuntu project that's seen a lot of community input and has matured along with it. After installing more than a dozen packages and crossing your fingers, your top menu bar should emulate the OS X style, moving your program dialogs up there...
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EU Invests $22 Million in Next-Generation BitTorrent Client
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on February 19, 2008
A few weeks ago we reported that the EU Greens launched a pro-filesharing campaign named “I Wouldn’t Steal”. In a continued effort to support the development of P2P technology, the European Union has now invested $22 million in the development of an open-source BitTorrent client.The team behind the social BitTorrent client Tribler is responsible for the core P2P technology for the project,...
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