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Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on February 21, 2008
There's no doubt that Linux—particularly Ubuntu—is a killer operating system full of excellent apps, but for about a million reasons, you're stuck running Windows as your main operating system. We understand, these things happen. But what about all those killer Linux apps you've left behind when you decided to live the Windows life? Sure you could dual-boot or run Linux in the...
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DVD Rip Automates One-Click DVD Ripping [Exclusive Lifehacker Download]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on February 12, 2008
Windows only: Rip and back up any DVD to your hard drive with DVD Rip, a freeware Windows application that automates the entire DVD-to-hard-drive backup process. All you need to do is insert your DVD, run DVD Rip, and let it take care of the rest. Why? A while back I explained why I'd soured on optical media, the gist of which was the ease with with DVDs are damaged. Sick of scratched, skippy...
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Reclaim Memory by Mastering Windows' Task Manager [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 15, 2008
The best way to speed up your PC is to give it more available memory—but freeing up as much of the memory you already have is cheaper and easier than cracking open your case to install a new stick of RAM. It takes a lot of memory to get a modern Windows system up and ... well, not doing anything in particular, really. Between cryptic system processes, confusing "helper" applications, and...
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Get Vista's Best Features in XP [Windows]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 13, 2008
Despite the fact that most of you prefer XP to Vista and would rather Microsoft extended XP's shelf-life, several new and improved features available in Vista would be great to have in XP. This new functionality may not be enough to get you to switch to Vista, but that doesn't mean you're out of luck. Let's take a look at a few ways you can incorporate Windows Vista's best...
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WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo
via TechCrunch by Duncan Riley on February 01, 2008
It’s been rumored for a long time, but now it’s reality.Microsoft has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. The bid, which would consist of cash and Microsoft stock, values Yahoo shares at $31 a share, a 62% premium on Thursdays closing price.Michael stated during his appearance on Fox Business this week that Yahoo could face a takeover by Microsoft as part of an ad play, and he...
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Powerful CSS-Techniques For Effective Coding
via Smashing Magazine by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz on February 21, 2008
Sometimes being a web-developer is just damn hard. Particularly coding is often responsible for slowing down our workflow, reducing the quality of our work and resulting in sleepless nights with pizza and coffee laying around the laptop. Reason: with a number of incompatibility issues and quite creative rendering engines it sometimes takes too much time to find a workaround for some problem...
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Martian Headsets
via Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky on March 17, 2008
You’re about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. It’ll make the Battle of Stalingrad look like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of afternoon tea at your grandmother’s and wrapped the Mustang around a tree. This upcoming battle will be presided over by Dean Hachamovitch, the Microsoft veteran currently running the team that’s going...
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Find Out What's Behind Those svchost.exe Processes [Windows Tip]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on January 25, 2008
If you've ever tried to slim down Windows' memory usage by killing unnecessary processes, you've likely encountered the vague, too-scary-to-kill "svchost.exe." It's technically a generic name for processes running from those .DLL files scattered all around, but what you really want to know is whether you can give all of them the axe. The How-To Geek blog details following those...
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