Monthly Archives: September 2011

Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 19, 2011

5 deal-breaking flaws in Windows 8 – You knew it wouldn’t be long before folks started picking apart Microsoft’s upcoming Operating System. ExtremeTech’s Sebastian Anthony found five of the OS’s worst flaws. Five Sysinternals tools no admin should be without … Continue reading

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Need A Laugh? – World’s Funniest Student Analogies

Reading these student analogies/metaphors, will have you laughing your socks off. I found these “Annual English Teachers’ awards for best student metaphors/analogies” on Bill Gross’ Google+ page. Hilarious – definitely worth a read. A quick taste: His thoughts tumbled in … Continue reading

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Unlocker Windows Explorer Extension – Take Control Of Locked Files In Windows

If you’ve ever attempted to delete a file that simply refused to be deleted, then you know how frustrating that can be. The following screen shot illustrates just one of the commonplace warning messages a Windows user can run into … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 18, 2011

Lifehacker: Top 10 Ways to Turn Your Retired Gadgetry into the Technology of the Future – With the rapid progression of technology each year, it’s easy to accumulate a pile of obsolete gadgets that you just can’t bear to get … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 17, 2011

The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011 – Jason Hiner provides his list of the top 20 tried-and-true Android smartphone apps that are worth your time to download. 10 cool add-ins for Office 2007 and 2010 – Add-ins … Continue reading

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Antimalware Application Reviews – Who Can You Trust?

A typical computer user, searching for an effective and reliable antimalware solution, more often than not, ends up in a “he says – she says” scenario. Friends, relatives, neighbors, tech journalists, bloggers ……., are all only too happy to climb … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 16, 2011

How to Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 Side By Side – The Windows 8 developer preview is out for all to try, but installing it over your main Windows setup is a scary (and unrealistic) prospect. Here’s how to … Continue reading

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Windows 8 – No Thank You – I’ll Pass!

Rudyard Kipling, in his Barrack-Room Ballads wrote – “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”, to describe the disconnect between two cultures – but, he might just as easily have been describing Microsoft’s attempt, … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 15, 2011

Get the Windows 8 Developer Preview Build Today! – Unexpectedly, Microsoft is making the Windows 8 developer preview available to the public today, starting at 8pm PT today. This includes 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of the OS, with … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 14, 2011

Lifehacker: The Best Disk Cloning App for Windows – Windows has countless drive cloning programs available, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. It’s almost impossible to pick the perfect one, but if you have a drive to clone, we … Continue reading

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