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Pandora Radio
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With Pandora
Radio you can explore a vast trove of music to your heart's
content. Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists
into Pandora and let the Music Genome Project do the work. It will quickly
scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular
recordings - new and old, well known and completely obscure - to find
songs with interesting musical similarities to your choice. Then sit
back and enjoy as it creates a listening experience full of current
and soon-to-be favorite songs for you.
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Optimus Maximus Keyboard
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Ever wanted a keyboard with fully customizable keys?
The Optimus
Maximus keyboard lets you display any image you want on any key
through the use of LCD displays on each key. The screen on each key
displays the function currently assigned to it. Every "active
button" is fully customizable through the use of the
configuration utility. The company is currently taking preorders for
this product and plans to begin shipping them in late February. You
can order a keyboard with only one active button, ten active buttons,
forty-seven, or all 113 buttons. Keyboards purchased with less than
113 buttons have the ability to be upgraded at any time. To view an
interactive demo of the keyboard in action click here.
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Tips of the Month
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Best practices to help prevent spam
There are many steps you can take to prevent or reduce spam. Click here for the Microsoft article on best
practices to help prevent spam. The article has useful information of
which many people may be unaware. Spammers use complex techniques to
lure people onto their e-mail lists. The more preventive measures you
employ, the fewer annoying e-mails you may receive.
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How to add new
destinations to “Send To” menu in Windows XP
Is there a
folder into which you constantly need to move files? In Windows, when
you right click on a file, you have the option of sending it to a
particular folder or opening the file with a specific program via the
"Send to" menu. If you wish to add something to that menu,
it's quite simple. Click here
for more details. on a step-by-step guide showing you how.
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How to close all Windows programs quickly
Here's a useful tip to minimize and maximize all your
active windows programs. You can just use your mouse, but keyboard
shortcuts are usually faster. Simply press the Windows key + M
to minimize all active programs. Maximize again using Windows key + Shift+ M.
To minimize all the active windows programs one by one, press Alt + Space + N
keys, sequentially maximize active windows programs by pressing Alt + Space + X keys.
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News
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New Age of Wireless Internet in 2009
In 2009 all
television broadcasters will have to start using digital signals,
leaving the current UHF spectrum available. The FCC has authorized
the "white space" to be used by low power consumer
electronics. The United States is actually lagging behind in
availability of broadband access in comparison to other countries
around the globe. A broadband wireless internet service broadcasted
on this spectrum would give many rural areas broadband access for the
first time. WiMax is one of the services which may use the new
spectrum and is already being built into laptops by many
manufacturers. The new services won't be available until February 18,
2009. To find out more information, click here to read more on this article.
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Computer Humor
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Click here
for some computer humor...
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