Are you really bugged by the ever-increasing number of so called freeware which try to stealthily change the default search engine of your browser? When you realize that the search engine has changed due to installing such crapware, you will have to manually change the default search engine of your browser to get back your previous one. Well, if you are using Internet Explorer 8, there is a way to stop these programs from hijacking your default search provider.
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Keeping track of current weather is almost a necessity for most people living in the northern hemisphere, especially in the continental climate zones. Being at work with no access to TV, you may be visiting websites like weather.com often to know the forecast. If you are a Firefox or Google Chrome user, you can get animated weather integrated into your browser with AniWeather.
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Are you lately facing network connectivity problems on your Windows XP PC? Maybe you recently uninstalled a network software, Firewall, or an Internet Security suite. An incomplete or improper uninstallation leads to some such as a Winsock registry entries getting deleted or having invalid values.
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If you are installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, you may have faced error of code “80070490” while running it. The problem can occur even when you do Automatic Update of Windows. The full error message in Windows Update panel is “Windows could not search for new updates. Code 80070490 Windows Update encountered an unknown error.”
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Google Docs users can now avail the convenience of performing batch operations on their documents. This new feature of Google Docs allows conversion of document formats, zipping all selected documents into a single archive and downloading the zipped file, all in a few clicks. Earlier, Google Docs users had to download each file individually. This new bulk download feature saves a lot of time.
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You suddenly came to know that your client is expecting a Presentation from you. Only equipped with your net book and an internet connection it’s time to look for a good online tool to create professional slideshows. Microsoft Office 2010 Technical preview promised of Web Apps counterparts for it’s suite of applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. However this free for all service is currently up only for users from US and Japan.
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Want to know the most popular tweets on Twitter? You can see the hottest tweets by hour, day, week or all time on dailyrt, a real time Twitter Search Engine. dailyrt displays the most retweeted tweets in real time with auto refreshing.
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Using Windows XP from quite a long time? Then you must be bored of using it’s default login screen. How about changing the Windows XP Login Screen to Windows Vista or Windows 7 Style? There are plenty of free Windows XP Logon Screens available to download. But in order to apply a Logon Screen, you need to have a program installed.
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Whether you are a casual or power user of Twitter, you may find yourself often searching this phenomenally successful social platform to find people or to get the latest happenings on the Internet. Twitter’s own search tool, despite having many advanced search options, simply streams tweets as they come and does not even auto-refresh the results.
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You have been wanting to read your favorite author’s latest book since many days, but somehow don’t find any time for it in your busy schedule. What if you can simply convert the eBook into an mp3 file?
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