Use the Windows 7 Calculator’s New Modes, Features, and Worksheets
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:13 am
The Windows Calculator program has been a popular feature since the earliest versions of the operating system. With the release of Windows 7, the Calculator has been greatly expanded to include new modes, features, and worksheets. Strangely, many people are unaware of these features because Microsoft hasn’t made a point of introducing users to the Calculator’s upgrade.
Opening the Windows 7 Calculator
To open the Calculator program in Windows 7, click on Start>All Programs>Accessories>Calculator. Alternatively, you can use the Windows Key + r combination to open the Run command dialogue box, type Calc into the box, and click the OK button.
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See Important Emails First with Gmail Priority Inbox
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 5:26 am
After last week’s addition of phone features within Gmail, we really did not expect to see anything brand new from the Gmail development team for at least a couple of weeks.
Imagine our surprise when Gmail announced a really useful feature: automatic email sorting…which means important emails can be listed first in our inbox, followed by sale flyers and newsletters.
Over the next week, a new tab will appear in our Gmail settings. Between Web Clips and Labs, the tab will be called Priority Inbox. Clicking this tab allows Gmail users to decide when and how to use Priority Inbox.
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Connect to a Projector in Windows 7
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 6:24 am
There’s no doubting that Windows 7 is the most versatile version of the operating system to date. One area that has been greatly improved is the ability to instantly connect to a projector using different options depending on your needs.
Learn how to connect to a projector in Windows 7 and select the best options for displaying a presentation.
Before You Connect Windows 7 to a Projector
Before you display content on a projector, you have to be certain that Windows 7 recognizes that a projector is connected and properly configured with the operating system.
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Watch YouTube Videos Without Advertisements or Other Interruptions
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 5:14 am
A long, long time ago, in an internet not-so-far away, people surfed to YouTube and watched videos with no advertisements blocking a quarter of the video screen… It was a blissful time, when society could procrastinate in peace by watching other people act goofy.
Nostalgia aside, we can recapture those blissful, advertisement-free days with a new site called VideoPure.com.
VideoPure’s page is clean, with only text, so the homepage loads quickly, even from a mobile phone. To use the service, just paste the URL of any YouTube video into the textbox and click Create.
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Protect your Online and Offline Privacy with Privacy Mantra
Posted on August 31, 2010 at 6:23 am
Aside from malware and virus security, the most sought-after computer safety tool is privacy protection. However, most free privacy sweepers don’t have a comprehensive clear-out effect. They still leave traces of threats, such as the data found in the index.dat user profile file.
Moreover, these days, it’s not only essential to have your online privacy secured, it’s also a must to have your privacy protected when you’re just opening or using Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player, Windows Clipboard, Photoshop, QuickTime, Recycle Bin, Flash Player and Editor, Instant Messengers, MS Paint, WinRAR, and other programs.
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Use ATI Overdrive to Overclock Your Radeon Video Card
Posted on August 31, 2010 at 5:15 am
Using the ATI Overdrive feature of ATI’s Catalyst Control Center, you can easily overclock your Radeon video card to squeeze out more performance for video games and other graphics-intensive applications. However, you need to be careful not to damage your video card by attempting too much overclocking at one time.
What is Overclocking?
Without getting too technical, overclocking is the process of exceeding the manufacturer’s specifications by running a computer component at a higher clock rate. A standard clock rate is simply the number of cycles per second the manufacturer designed and set the component to run at.
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