The Archives
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Computers & Technology
My 21 must-have programs
I received my shiny new Asus U30JC-A1 last week and thus begins the age old process of making it my own; a sacred ritual familiar to all geeks — removing bloatware, setting up preferences and user accounts, optimizing, tweaking, securing, customizing, etc… You know the drill. It also includes installing your core set of applications [...]
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How To...
Google, the new Napster
I saw this little trick on Digg this morning. It actually sorta, kinda works. Cut and paste the following text into Google: {-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “DIGG”} Replace the word “DIGG” with the name of your favorite band and voila, a listing of open indexes containing downloadable music files. [...]
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Cyberculture & the Net
Amazon's Unbox service launched
With Amazon’s Unbox service, you can purchase (or rent) movies and TV shows online and have them downloaded directly to your computer. Services like this will be the final blow to companies like Netflix and Blockbuster, not to mention the last surviving video store chains hanging on by a thread. These types of companies will [...]
