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Compare SkyDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox
Apr 24th
You have your files, photos and documents on your home computer that you would like to access from other locations on different devices. Dropbox has been the de-facto choice for long but that could potentially change as Microsoft and Google have just entered the arena with the launch of Windows Live SkyDrive and Google Drive respectively.
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Compare SkyDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox
Save Web Pages as PDFs Without Installing Extensions
Apr 11th
While there are plenty of PDF writing software and online conversion services around that can help you save web pages as PDF files, the fact is that you don’t need any of them as long as you have Google Chrome on your computer.
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Save Web Pages as PDFs Without Installing Extensions
How to Find the Sender’s Location in Gmail
Apr 3rd
When John sends an email message to Elizabeth, the IP address of the sender (John’s computer) is included in the header of the outgoing email message. The receiver (Elizabeth) can then perform a simple geo-lookup against that IP address to find the approximate geographic location of the message sender
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How to Find the Sender’s Location in Gmail
NUTS: Apple Sells Out of IPad, Google Stumbles to Keep Up
Mar 17th
Apple released the new iPad to eager crowds on Friday, as Google stumbles to keep pace with Android. News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events in the mobile industry. Want the news but don’t want it every day?
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NUTS: Apple Sells Out of IPad, Google Stumbles to Keep Up
Windows 8 Installation Guides
Mar 1st
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYQmQ-phX8 I spent almost the entire day playing around with Windows 8 and finally installed it on all the three machines that I have – two of them were previously running Windows 7 while the third one is an iMac running Mac OS X Lion. Everything just worked without any issues. The first Windows machine is sort of test machine and I therefore installed Windows 8 as the primary OS on that machine overwriting Windows 7.
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Windows 8 Installation Guides
Not Just Email Addresses, Credit Card Numbers also Stolen from Microsoft India Store
Feb 27th
If you ever used your credit card to shop at the Microsoft Online Store in India, it may be a good idea to stop everything you’re doing and call your bank to get your credit card blocked. That’s because your credit card number, your address and everything else that a fraud needs to use your credit card online, could later become available in the underground market. The story so far..
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Not Just Email Addresses, Credit Card Numbers also Stolen from Microsoft India Store
Whitman expects HP Windows 8 Intel tablet this year
Feb 25th
Looks like old Fujitsu isn’t the only PC-maker looking to get into the Windows 8 tablet business before year’s end. Addressing a conference in Northern California, HP CEO Meg Whitman let it be known that her company plans on pushing out an Intel-packing tablet running the new Microsoft operating system in 2012.
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Microsoft branding cull leaks plus Office 15 tablet UI tease
Feb 25th
Microsoft is set to retire the Zune and Windows Live brands with Windows 8 , it’s reported, as well as offer a switchable tablet/desktop UI in the Office 15 apps for increased finger-friendliness. The so-called “Touch Mode” button has been spotted in the Office 15 technical preview but is not yet functional, according to ZDNet ‘s source, but which will presumably boost icon size among other tweaks for those using the software in Metro mode on tablets and touchscreen all-in-ones. As for Microsoft’s streamlined branding, it appears the company’s pre-installed apps will be ditching the traditional Zune and Windows Live nomenclature in favor of more straightforward terms.
Intel joins the Document Foundation, pimps LibreOffice
Feb 25th
You’re forgiven if you missed this little blip on the news radar: Intel has joined the advisory board of the Document Foundation and added the coalition’s LibreOffice to the AppUp market. What’s more, Chipzilla actually worked with SUSE to help optimize the free and open source office suite for Intel hardware and, as part of the advisory board, will be providing the project with significant monetary support.
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Nokia becomes top Windows Phone vendor after just one quarter
Feb 25th
Nokia was late to the game with regard to Windows Phone (among other things). The Finnish phone giant announced early last year that it would be dumping Symbian in favor of Microsoft’s mobile platform, and its first two Windows Phones were unveiled in October, about a year after Samsung, HTC and other companies first launched similar devices. Despite the head start enjoyed by its rivals, however, it took Nokia less than one quarter to become the top Windows Phone vendor in the world
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