TechBite: Fixes for 3 PC Annoyances
By Steve Bass
I know you’re not always happy with your PC, so here are three
fixes to some of the annoyances you’ve sent to me.
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TechBite: Use the Web to Find Anyone in the World
By Steve Bass
Find Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime (Almost)
"You find my long-lost buddy and I’ll paint any room in your house." I was talking to a couple of friends about how I had tracked down a wayward YahooGroup moderator.
It was a sweet deal (the kitchen has three colors, lots of cabinets, and needs painting) and I was up for the challenge.
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TechBite: 5 Free Tools to Tickle Your PC’s Fancy
By Steve Bass
I know you like new tools to try (I do too), so here are a stack. Play with them, see if they fit your working style, and maybe you’ll find a couple of keepers.
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TechBite: 5 Killer Word Tricks
By Steve Bass
Have It Your Way
Microsoft Word: I can’t think of another application I’d like to have re-written to meet my needs. I’ll kvetch some more another time. Today, I have five tricks to fire up the way you use Word.
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TechBite: Stream Movies from Your PC to Your TV
By Steve Bass
Watch movies on my PC? No way." I was talking to one of my cousins, not one of the brightest bulbs in the family. It took me a few minutes to explain how he could send downloaded movies — as well as other Internet content, such as TV shows — to the TV in his living room.
For the last few months, I’ve tried two devices that sit near your TV and grab video content from your PC. Even in this dreadful economy, neither one I tried is terribly expensive — and there are no monthly charges.
This week I’ll cover the hardware; next week I’ll tell you where to find movies and TV shows on the Internet. I’ll also tell you about a MediaGate portable media player.
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TechBite: 6 Useful Things You Can Do with Google
By Steve Bass
You use Google, sure, but if all you’re doing are searches, you’re just scratching the surface. Here are a few things you might not know about Google.
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TechBite: 14 Smart, Handy & Free Web Sites
By Steve Bass
I have some Web sites for you that are kick-in-the-butt cool; others are just plain handy, the kind of thing you save for only occasional visits. How about an image resizer and a nifty online walkie-talkie? And I use TimeZone Converter to find out what time it is in Singapore (so I can call my friend at 2:00 a.m. his time to see if he’s in yet from club hopping).
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TechBite: 10 More Super-Duper Firefox Extensions
By Steve Bass
I love it when you write and pass along handy ideas. I received hundreds of messages (okay, 50, but who’s counting) sharing Firefox add-ons, extensions, and tips — and I’m successfully using many of them. Here are some of the most useful of the bunch.
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TechBite: 7 Tools to Make Firefox Shine
By Steve Bass
Firefox users? Clear the decks — I have cool extensions for you to download! Here are a few of the cooler Firefox add-ons I’m using. Give them a whirl and let me know what you think.
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TechBite: How’s Your Hard Drive Doing?
By Steve Bass
Hard drives are about as dependable as a teenager promising to come home by midnight. The more you know about your drive–the brand-specific idiosyncrasies and the diagnostic sounds that drives produce–the better prepared you are for the inevitable crash.
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