Quickly Opt-In to Windows 7 SP1 Beta

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You can skip the registration process by running the WUSignUp tool Download it here. After running the appropriate tool for your installation head to Windows Update and install the provided updates.

Howto: Studio 15 webcam with Windows 7

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BATP provides the much needed solution to getting Studio 15 webcam driver working with Windows 7 when Dell fails to release an appropriate update or workaround for over a year.

Facebook Economy

Facebook Economy

Have you ever asked yourself: “What if Facebook were a country, and what if all the apps and fan pages where it’s individual states?” No, well, here’s what it would look like:

Smartphone Capability Comparison

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Windows 7 SP1

Windows 7 SP1 Beta is out, provided are hotfile and torrent links and the changelog for the release.

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Facebook Facts

Most internet users know that Facebook is the second most visited site online — according to Alexa, but did you know that it was originally bankrolled by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel? Or, that 70-percent of Facebook’s users live outside the US? If not, continue reading for those Facebook facts and more.

Remove Google Web History for better privacy

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Google’s web history tracks your usage data. It gives you a choice to delete certain searches, it also gives your mom, the police, and hackers an ability to explore this diary. Whether they use it for blackmail or prosecution, its not good for YOU.

Spindex Tech Preview

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Bay Area Tech Pros takes an exclusive inside look at Microsoft’s new social aggregator Spindex, with screenshot goodness.

Fight back spam with Gmail

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Here’s a short post for getting back at companies who insist on sending you junk and offer no options to unsubscribe, or force you to jump through inconvenient hoops. What you will need to do is find the corporate (optional: and personal) mailboxes of head people at the said company, The Consumerist runs a fairly [...]

Microsoft’s Translating Telephone

Microsoft has developed a translating-phone that combines speech recognition, machine translation, and text-to-speech technology allowing two people of different languages to carry on a phone conversation.