Rumors about cell phone numbers going public, or in other words, being made available to telemarketers have been circulating around the Internet for years. In most scenarios users are sent an email informing them of an impending “cellular doomsday” and are advised to dial the National Do Not Call Registry at 888-382-1222 in order to have their cell phone number blocked for 5 years. I think that it’s high time to put this rumor to rest once and for all…
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Facebook has once again angered its users by making yet another unannounced and unpopular change. Earlier this week it would appear that the social network giant used a shrink ray on its site thus making the default Facebook font too small for most of its users to read. Fortunately, for Firefox users there is an available add-on called NoSquint that will allow you to increase Facebook’s font size WITHOUT changing with the font size of any other website.
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The Office Genuine Advantage Notifications update KB949810 was released by Microsoft in an attempt to thwart the piracy of its Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, and Office 2010 products. Unfortunately, many people who purchased legitimate copies of Microsoft Office found themselves receiving a message stating that “this copy of Microsoft Office is not genuine” every time they attempt to run a Microsoft Office application. Fortunately, the work around for this problem is fairly straight forward.
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If you’re a computer support professional then this is most likely one of the more humorous computer problems that you’ve had to fix for your customers. If you’re an end user, reading this post with your head cocked to the side, you might not find your predicament to be all that funny. Fortunately this is a very easy fix.
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Here’s how to fix an issue where when you print from Firefox all of the text prints out very small on the page even though it appears normal sized on your computer screen. I have only witnessed this issue on a PC that is running Firefox. I will however include instructions for fixing the issue on a Mac as well.
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In general, Mac’s do tend to run better than PC’s and require less maintenance. If however you are finding that your Mac is starting to slow down then you can use our easy to follow Mac maintenance guide to speed up your slow Mac.
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This easy to follow guide will provide you with the steps necessary to troubleshoot wireless network problems that you may be experiencing with your Windows based computer. There are multiple factors that can cause wireless issues but generally speaking the problem is usually the result of interference, driver problems, or failed hardware.
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Most computer sound problems are caused by defective speakers or a corrupt audio driver. Here are some simple steps that you can take to troubleshoot a computer that has no sound.
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Selling on eBay is fun and it’s a great way to earn extra money. Some people even earn a living by selling on eBay. I’ve done pretty well for myself as an eBay seller and have therefore decided to share information about the things that I did in order to start my eBay career. I’ve included some basic guidelines for becoming an eBay seller along with some of the tricks of the trade that I have learned over the past couple of years. Good luck, and happy selling!
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If you’re reading this post then you already realize that Thesis is quite possibly the best thing since, well, WordPress itself. I had wanted to be able to add my Adsense code to Thesis in such a way that my ads would display on every post, align left, with text wrapped around the ad. After a great deal of research and lots of tweaking I had finally found a Thesis hook to make this work. Here’s how you can modify your custom_functions.php file to add your Adsense code to every post on your blog.
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