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How to Register WindowsLive.com Email Address Alias

WindowsLive.com or Live.com? Live.com is the cornerstone of the Microsoft’s Windows Live services, providing freebies including free email address ending with @Live.com or @Live.xx (xx indicating localized domain). However, up to your taste or preference, somebody may prefer WindowsLive.com as their email address. However if you’re located in US, Canada, UK, most European and America countries, you will be able only to register @hotmail or […]

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Intel Unveiled Its New Chips with Smaller Circuits

Intel Corporation has launched its latest chips recently. The chips are identified as the world’s first chip with a 45-nanometer process, about 30 percent smaller than the current 65-nanometer technology. (There are 1 billion nanometers (nm) in one meter). These advanced chips were created using the company’s latest technique and they are able to etch circuitry nearly 200 times smaller than our human being’s red […]

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U2 Previews New Tracks for Joshua Tree on iLike

U2 used iLike.com to post a video of Bono singing “Wave of Sorrow” while sitting on a couch. It’s a track that U2 demoed during sessions for The Joshua Tree in 1987. Just recently Bono laid down vocals for the song and it will be released for the first time next week on the remastered release of The Joshua Tree. As Bono plays the track, […]

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Move, Transfer, Migrate and Switch from @msn.com or @hotmail.com to @live.com for Fresh Start

Microsoft has officially launched Windows Live ID which has the email address ending in @live.com in Windows Live Hotmail. For those who wants something ‘fresh’, Microsoft recommends that you get a fresh start by getting a brand new Windows Live ID, although users can still keep and use the old account with hotmail.com or msn.com email address or a Microsoft Passport, which already a Windows […]

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Download Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.907 Beta Full Version Installer in Various Languages

The initial release of Yahoo! Messenger 9 beta which is labeled as version 9.0.0.797 is full of bugs. But it’s in beta, so users can’t complain much. And within 10 days, a new beta release build 9.0.0.907 has been released for free download. Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 features some lesser known enhancements such as full Unicode compliant to display almost all languages in IMs and status […]

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Nokia Offers Free Wi-Fi Services On Singapore Public Buses

Nowadays, you can almost enjoy the free Wi-Fi services almost anywhere in high human traffic flow area, but how about in the bus? The well-known Finnish multinational communications corporation, Nokia is offering free WiFi services on 12 popular buses running across Singapore, allowing commuters to surf the internet, chatting as well as emails for free.

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Svchost.exe Using 100% CPU Resources in Vista – Identify Causing Services

Svchost.exe which stands for Service Host is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) on NT based Windows operating system such as Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, XP and Vista. Each svchost.exe process session started can contains a group of services (that provides certain functions and features of Windows system, such as RPC Remote Procedure Call, Logical Disk Management) […]

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Running an Application Which Is Incompatible with Window Vista

If you are a Window Vista user, you might sometimes encounter application incompatible problems especially when you don’t have the relevant drivers. When this problem happens, a window will pop out and inform you that you can no longer run the program as the “.dll” files are not available in System 32. This is quite annoying especially when you need the program to finish your […]

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Force Vista SP1 Beta to Show Up and Available for Install in WU of Non-Supported Languages Locale

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 beta is now available for download via Windows Update with a simple registry tweak. However only certain languages edition of Vista such as English, German, Japanese, French and Spanish can download from WU (Windows Update) as the SP1 beta is likely only supported these versions only.

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Use Snipping Tool Shortcut to Capture Start Menu, Right Click Menu, Mouseover Hightlight Effect or Lost Focus Objects

Snipping Tool is a useful screen capturing comes included in Windows Vista or Windows XP Tablet edition for free, which can be a total replacement and free alternative for the popular SnagIt screen capture software. However, when using Snipping Tool there is obvious shortcoming, that is unable to capture ‘temporary’ or ‘non-permanent’ or ‘disappear-on-lost-focus’ objects on the desktop.

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Capture Image Directly to Windows Live Writer with Snipping Tool Plugin

Bloggers using Windows Live Writer (WLW) on Windows Vista or Windows XP Tablet Edition will definitely like the Snipping Tool Integration Plugin for WLW. Imagine you’re writing a tutorial about how to use a program in Windows Live Writer, and you need to add a few screenshots on the process. Normally you will have to run third party screen capturing tool such as SnagIt or […]

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Paginating or Split WordPress Post or Page with NextPage in WordPress Not Working

It’s possible to using <–nextpage–> WordPress Quicktags to paginate a blog post in WordPress post or page so that an article can be split into two or more multiple pages. This function allows long article to be cut into pieces and presented in several short pages instead of one single page. The <–nextpage–> Quicktags works on both WordPoress post and page.

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