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SlimBoat - A Newer Take On The Browser [Windows & Linux]

Once you've tried Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari, is there anything left? The browser is generally considered to be the most important part of your home PC experience. It's the vehicle that lets you stroll out into this wonderful Internet that we all know so well. Once you fall in love with a particular browser, it's very tough to be pulled away from it. I only recently made the transition from Firefox to Chrome, and many would say I'm a good year late on that.

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5 Great Ways to Wind Up Telephone Scammers

For a while, there has been a trend that involves scammers posing as customer support and calling up innocent people only to falsely inform them that their computers have viruses. The scammers in question will then request for remote access to these computers, allowing them to acquire all kinds of information and data. Sometimes, they will even ask for personal information right over the phone. However, you can fight back.

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4 Of The Fastest Tablet-Optimized Browsers You've Never Heard Of [Android]

Android tablet browsers, generally speaking, are not that great. Most of the big four browsers suffer from poorly sized buttons and sluggish performance. The tablet-optimized alternatives mentioned in this article, which you may not know about, provide improved performance and usability over the so-called "mainstream" browsers, Dolphin, Opera, Chrome and Firefox. In this article I analyze four dedicated tablet browsers.

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8 TED Talks Videos Under 5 Minutes Long You Want to Watch

Have five minutes to kill? What better way to spend that time than to watch an fascinating or informative TED Talks video. There's a lot of great content available to watch on TED but sometimes you have just a few minutes - and rather than waste that time playing a game or checking your email for the 20th time in two minutes, watch a TED video instead. We've put together a list of eight videos.

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Not Just for Porn: Other Uses For Private Browsing

Private-browsing mode has many other names, including "incognito mode" in Chrome and "InPrivate Browsing" in Internet Explorer. Some people refer to private-browsing mode as "porn mode", but it isn't just for porn addicts. It can be used for a variety of other useful things, including determining whether an airfare or shopping website is showing you higher prices.

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How Not To Do Anything With Mehdi Sadaghdar [Stuff to Watch]

How-to videos are at their best when they don't provide a solution or successful walkthrough, but instead offer the exact opposite of sound advice. Mehdi Sadaghdar is a YouTuber who has only uploaded a handful of videos has already gained nearly 8 million views at the time of writing. His videos are wonderful examples of how not to approach a hobby in electronics, executed with a straight face and calm exterior.

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Everything You Need to Prepare for a Long Car Journey or Road Trip

I love road trips. Just saying or writing this word sends shivers of excitement down my spine. If you think I’m crazy, it’s probably because you grew up in a country where road trips are taken for granted, and the number of places you can drive to and go to are endless. To me, road trips are fun and exciting, no matter why I have to take them, but regardless of how you feel about road trips, it’s always good to prepare before you embark on one.

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FlickStackr: Our Selected Best Of iPad For Browsing & Managing Photos On Flickr [iOS]

Though the photo and video sharing site Flickr.com has been overshadowed by Instagram, it is still a powerfully popular and useful site for photo hobbyists and professional photographers, as well as a worldwide gallery of some of the most beautiful photos ever taken. Flickr was launched and became popular as a website back in 2004. But now, probably the more convenient way to access and browse the site is on mobile devices like the iPad.

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Circles, Everywhere: Streamline Social Networking With Lists

Friends’ lists on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ are the best way to not only interact with the wider world, but also the best way to cut down on the noise. Lists allow you to organize your friends and followers, and then help you prioritize the ones you want to tune into. There are just so many with whom you can have a meaningful conversation with after all without disproving Dunbar’s Number.

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Which Office Solutions Should I Use On Linux & Why?

Computers are necessary tools to be productive members in today’s society. We need them to be able to do what we want them to, whenever and wherever. A part of being productive means using an office suite to write documents and create presentations. Under Linux, there are a number of great options available which allow you to be as productive as you possibly can. Each office suite has its own advantages.

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PDFStacks: Managing, Reading, and Searching Your PDFs Made Easy [Giveaway]

If you have amassed several hundred or thousands of PDF documents like I have, you probably have experienced the challenge of managing and accessing them in various folders on your computer. Since I have gone practically paperless in my day-to-day workflow, an application like PDF Stacks ($39.00) is one I should have started using a long time ago. We're giving away 25 copies of PDF Stacks for both PC and Mac. Find out how you can win one after the review.

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