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Love Is Blind, Batman, Winrar And More [Best of Reddit]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages; welcome to another fun-filled edition of the Best of Reddit. This week we have an IAmA with a guy who believes love is blind, some Batman knowledge, some cool stuff to buy, the Subreddit of the week, and more juicy bits of goodness. So sit back and get ready for the Best of Reddit.
5 Highly Useful Productivity Apps and Features in the New Mountain Lion
We covered some of the cool new features in Mountain Lion when it was first released to developers at the beta level back in February. I've had a chance to go beyond a first look of the new OS and discover some of the most welcomed productivity features. For me, computers are about getting things done faster and more efficiently, and while Mountain Lion may not roar, it is a great sign of things to come.
Giving Away Software For Free And Staying Alive: A Meeting With The Makers of Komodo Edit
Tech companies often get a lot of media attention either when they're new and shiny startups or when they sell out to a larger company in the ever-coveted exit. Today I'm writing about a company that doesn't fall under either category: Vancouver-based ActiveState. Yaara and I went for a visit in their offices, to see what it's like and learn a bit about how giving away stuff for free works as a business model.
How Exactly Websites Track and Stalk You With Their Ads
Privacy, privacy, privacy. The Internet is known for its anonymity. Without personal privacy, it would be a very dangerous place. But are these companies infringing on privacy rights? How exactly does a website track its users? And what do companies do with that data? Let's look into it here.
When Power Saving Fails: Fixing Windows 7 Hibernation Issues
When you use the hibernate shut-down option, Windows 7 saves the contents of your computer’s memory to disk and powers off the computer. If your computer can’t hibernate or isn’t resuming from hibernation properly, there are a variety of possible problems -- including a particularly obscure bug you'd never think to check.
How To Use SeaMonkey To Do More Online
From the developers of Firefox, SeaMonkey promises to provide you with access to all of your online needs - browsing and email primarily, although an IRC client and WYSIWYG web editor is also included. In my quest to consolidate desktop applications that chew up my precious memory as I'm trying to test other apps and blog at the same time, I thought I would give SeaMonkey a full-out test run and really dig into its features.
A Brief History of Computers That Changed the World
You can spend years delving into the history of the computer. There are tons of inventions, tons of books about them – and that’s before you start getting into the finger-pointing that inevitably occurs when a team of engineers creates something wonderful and only a few are given credit. With that said, I’ve tried to sum up computer history by highlighting thirteen particularly influential computers.