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Tina Sieber-

Tina Sieber

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About Tina Sieber

While completing a PhD, Tina started writing about consumer technology in 2006 and never stopped. Now also an editor and SEO expert, you can find her on Twitter or hiking a nearby trail.

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How To Shrink & Extend Volumes Or Partitions in Windows 7

In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, resizing your volumes or re-partitioning your hard drive has become a lot easier than in previous Windows versions. However, there are still a few pitfalls that will require you to use third party applications rather than the internal Windows Disk Management tool. In this article I will show you how to change the size of volumes or create new ones and which tools to use.

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How To Recover Lost Files In Dropbox

What happens if you accidentally delete a file in Dropbox? Will it be gone forever once the changes are synced? Yes, the file will disappear but it won't be entirely gone just yet. So is there a way to recover a lost file after it was deleted? This being the super smart Dropbox, there certainly is! This feature makes Dropbox a life saver and in this article I will show you how to use it.

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3 Free Photo Customization Websites With the Best Features

While the goal of every photographer is to take the perfect snapshot that requires zero editing, the manifold tools that are available can also be a source of great entertainment for the hobby picture takers. Not only can you improve your photos by adjusting the frame, correcting blemishes, or changing the color, you can also add cool effects and fun elements.

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Top 11 HTML Tags Every Blogger & Website Owner Must Know

The world wide web knows many languages and is coded in several different ones. The one language however, that can be found all over and has been around since the invention of webpages, is the HyperText Markup Language, better known as HTML. In this article I want to show you a few, possibly random, but definitely useful and simple tags for daily use.

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11 Entirely Legal & Free MP3 Album Downloads [Sound Sunday]

These legal and free albums can be yours for free.

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Get Over 100 Portable Freeware Utilities With NirLauncher [Windows]

NirLauncher is a library that comes packed with over 100 portable freeware utilities for Windows. It is the perfect toolbox to carry around on your USB stick for emergencies, for example if you need to recover lost passwords or monitor your network. The tools are pre-sorted into 12 different categories and you are free to add additional software packages if you like.

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KMPlayer - The Best Media Player Ever?

KMPlayer is a free media player for Windows. The original KMPlayer natively supports a myriad of audio and video formats, meaning the regular user will never have to worry about codecs. In addition, it offers many advanced features, is extremely customizable, and is available in multiple languages. If you are looking for a versatile multimedia player, KMPlayer may be just the one.

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How To Change & Fix Broken File Type Associations In Windows 7

This article will discuss what file type associations are, how you can change them in general, and why so many people have issues with .lnk file associations in Windows. If you have been running into this issue again and again, it's time to examine its cause and find out how to deal with it or better yet, avoid it altogether.

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From Classical To Metal: 10 Free Albums & A Song [Sound Sunday May 15th]

Enjoy a Sound Sunday! This edition is wild with a little bit of everything and something for everyone. The mix takes you through metal, rock, pop, reggae, folk, country, soul, hip hop, classical, instrumental, acoustic, and electronic music. What else could you ask for?

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Instantly Hide Active Program Windows & Disable Sound with Magic Boss Key

Computers are great tools that we use for both work and play. Often it's hard to keep the two separate. So we end up researching the perfect birthday gift while the prospective recipient is watching TV right next to us. So what do you do when you suddenly find someone's attention shifting to you, while you're working on something you don't want them to see? Magic Boss Key is your solution.

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5 Little Known Google Chrome Hacks

Chrome is a sleek minimalist browser, which has already outsourced many of its features into the cloud, giving users unknown freedom and flexibility. Now is the time to get to know Google Chrome a little better with the following little known feature hacks.

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The 7 Best Free Open Source Programs To Replace Commercial Windows Software

In the past you were stuck with only Windows and its costly friends. Today there are many free open source and often cross-platform alternatives to choose from. In this article I have summarized the most important free open source alternatives to standard commercial Windows programs.

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The 5 Coolest Google Search Hacks You Probably Never Realized Existed

Search results are only as good as the query you enter! While there are many operands or search operators that the general crowd is aware of, such as quotes or some calculations, there are several cool Google search hacks and tricks that most people have never realized existed, let alone used consciously.

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How to Permanently Store Your Data in "The Cloud"

Are you ready to step into The Cloud? In this article I will show you how you can become largely independent of local data storage. I will provide an overview of how the Internet can help you sync information across different software, platforms and devices to have your data accessible anytime, anywhere by you or by anyone you choose.

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The 7 Most Popular Items Most Commonly Sold on Craigslist

Craigslist has it all. Whether you are looking for friends, a job, an apartment, a hair stylist, or a ride, you will find a matching category. While you can find almost anything on Craigslist, some items are more likely to be found than others. Let's have a look at some popular items most commonly sold on Craigslist.

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3 Easy Bookmarklets to Print Nice Looking Web Pages Without Craplets

Printing information from the web is often a challenge because websites are plastered with sidebars, images, advertisements, and other unprintable elements. What makes a website look fantastic is a real drag when printing because all of these items waste precious ink and paper. Rather than just printing everything, you can be smart and use one of the bookmarklet tools I will introduce below.

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4 Ways To Set Gmail As Your Default Email In Your Browser

As users are slowly migrating data to The Cloud, having a webmail account has become a given, with Google Mail being the top choice. Unimpressed by these developments, Windows continues to link email hyperlinks (a.k.a. mailto: links) to the default desktop mail client, such as Windows Live Mail or Outlook. Not even the Google browser Chrome challenges this practice.

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The Top 10 Funniest ChatRoulette Screenshots & Videos

ChatRoulette is a video chat site that randomly matches people for a fun chat. Users from around the world can interact via instant message, webcam, and voice. Everyone is anonymous and no login of any kind is required to participate. Let anarchy reign!

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