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Internet Explorer for Linux IE4Linux

November 2nd, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

What a terrible idea… and yet very useful. Let me explain. If you are a web developer you will have to test you web apps or sites on IE, specially because IE lives in it’s own little world but still a lot of people use it. Anyway, I came across this application IE4Linux [...]

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Create search plugin for Firefox and IE

October 27th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

By pure curiosity I decided (at 2am last night) to look into creating a search plugin for my Google Adsense Search. Well it was a very successfull adventure. It can be created for any site search, even your personal blog.
There are 2 ways of doing it (maybe more) I found .
1 - Create your own [...]

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Tags: Applications · Programming · Technology · Tutorials / Training · Web Browsers · quick & easy tips

Show Control Panel as a Flyout Menu in Vista

October 20th, 2007 by Mark5 · No Comments

Ever wanted to see your control panel as a flyout menu in Vista rather than having to click on it, wait for the whole window to load and then sort though the applets?
Fortunately, the solution is very straightforward. First right click on the Orb and select properties.

Then simply choose ‘Start Menu’ from the tabs (it [...]

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Computer Beep error Code

October 19th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

On startup a computer goes through a whole bunch of checks to see if the vital Hardware (Motherboard chipset, RAM Modules, Video Card Controller, PCI Cards, etc..) are in working order, this process is called POST (Power-ON Self Test) . If all goes well then the Bios will run it’s mini OS and call upon [...]

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WiKi on a Stick

October 16th, 2007 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

I was approached by a work colleague about the very interesting Open Source initiative. Wiki on a stick is a very small (to start with) self modifying XHTML file that lets you create notes on a portable WiKi. It can be stored on your HD or better on a USB stick which makes it a [...]

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Skype error #3601

October 13th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

After an update to the latest 3.5.xxxx version of  Skype a lot of people (I’ve seen 3 including myself) are having problems starting up Skype. It crashes with the error#3601 which apparently has nagged the application for a while. Some say it’s a Video drive problem, same say it’s Windows fault but it looks like [...]

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