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Entries for March, 2008

The Best April Fools’ Day Computer Pranks For Getting A Good Laugh

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Today, at Steve’s Tech Guide we took the time to compile a list of the best computer pranks available so you can be on top of things for April Fools’ Day. They are simple, elegant, easy to do, and easy to undo. These pranks are probably only going to fool some of the [...]

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Steve’s Tech Guide Running Wordpress 2.5

We have just finished upgrading Steve’s Tech Guide to WordPress version 2.5. I usually wait for my host to get the upgraded version so that way I could just do a couple clicks and everything would be upgraded, but due to my excitement I had to go ahead and do the upgrade manually.
WordPress 2.5 is [...]

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10 Windows Keyboard Shortcuts To Speed Up Your Windows Experience

Keyboard shortcuts are one of those things that you either know or you don’t, because granted, they make our lives easier, but it’s a pain to dig through help and support files to look them up. Here’s a list of the top 10 Windows keyboard shortcuts that will speed up your Windows so you can [...]

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Never Miss A Single Episode With Torrent Episode Downloader (TED)

Some of you probably already spend lots of time watching TV via the internet, others have wondered about it and never really got around to it. And then there’s the rest of us that just don’t do it, even though there are several options out there to make it as a easy as possible and [...]

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Password Protection - Choosing Good Passwords To Keep Your Privacy Safe

Courtesy of MSH*
Passwords are an everyday occurrence in our lives. They safe guard our computers, routers, identities, our bank accounts, several other accounts, logins, important details, and access to our credit cards and our bills. I’m sure you can see why it’s important to choose good passwords that will ensure that your important information is [...]

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WEP vs. WPA Wireless Network Security Encryption Explained

Courtesy of Matt Woolner
Wireless network security is becoming increasingly important in our lives as all sorts of devices ranging from our computers to our cellphones rely on wireless networks to get things done. Wireless network security is a necessity, but few people understand the necessity of securing your wireless network. Everyone knows it is important [...]

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How To Setup A Wireless Network

Wireless networks have existed for the past couple of years, and now everyone is deciding to get rid of those pesky wires and setup their own home wireless networks. With all of the new wireless networking devices being released each year, and wireless technology standards changing left and right, it’s not hard to see why [...]

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Top 10 Tips For Saving Disk Space On Your Hard Drive

Back when you bought your computer a year or two ago you were so amazed at the computer specifications, specifically the amazing amount of disk space that you have, so you could download all your movies, videos, music, tv shows, and games, but now that well of hard drive disk space is starting to run [...]

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My Personal Case Mods

I’ve mentioned in my previous case mod posts, Case Modding For Dummies, and DIY Case Mods, that I’ve done a few case mods to my computers as well.

eMachines Fan Case Mod
The first mod I ever did was add a fan to the side of an old eMachines computer that I got as my first computer [...]

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Do-It-Yourself Case Mods

For information about the origin and what exactly case modding is please refer to our previous post, Case Modding For Dummies.

Case modding as seen on the internet can seem like an impossible task. These people put in hour after hour into their mods to make something so incredibly unique and amazing that it spreads virally [...]

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