21 January 2014

3 Projects To Use Computer Downtime While Re-Installing Windows



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It’s creeping up on you like the dark and suddenly you notice it has happened again: It’s time to re-install Windows! When the lack of speed becomes unbearable, you can try to speed up Windows with a RAM upgrade or by removing the malware you might have picked up. The most thorough way to bring your computer back to speed, however, is to re-install the operating system; or restore, refresh, or reset Windows 8. Or maybe it’s not a speed issue at all, but you regret upgrading to Windows 8.1 and just found out that the only way to downgrade...


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Save Money On Textbooks This Semester By Renting With BookRenter



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The spring semester is upon us, and that means it’s book renting season again. This semester, don’t get ripped off by the inflated prices at your university bookstore. Instead, try renting your books from BookRenter. There are some tried-and-true tips for saving money on textbook rentals, but renting online is one of the first things you should learn to do as a freshman. Thankfully, BookRenter‘s website is simple, easy to use, and they have a wide selection of textbooks with fast shipping. From now until February 28, get 5% off 3 or more book rentals through this promotional link. Plus,...


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Post-Holiday Cleanup: 5 Recycling Tips You Can Takeaway From The Web



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We’re a few weeks past Christmas and a lot of us may still be reeling from all of the clutter that accumulated over the holidays. You might be swimming in a sea of gifts that you don’t really want or plan to keep. (First world problems!) How can you clean up the post-holiday mess without being wasteful? Start the New Year with a clean environmental conscience. Here are some easy ways to repurpose your holiday mess in ways that will benefit someone else without extra cost to you. Sort Your Possessions The first thing you want to do is go...


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Doing Data Science in the Cloud With ScraperWiki



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If you’ve got the mental chops, a flair for programming and storytelling, and an eye for design, you can do worse than getting into data science. It’s the new big thing in technology; highly trendy and highly paid, with data scientists being sought by some of the largest companies in the world. ScraperWiki is a company that has long been associated with the data science field. For the past few years, this Liverpool based startup has offered a platform for coders to write tools that get data, clean it and analyze it in the cloud. With a recent refresh and...


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Windows 7 Comeback, Yahoo On Top, iPhone 6 Phablet [Tech News Digest]



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Today in Tech News Digest, Windows 7 makes a comeback, Yahoo beats Google, Apple plays hardball with Samsung, the iPhone 6 is rumored to be a phablet, Feedly throws new features at us, and the Jamaican bobsled team go crowdfunding. Windows 7 Back By Popular Demand The success of Windows 8 is exemplified by HP offering Windows 7 on certain new PC’s and marketing and advertising it — Pratik Patel (@ppatel) January 21, 2014 HP is actively marketing new computers with Windows 7 as the default operating system. This is despite Windows 8 being the current version of Windows, and...


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Windows 7 Comeback, Yahoo On Top, iPhone 6 Phablet [Tech News Digest]



windows-7-smoke

Today in Tech News Digest, Windows 7 makes a comeback, Yahoo beats Google, Apple plays hardball with Samsung, the iPhone 6 is rumored to be a phablet, Feedly throws new features at us, and the Jamaican bobsled team go crowdfunding. Windows 7 Back By Popular Demand The success of Windows 8 is exemplified by HP offering Windows 7 on certain new PC’s and marketing and advertising it — Pratik Patel (@ppatel) January 21, 2014 HP is actively marketing new computers with Windows 7 as the default operating system. This is despite Windows 8 being the current version of Windows, and...


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Add Search Shortcuts on your Android and iOS Device



How do you search a popular website, say Twitter or YouTube, on your mobile phone? You would launch the browser, open the corresponding website and then use the search box inside that site. Or you would use the mobile app, if you have installed one.


There’s an alternate way as well. You may consider installing search shortcuts on the home screen of your mobile phone and they will help you perform searches on your favorite website with fewer steps.


Search your favorite websites with fewer steps

Search your favorite websites with a tap



Let’s dive right into an example.


Open the Safari browser on your iPhone (or iPad) and click here to open the search shortcut for Wolfram Alpha. A pop-up dialog will open but since we are installing the shortcut, hit the Cancel button to close that dialog. Now tap the Share icon in Safari and choose “Add to Home Screen” to add that search shortcut to your home screen.


The next time you want to search Wolfram on your phone, tap the Wolfram shortcut available on your home screen, enter the search terms and it will take you directly to the search results on the Wolfram website. That’s just one tap.


You can similarly add search shortcuts on your Android device using the newer version of Chrome browser. Open any of the search shortcuts listed below, “cancel” the pop-up dialog and then choose the “Add to homescreen” option under the main menu to place a shortcut on your homescreen for quick access.


Search Shortcuts for Android and iOS


Here are some ready-to-install search shortcuts for some popular websites that you may add to the homescreen of your Android or iOS device.



  1. Twitter Search

  2. YouTube Search

  3. Google I’m Feeling Lucky

  4. Wolfram Alpha

  5. Google Image Search

  6. Bing Search

  7. Amazon Search

  8. Google+ Search

  9. Wikipedia Search

  10. Facebook Search


Write your own Search Shortcuts


A search shortcut is essentially a little piece of JavaScript, much like a bookmarklet, that accepts input through a pop-up dialog and redirects the user to the search results page.


Writing one is easy. For instance, here’s the code for the Google I’m Feeling Lucky shortcut that automatically transports you to the first search result (useful when you don’t remember the exact URL of a site).



<!-- Page Title -->
<title>Feeling Lucky</title>

<!-- Touch Icon - This will show up on the home screen -->
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="lucky.png" />

<script>
var u = "http://ift.tt/1iiBXav;;
<!-- Show the input dialog -->
var q = window.prompt('What are you looking for?','');
if(q) {
/* If the user has entered input, redirect to search results */
u = u + "/search?&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=" + escape(q);
window.location.href = u;
} else {
/* If the user hits cancel, show helper text and do nothing */
document.write("Add me to your home screen");
}
</script>

All you need to know is the URL of the search results page and use it in line #13.




This story, Add Search Shortcuts on your Android and iOS Device, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 21/01/2014 under Android, IPad, IPhone, Search, Internet

Which Operating System Should You Choose For Your Next PC



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Buying a new PC? You have more operating system choices than ever. Windows is still popular, but Macs are now surprisingly affordable compared to higher-end Windows PCs. Google also offers Chromebooks that are simple and cheap, and Linux laptops are an option, too. You could even use an Android tablet or iPad with a keyboard as a laptop replacement. But which should you choose when it’s time to buy a new computer? We’ll give you an overview of all your choices, along with their advantages and disadvantages. Here’s a spoiler: There’s no one best option for everyone. Windows You probably...


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