http://www.homepagestartup.com

If you’re after quick access to your favorite websites, then Homepage Startup is the ideal homepage you want to set your browser to.

Great for kids and Internet newbies!

SizeMe makes it possible to scan a directory and compare it to how many floppy/zip/CD-R/DVD-discs you need. (Many call it spanning or span of elements over a medium). It tries to fill each disc up as much as possible, and gives you the result on each disc.

For those of you not running a Home Server for backups, this is pretty handy.

PortForward.com is proud to offer help setting up port forwarding on your router or firewall. Many Internet users are not aware of how to configure their router or firewall in order to use applications like Peer-to-Peer file sharing (PtoP), Internet Games, Web serving, FTP serving, WebCams, IRC DDC, and Instant Messaging such as AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and MS Messenger.

Here is a great place to start if you know what router you have…

Yaaa baaaby! The first episode of season two of The IT Crowd has aired and it’s already available for viewing!

The IT Crowd is the nerd sitcom about sysadmins. The US adaptation of it that NBC picked up is reportedly not so hot, but I loved the British version and I was reallyhappy when it got picked up for a second season.

Channel 4, the show’s homebase, has a ridiculous DRM-based web-viewing option, but I can’t get that to work . Lucky for me — and you — intrepid fans of the show have already posted it on Youtube.

Season two, episode one is called “The Work Outing.”

Part One
Part Two

Forget about brokers — when celebs need to unload cars, they head straight for My eBay.

This particular Red Sox Red SL65 happens to be the property of Mr. Walk-Off Home Run David Ortiz, alias Big Papi, from the Boston Red Sox. He bought it for himself when the BoSox won the 2004 World Series (after an 86-year drought, in case you forgot), then dropped another thirty-five large making it custom. There are black D’s in the 20″ Lorinser center caps. There are two subs behind the front seats, and between the speakers is a baseball diamond with D.O.’s initials in relief. There’s a bodykit that we’ll let you comment on in private. And the interior is, of course, red and black.

I wonder what Derek Jeter Drives, Perhaps a “Monster Hummer” that eats SL65’s for breakfast! Does anyone know?

Windows/Mac/Linux: Temporarily turn your computer into a home theater with the GeeXboX live CD. All you need to do is drop the GeeXbox CD into your drive and restart. When you are done with GeeXbox, remove the CD, restart your computer and you will return to your existing operating system. Originally created just to play DivX videos, GeeXboX can now play virtually any file format you throw at it. GeeXbox has extremely low requirements and can be used to turn an old computer into a media center. Linux users who don’t have the libdvdcss2 codec installed can boot into GeeXboX and watch DVDs without any setup. GeeXboX is a free download for Windows, Mac and Linux.

GeeXboX

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World-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz gets a few tips from the world-renowned photographer/­webmaster Hiddenpcmaster.

To view more pictures of our Visit to Madame Tussaud’s click here

This Blockbuster coupon cannot be redeemed for free rentals, soda, or popcorn. It is a waste of toner and time. From Snopes:

It apparently originated as a genuine rewards coupon e-mailed as part of a Blockbuster promotion, but its use is supposed to be tied to the redeemer’s having earned it through participation in a specific affiliate program. Thus, the many, many consumers (other than the original intended recipients) who have been forwarded a copy of the same coupon by others and tried to redeem it at Blockbuster outlets have been informed (by store personnel and/or in-store signage) that the coupon is not legitimate and will not be accepted.

Ugh, another internet myth debunked by Snopes. First they say Bill Gates won’t give us $245 for forwarding an email, and now this. Thanks, Snopes, for ruining the internet.

Alice, Thanks anyway. It was the thought that counts.

Quickly and easily work side by side between two application windows by tiling them vertically (or horizontally). To do so, Ctrl+Click on each window you want to be visible on the taskbar and right-click; from the context menu choose “Tile Vertically” (or horizontally.) This is an old-school Windows tip that comes in handy on that new widescreen monitor.

Cool!, I forgot about that one. Hiddenpcmaster

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Over the years, (since 1990) I have used Norton products of all kinds. Some good some bad. It all depends on what pc you install them on. I’m currently using Norton A/V Corp Edition 10 to protect my laptop from the nasties and it really does a great job of that without hogging up resources. In the past, I’ve tried using Norton Utilities which brought my pc to it’s knees!

So, If for whatever reason you need to completely strip a computer of Norton, use the Norton Removal Tool.