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In the interests of exposing all of the secrets in Windows Vista, I’ve decided to explain how to create a shortcut that turns on or off the transparency in Windows Vista. I don’t find this especially useful, but I’m sure it will be relevant to at least one of the readers.

This tip is nothing new, and seems to have been featured on dozens of sites recently, but there seems to be a misunderstanding… this mechanism will not turn off Aero or the compositing engine, it simply disables the transparency.

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To obtain an ALT Character:

1. Make certain that the
2. Num Lock key has been pressed to activate the numeric key section of the keyboard. Depress the
3. Alt key.
4. While the Alt key is depressed, type the proper sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) of the ALT code from the table above. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.

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VLC 1.0 has gotten several cool new features, one of which is the ability to record what is playing in the screen.  Here we will take a look at how easy it is to record a DVD or other video formats using VLC.

Record Using VLC

You won’t see the record button in the default view so we need to make it available in the control panel by going to View and selecting Advanced Controls.

Now you can see the Record button along with a couple other handy controls like snapshot and looping.

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Maybe the command line isn’t your favourite place to hang out, but to be an effective Linux admin, you need to be able to wield a few essential commands. These 10 commands are guaranteed to simplify your Linux admin life.

I understand that many of you don’t want to use the command line in Linux (or in any operating system, for that matter). But the truth is, to be a good administrator, you have to know the command line. Why? Well, with Windows there are times when the command line is the only thing that can save your skin. With Linux, the command line is vast, reliable, flexible, fast … I could go on and on.

And of the 2119 possible commands from the /usr/bin directory (in Mandriva Spring 2008) and the 388 possible commands from /usr/sbin/, a few are indispensable. Here are 10 of them that might make your Linux admin life — or your introduction to Linux — a whole lot simpler.

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Twitter users may not always tweet in English. You might follow many twitter users that do not tweet in your language. It would be surprising to see the updates in French, Dutch, Spanish and other languages which are unknown to you and you do not want to miss out a single tweet as those tweets might contain some useful information. But how to translate the tweets into English or any other language? Below is the list of some of the Twitter translation services with which tweets are automatically translated.

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iTunes is an application that allows the user to manage audio and video on a personal computer, acting as a front end for Apple’s QuickTime media player. iTunes music lovers finds difficult to store media files on computer because of limited storage capacity of hard disc. Instead of burning DVD’s it is advisable to move the files into external hard drive or flash drive or flash drive which is a cost effective solution. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to move your iTunes library to an external hard drive.

Step 1: Connect the hard drive with Computer

Make sure your hard drive have enough size before moving your iTunes library containing both audio and video files.

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Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. Amazon S3 is a cheap and cost effective way to handle sudden increase in traffic (such as from Digg, Technorati, StumbleUpon). Many bloggers are using Amazon S3 to host their images and other static media (such as mp3 files for their podcasts). Accessing and managing S3 account is not simple as it seems. Below is the list of Amazon S3 tools to access and manage S3 account on Windows, Mac, Linux powered computers.

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There have been tons of Firefox hacks out there that have been covered to death, but we’ve recently taken some time out and run a side-by-side comparison on a couple of identical computers from the shop we had laying around. What did we find? You can essentially double your browsing speed if you’re currently on a broadband connection if you just run a few simple tweaks. We have a set of three. That’s not too many for you, right? Now let’s get started.

Basically, what we found is that Firefox tends to eat a lot of RAM in exchange for quicker launching and handling of the browser. It’s a pretty steep trade-off, and for those of us with tons of RAM and a broadband connection usually end up seeing no difference or at times, even slower performance than if these restrictions weren’t enabled by default. Here’s how to take them off and harness the full power of Firefox:

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FirefoxFirefox reviews can be made into so much more than just a browser via its huge extension base.  Yes, this means you can replace some of your instant messenger, chat and microblogging needs by adding just a few extensions. Here are 18 tools that will let you turn your Firefox 3 browser into a communications portal.

Whenever we discuss numerous Firefox add-ons, we like to remind you that we do not recommend you install ALL of them unless you like your browser slowing down.

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\\ tags: chat, Firefox, google talk, im, Lists, messenger, Pownce, social media, Twitter

For all the geeks out there, do you know someone who tried to teach themselves how to read Barcode? Here is a list of Geek quotes, sayings and phrases. Some of them are from Boardofwisdom who put together a nice compilation themselves.

#1. Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF. All my base Are belong to you  — someone on SlashDot

#2. There is no place like 127.0.0.1

#3. Girls are like Internet Domain names, the ones I like are already taken

#4. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning

#5. Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination. — Albert Einstein

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