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Just one day after Yahoo announced they’re adding support for images and video in their search ads, Google decided to spice up their AdSense ads a little – but just a little.

Now, instead of being stuck with the default font for all your AdSense ads, you can choose between three different font faces: Arial, Times and Verdana.

While the choice is not as funky as some publishers would want, it’s still better than being stuck with “Standard AdSense font family,” which is still the default. Beware, though: as Google warns on the official AdSense blog, the standard font has “performed well across browsers and displays.” By changing the font, your results might get better, but they also might get worse.

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Remember why Google AdSense became so popular in the first place? It was because the folks at Google had realized that flashing banners, animations and images don’t work that well in the context of a search result listing. Thus, they created very simple text-based ads that weren’t all that different from the search results itself; it worked great, and everyone (including Yahoo) had done pretty much the same thing.

Now, Yahoo thinks that this strategy has run its course, and they’ve introduced a new kind of search ads – Rich Ads. These enable publishers to add images, videos, and custom search boxes to their search ads – precisely the sort of thing that stopped working several years ago.

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If there is one piece of equipment in your computer that you would predict to fail first, what would it be? Some might pick the power supply, some might pick the motherboard and even some might pick the video card. Most however, are going to choose the hard drive. So, what can you do to prevent hard drive failure?

The standard IDE/SATA hard drive today is still the most mechanical piece of equipment sitting in your present day PC. And this will continue to be the case until solid state drives become much cheaper and much more compatible for present day hardware. The most unfortunate part of the problems with these drives, is how incredibly critical they are to the state of your computer. A hard disk failure means a dead computer – unless you are lucky enough to be running in some type of RAID environment, which most home users won’t be.

To help predict and protect yourself from these the inevitable circumstances of a hard drive failure, I have come up with four third party diagnostic tools, and a list of the all the major hard drive manufacturer tools. Most of these incorporate the built-in SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) feature with most of today’s hard disks. (Windows Only)

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CD and DVD are fragile media. A few scratches here and there and they can easily become coasters on your table. I have had plenty of them myself.

Let’s just look at some of the ways to repair damaged CD’s and DVD’s and recover data from those spoilt CD/DVD’s.

Anatomy of scratches

Scratches that are perpendicular (going from the center outwards) are generally less harmful or damaging than the scratches that go along the spiral. So if your CD/DVD has more of the latter ones, then the chances of recovering data from that CD or DVD may be bleak. Nevertheless, Thou shall try till thou art able to Make good Use Of thy media.

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If a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) or cable Internet connection is not an option for your area, you can always opt to install a satellite broadband Internet connection, as long as you have a clear view of the south for your satellite dish installation.

Satellite broadband Internet is generally available nationwide and contains access speeds of up to 5.0Mbps (megabytes per second). Most providers guarantee instant Internet access through a two-way satellite service and offer telephone support around the clock.

To obtain a satellite broadband Internet connection, you will need to place an order with a high speed satellite provider such as HughesNet. Upon placing your order, you can schedule installation service with your chosen provider who will perform a site survey to determine the best position for your satellite dish. The signal is provided from the south direction so you will need to have the satellite dish positioned with a clear view of the south.

The installation will involve mounting and pointing the dish as well as performing tests to determine whether or not there are other electronic entities that are interfering with the satellite signal.

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Whether you are a business or residential Internet surfer, a wireless Internet connection or Wi-Fi can significantly improve your computing experience with lightning fast broadband speed as well as improved mobility.

With our rapidly growing technology oriented society of personal digital assistants, cell phones, and other mobile technology, the demand for wireless connections with increased broadband width has significantly increased over the last few years.

Wireless Internet connectivity has become more affordable and reliable thanks to the advances in bandwidth technology that provide data transfer up to two megabytes per second where the norm used to be one megabyte. Additionally, a wireless broadband connection is more reliable than a satellite connection because the signal does not have to travel as far for data transfer to commence.

A wireless Internet connection also provides a fast response when you download Web pages and facilitate email messages due to the improved bandwidth technology. Interactive applications such as videoconferencing, chat, gaming, multimedia programs, and social networking, are much easier to use and navigating your computer in general becomes much more efficient.

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High speed Internet service has gone from being a rarity to being common to being essential.  It is difficult to function in today’s society without being referred to a website.   Since high speed Internet is so widely available, companies have made their websites more and more complex, even including audio and video with fancy graphics.  Some people still can’t get DSL Internet from their phone company.  Fortunately, high speed Internet service is available to everyone now through wireless technologies.

The most common forms of high speed Internet service are cable Internet and  DSL Internet from the phone company.  Wireless technologies are available for people who can’t get these popular services.  The most common wireless options are satellite and rural 802.11 wireless, but a new option has become available that seems to be gaining acceptance:  Wireless Internet from cellular wireless providers.

The satellite companies usually restrict the amount of data you can access during a day, and if you go over the limit they “punish” you by slowing you back down to modem speeds for a day, just to remind you who’s boss.  Rural 802.11 service is a mixed bag.  802.11 was meant to be a local standard for short distances, and does not travel well through trees, which seem to be plentiful in many remote areas.   Be sure that there is a no-cost trial period, or that the service provider will prove out your service in advance.

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We all have had people that we’ve made good friends with over the internet. Some of us also have had crushes on one of our internet buddies. But for some odd reason you just happened to lose touch with them. With the internet and only having an email address to go off of, it can be very tedious to find your long lost pal. This is very useful for you if you do online dating. This way you can find out who is really behind that email address to be sure of your safety.

One thing you can do if you have not already done this is use a search engine. Just type in the email address and check each page that seems to have more information about the email. A lot of people tend to add their personal information on some accounts. Specially with membership sites that they enjoy the most. You can try finding some information by using this method. Keep in mind though that this doesn’t always work but it’s a start.

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Everyone has seen the commercials about the cable company saying how there Broadband is seven times faster than the DSL offered by the Phone Companies. What they don’t tell you is that they mean their highest speed is seven times faster than the low speed from the phone company(DSL). Their commercials make it sound like the product they offer is far superior to what the phone company has to offer.

The truth is, if the cable companies offer  8 meg. service and the phone company offers 8 meg. service, they are the same speed. The difference is the 8 meg. service from the phone company is yours, and yours alone. No one else shares your line. The cable company makes you share your service with your entire neighborhood. Let me explain.

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A Yagi Antenna is a strong wireless antenna (802.11 protocol and finely tuned for 2.4 ghz). The Yagi antenna was invented in 1926 by Shintaro Uda of Japan. The Yagi antenna was first widely applied during WWII on allied aircraft radar.

Yagi Wifi antennas are particularly interesting for 3 major reasons:

1- They are especially tuned to get the strongest signal possible from WiFi 2.4ghz bandwidth.
2- They are designed to be installed with a WiFi router so one can connect to far away signals and then repeat this signal throughout your home or office.
3- Special weather resistant coatings ensure long service.
Combine the Yagi antenna with a basic low cost router loaded with free opensource firmware and the router transforms into a $600 professional full featured router.

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