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Restore missing Notification Area icons in Windows

Restore missing Notification Area icons in Windows

If your Notification Area looks as blank as the image you see here then there’s something wrong with your registry. The usual fix for this is to turn your computer off and on again or simply logoff and login to the same account. However, that may be a bit extreme since you’re just out to [...]

How to download files using BitTorrent

A lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) is being spread about bittorrent so I guess I should start on the facts about this “dreaded” word. BitTorrentis a file-sharing protocol (it’s not a program, it’s not a service, it’s a protocol) that lets you download content directly from other groups of people. Unlike HTTP, the download [...]

Twitter, Plurk, Facebook short codes for WordPress

Short codes are special functions in the WordPress Platform that give your posts additional functionality. It’s just a matter of your creativity that can limit what you can do with short codes. With this tutorial, I’ll be teaching you the basics of WordPress Short Codes and we’ll be creating three specific and useful examples: A [...]

Tips on how to save printer ink

Let’s face it, Printer Ink is expensive. Instead of profiting out of selling your their hardware, printer companies make most of their bucks selling you ink. As an example, say you bought an Epson printer for cheap. How much would the Epson Ink cost you after the initial bundled ink cartridges run dry? As much [...]

Remove and Disable Google Analytics from a FeedBurner URL

Google Analytics has long integrated stat reporting from Feedburner.  This allows you to track visitors to your site that come from Feedburner fed feeds (pardon the pun ) and view the stats under the “Traffic Sources” report of Google Analytics. Google Analytics tracks feedburner visitors by appending tags such as “utm_source” and “utm_medium” to the [...]

HowTo: Prevent Image Hotlinking on your site

A lot of webmasters run into bandwidth problems due to hotlinking, inline linking, direct linking, leeching or bandwidth theft. Whichever term you use to refer to it, it means the same exact thing, losing your bandwidth to someone else that didn’t pay for it. While it’s a practice that’s frowned upon by mostly everyone, it’s [...]

Howto: View Friendster Private Photos

Admit it, you’ve always wanted to view someone’s private photos that have been uploaded on friendster .  Whether you’re a stalker, a curious friend or simply someone who don’t want to feel left out, you know you’ve always wanted the know if there’s a way to view private photos on friendster   Ready to view [...]

Convert DOCX to DOC files for free

It’s 2009 and yet everyone still hasn’t adopted the .docx file format which is why we usually end up hunting for free Docx to doc file converters online. Not five minutes before deciding to write this, I was scouring google for ways to convert to convert DOCX to DOC and as expected, the usual problem [...]

How to Spot Fake Mobile Phones

Mobile phones like Nokias are so popular that they’re even getting imitations, much like software available only. They say that imitation is the best form of flattery but when comes to products, imitations are bootlegged or pirated copies of actual products that have subpar or worse quality. Buying one is a waste of money and [...]