Super Close Google Maps Zooms

Calling all Peeping Toms and pedophiles: you can sometimes browse into very close detail on Google Maps--read on...



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Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Improve your Productivity

Top 10 extensions that will keep you focused, reduce distractions, streamline your daily work flow, and improve your productivity.



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Macrovision copy protection coming to a download near you

A number of online movie download services have inked a deal with Macrovision to offer that company's ACP protection with their movies. We'll peer through the scrambled signal to figure out the larger picture behind this move.



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HP Sees Huge Linux Desktop Deals

According to CRN, HP is doing "massive," "multi-thousand unit" deals with Linux PCs and suggests Linux on the desktop/notebook may be close to a tipping point.



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Speed Up Mail.app

Amazingly, a simple sqlite command on your Mail.app envelope file can dramatically speed up the operation of the program!



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Turn any Image into Text Art ONLINE! To use in forums or Digg

All you have to do is upload a photo. That will take about 3 seconds, and the image that you chose to upload will be turned into text, using keyboard characters. Its very hard to describe, so go try it out yourself. Just don't spam Digg with too many of them in the comment section.



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Black iMacs and 8-Core Mac Pros Expected Next Month

MacScoop claims to have the inside dirt on next month's rumored Apple announcements, saying we're in for a full barrage of hardware releases, including a black 24-inch iMac and 8-core Mac Pros (no word on whether they'll be sporting new designs).



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Canon Unleashes Bevy of New Cameras

Ramping up to this year's PMA show, Canon has announced five new cameras (including a pro DSLR) and an HD-capable camcorder.



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How I Hacked Your LinkSys Router Which You Probably Bought at Best Buy

In a world where we all shop at the same stores and buy the same wireless equipment it is very easy to unintentionally hijack someone’s wireless connection. Here's how this guy did it - by accident....



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Joost's Bandwidth Requirements

The software downloads about 320MB per hour (as a maximum) and uploads up to 105 MB per hour. The more popular the content is on our platform, the more sources it can be pulled from and the less redundant data we send; that number can be as low as 220MB per hour of viewing



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