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		<title>Bypass Reduced Functionality Without Activating Windows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve installed Windows 7 (or Vista) but still don&#8217;t have a product key, you&#8217;ll eventually end up with an activation nag screen and &#8220;reduced functionality&#8221; until you get a proper key. Still not ready to buy? Temporarily bypass the problem instead.
Tech weblog UneasySilence details how to use the previously mentioned rearm trick to extend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scan Tailor Cleans Up Scanned Pages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows/Linux: Tired of fiddling with scanned pages to remove borders, correct alignment and otherwise prettify them before storing or emailing them? Then Scan Tailor could be right up your alley.
This free app splits two-page scans into single documents, converts text to black and white without disturbing images, and cleans stray specks off pages. Scan Tailor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Blue Snafu Means No Free Gold Membership For You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only last Thursday that we were emphasising the fact that mistakes happen in online commerce, and Virgin Blue came up with a doozy on Friday, emailing everyone on its customer database and mistakenly telling them they&#8217;d been upgraded to Velocity Gold.
As Mumbrella reports (and as I saw in my own inbox), that was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make A Lost Screw Finder From A Blank Media Spindle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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Even folks with steady of hands can lose an important screw while assembling a project. To find your missing pieces, the DIY mavens at Make share how to turn a CD spindle into a vacuum attachment to round up lost parts.
To create this quicker-picker-upper attachment you&#8217;ll need a few pieces of PVC pipe, an empty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iTunes Preview Makes Direct Music Links Slightly Less Annoying</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you click a direct iTunes link in a browser, Apple has traditionally opened the music app automatically or asked you to download it at a blank landing page. That landing is now more soft and helpful, though missing song previews.
iTunes Preview, as it&#8217;s known, drops browsers at a page with artist, track and album [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optus And Telstra Checking Premium SMS Ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June, the ACCC started cracking down on premium SMS providers (premium in this context usually means &#8216;overpriced&#8217; and &#8216;waste of money&#8217;). Telstra and Optus are now doing their part by funding a service to check if premium SMS providers live up to their claims.
Both Optus and Telstra are paying WMC Global to check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put On A Duvet Cover Without Losing Your Mind</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/put-on-a-duvet-cover-without-losing-your-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[household]]></category>
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Duvet covers offer versatility to your down comforter, and although they&#8217;re easily removed for washing, putting them back on can be quite the conundrum. A user at video site Videojug offers a quick and simple trick.
The trick: Turn the duvet cover inside out, hold onto your comforter at the corners, and shake the duvet down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cache My Work Restores Your Workspace After A Restart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: The biggest annoyance that comes with a reboot isn&#8217;t the time wasted rebooting &#8212; it&#8217;s the time wasted getting your workspace back up and running how you had it before you restarted. Free application Cache My Work fixes this problem.
Once installed, you can set up Cache My Work to monitor all &#8220;cacheable programs&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gmail Prematurely Marking Some Messages As Read</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/gmail-prematurely-marking-some-messages-as-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloggers, Twitter users, and TechCrunch are reporting that certain Gmail accounts are marking incoming messages as &#8220;read&#8221; upon delivery, leaving inboxes apparently, falsely empty.
Google&#8217;s Apps Dashboard isn&#8217;t reporting any problems as of this post, but a blogger reports the problem as IMAP-related, and offers this advice for IMAP users: &#8221; &#8230; set the PEEK mode [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kill New Program Highlighting In Any Start Menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a frequent tester or tinkerer, you know that Windows likes to &#8220;highlight&#8221; your newest installed apps and program folders in the Start Menu, and doesn&#8217;t turn it off until you take notice. Stop that with a little-known setting.
If you never thought to look in your Start Menu settings, there&#8217;s a simple toggle, located [...]]]></description>
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