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Bypass Reduced Functionality Without Activating Windows
3:00AM Adam Pash | If you’ve installed Windows 7 (or Vista) but still don’t have a product key, you’ll eventually end up with an activation nag screen and “reduced functionality” until you get a proper key. Still not ready to buy? Temporarily bypass the problem instead. More »
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Power Efficiency Reports Tune Up Windows 7’s Energy Use
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | There’s a handy battery-preserving, energy-saving tool in Windows 7, but it’s nowhere near the shiny graphics or slick taskbar. Online Tech Tips shows us how to audit our computers’ energy efficiency using a simple command-line tool. More »
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12:30PM Angus Kidman | Windows might have some fancy tricks up its sleeve, but easily generating a list of files in a given directory isn’t one of them. For that, your best bet is heading back to a good old-fashioned DOS prompt. More »
Create A List Of Files In Windows
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Windows might have some fancy tricks up its sleeve, but easily generating a list of files in a given directory isn’t one of them. For that, your best bet is heading back to a good old-fashioned DOS prompt. More »
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Create An Awesome Command Line Calculator
8:00AM The How-To Geek | When you spend as much time at the terminal as I do, having a calculator at your fingertips can be a really useful feature, and the Command-Line Fu website tells us how to create one easily. More »
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Use Zsync To Upgrade An Ubuntu Installation Image
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: For the first few days after a new Linux release, grabbing an install image can be tough going. Not so if you’ve already got an alpha, beta or RC copy—use zsync to grab the necessary updated bits. More »
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Learn To Compile Software From Source Code
8:00AM Adam Pash | Normally, installing a new application is no more difficult than double-clicking an installer and hitting Next a few times. For those very rare occasions when an app’s source code is all that’s available, Wired details how to compile it yourself. More »
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Google Docs Batch Upload Eases Online Document Transfers
9:40PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (Java): Got a bunch of files to send to Google Docs, and don’t have time for the webapp’s one-by-one uploads? Google Docs Batch Upload does just what you might think, loading any folder of files into Google Docs’ servers More »
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Search Wikipedia From The Command Line
4:00AM The How-To Geek | If you’ve ever had the inclination to look up information using the shell prompt, the Command-Line Fu site explains how to query Wikipedia using the built-in dig utility. More »
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MyDefrag Optimises Files On Your Hard Drive
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Freeware defrag utility MyDefrag not only handles the basic drive defragmentation tasks, it also includes a powerful scripting engine, a screensaver and a command-line version. More »
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