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How To Use Plaxo to Sync across Applications and Platforms

The new version of Plaxo (Plaxo 3.0) was announced some weeks ago, with syncing capability across multiple applications (e.g. MS-Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar, etc.). Syncing includes contacts, – which is what Plaxo was doing initially – notes, tasks and calendar items.

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6 Valuable Greasemonkey Scripts for Flickr Users

Having used Flickr for a while now, it might seem that it's lacking some tiny features that would make using Flickr much more easier and enjoyable. As an active Flickr users, you may want a boost with commenting, viewing comments or browsing the photos.

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UK sailors captured at gunpoint

Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces, the Ministry of Defence says. The men were seized at 1030 local time when they boarded a boat in the Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, which they suspected was smuggling cars.

How to stop old podcasts from downloading in iTunes

A very short and quick tip here! It's happened to me that when I click on the Refresh button in the podcast section of iTunes, not only do new shows start to download (which is a good thing), but so do some old shows from way back as 6 months ago! I've found that irritating, as I …

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How to migrate emails and contacts from Entourage to Outlook

I know that one would never ever dream of migrating from a Mac to Windows, but recently I was asked to help someone move all emails and contacts in Entourage on Mac OS X to Outlook on Windows XP.

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How to automatically clear a query from Firefox's Search bar

The following was originally written for "The Authentic Fake". Please share your tips on the subject, maybe there's a better (easier even?) way to achieve the same result.

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Firefox del.icio.us Bookmarks – A Love Hate relationship

The following was originally written for "The Authentic Fake". The article aims at providing tips and tricks for using the del.icio.us Bookmarks extension, but it is not comprehensive in any way. Hopefully it will be found useful.

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Obituary: Saddam Hussein

An article describing the events that happened during his life. From BBC News: During more than two decades as leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's violent methods and uncompromising stance thrust his country onto the world stage.

5 Steps to make Firefox more useful on a Mac

If you install Firefox on a Mac, it'll look ok, and work ok; but won't feel like a proper Mac application. I've read other articles on how to make Firefox more like Safari, here I'll try to give another perspective, but there will be some overlap with such other articles.

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How Hubble Killed God…

A very interesting article about how images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope can help us in broaden our understanding of life, purpose and God, all from a scientific point of view.

10 Tips for new Mac users, switching from Windows...

Introduction This article was originally published at "The Authentic Fake". The tips here are mainly for new mac users, specifically those using a notebook computer.

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Tel Aviv suicide blast kills six

A Palestinian suicide bombing has left at least six people dead and around 30 injured in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, Israeli media report. -- from BBC News

[BBC] New Abu Ghraib images broadcast

BBC News reports on the new images broadcast by Australian media. Contains video and photographs.

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