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A nice extention from our friends at Firefox allows you to choose your viewing optoins for PDF’s.
PDF Options
This Extension presents you with three basic options: Download, Open PDF or View as HTML. You can download this wonderful extention here!

podcamp BostonA few of us guys from the Best Damn Tech Show Period are heading to Boston this weekend to get our geek on. Join us!

In case you need to know if your email was sent, take advantage of Microsoft Outlook. You can request a receipt of your email.

Go under tools, click options. There will be a tab that says Receipts which gives you the option to turn a receipt off and on.

This way you will be notified when someone opens the message you had sent.

Our friends at Google keep on impressing with a new feature added to Google Talk (still in Beta). You can set your status to display your current music track playing in iTunes.

This isn’t exactly a huge breakthrough, but a nifty little feature to let everyone know what you’re listenning to.

If you don’t have Google Talk, check it out here.

Here are a list of simple ways to access simple things in your computer that you may find helpful. They will be updated frequently (at least I hope).

PC
Minimize all windows: Window+M
Show desktop: Window+D

Run: Window+R

My Computer: Window+E

Utility Manager: Window+U

Log Out: Window+L

Search: Window+F

Copy: Ctrl+C

Paste: Ctrl+V

Print: Ctrl+P

Save: Ctrl+A

Select All: Ctrl+A

New Window: Ctrl+N

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