49ers: Next four games will show team’s true colors
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Even though I want to still soak in the win from this Sunday, I have to look ahead and see that I shouldn’t get my hopes up. THe 49ers embark on a four-game stretch that will pretty much decide if their newly discovered offensive explosion is enough to handle the NFL’s elite teams. The following [...]
Hands On: Image Composite Editor–Microsoft Offers A Free Pano Creator
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If you were thinking of writing a panorama stitcher and then selling it to make your fortune–forget it. This market is closed! There is a plethora of free pano stitchers, the latest being . Microsoft refers to it as ICE. It’s Windows only and available for free.
I downloaded and installed it [...]
Atomic Symbols in Word 2007
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Q: I need to write atomic symbols in word 2007. I don’t know how familiar you are with chemistry, but this would mean having superscript and subscript directly on top of each other, or using an equation. I cannot find the right equation for what I need, and I don’t know if I [...]
Netflix Deal Makes Hannah Montana, CSI Available for Streaming
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Netflix today increased content to its streaming Watch Now feature, thanks to deals with CBS and Disney. will make some 500 episodes from the Disney Channel and 350 from CBS available to Netflix subscribers, including popular shows such as CSI, Hannah Montana, Numb3rs, NCIS, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and Wizards of [...]
Control Google Preferences Without Cookies
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Q: I have a question that I hope you can answer. Whenever I use Google, I prefer to have 50 results show instead of the default 10 results. I know this can be changed under Preferences. However, I use Firefox and choose to have all private data and cookies erased upon exiting, and then the [...]
Google’s Android App Market: 23 Apps, 8 Games
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along with Google’s counterpart to Apple’s App Store: the App Market. The App Market looks and works a lot like the App Store; you can preview apps and read user ratings and reviews before buying. It’s a lot less populated than Apple’s store, of course. Apps in the App Market fall into two categories, [...]
49ers vs. Bears: Preseason Game 3 Preview & Discussion Thread
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Game time changed to 5PM
Guard Adam Snyder suffered an ankle sprain earlier in the week and will be out of action for possibly a week. Undrafted rookie Brian de la Puente will take his spot in the starting lineup. De la Puente, out of Cal, has been working at that position and looks to be [...]
NFL fans mourn the loss of Gene Upshaw
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Upshaw did a lot of his great on-field work while with the Raiders. Coverage of the event can be followed at
I never grew up watching Upshaw, but only got to see what he did after his NFL career. He was avid in trying to make things right in the NFL. Being a former [...]
Are Mozilla’s ‘Extend Firefox 3′ Winners A Little Dull?
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, you’ll find Mozilla’s list of winners for its “Extend Firefox 3″ contest, which asked developers to submit their best add-ons for the browser.
Admittedly, there are a few plug-ins of interest. My absolute favorite is , also seems useful, although not for me.
I yawned at the rest, though.
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Photosynth: It’s Up! It’s Down! It’s Back Up, Sorta
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Microsoft’s Photosynth, which went live on Thursday, has been up, down, and apparently is still in limbo as of Thursday evening.
According to a . During the middle of the day, Microsoft placed the site in read-only mode, then with basic functionality. As of 5:45 PM PDT, the site still wasn’t accepting new synths, but [...]
