Welcome to this week’s update email. The sharp eyed amongst you will notice that we have a new (albeit temporary logo). Thank you to everybody who submitted their logo ideas, they will be reviewed this week and the winner shall be announced in the next update!
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Break into Windows without a password
It does not happen that often, but when someone in the office forgets their recently changed Windows password, it can potentially leave an entire PC out of action until you reformat the entire hard drive.
If it happens to you, do not panic! Help is at hand, breaking into a password protected PC is far easier than you might think. The only problem is that this method also leaves your laptop or PC open to people with more dubious intentions.
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Firefox 3 Official release 17th June 2008
Firefox has always been our browser of choice due to its speed, stability and its slew of add-ons which made it far more versatile and useable than IE7.
Various beta versions and release candidates of Firefox 3 have been around for a while now and the final release promises to provide “increased security, blinding speed and cool new features that will change the way you use the Web.”
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Recover deleted files in Windows with Recuva
Recuva is a simple and free file recovery program does a good job of finding your deleted files. Not only will it thoroughly search your computer for every deleted file it can find, but it will also have a go with your USB thumb drive, camera/phone memory card and even MP3 player. After its scan it will present a list of its findings allowing you to pick and choose the files you wish to recover.
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Sync Google Contacts with Thunderbird
Zindus is a Thunderbird Add-on which synchronises your Thunderbird Address Book with contacts in your Gmail/ GApps Account and is very handy for regular users of both.
Whilst IMAP support has allowed Thunderbird (or indeed any other email program) to be in sync with emails thus far, users have still needed to regularly import and export their Gmail/GApps contacts in order to use them in a desktop client. Well, as far as Thunderbird is concerned, this gap seems to have been filled, and Zindus provides a simple and easy way to manage the process.
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Navigating the Music Maze Online
Like most of the connected world you’ll probably keep the vast majority of your music collection in digital format. Even if some of us mourn the day when you’d wait months for that new album and listen to it for weeks, digesting every lyric and change in rhythm, now keeping up to date with the cutting edge in any one genre is a almost a full time job. The upside is more access, if occasionally an overload, and more, much more, to discover. To help you surfers out, here are a few tricks, hints and guidelines you should be aware of to maintain a crisp collection.
See you next week!
