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Link Round-Up: February 10, 2009

10 Feb 2009  Links

From Around the Web

20 Ways To Increase The Life Of Your Laptop’s Battery – Mobile computing has got better with lighter components, better chips and faster processors. But the Achilles heel of a laptop has remained its battery.

50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have – MaximumPC expands upon the things that every self-respecting, self-proclaimed geek ought to be able to do… though it strikes out on several items such as calculating a pitcher’s earned run average? WTF?

Google Earth 5.0 Beta Released – Google’s 3D mapping application Google Earth has just released version 5.0, adding historical imagery, maps of the ocean’s floor, and even better features for touring the world from your desktop.

Gmail Poised to Surpass Hotmail by End of 2009 – The growth of Google’s Gmail service is accelerating and, if current trends continue, it could surpass Windows Live Hotmail by the end of this year.

Seven Cool Things to Do with Linux – Once you’ve gotten a box set up with Linux, what do you do next? Dave Hayes makes suggestions and points the way to the utilities you’ll need.

The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2008 – The Photoshop Lady serves up the cream de’la cream of the internet’s tutorials

Who’s Messing with Wikipedia? – Tools to expose the interests and biases of the hidden army of Wikipedia article writers and editors.

Windows XP’s Days are Really Numbered Now – Microsoft will shove Windows XP into retirement in the next few months by cutting back technical support.

Tech News

10 Things a Web Designer would Never Tell You

The Complete Guide to Windows 7 Beta

Sales of PCs falling for first time in eight years

UK Teens view 87 Hours of Porn per Year



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