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85 Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets Whether you've just bought a second-hand PC running Windows 7 or you've been using it for a while, there are bound to be things you didn't know you could do. Whether it's tweaks to get the desktop the way you want it, tips for troubleshooting or ways to squeeze more performance from Windows 7, we've got it covered. Windows 7: the complete guide We've updated our popular Windows 7 tips article with a load of new ones, including how to recover and reset your system, how to tweak your screen resolution and the legibility of text, play music on a network of PCs, and more. Read on for over 90 tips to help you get the best from Windows 7. 1. As the local PC guru you're probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what's going on. When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7 then all your friends need do is click Start, type PSR and press Enter, then click Start Record. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Publications IAB Debuts 5 Mobile Ad Units 02/28 The Interactive Advertising Bureau today unveiled five new mobile display ad formats in an effort to bolster innovation in a medium often faulted for a lack of ad creativity. The new ad units are the winners of the IAB’s first “Mobile Rising Stars” competition, which mirrors an initiative the trade group started last year to create new online ad types. The five new mobile formats chosen from a pool of 60 submissions also parallel existing standard display ad units for the desktop Web. These include the Filmstrip, a scrollable unit; Slider, which runs at the bottom of the page and allows users to slide the ad for an immersive experience; the Adhesion banner, a persistent unit that remains in view as users scroll down the page; a Full-Screen ad; and a Push unit that starts as a top or bottom banner and expands full-screen. The IAB has been involved in developing rich media ad standards.

How New York City Is Going Digital in 2011 The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delivers more than purpose-built electric vehicles — it delivers smart mobility services. Visit bmw-i.com or follow @BMWi on Twitter. As New York City's first chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne's primary task is to assess city government's digital strategy. She and her team spent the first 90 days compiling a report, and the result is the Road Map for the Digital City, a 60-page dossier on the city’s digital reach, what the team plans to achieve and how to get there. Mashable recently spoke with Sterne about the Roadmap and what she plans to implement in New York. Greater Access to Digital The first area of emphasis is information access, which addresses the digital divide. Open Government With APIs Tim O’Reilly is responsible for the idea of “government as a platform,” and Sterne embraces this philosophy. Increase Citizen Engagement

O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies How to Reset Your Windows Password The easiest way to reset a forgotten Windows password is to use a previously created password-reset disk. You can create such a disk (on USB removable media or a floppy) within the Windows User Accounts menu by opening the Windows Control Panel, selecting User Accounts, and clicking Create a password reset disk in the left pane. You should take this step with a new PC; once you have the disk, you can insert it when starting the PC to cause Windows to display the 'Reset password' option at the login screen, allowing you to regain access to your system. However, if you don’t have a password-reset disk and you need to reset your Windows password, I suggest using the following Sticky Keys trick. Reset Your Windows Password Using the Command Prompt 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Now you need to overwrite the Sticky Keys executable with the Command Prompt executable. The instructions below use drive letter C: as an example. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3.

Nat Turner (There are two ways to increase ROI) In advertising, ROI is everything. If the marketer doesn’t get some sort of positive ROI on his advertising expenditures, he won’t (or shouldn’t) run said advertising. A whole side discussion can be had around how you define “return” to a marketer, which can range from very measurable “direct sales generated” to softer stuff such as purchase intent, brand lift, etc…, but we’ll leave that alone for now. And of course the marketer’s goal is always to figure how to measure and value the advertising he does, and ultimately to increase the ROI of his advertising. It must not be forgotten that, according to the above formula, there are two ways to increase ROI: (1) by increasing the net program benefits, and/or (2) by decreasing the program costs. Now let’s apply this to online advertising technology. In my opinion, it often times can be a much more valuable endeavor for starting a client-performance-driven company (aren’t they all?) Update to post:

Rachel Sterne Vs. New York's Digital Bureaucracy In January, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped Rachel Sterne to be the city's first chief digital officer--and ever since then, the 27-year-old (28 on Monday) has been on a tear, dragging New York into the 21st century. She's overhauled much of the city's communication with social media; launched NYC's Digital Road Map, a plan to transform New York into a high-tech metropolis; introduced smart and simple city solutions like adding QR codes to building permits; and held the city's first ever hackathon. Her goal is to make government more effective and transparent through technology, to make the Big Apple run more like Apple. But the one element lacking in most of the buzz about her meteoric rise and even bigger ambitions is a way to prove it's all working. Until now. As with all public sector initiatives, the onus is on her to prove she's not just wasting tax dollars building a new digital bureaucracy. But Sterne acknowledges the agencies need to be held accountable.

byjess.net Free Ways to Synchronize Folders Between Computers I've taken a look at the Dropbox website and signed up for the Beta. It looks great in principle, but since it's not yet available to the public. I can't actually comment on using it. In the meantime, here's my feedback on the apps that I currently use. Foldershare The good:- I've been using Foldershare for a while now, and it has performed really well. I like the fact that (once everything is set up) you can just leave it running in the background. The bad: I think Microsoft really need to simplify the set up process. Synctoy Synctoy is simply brilliant, and I haven't had any issues with it at all. Going forward, I would like to be able to sync, back up and access files remotely, so remote servers are probably the way forward for me.

Opera Takes Over Payments In Its App Store; Inks Deal With Yandex In Russia Mobile browser company Opera — which claims to be the world’s largest, with 160 million monthly users — today announced two more developments in its drive to make more money from mobile: today it is launching its own payment exchange for its Mobile Store app store; and it has named its first regional partner for the service, Yandex, which will become the preferred method of payment in Russia and the CIS. The news is the latest in a week of mobile money and payment announcements — including the news that Facebook will also offer carrier billing for mobile users of its apps. Sameer Merchant, VP of commerce services for Opera, tells us that the focus on payments is to drive more premium content downloads on the app store. To be clear, paid apps had already existed on the app store — people could pay with credit cards, PayPal and carrier billing in some regions. Part of the push, he says, will be to offer the most popular forms of mobile payments in specific regions.

The City As A Social Platform [VIDEO] Fracture victims who have their arms or legs in a cast are often oblivious of how to care for their broken limb or know how long it takes for a full recovery, but an inventive cast concept by graduate student Pedro Nakazato Andrade from the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design may help curb such worries and inform injured persons of their own healing process. The orthopedic cast Andrade has created, that he has named ‘Bones,’ is equipped with electromyographic sensors that are designed to read muscle activity around the user’s fracture. ‘Bones’ then sends the readings to a health management website for easy-reference. The cast device would also be able to tell its user what activities would be too strenuous to be performed. Watch the creative visualization of the project below: Bones at Revolve Exhibition from Pedro Andrade on Vimeo. Bones

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