Author Archives: J.D. H.

Acer Aspire AS7560 review

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Here are my impressions of the Acer Aspire AS7560 laptop: Pros: Decent keyboard, WITH full numpad Supports TWO hard drives… dual hard drive support is quite rare in a machine this inexpensive Responsive trackpad with good two finger scrolling Easy upgrading. Loosening a few screws allows for access to two DDR3 RAM slots and two SATA hard drive bays. Cons: Occasional CPU noise even during relatively low load situations CPU cooling fanis audible during program loading (even FireFox etc.) then

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How to delete Android apps from Google Play [can’t do it yet]

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I recently contacted Google with the following question: Hello, Is there any way to hide apps so they don’t show up in the “My Android Apps” listing on the Google Play website? Reason for asking: I really enjoye the Google Play website. However, I have purchased a lot of apps, and the “My Android Apps” listings are getting very cluttered. Since there are some apps which I never use anymore, I would like to hide those and clean things up

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How to hide old Android devices in Google Play / Android Market? [ANSWERED]

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Q. Aloha, I have a number of Android devices now and some I have sold too. Whenever I download apps or do stuff in Google Play-used to be Android Market-I find that my old unused Android phones/tablets are still showing up 🙁 It is getting cluttered and it bothers me. Do you know I can remove or get rid of those old devices in the Google Play site? Mahalo in advance. -Charlie S. A. Hi Charlie, great question! I think

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Make Windows 7 fulltext search PHP documents

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Recently while trying to find the PHP file that I needed to edit, I was once again frustrated by Windows seeming inability to search the text contained in PHP files 🙁 Windows obviously has the capability to do file content searches since it does so for .txt files. Finally I got fed up with it and decided to find out how to enable full text searching of .php documents. Here is what worked for me, I hope you will find

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Travel router tips: use Android for Internet, Ethernet crossover cable for file transfers

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I have a makeshift travel office setup: Lenovo X220, Dell M6500, Dell 27″ LCD, keyboard, mouse and a couple Optimus V Android phones… Wifi Hotspot: useful for more than just internet connection sharing! I’m working for a few weeks away from home with only the equipment above. One of the handiest features has been the Android phones. They have the Wifi hotspot feature enabled. This allows both laptops to connect to the Android phone and share its internet connection. But

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What resolution is qHD? ANSWERED

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Q. Hello. I am planning on getting a new Android smartphone. The web page talking about the phone says its screen is qHD resolution, what is that? -Cindy A. qHD resolution is 960×540. Resolution in this case refers to how many horizontal and vertical pixels the screen has. qHD is interesting because it qualifies as “quarter high definition”. It has half the horizontal and vertical resolution of full “HD” 1080p (1920×1080) Therefore it also has 1/4 the total pixels: qHD

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RTL8181S WLAN Adapter Driver for Windows 7

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Download RTL8181S WLAN Adapter Driver for Windows 7 x64 and 32 bit: dl [download id=”10475″ format=”1″] Performance rating: 5/5 stars [starreview tpl=16] Performance review: drivers work perfectly on a Dell M6500 using a Realtek 802.11n USB wifi adapter. Easy installation. Good wifi range, good reliability, no issues. Therefore perfect rating. Top Search Terms:rtl8191s wlan adapter driver (348)rtl8192s wlan adapter (279)rtl8192s wlan adapter driver (245)rtl8191s wlan adapter driver windows 7 (149)rtl8181s wlan adapter driver (134)rtl8192s driver (85)rtl8192s wlan adapter driver windows

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How to change a Facebook album cover photo

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UPDATE: 2012.12.02 Some users are reporting an issue where Facebook still displays the ‘Make Cover Album’ as shown in these instructions, but it is not selectable. This appears to be a bug in Facebook, or that perhaps they are disabling the feature but haven’t remove the option 🙁 It is rather absurd how many times Facebook has messed with this rather simple option and how much grief they have caused their users! OLDER UPDATE: 2012.09.29 Facebook just changed things up

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