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Get Your QoS Going with the Tomato Firmware

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The Tomato firmware is a feature rich replacement firmware for the extremely popular Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS and other Broadcom-based routers. If you weren’t aware, the WRT54GL runs a highly tuned and specialized version of Linux. Because of this, it is a popular device for hackers who enjoy adding new features or coercing a bit more performance [...]

Unlock Restrictions on PDF Documents

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Have you ever come across a PDF document that has restrictions applied to it that limit the usefulness of the document itself? Without the appropriate password, these special PDF documents can prevent you from printing, copying, or editing. Now, there are certainly a few cumbersome ways around this limitation - you could take a screenshot [...]

Popping Those Notification Balloons in Vista

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You know those balloon tips popups that appear down in your Vista tray? The idea behind them is to provide information that is important in an eye-catching way. The only problem is, the information they deliver is rarely of the utmost importance; but at least they are eye catching gouging. If you find them as [...]

Trim Down that Right Click Menu in Windows

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Do me a favor, find a file in Explorer and right-click on it. If you are like most users, you’ll have at least a handful of 3rd party programs injected into the context sensitive right-click popup. I install a lot of different programs on my computer, some of which have a habit of polluting this [...]

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