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Tech Treats

This category is reserved for finds by our Editor Rhiannon Dent. Items should consist of at least two paragraphs. The first should be a "teaser" paragraph. This paragraph will be automatically published in our RSS feed. It should state the nature of the find and the benefits without mentioning the product name or providing a product link. For example: "For months I've been looking for a good way of deleting 'undeletable' files. Finally I've discovered a free utility that does the job reliably and simply." The second paragraph should at the very least, expand the benefits, name the product and provide a product link. For example: "Unlocker is a tiny 230KB utility that works with Windows 2000 and XP. Vista users are out of luck. Just right click on the 'undeletable file', select 'Delete with Unlocker' from the context menu and next time you boot the file will be gone for good." You can have a third paragraph if you wish; indeed as many as you like. However there must at least be a second paragraph after the opening "teaser" paragraph.

Stack Exchange (Website of the Week)

Updated 7. November 2012 - 9:03 by rhiannon

Stack Exchange is a community based site that's a terrific resource for getting expert answers on wide variety of topics.

The site has 90+ topics to choose from, ranging from highly technical to everyday matters. I landed there via their Super User page dedicated to computer enthusiasts and power users (highly recommended if you like hardware, software and personal computing).

Angling Saturn (Wallpaper of the Week)

Updated 4. November 2012 - 1:36 by rhiannon

This weeks wallpaper is an image of Saturn, showing the southern reaches of the planet with the rings photographed on a dramatic diagonal. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on June 15, 2012. The black and gray tones highlight desktop icons quite nicely.

Planet Saturn with rings in shades of black and gray

Vladstudio Wallpapers: Lifetime Premium Account Halloween Discount - only $1.99!

Updated 28. October 2012 - 2:54 by rhiannon

I love Vladstudio wallpapers. His site has always offered free wallpapers of good quality as well as a lifetime Premium account that gives you unlimited access to all Vladstudio files, including all sizes of all wallpapers, exclusive wallpaper clocks, PSD files for selected works, and more.
 

red background with orange text offering halloween sale on premium accounts.
 

Finds of the Week (Cloud Computing Explained, Microsoft Rootkit Report, Free Windows 8 ebook, Space Simulators, Repurpose Extra PCs)

Updated 28. October 2012 - 18:14 by rhiannon

Finds of the Week is a list of web sites I've come across lately that are interesting, fun, or useful (or all three).

Cloud Computing Explained
Everything you wanted to know about Cloud Computing. :)

AlternativeTo.net (Website of the Week)

Updated 17. October 2012 - 4:50 by rhiannon

AlternativeTo.net focuses on helping you find the best alternatives for software that's already available, free or paid.

medium blue background with the text alternative to in white.

The Snow Pond (Wallpaper of the Week)

Updated 9. October 2012 - 2:58 by rhiannon

This weeks wallpaper is a picture of bare trees with snow capped branches in an ice blue pond. It's a great composition in ice blue, white and gray. The image is fairly low contrast and on the light side. Desktop icon visibility is ok at the bottom of the image and gets less visible towards the top.

Finds of the Week (Play Minecraft for Free, Learn to Code, Google Safe Search, Online Weather School, enable PDF Viewer in Firefox 15)

Updated 5. October 2012 - 3:09 by rhiannon

Finds of the Week is a list of web sites I've come across lately that are interesting, fun, or useful (or all three).

Globe Lanterns (Wallpaper of the Week)

Updated 2. October 2012 - 6:46 by rhiannon

This weeks wallpaper shows a globe lantern lit softly from within, adjacent to two unlit globes. The globes appear to be made of paper. There's a good amount of texture in this image, while its low contrast and overall dimness work well with most desktop icons, especially in the darker areas.

Lighted paper globes on black background

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Everything Microsoft (Website of the Week)

Updated 27. September 2012 - 4:37 by rhiannon

Everything Microsoft is a terrific resource for just about everything related to Microsoft with a healthy dose of content that isn't related to Microsoft.

Everything Microsoft (text) with coloful circular logo to the right

Freeware Game of the Week (UNBELIEVABLE! Re-Visit the World that started the Half-Life continuum)

Updated 11. January 2013 - 9:38 by George.J

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