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How to Recover Deleted SMS from SIM or Phone Memory

Have you deleted SMS messages that you wish had not gotten deleted? You will be happy to know there are a number of different software that can help you recover the messages you need and want, but not all of them are free and you need to purchase the software.

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How to Add Location Awareness to Your Windows 7 PC

GPS-enabled smartphones make it easy to get directions, weather, and many more location based services since they automatically know where you are.  With Geosense, you can bring this functionality to any Windows 7 computer even if it doesn’t have a GPS chip.
Windows 7 introduced the new Sensors and Location platform that would let Windows automatically [...]

How To Make Your Own Home Server

We’ve got to that point where most people have more computers in their home than TVs. Who can blame us? TVs are dumb devices, while computers will do everything a TV can and so much more.
It’s not a typical case, but it wouldn’t be far from the truth to describe editor Alan’s house as a [...]

Get Back the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7

In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 it is not possible easily revert to the original, Classic Start menu that was used since Windows NT 4.0 SP6a with IE 4 and the Active Desktop addition. The classic version was previously included in all MS operating systems, including Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008. While [...]

How to Choose the Right Photo Paper

It was only a few years ago when we would often disappear into our basement darkroom in the early evening and not emerge again until the sun came up over the horizon. Under the gloomy yellow glow of a dim darkroom safelight, we projected negatives through our enlarger to expose sheets of light-sensitive paper, which [...]