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• UltraNewb: Share your Mac's internet connection wirelessly

  Published: July 27, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Mac Os X, Mac Tip, Ultranewb, Wifi, Wireless

  So you're in a hotel room with your Mac laptop and your roommate's got a PC and there's one Ethernet jack. What do you do? You plug in your Mac and get to sharing the internet love, that's what you do! In System Preferences, go to Sharing and on the Internet tab, click the source (Ethernet) and the way the other computer will connect (for

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• UltraNewb: A beginner's guide to BitTorrent

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Bittorrent, Feature, File Sharing, How To, P2p, Peer To Peer, Top, Ultranewb

  Despite the fact that BitTorrent has been around for a good 6 years now, the lightning fast file sharing protocol hasn't completely taken off in the mainstream. Since we post a decent amount about BitTorrent around here, we figured it was just time we put out a beginner's guide to BitTorrent. This is the guide you can send to your friend next

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• Disable Windows "Unused Icons" Balloon [UltraNewb]

  Published: January 29, 2008, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Desktop, Irritations, Ultranewb, Windows

  If you're sick of Windows taskbar popup balloons prompting you about unused icons on your desktop, fear not—you can shut those down easily. The How To Geek explains that when you uncheck the "Run Desktop cleanup wizard every 60 days" box in your desktop items dialog, you're good to go with one less irritating popup stealing your attention.

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• A Front-to-Back Guide To Troubleshooting Internet Explorer 7 [UltraNewb]

  Published: April 23, 2008, 11:00 am

  Tags: Add Ons, How To, Internet Explorer 7, Tips, Top, Troubleshoot, Troubleshooting, Ultranewb, Windows

  The How-To Geek blog posts a truly helpful guide to figuring out what's causing Internet Explorer 7 to slow down, particularly on Windows Vista systems. Starting with running IE7 in safe mode, the guide is a boon for anyone not particularly tweak-savvy as it moves through disabling add-ons, confusing options boxes, and all the way to disabling

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