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Why You Should Use Google Voice

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Squealing.Rat.

Google Voice, previously Grand Central, is a free service that gives you the capacity to merge your phone numbers into one, transcribe your voice mail, send text messages from your computer and more. This service can be extremely helpful for the those who spend a lot of time on their computers and smart phones.

While Google Voice is still in an invite only stage, many have reported that they received an invite within a week after applying for one on the Google Voice invite form.

After getting the invite, you are invited to port your own number over or pick a new one for free. I would suggest that you pick a new number, because it is free and with that you get the full features list. I’ll call this account the full account, because with the full account, you not only get a new number and have access to all of the features, but also the option to port your own number over as well. You can see the difference between a full Google Voice account and a ported number Google Voice account here.

You can pick your Google Voice number by searching through their long list, either by number phrase or word phrase. Once you pick your number (which can have any area code), you are asked to enter your forwarding number. This can either be a cell phone or a land line. While Google Voice is ideal for someone with several numbers, one forwarding number will suffice.

Google Voice will guide you through the process of setting up that forwarding phone. You will be called, and asked to enter a two digit number which is displayed on the screen. After that, you can press one to begin recording your greeting messages.

After that,  you can begin tweaking your settings. If you have another phone you would like to add, click settings at the top of the screen, then add another phone.

If you and your partner both want to have Google Voice accounts point to one number, you are in luck. While Google Voice limits a mobile number to only one account, they do allow you to activate a home phone to two different Google Voice accounts.

Let me take you through some of the features that explain why I recommend Google Voice to others.

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How To Install a Video Card in Your Computer

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by JP.Thompson.

One of the easier things you can do to make your PC run games, graphics editors, and movies better is to upgrade your video card.  PCs with Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows 7 should have beefier video cards in order to support the Aero interface.

Deciding what type of video card to purchase and install can be a daunting proposition, so let’s see if this article can help make upgrading your video card a smooth little project.

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How To Dual Boot Windows 7 and Windows XP

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Brian.Ross.

Most of us have come to a point in our computer lives where we’ve found the need for another operating system, or the desire to try a different one. However, in doing so, we may not be willing or able to give up you current OS, and we just can’t justify spending money on another computer when you have a perfectly healthy one right in front of us. Don’t fret, there a couple approaches you can use to solve this dilemma.

One option is to use a third-party software like VMware or VirtualBox to setup a virtual machine (if your computer’s hardware supports it), and the other, which is what I’m going to discuss today, is to setup a dual boot operating system on your computer.

In this article, I’m going to show you how to install Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP using a single hard drive, or two separate ones.

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The Ultimate Google Search Guide

Posted on 18. Nov, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Google is the most used search engine and for good reason.  It is amazingly simple and easy to use.  However, most people don’t know all of the things that Google can do or the many ways to improve your search results.  I don’t use all of the advanced searches on this guide, but I’m going to start.  If you follow the searching tips, you should become much more efficient at finding the information you need.

Google Guide is the website that brings all of the sweet Google search tricks together in one place.  I’m really amazed at all the information on this page and how much there is to learn about Google’s more advanced features.  In addition to the website, there is a printable PDF version is available.

Visit Google Guide

or

Download the PDF

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Excel Keyboard Shortcut Tip: How to Quickly Highlight Large Tables

Posted on 30. Apr, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Excel is a great tool for working with tables and large amounts of data, but sometimes that amount of data gets extremely large and becomes more and more difficult to manipulate. Today, in my first video tutorial (don’t laugh), I’m going to show you a couple of Excel keyboard shortcuts that will help with the management of that data.

This is my first video tutorial, so let me know what you guys think!

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Comcast Will Not Limit My BitTorrent Bandwidth

Posted on 23. Oct, 2007 by Kyle Judkins.

Apparently, Comcast will limit your BitTorrent bandwidth. Lifehacker (I think) reported that Comcast said they were not throttling your bandwidth but merely “delaying” it. What!? I don’t know about you, but “delaying” sounds worse than throttling. Either way, TorrentFreak posted a great guide on how to get past this pesky limitation.

How to Bypass Comcast’s BitTorrent Throttling

[via TorrentFreak]

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