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Easily Fix spots and other problems in photos

Easily fix spots and other problems in photos Expensive programs such as Adobe Photoshop have a feature known as Content-Aware, which allows them to fix spots and other problems in a photo with little work. The free online service Webinpaint has the same capability and allows you to easily remove spots, blemishes, scratches, objects, and any other problems you may have in a picture. For example, in the below picture I start off with an image with four big air balloons and one small air balloon in the middle. I think the image would look better without this small balloon, so I draw over the balloon and then click the Inpaint button to remove the small balloon from the picture. Once the changes have been made I can save the new photo and be done with a fairly difficult photo edit in a less than a few minutes. Webinpaint can be done online without having to download any software or can be done using the free download also found on their website. Visit Webinpaint Computer ti

Top 10 google search engine tricks

Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many people who use Google don't know about. Definitions: Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing:  define bravura  would display the definition of that word. Local search: Visit  Google Local  enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing:  restaurant  at the above link would display local restaurants. Phone number lookup: Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number. Find weather and movies: Type "weather" or "movies" followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area. For example, typing  weather 84101  gives you the current weather conditions for Salt Lake City, UT and the next four days. Typing  movies 84101 would give you a link for show ti

Top 10 google search engine tricks

Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many people who use Google don't know about. Definitions Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing:  define bravura  would display the definition of that word. Local search Visit  Google Local  enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing:  restaurant  at the above link would display local restaurants. Phone number lookup Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number. Find weather and movies Type "weather" or "movies" followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area. For example, typing  weather 84101  gives you the current weather conditions for Salt Lake City, UT and the next four days. Typing  movies 84101 would give you a link for show times

Top 10 computer mouse tips everyone should know

Top 10 computer mouse tips everyone should know Most computer users don't take full advantage of the computer Mouse. Below are computer mouse tips and secrets that help you get the full potential of your computer mouse and increase your overall productivity while on the computer. Shift key and mouse click Many  text editors  and programs allow you to highlight  all or portions of text using the  Shift key and the mouse. For example, place the  cursor  at the beginning of a paragraph in a text editor, hold down the Shift key and  click  at the end of the paragraph to highlight the full paragraph. Bonus tip:  Holding down the  Alt key  while dragging and highlighting text in a text editor will allow you to selectively highlight text. This can be useful if your paragraph or other text is in a column. Take full advantage of the scroll wheel Today, everyone is familiar with a  mouse wheels ability to scroll up and down on a page. However, this wheel can also do so much mor

TEN things you shouldn't share on a social network

..............Unless you've been living under a rock in 2009, you know that social networking Web sites are the latest and greatest way to interact with other users on the Internet. Thirty-five percent of adults on the Internet now have a profile on at least one social networking site, and 51 percent have more than one. Three-quarters of users between the ages of 18 and 24 have an online profile [source:  USA Today ]. The Pew Research Center found that 89 percent of these people use the sites to keep up with friends, 57 percent to make plans with friends and 49 percent to make new friends. Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Friendster, Urban Chat and Black Planet are just a few of more than 100 Web sites connecting folks around the world who are eager to share their thoughts and feelings. But just like in real life, there's such a thing as sharing too much information (TMI). It's easy to get caught up in the social aspects of sites like Facebook, but what you choose to share

Top 10 unknown Google tricks

Top 10 unknown Google tricks Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many people who use Google don't know about. Definitions Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing:  define bravura  would display the definition of that word. Local search Visit  Google Local  enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing:  restaurant  at the above link would display local restaurants. Phone number lookup Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number. Find weather and movies Type "weather" or "movies" followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area. For example, typing  weather 84101  gives you the current weather conditions for Salt Lake City, UT and the next four days. Typing  movies 84101 would

Today's computer word-"KINDLE"

Kindle A  Kindle  is a hardware device first released in the United States by Amazon.com  November 19, 2007  that displays images and text using  E ink  and is capable of getting e-books over the Amazon Whispernet using Sprint's  EVDO . Using this device users have access to hundred of thousands of books from amazon.com at lower costs per book, can subscribe to magazines, get news paper subscriptions, get RSS feeds from popular sites, and even connect to the Internet with a basic browser. What makes the kindle unique when compared to a computer is the technology behind displaying the text. The text is crisp and clear and comparable to reading text in a book, in addition since it's not constantly refreshed this allows for the battery life to be much longer than a  laptop . Finally, the kindle is extremely light and easy to hold, and can connect to Amazon's Whispernet to buy books without the need of a computer or Internet access. This is a great tool for anyone who e