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  • The Starter League, Catalyst Help You Learn to Code and Get a Job

    The Starter League, Catalyst Help You Learn to Code and Get a Job

    With a number of great posts on learning programming online, as of late, I thought it might be cool to take a look at two of the startups having success offline — The Starter League and Catalyst.

    In this post, we’ll look at each of their course offerings, we’ll talk about the teachers and entrepreneurs in the drivers’ seats, and, lastly, we’ll discuss what each company is doing to help its just-taught programmers get real world jobs. Let’s start with the companies and course offerings.

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  • Best Android Apps of 2012

    Best Android Apps of 2012

    Google’s new, polished Android app store, called Google Play, had a lot to offer in the previous year. Many new developers entered the game, while the old ones relentlessly kept up the pace and improved their software. We saw several major updates to the apps of the most popular internet services such as Facebook and Twitter, which were met with mixed reviews. This article will try to list the Android apps which delivered on their promises and became must-haves for every Android fan out there.

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  • 10 Key Moments in Cybercrime

    10 Key Moments in Cybercrime

    The invention of the Internet had a huge effect on the way we live our lives. But our now computer-driven society has opened up a brand new platform for criminals to commit misdemeanor, known as cybercrime. Here are the 10 key moments that has made cybercrime into the newest problem facing the police this century.

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  • Methods to Get Back the Original Performance of Microsoft Outlook 2007

    Methods to Get Back the Original Performance of Microsoft Outlook 2007

    Microsoft Outlook 2007 uses UNICODE format for storing the data in PST or Personal Storage Table file. The Outlook 2007 PST file theoretically does not have any size limitation, but practically it has limited its size to 20GB. This means; if PST file of Outlook 2007 crosses this limit, then chances of PST file corruption are high.

    However, you start encountering performance issue with your Outlook 2007, as its PST file crosses 20GB size. You may find momentary stoppage in various Outlook operations like opening an email, deleting a mail, or moving mails from one Outlook mailbox folder to different folder.

    Outlook PST files having size greater than 2GB and less than 4GB are generally dependent upon hardware. Therefore, if you have fast hard drive and big RAM, then you may not face Outlook performance issues between this size slabs.

    PST files larger than 4GB start behaving abruptly frequently despite any hardware; and if your PST file is larger than 10GB, then you will encounter more frequent pauses while performing various typical Outlook activities.

    The best way to avoid such pauses and get back the performance of Outlook 2007 is splitting the large PST file into smaller PSTs. You can use any of the below mentioned methods to split your PST file.

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  • Sustainable Technology [Infographic]

    Sustainable Technology [Infographic]

    The progression of technology seems to have been swift in recent years. Smart phone technology and tablets provide us with everything we could ever want or need in our business and social lives. Technology allows us to do more within the day, and more easily. It is for this reason why most of us strive to own the latest technology, whether it is the latest model of the iPhone or iPad or the latest 3D television the market has to offer.

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  • 7 Types Of Computer Viruses

    7 Types Of Computer Viruses

    People have created a wide variety of computer viruses and use them for a number of reasons. Below are some of the most well known viruses, along with an explanation of them and an indication of how they serve their creators.

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  • 8 Quirky Ideas to Maximize Battery Life For Any Device

    8 Quirky Ideas to Maximize Battery Life For Any Device

    The battery life of each device is impacted by several factors. That means there are things you can do to get maximum use. Take a look at the following ideas (some are a little quirky) for maximizing your battery life, no matter what device you’re using.

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  • How to Run Google Apps on Kindle Fire without Root

    How to Run Google Apps on Kindle Fire without Root

    Google has long been the go-to website for almost everything on the web. Their outstanding services like Maps and Gmail have become indispensable for quite a few of us. We like their simple layout, functionality and, to be honest, we’re used to them by now!

    Which is why we’re so frustrated when we can’t access these functions from other devices. They form a small part of our lives and we’ve come to depend on them – whether we’re lost, need to share a document with the office or simply check our e-mail.

    Another indispensable gadget for a lot of us is now the e-reader. As more and more people switch to an electronic reading experience, the e-reader is the must-have for any serious techy bookworm. Kindle Fire has become one of the most popular e-readers on the market. It combines excellent performance with great looks and all for under two hundred pounds.

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