Last year I noted that Facebook’s advanced search functionality had become de-emphasized and was difficult to access, unless you knew the actual URL. As of this weekend, Facebook has killed advanced profile search all together. That means if you want to browse through users based on their location or profile information, you are going to be forced to use other applications that provide such functionality.

While Facebook still enables some basic search functionality, browsing through local Facebook users is no longer a possibility without including some form of keyword search. Facebook has slowly been phasing out various user search features,…

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micro Torrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint It was designed to use as little cpu memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients With BitTorrent you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth nbsp We 39 ve added UDP tracker support uTP has been improved significantly over the previous alpha with many bugs fixed and performance improvements It 39 s no longer hidden in Advanced settings The setup dialog has been overhauled to make it much easier to use and…

Looking for hot singles in your area? Don’t plan on using Facebook’s advanced search tool to find them. Now you’re going to have to use the various dating applications on Facebook if you are the type of person who likes to use the computer to find new dating opportunities. While I wouldn’t describe Facebook as a dating platform, there’s no doubt that many users were using the site to connect with new people. MySpace was once a hotbed of activity for finding potential hookups. Facebook apparently doesn’t want to go that route.

With a number of popular dating applications on…

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Discovery is the latest company to launch a Facebook Connect enabled promotion that pulls in profile data into a custom generated video. This video is much more reminiscent of the Prototype game trailer that we previously wrote about. The promotion creatively depicts the viewers memories as they are being eaten by a shark. It also intelligently prompts a user to share the campaign after viewing the promotional video.

You can watch the video below to see how my version of the video turned out but I personally found it to be pretty slick. There’s also a job listing in the…

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Serv U is a powerful easy to use award winning FTP server created by Rob Beckers An FTP server uses the FTP protocol to share files across the Internet Serv U is not only 100 compliant with the current FTP standard but also includes numerous features unique to Serv U that make it a perfect file sharing solution for virtually everyone Serv U features an open architecture that makes it very easy to extend monitor and change the server behavior with external DLLs Regardless of the purpose behind your FTP server everyone will benefit from the numerous security features Serv…

Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don’t find it right away. So here it is:Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties.Click on the “Advanced” tab.See the “Performance” section? Click “Settings”.Disable the following:Fade or slide menus into viewFade or slide ToolTips into viewFade out menu items after clickingShow Shadows under menusSlide open combo boxesSlide taskbar buttonsUse a background image for each folder typeUse common tasks in foldersThere, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster.Stumble Upon Toolbar

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Removing password from returning from hibernate / suspend Go to Control Panel and open the Power Options Properties dialog box. Open the Advanced tab and clear the “Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby” check box.Now you don’t have to worry about putting your password everytime you want to savepower and money However, you will be less secure!

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Sharing of files and folders can be managed in two ways. If you chose simplified file sharing, your folders can be shared with everyone on your network or workgroup, or you can make your folders private. (This is how folders are shared in Windows 2000.) However, in Windows XP Professional, you can also set folder permissions for specific users or groups. To do this, you must first change the default setting, which is simple file sharing. To change this setting, follow these steps:•Open Control Panel, click Tools, and then click Folder Options.•Click the View tab, and scroll to the…

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