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    The best Diff so far

    We recently heard about two really far branches in our codebase. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is finding the changes and merging them. So I try a GIT diff within Atlassian SourceTree, my GIT client of choice, and the result is unusable: the developers not only made…

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    Opening password-protected PowerPoint presentations

    PowerPoint presentations can arrive in different file formats: PPT is the default file extension for saving presentations in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions. PPTX is the default file extension for saving presentations in PowerPoint 2007 and later versions. PPS is the the show mode extension in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier…

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    Fixing Here Maps in Windows Phone 8

    After the map updates on mid-May, both the HERE Maps and Drive apps for Windows Phone 8 stopped working, even worse, launching them made the phone reboot. The obvious fix would be an hard reset of the phone, but that would mean a lot of work, backing up everything. Here…

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    AskWatch: navigation

    After adding your kid, AskWatch will start grabbing data about your son for a few seconds, or a bit more depending on the speed of your internet connection. In the main window, a new tab with the name of your son will be added, and the new screen contains all…

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    AskWatch: technical requirements

    You need the following to run AskWatch: a PC running Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 .NET framework 4.5 (already installed in MS Windows 8, requires installation in MS Windows 7) the AskWatch installer includes the .NET framework 4.5 web installer, if required Latest release: v. 0.6.4 Beta (October 13th, 2013)…

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    AskWatch: why you need it

    What is Ask.fm? Ask.fm is a social Q&A site where users can ask other users questions. The questions can be from a named user, or completely anonymous. It is unmoderated (unless a user reports something), has no parental controls, and is an Latvian company. The concept seems harmless: you register,…

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    AskWatch: track your kids on Ask.fm

    AskWatch is a free software application for Microsoft Windows 7/8 that helps you: find your sons in Ask.fm keep track of the questions they receive and how they answer see who they are talking to highlight the Q&As that contain alarm words why you need it adding your kids navigation…