Here’s how to change your Places menu in Ubuntu. This is part of our Take5 series, which are tips and hacks that take less than 5 mins.

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For the enthusiast in classic arcade games, MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) frontends are easy to come by. There are over 30 different choices for a frontend. But one area almost all fail in is the graphics. MameWAH, for example can be difficult to setup, and once properly configured the results are far from pleasing.  This is where mGalaxy takes over.

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In a recent patent filing, Microsoft proposed a new type of computing based on paying for usage. The idea behind this model is that instead of paying the cost upfront to purchase the maximum processor, memory, and graphics power that will be needed for the life of that computer, that the individual should be able to only purchase what they need to use, when they use it. While this theoretically is a good idea, in practicality the logic is riddled with holes.

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Microsoft released a digital media player called the Zune back in 2006 to go up against Apple’s highly successful iPod. Almost all of the owners of the 30 GB model of the first-generation Zune, have begun reporting that their Zunes will not start up and will freeze when the start up screen appears. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to the fine folks over at CodeWeavers we have 5 CrossOver Pro licenses to give away, your choice of either Mac or Linux. These are retailed at $69.95 each and come with 1 year of support. Please note: We do moderate the comments, so if it is your first post it will have to be approved manually before it will show up on the site.

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We are officially re-launching the blog today, and to kick it off we have a giveaway from the folks over at CodeWeavers. Just drop a comment on the post and you’ll be automatically entered to win!

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Down for everyone, or just me? is a simple website dedicated to just checking to see if the site you are having problems loading, is a problem with your PC, or if nobody else can access it either.

You can check to see if its just you at http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Ever try to fix a friend’s PC, and wanted to do a virus scan, but they didn’t have a virus scanner? Ever want to check up on your existing virus scanner and make sure it was worth what you paid for it? Here we give you four online anti-virus scanners. Note: Some of these scanners require Java to run properly.

Trend Micro Housecall - Old and trusted online virus scanner

Kaspersky Online Scanner - From the most reliable anti-virus company

Symantec Security - Online virus scanner; also provides a free security scan

Panda ActiveScan - Another quality online virus scanner