How To Get A Raise


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When it comes to getting an increase in Pay at work, you might be at a loss as to how you should go about getting this increase, but there are some steps you can take to insure that your employer understands you are in need of a raise, without sounding unprofessional or making yourself feel uncomfortable, for more check out this article with the details HERE.

DeSopa Gets you Past DNS blocks If Sopa Passes


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Just like a previously mentions extension, you can use DeSopa for Mozilla Firefox to get past the DNS Blocks that would go in place if the Sopa Bill passes Congress, so for all of the folks on the web that rather a free web experience, then you might want to check out DeSopa for Mozilla Firefox.

WhoAreYou is a Caller ID App for Android Devices


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Instead of having to pick up the phone to realize that your talking to some robot trying to sell your baking soda, you might rather your smartphone to act a little smart and tell you that the person calling is some marketing guy trying to waste 10 minutes of your life, so instead of all this grab a copy of WhoAreYou for Android.

Beware of Fake Debit Card Warning SMS/Text message Scam


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There have been a new wave of attacks where people get an Text or SMS messages stating that there debit account has been locked, you should totally disregard this message, also it will or might appear as a FW: message which is another sign that this is some type of scam, for more check out this article HERE.

Create your Spotify Playlist from your Last.FM Playlist with Spotilast


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If your moving from the Last.FM service to the Spotify service then a helpful service you can use to get your Last.FM playlist over to Spotify with a minimum of effort would be to use the service Spotilast.

Give your Android Device the MIUI Look with MiLocker


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There are those people out there that rather there Android device look like the iOS home screen and to that end, you can either get a custom rom installed on your device, if your that technically minded, or perhaps just root your device to do soft mods, but if you rather not do any of that, then you might want to check out the app MiLocker for Android.

Change Ubuntu Unity 11.10 into a more GNOME 2 Look


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There are many people out there that find that the new Ubuntu Unity 11.10 look is a bit off beat and they rather the look of the GNOME 2, and to that end you might want to check out this article that talks about some tweaks you can perform the get Unity back to a familiar look, for more on the details check out this article HERE.

How To Avoid Overloading Your Electrical Outlets


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There is some simple math that you can perform the figure out how much appliances you can plug into a single outlet before you overload that outlet and possibly cause a electrical fire, for the details on how to figure out that magic number, check out this article HERE.

Video Controller Lets you Control YouTube from Toolbar in Chrome


If you do a fair amount of YouTube surfing in Google Chrome then you might want to consider the Extension Video Controller that will allow you to control your YouTube Videos from your toolbar, for more check out Video Controller for Google Chrome.

PunchFork for iOS offers Popular Recipes on your Mobile Device


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When it come to finding recipes for popular meals or dishes you might want to grab the iOS app Punchfork which like the webapp which the app is based off of, you’ll find recipes to many of the things your looking for, and now you can do this right off your iOS device, for more check out Punchfork for iOS.