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About Dustin Patterson
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How To Use A Router as a Wireless Adapter Without NAT
28 Jan 2011 by Dustin Patterson / 3 Comments
In a previous article I showed you how it is possible to use a wireless router and 3rd party firmware as a wireless adapter. While the information in that guide is still relevant to most users, the steps provided create a limitation for more advanced users. In the previous guide, any devices connected as clients to the wireless router adapter would use Network Address Translation (NAT). (If you&...
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How To Remove Saved Usernames and Passwords from Firefox
04 Nov 2010 by Dustin Patterson
One commonly used feature in Firefox is the ability to store usernames and passwords for websites you frequently visit. Saving login information removes the needs to enter it every time you visit a site. A feature that was added in the Firefox 3 release is the ability to update saved passwords for sites you visit. This removed the problem of having duplicate usernames with different passwords. ...
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29 Oct 2010 by Dustin Patterson
Here at Techerator, we know that our site wouldn’t be the success it is without all of our readers (Thank you!). Since our launch in May 2009, we’ve made many improvements to the site for our readers. Our most recent change was an entire redesign of Techerator. A big focus on the redesign was making it easier for our readers to keep updated on new articles with the tools in our sid...
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How to View Google Analytics from Your WordPress Dashboard
27 Oct 2010 by Dustin Patterson
Keeping track of visitors to your blog is important. While there are many services and tools available for tracking visitors to your site, Google Analytics is often the service of choice. In this article I am going to provide you with a couple of plugins to view Google Analytics within your WordPress blog. Google Analytics Dashboard Widget The Google Analytics Dashboard Widget allows you to view...
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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Expires October 31st
21 Oct 2010 by Dustin Patterson
It’s almost been a year since we covered the release of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta. In the time since the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta was released, over 9 million people have downloaded and installed the beta version. But since all good things must come to an end, the free Office 2010 beta will soon expire. In a release from Microsoft, they say: Dear Microsoft Office user: Your Microsoft ...
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3 Easy Ways to Improve Search in Windows 7
16 Sep 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
One of my favorite features of Windows 7 is the improved search. Windows Search is quickly available in the Start menu or in any open Explorer window. To improve search performance, Windows 7 uses a background indexing feature. Indexing pre-searches specified locations on your computer and compiles the results into the search index. When you search, you’re computer is not having to sea...
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Forecastfox Weather 2.0 Brings Weather Awesomeness To Firefox
13 Sep 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
If your job involves a lot of work in front of a computer, chances are that you don’t get outdoors throughout your work day. You enter the office in the morning and it’s sunny, but when you leave it’s windy and snowing (which isn’t uncommon in my part of the world). Even worse is if your computer isn’t located near a window, making it pretty much impossible to kee...
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HP and Hynix are Creating the Next Generation of Memory
07 Sep 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
HP is currently working with Hynix Semiconductor to develop the next generation of computer memory. This new non-volatile memory, dubbed Resistive Random Access Memory, or ReRAM for short, will be built upon memristor technology. Memristor technology has been considered only theoretical since 1971, but changed in 2006 when HP Labs was able to develop the technology. Memristor technology has th...
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Window 7 Tip: Enable the Preview Pane for Quick File Viewing
11 Aug 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
Navigating through your personal files can sometimes be a nightmare, and it can often times be easier to open individual documents to find exactly what you’re looking for. After awhile, you can find yourself with multiple open documents, but none of them were the one you were looking for. By default, you documents will appear in a list or as icons in the Windows file explorer. The Preview Pa...
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Songbird Media Player: Still Available For Linux
29 Jul 2010 by Dustin Patterson
Back in April, the developers of the open-source application Songbird announced that they would be dropping official support for the Linux version of the media player. This was a huge shock to the open-source community. When version 1.7 of Songbird was released, only Windows and Mac versions were available for download. To my surprise, Sondbird for Linux is still available for download with unoffi...
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