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Ask.com Adds Privacy Tool To Let Users Erase Search Data

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Ask.com unveiled Tuesday a “privacy switch” that lets users completely erase their search queries and related data from the search engine’s servers.
The new feature, dubbed AskEraser, gives users control over whether their information is retained by the search engine. Company officials and privacy advocates hope the “privacy switch” will pressure other Internet companies to follow [...]

FizzBoost for Facebook: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

By default, FizzBoost starts when Windows does. If you don’t use the Facebook chat and notification tool regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don’t need it. To stop FizzBoost from starting when Windows does:
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Bash Shortcut to Repeat Last Command

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Gnu’s Bash is without a doubt the most common shell among Linux distributions and is also very common in other Unices. One great thing about Bash is that there are many shortcuts and such that make using the terminal a more pleasent experience. One of my personal favorites is !! to repeat the last used [...]

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