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 suit.

“Anywhere that you log into, anywhere where you put in personalized information, there should be a way – an easy way – to control how that information is used and retained,” said Doug Leeds, senior vice president at Ask.com, a unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp. “We are giving users the ability themselves to take control of their privacy.”

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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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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 command.

!! is an easy shortcut that repeats the last used command. If you enter it on the command line by itself, it is the equivalent of pressing up+enter. However, using !! allows you to quickly add things to the command you just entered by adding them before or after the !! depending on your situation. Let’s look at a few examples.

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