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If you have ever used a digital camera before, you probably have noticed that there is some sort of “Format Memory Card” option, which basically deletes all the pictures on the memory card. However, this can be painful if you accidentally format your memory card (or even if you accidentally delete one or two pictures that you really wanted).

The first and most important thing to keep in mind if this happens is DO NOT TAKE ANY MORE PICTURES, OR USE THE MEMORY CARD AT ALL. All recovery programs that can undelete your files rely on the fact that when a file gets deleted, the actual data isn’t erased (at least until something overwrites the section where it is written/saved). Keep reading for the guide on how to recover your deleted or formatted files.

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If you have always wanted to have a blog, but have been frightened that somebody who shouldn’t read it may read it, have no fear. There are always ways to protect your content. Sure, you can always use the .htaccess file to password protect the entire blog directory, but that looks ugly. You can also password protect individual posts, but then you have to do that for each one, and also your titles are not hidden. The most effective way to protect your blog would be to just allow access to only registered users, and then disable user registration (so that you have sole control of who reads your blog). You can do this without even installing a plugin, but by simply making a small tweak of one of your theme files. Keep reading for the guide.

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The leading website in streaming television is currently Hulu.com, as you probably know. It hosts a wide variety of different TV shows as well as movies, and one can spend days simply watching everything. However, It can become difficult keeping track of what you have already watched, and also keeping track of when new episodes are watchable online (since it takes a few days between the actual airing and the online availability of the show to occur). However, Hulu has incorporated an extremely useful feature that can assist in all your woes. Keep reading for the full information.

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There are so many different types of file formats that it becomes extremely difficult to keep track of all of them. Most of the time, your computer can’t even play certain files that you may have downloaded and wish to open. The biggest culprits of this are audio and video files. They come in all these random file formats where finding a player software for them can be extremely difficult, and so your only remaining option is to use some sort of converter to convert the file to a more popular format.

However, the problem with that is that if it is such a random file format, finding a converter can be difficult in itself. Furthermore, once you do find that program, it most likely is a trial and you have to install it on your system, then convert, then uninstall. All this is a hassle and a pain, especially for one measely file conversion. That’s where online file converters come in. Keep reading for the low-down on one of the most comprehensive online file converters.

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The internet is a very large place, and there are multitudes of online stores that sell things. Whether it’s just some generic sketchy .com online business or if it’s a store that’s selling an item you want through Amazon.com, it’s your duty to know whether or not that company is reputable. There are so many instances and cases where online stores are actually scams, and they just run away with your credit card info (since it’s so easy to set up a website without any sort of licensing). Other times, the service from said store are so atrocious that you wish it were a scam, because it seems like you’re never going to receive your package anyway.

You may think that you’re one step ahead of the game and head over to Google to search about the company before you purchase something from some random site, but often times that search is inconclusive. If the company name is some generic word, your search will be flooded with inapplicable results. Or, on the contrary, the company is so obscure that a search returns virtually no useful results. However, there is a way that has tons of reviews of a great deal of online stores, both sketchy and well-established. Keep reading for the info.

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If you have a cell phone and find yourself texting often, you may have picked up on the phone’s special typing mode called “T9 Predictive Text”, where you basically hit each key once for each letter and it will automatically figure out what word you are trying to spell. It is also convenient in the fact that if a word that you are trying to spell isn’t found in the dictionary, you can switch to regular text input and type it in yourself, and it will automatically be added to the T9 word database.

However, this benefit is a double-edged sword. If you enter a mistyped word by mistake, or even if you type in some number by mistake, phones often set that number combination as the first entry in your T9 dictionary, and so it shows up every time you try to type anything with that key combination. Examples of this include having “86″ showing up instead of “to” or “47″ for “is”. This can become extremely annoying as you have to scroll through the other options to switch the word to the right one, as it can confuse your receiving party tremendously. You may have tried to find a way to delete your custom T9 dictionary, or even to edit the words found in it, but 99.9% of phones out there on the market today have no such capability. However, if you have this problem, there is a solution that works for ALL phones (even though it can be very tedious). Keep reading for the guide.

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YouTube has become the leading video streaming website found on the internet, and has a treasure trove of videos (and audio clips as well). Everybody and their mother (literally) has been hooked by the YouTube bug, and often find themselves spending hours on end simply watching (or listening) to various videos. However, as you may have noticed, it is notoriously difficult to actually download a YouTube video, unless you know what you’re doing. Whether you want the whole video, or just the audio from it, there thankfully are a few free sites that let you convert (and download) just that. Keep reading for the list of sites and description on how you can do this.

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