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July 1
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Rotating photos to align vertical or horizontal
keep it simple
-- forbidden in XML comments
July 2
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Show how much HD free on network
Google Earth kmz files
Linux install ISO is too big
Rendering image or video
Transfer files from a Creative Zen Vision W to Linux via the command line?
July 3
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What's the best Android phone rooting & data-transferring app?
Who will be the winner and runner-up of UEFA Euro 2016?
recovery data from hard disk
can one damage a laser printer by specifiying the wrong paper type?
Sign-in problems, Apple pop-ups and disabled cookies
Google Analytics reports visits to a site that no longer exists
font type
Unknown device not working - how do I find out what it is?
Creating lots of empty rows in Access
MS Word Documents - trouble editing?
left,right shift operators in c
"Find" function in Apple's Preview suddenly became case-sensitive
Firefox blanks cookie exceptions
July 4
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CLRS, the Algorithms Textbook
pop-ups
Data Members
Inheritance
Bypassing app clash in Windows 7
c puzzle
SQL server, VS team system 2008 and windows 8
Unicode support
Manuals for Inkscape
July 5
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Visibility modes and Inheritance influence
Bytes and Class AUTHOR
Classid object element.
preinrement,postincrement in c
Collapsible lists on other MediaWiki-licensed wikis
New & Improved, My Foot
Restoring old audio
Turn off half of a screen
July 6
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What does this mean!?
Major and annoying issues with local files and flash player
Samsung Galaxy bans
July 7
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RTL and LTR marks
PDAs
Hotmail/Live
how multiplication works in c
temporary lack of Internet access
July 8
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What Android rooting & data-transferring app would you most recommend?
'Replay' function on YouTube
Iphone 4
July 9
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Symantec Endpoint Protection vs. Norton Antivirus
Layer 2 Routing Protocols & classification
LAN Troubleshootng
Ongoing problems with css and firebug
cable modem
When will [http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm this] get updated?
July 10
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Nigerian network
Email encryption
July 11
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Reporting underage nudity on a webforum
How do I upgrade to IPv6?
I need to find a great Desktop sidebar with which to replace Google Desktop.
Is this FSK signal Manchester encoded?
Microoperation mix for matrix multiplication
Programming languages little differences
Does a smart phone need NFC enabled for reading QR code?
July 12
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How do I research US law regarding disposition of pirated works? References?
C++ Help
Mysql query help
July 13
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cursor keeps flicking up to top or down to bottom of screen
Issues in playing 90 minute CD-Rs
unwanted keyboard function
Need help with CSS
May I somehow toggle a Filtered view off and on in LibreOffice Calc ?
July 14
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Viruses/Malware and most likely targets
Firefox Tabs issue involving scrolling through tabs
Your Amazon.com password has been changed
MS Office 2010
Simple program in C++
July 15
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Is there a way to disable the zoom button for iphone apps on iPad?
What should I do with my old computers and computer parts?
Battery charging mystery
Online Vulnerability Scanner
July 16
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Ruby File Reading Confusion
MS IntelliType on MacOS
image number appearing while saving
Webdesign
Milk spill on laptop keyboard
Computer scientist and subject matter in real life
July 17
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Java Applet Problem (components not visible)
Search function on IPad
best LaTeX for Ubuntu 12.4?I
Clicking on photographs on Facebook has stopped working?
July 18
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Forwarded email treated as spam
/* Programming */ apache active message queueing on multiple servers
how to change search engine ?
Interactive pages
Function syntax in jQuery
July 19
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USB gadgets
How do I make a global keyboard shortcut to paste the current date yyyy-mm-dd under Windows7 Ultimate?
July 20
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Java Security (Quick fix for hosting a local file?)
Texniccenter
TFT monitor colours
PS3 games: PAL and NTSC
Wikipedia's links with space instead of underscore
wikiasari
Video "prt sc"
July 21
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Double buffering in Java fails?
wiping personal information from a phone
Comments in Google Blogger
Levels in computer languages
Can I show "My Documents" as "Documents" in Windows 7 GUI?
How to show just ONE taskbar button per InternetExplorer9 window in Windows7 (Instead of one per tab)
July 22
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removal of antivirus
Weekly menu planner
jpg pictures
The Connection Machines
ring device from script
How can I quickly and easily get to the first comments posted on [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/07/aurora-movie-shooting-one-more-massacre.html this] 'New Yorker' article (or others like it)?
Learning C++
July 23
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HTTPS
Upgrading a TOSHIBA Satellite A215
Microsoft Research autobiography tool
about live chat for website
Same MAC
Hexadecimal objects at python
July 24
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Copying and pasting in java-based formats
Why do iPads sold at the [http://www.apple.com/ online Apple Store are SIM locked to AT&T or Verizon, even iPads bought without contract?]]
Excel lists
DHCP connection
Events in C# 2010
Firefox jumping to the wrong spot on a web page
July 25
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Verifying Android app publishers
ISO = VMware?
What is this bar?
32/64 bit problem when running an ASP.NET web application in Microsoft IIS
Windows seven start menu replacement
aa3
HTC Rhyme browser?
July 26
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Hard drives
How are strings stored?
Programming (computer) languages
Getting Windows 7 working on a new computer
Excel Conditional Formating
July 27
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TBV files
Commons template
Migrating from Ubuntu to Lubuntu, with version upgrade
Is it possible to charge a battery from 0% to 100% instantly?
I need to find a great Desktop sidebar with which to replace Google Desktop.
Two questions about cassette tapes
July 28
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Linux Mint 13 - switch user password problem
Language suggestion needed
Use USB devices with a phone via the microUSB port?
Isn't that copyvio
Linux firewall
IP checking
July 29
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Spam blocking in Evolution
Learning Java
July 30
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router light "modem" flashing red
Function 'Prompt' in Excel 2007
Download videos from Cinemassacre.com
Is there a Clipboard manager that can automatically make a paste-able, clean, comma separated list? (Or single space separated text string?)
x86 SOCs
DIY WiFi tag
July 31
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Default wireless network names (SSIDs)
Official Syrian News Agency web site down ?
Series on Cisco Routers
Passing a variable into a partial