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		<title>Skype Emoticons</title>
		<link>http://www.sensiblepc.com/pc-industry-news/skype-emoticons/209</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SensiblePC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that Skype is the perfect chat program for video-calls. Skype became in a very short time one of the most popular chat programs that is used by people who are far away one from each other. The most important advantage of Skype is that this chat program offers to its users the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that Skype is the perfect chat program for video-calls. Skype became in a very short time one of the most popular chat programs that is used by people who are far away one from each other. The most important advantage of Skype is that this chat program offers to its users the possibility to be close one to each other, even if there are thousands miles between them.</p>
<h3>Skype Emoticons</h3>
<p><center><div id="attachment_212" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img src="http://www.sensiblepc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/skype-emoticons.jpg" alt="Skype emoticons" title="Skype emoticons" width="400" height="400" class="size-full wp-image-212" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Skype emoticons</p></div></center></p>
<p>Don’t think that this program offers to its users only the possibility to talk on the microphone and to use their webcams, because Skype is also used as a chat program. Of course, Skype doesn’t have the reputation of MSN or of Yahoo Messenger, but in the last few years it started to gain more and more users.<br />
When it comes about <a href="http://www.skype-emoticons.net">Skype emoticons</a> there are many emoticons that have the same shortcuts like the ones that are used on Yahoo Messenger or MSN. I will tell you what emoticons do have in common those 3 chat programs.</p>
<p>The first one is represented by the smile emoticon. You can use this emoticon to show your interlocutors that you are in a good mood or you can use it after they just told you a joke. I’m sure that you already know that this is the oldest emoticon and that it is used in many situations. Its shortcut is represented by :) and you can insert one of the famous smileys in your Skype conversations by typing its shortcut in the chat box.</p>
<p>The second common emoticon is represented by the sad emoticon. People use this emoticon very often when they are upset or when they want to show their friends that they had a bad day. The shortcut for this emoticon is :( and if you want to introduce it in your Skype conversations you just have to type its shortcut in the chat box.</p>
<p>Now that you know what Skype has in common with other chat programs, it’s time for you to know how you can introduce in your conversations Skype hidden emoticons. With a simple search on the Internet you will find all the secret emoticons that you can use to impress your friends or to express your feelings better. Next I will present you some <a href="http://www.skype-emoticons.net">Skype emoticons</a> that can be found in the program.</p>
<p>If you just came back from a great party and you want to tell your interlocutor that you had a great time, you can use the drunk emoticon. Your friend will surely understand that you had fun. You can introduce this emoticon in your conversations by typing (drunk) in the chat box.</p>
<p>If you want to tell your friends that you are smoking or that you want to smoke, you can introduce the smoke smiley in your conversations by typing (smoke) in the chat box.</p>
<p>If you are throwing a pool-party and you want to invite all your friends from Skype, you can send them a message with the text of the invitation and of course with the poolparty hidden emoticon. If you want to introduce this secret emoticon in your text message, you just have to type (poolparty) into the chat box.</p>
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		<title>Funny Facebook status</title>
		<link>http://www.sensiblepc.com/software-reviews/funny-facebook-status/200</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SensiblePC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people actually put a lot of time and energy into their funny facebook status update messages. It may be hard to believe but it&#8217;s true. If you use both twitter and facebook then you know that funny status are so much better than dull boring ones. It can take a lot of thought to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some people actually put a lot of time and energy into their <a href="http://www.funnyfacebookstatus.net">funny facebook status</a> update messages. It may be hard to believe but it&#8217;s true.  If you use both twitter and facebook then you know that funny status are so much better than dull boring ones.</p>
<p><center><div id="attachment_202" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 414px"><img src="http://www.sensiblepc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/facebook-status.jpg" alt="facebook status" title="facebook status" width="404" height="303" class="size-full wp-image-202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Funny Facebook status</p></div></center></p>
<p>It can take a lot of thought to create funny and unique facebook status updates.<br />
However, did you know that funny updates aren&#8217;t the only thing you can do? There are many different breeds of messages. Some are great and require no thought at all and the others allow for better flexibility. The main idea is of course to have fun. </p>
<p>Which one of the below five different types facebook status do you use more often. </p>
<p><strong>The cool facebook status</strong><br />
These are becoming very popular and very quickly too. Normally the cool facebook status has a number of symbols and rarely used characters. Most of the time when people see these cool Facebook statuses they reply back asking how you did it. And maybe they even forget to get back to work like they should be. </p>
<p><strong>The funny Facebook status</strong></p>
<p>Once the facebook website removed the dull need to include your own name in all your status updates; a lot of people have been using jokes and one liners. There are a wide range of these jokes used on people wall feed messages. The funny Facebook statuses range from rude ones to crude ones to even ones that are just hilarious. </p>
<p><strong>The philosophical facebook status</strong> </p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure you already know that facebook is very popular within the college students. It&#8217;s a lot quicker for them to talk to each other it seems. And college students have always seemed to love pretending that they are philosophers. Saying witty and smart things in your Facebook status can be very cool. You can easily quote someone who has been dead for years but was very smart. It just takes a bit of time and research. Grab a quote book and get started today!</p>
<p><strong>The witty facebook status </strong></p>
<p>Due to the limited amount of space you have available in your Facebook Status update box; puns and witty phrases are pretty popular. They are normally pretty short and give people a quick laugh.  These are great for office friends. </p>
<p><strong>The romantic facebook status</strong></p>
<p>Now a  days facebook is a tool that is used for global communication and helps many people around the world to talk to friends and family. And of course because of that there are of course the very romantic and soppy status for lovers and even poets.  Its a great way to show you care and are pinning you the other person even when miles are between you.</p>
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		<title>MSN symbols</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SensiblePC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t heard, the new computer craze that is sweeping the internet is MSN symbols. If you haven’t used a social network in the last six months then you might not have heard, but now people are moving away from emoticons and smileys and towards special alt characters that they can copy and paste [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you haven’t heard, the new computer craze that is sweeping the internet is <a href="http://www.msnsymbols.com">MSN symbols</a>. If you haven’t used a social network in the last six months then you might not have heard, but now people are moving away from emoticons and smileys and towards special alt characters that they can copy and paste into their chats and statuses (as opposed to installing expensive emotes and icons).</p>
<p><center><img src="http://sensiblepc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/msn-symbols.jpg" alt="msn symbols" title="msn symbols" width="108" height="123" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-174" /></center></p>
<h3>MSN symbols</h3>
<p>So where can you find these special symbols for MSN? There are several sites where chat symbols like this can be found, usually in various categories depending on what they represent. One of the most famous alt characters is the music note symbol, because it has been picked up by social networks and various web 2.0 startups to show which song (MP3) their users are listening to.</p>
<p>There is a wide variety of characters, however. There are many that look like regular smileys and emotes – little faces showing happy people and sad. There are also shapes and shades such as rectangles and squares and circles. You can even use these emoticons to build new pictures and ascii art – the possibilities are endless!</p>
<p>One of the major advantages of MSN symbols is that you can use them in your chats with anyone – even if they’re not using the official Windows Live Messenger software. There seems to be a growing trend towards online web based chat clients which use the Microsoft API, so now you don’t need to constantly be greeted by the message that the person you are chatting to can not receive your message – everyone can see these!</p>
<p>The final usage for symbols for MSN is within Myspace pages or Facebook status profiles. You can use any of these images as many times as you like, as long as you can type in the area. You can sometimes use them on your mobile device too, as long as those fonts or symbols are supported. You can find a full list of <a href="http://www.msnsymbols.com">MSN symbols</a> on this website, with some ideas on how to use them.</p>
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		<title>Better Technology Means Less Hacks: Modern Antivirus Software</title>
		<link>http://www.sensiblepc.com/software-reviews/better-technology-means-less-hacks-modern-antivirus-software/163</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensible PC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the day it seemed like if you logged onto the internet you were going to be hacked, spammed, or get a virus. It seems that nowadays there is so much software to prevent all of these malicious attacks that you don&#8217;t seem to hear about viruses very much. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in the day it seemed like if you logged onto the internet you were going to be hacked, spammed, or get a virus. It seems that nowadays there is so much software to prevent all of these malicious attacks that you don&#8217;t seem to hear about viruses very much. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, they&#8217;re all still out there, but if you have proper protection you can experience the internet without risking the safety of your computer or personal information.</p>
<p>One of the major components of this drastic change in internet security is free <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/15/avg-9-free-antivirus-software-download-now-available/" target="_blank">antivirus-software</a>. One such program is AVG 9 free antivirus software. This is easy to setup and will protect your computer from many different types of attacks. For an <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/15/avg-9-free-antivirus-software-download-now-available/" target="_blank">AVG 9 Download</a>, click on the link.</p>
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		<title>Windows 7: Has Microsoft Finally Done Something Right?</title>
		<link>http://www.sensiblepc.com/software-reviews/windows-7-has-windows-finally-done-it/169</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensible PC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone always bashes Windows and Microsoft&#8230;like its their job. It&#8217;s literally like the cool thing to do in some circles. But Microsoft deserves it. They have had a commanding monopoly on the operating systems niche for the past 15 years and have made billions of dollars selling sub-par software. But if you&#8217;ve checked out Windows [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" src="http://images.chron.com/blogs/techblog/archives/win7jpg.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="191" />Everyone always bashes Windows and Microsoft&#8230;like its their job. It&#8217;s literally like the cool thing to do in some circles. But Microsoft deserves it. They have had a commanding monopoly on the operating systems niche for the past 15 years and have made billions of dollars selling sub-par software.</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;ve checked out Windows 7, you&#8217;ll definitely see an upgrade. I guess it&#8217;s probably a bit extreme to say that this operating system is perfect, but it just really seems to work. Since I upgraded I&#8217;ve virtually had no trouble with it and that makes me happy. What makes me even more happy is how elegant and slick everything looks WHILE its working well.</p>
<p>Just my two cents.</p>
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		<title>PHP Directory Submission Software</title>
		<link>http://www.sensiblepc.com/software-reviews/php-directory-submission-software/137</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensible PC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to start a profitable directory submission business? Do you need more visitors to your own websites? Save time and money with this automatic directory submission software. After reviewing it PHPDirSubmit looks like some solid software. It comes preloaded with loads of link directories, article directories, and social bookmarking sites.  Many people have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" src="http://www.phpdirsubmit.com/images/phpdirsubmit_box.jpg" alt="" width="182" height="253" />Do you want to start a profitable directory submission business? Do you need more visitors to your own websites? Save time and money with this <a href="http://www.phpdirsubmit.com" target="_blank">automatic directory submission</a> software. After reviewing it PHPDirSubmit looks like some solid software. It comes preloaded with loads of link directories, article directories, and social bookmarking sites.  Many people have reported positive results using the script as ‘link bait’, raising their search engine traffic exponentially. The software can also help raise pagerank by generating backlinks to your own websites and can be added to your list of search engine optimization tools if you are running an SEO company.</p>
<p>All users can sign up to your script for free, receiving one demo credit to test out your service. After that, if the user decides that they want to continue use, they have the option of buying more credits or subscribing to your service for a monthly fee.If you&#8217;re feeling generous and want to give your users something useful for their sites for free, just change the amount of demo credits and let them use your script for absolutely free!</p>
<p>Another great feature is the live demo. You can go to their website and check out the entire script, from the user&#8217;s standpoint and the admin stand point.</p>
<p>PHP Dir Submit has a blog which is updated frequently with updates, upgrades, and new information for you as the buyer. They also have a very good looking support system which makes it easy to contact them. I haven’t used this yet as I haven’t needed to, the software only takes about 10 minutes to setup as long as you have the appropriate server specs (PHP5 and MySQL are the basics).</p>
<p>All in all PHP Dir Submit seems to be a great script so far, I highly encourage every one with a website to promote in some way to give it a shot. Odds are, it will help you too.</p>
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		<title>Wake Up With The Coffee Buzz iPhone App</title>
		<link>http://www.sensiblepc.com/software-reviews/wake-up-with-the-coffee-buzz-iphone-app/129</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensible PC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a lover of coffee, espresso, Bunn filters, French Presses, or any other number of coffee accessories, then why not take that pleasure to your iPhone? It&#8217;s no secret that the iPhone has a number of handy apps, and the Coffee Buzz app is no exception at only $.99. This is a great [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" title="coffee iphone app" src="http://www.thecoffeebump.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/capresso-mt-500.jpg&amp;maxx=300&amp;maxy=300" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p>If you are a lover of coffee, espresso, <a href="http://www.thecoffeebump.com/bunn-coffee-filters.html ">Bunn filters</a>, French Presses, or any other number of coffee accessories, then why not take that pleasure to your iPhone? It&#8217;s no secret that the iPhone has a number of handy apps, and the Coffee Buzz app is no exception at only $.99.</p>
<p>This is a great app that also integrates Twitter, which we all know is more popular than ever. Coffee Buzz will offer you a list of your friends nearby who are drinking coffee, and you can tap on their name to reveal where and what they were drinking for their coffee break. There is a newer version of this app available that also allows you to create your own coffee beverage and edit the name of a location. This app is very handy to be used to search for local coffee shops in your area, so if you are driving around aimlessly looking for a cup of Joe, then this app could save the day. It will give you a link for the phone number and address of a nearby café in Google Maps, which is very convenient.</p>
<p>Last but not least, you can also use Twitter through this app to tweet where you are and what kind of coffee you are drinking to stay up to speed!</p>
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		<title>My Hard Drive Crashed! Answer: Knoppix Operating System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensible PC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knoppix is a great (and free) Linux operating system which you can run from a CD , DVD, or even a USB drive. Because of this, Knoppix is useful for backing up files on a hard drive that has crashed and cannot boot. The system requirements are quite low because Knoppix is very light weight. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-96" title="250px-knoppix" src="http://www.sensiblepc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/250px-knoppix.png" alt="250px-knoppix" width="250" height="188" />Knoppix is a great (and free) Linux operating system which you can run from a CD , DVD, or even a USB drive. Because of this, Knoppix is useful for backing up files on a hard drive that has crashed and cannot boot.</p>
<p>The system requirements are quite low because Knoppix is very light weight.  As long as you have the following you should be able to run it.</p>
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<li>Intel processor (or Intel compatible)</li>
<li>64MB RAM</li>
<li>SVGA graphics card</li>
<li>USB Mouse</li>
<li>CD-ROM or DVD drive</li>
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<p>Click on the link to <a title="download knoppix" href="http://knoppix.net/get.php" target="_blank">download Knoppix</a>.</p>
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