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I received a query today from my ex-Boss and a long-time friend,

How much does it cost to design and build a web site for a small company these days? I assume it depends on size of the site and complexity. I am thinking a small "regular" site. no database. no shopping basket. What is a good budget to start with?

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Are you one those who has been remonstrating against Twitter's suggested users list feature? You can have a sigh of relief now, as the microblogging giant has decided to hark back the feature. The list introduced newbies to the Twitterati's including celebrities, sports personalities and politicians. Why on earth would you follow what the co-founder Biz Stone suggests in the list. Choosing whom to follow on Twitter lies on your personal taste. This was only realized when Twitter poked into frisked through it's retention rates that has declined in past. Well, if you are looking for a better alternative just go through.

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The gnome-session program starts up the desktop environment. Essentially, it loads either your last session, or a default session as defined by the user. There might be some applications that you want automatically started after the boot. For instance, those in habit of using the Skype would prefer to have it on even without  having to click. Well, that is only possible when you autostart a program at the start up. If you autostart a program in Gnome desktop it will start only after the session starts. This is in contrary to the PreSession solution that starts before the session has started. Now the question is how to make a program autostart when your Gnome desktop session starts.

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WordPress nice permalinks is a way to create search-engine-friendly url's for WordPress posts and pages. Unfortunately they sometimes do not work out-of-the-box even after choosing your permalinks structure in WordPress options. I have found the issue in Cent OS 5 as also in Fedora versions before.

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Windows control panel is something we are all familiar with in Windows operating systems like Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista & now Winfows 7. Unfortunately you may not have found a direct equivalent of Windows Control Panel which works in Linux systems like RHEL, Cent OS, Fedora, Ubuntu etc. Despair no more for the solution is here.

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Windows 7 like its predecessor Vista comes with high security features. We had already discussed how to take the ownership of file in Windows Vista. In order to edit or replace a system file or folders in Windows 7 you would require ownership of the file. Well, there are a number of ways to take ownership of a file in Windows 7. However,  all the manual methods eats up a chunk of your valuable time. You gotta look for the easiest and shortest way to take ownership of a file. There's a simple registry hack that'll allow you to take the ownership of file in the shortest way. How about accessing the Take ownership option with just a right click and acquire the ownership of any file in a jiffy.

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Windows XP comes preloaded with a HyperTerminal application that helps you to connect with other remote computers. The application is often used by system admins to connect to switches and carry out maintenance operation. Unfortunately, both Windows 7 and Vista application lacks this application. There are workarounds, but most of them charge highly and the free alternatives are not standard. We got a better workaround to install HyperTerminal client to WIndows 7 and Vista for free.

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Suddenly a question caught my attention, What r all the smiley faces on facebook chat? You need them badly when you are chatting on Facebook. Smiley faces adds to touch of humor and personality to your messages. When your friend on the other end cracks a joke or fires up a sarcastic dialog, smiley faces are the best fashion to express your opinion. Sometimes you lose words to express your emotions and fill the gaps with smileys. Whatever be your mood, elated, jocund, puffed up, or you just wanna wink, smiley faces expresses your state of mind. We are going show you how to create some cool Facebook smiley faces in a jiffy.

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Since its launch there has been a lot of fuss around 32-bit version and 64-bit version Windows 7. In our previous article on Windows 7 FAQ, we let you know that not all 32-bit applications run smoothly on 64-bit variant of Windows 7. This was just one of the many issues with the 32-bit and 64-bit version. There could be a host of reasons to upgrade Windows 7 Operating system from 32-bit to 64-bit. If you are running a 32-bit (x86-based) operating system of either Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, there is no direct way to perform an in-place upgrade to 64-bit (x64) Windows 7.  We will let you know how to  upgrade Windows 7 OS from 32-bit version to 64-bit version.

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Microsoft Windows 7 is being launched today worldwide in keeping with their promise. It is a pleasant surprise for many of use to see Microsoft keeping their promise, considering their previous records and that their road was not always smooth. Windows 7 has already been launched in India, though availability in retail stores will be delayed due to customs / Income tax issues. Lenovo has rolled out PC's with Windows 7 today.
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