Have you encountered any funny moments when your “not-so-tech-savvy” friends, customers or colleagues ask for your help on their computers? Especially when you’re working in the IT field, these moments are almost unavoidable, even more true during the 90′s.

Microsoft UK decides to absorb some of your frustrations via their IT fail comic site—Where’s the ‘Any’ Key. Submit your fail tale in less than 1,000 characters, and if you win, Microsoft will cartoonise your story and publish it for viewing pleasure.

Prizes:

• Star prize of a Sony Vaio X Laptop.
• One weekly winner gets their story made into a cartoon and receives a framed version.
• One weekly winner gets £100 to spend in the Microsoft store.
• Three weekly runners up receive £30 to spend in the Microsoft store.

The contest is only open to UK residents aged 18 and above though. Check out the Terms and Conditions for more information.

There are already some winner comics available, so you might want to have a good laugh there.

(Windows 7 only) This is especially helpful if you are subscribed to a 3G wireless broadband. You have internet connection basically wherever you go, and it makes total sense to share it with your other WiFi enabled devices, or even to your Facebook addict friends.

Sharing your internet connection via WiFi on Windows 7 is much easier than you probably think. No need of going through the control panel, setting up new connection etc. All you have to do is install this little application—Connectify.

After installing Connectify, you can make your Windows 7 laptop into a WiFi hotspot by entering a few parameters:

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This is a guest post by James Adams.

If you’re a blogger, then you need to be able to create new content on a daily basis. When you are at home, it isn’t a big deal to run over to the computer every time inspiration strikes you. But what about when you are on the go? Here are a few essential mobile devices to help you become a better blogger.

1. Apple iPhone – The iPhone has many tools that can help you as a blogger. Probably the iPhone’s biggest strength is the vast size of the App Store. Whether you use WordPress or Blogger, you can manage your account right from your phone and quickly jot down important ideas.

2. Apple iPad – The iPad has all the benefits of an iPhone, but it is much easier to type on. You probably wouldn’t want to type more than a few sentences on your iPhone, but you can type out a full blog post on the iPad if you wish.

3. Netbook – A netbook can bring you all the benefits of a full computer in a smaller – and cheaper – package. The downside is that netbooks usually aren’t too capable of running graphic-intensive programs like games, but they are absolutely perfect for blogging. Netbooks are lightweight, so you can carry them everywhere and crack them open when you feel like writing.

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For the past two years, I have been relying on my Dell Inspiron 1720, a 17″ laptop for all my computing needs. Since I have enrolled myself in a flying school last year September, located next to an airport near 2 hours drive away from home, I have been carrying that 4kg monster home and back to my hostel every weekend. To add more strain to my shoulders, I’m also carrying it to my class almost every other day.

I finally got enough of it and decided to get a new lightweight laptop with long battery life and reasonable performance. It makes sense now that I’m subscribed to a wireless broadband, I can basically carry it anywhere I want and get online at any location.

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You are likely to stumble upon one of these WordPress themes released by Smashing Magazine, somehow, somewhere, in your quest hunting for a WordPress theme. Being the top web design blog, you can expect only the best WordPress themes from them and it makes perfect sense to browse all of the themes to find your perfect theme.

Smashing Magazine started releasing WordPress themes since 2007, but there isn’t any easy way to see all of them on one single list as far as I’m concerned. To make life easier for you, I have compiled all (if I didn’t miss any, that is) the WordPress themes released by Smashing Magazine, all the way from the first theme dated in year 2007 to the most recent one released in February 2010.

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