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The filthy rich have a new poster boy. According to the latest Forbes World’s Billionaires list , Mexican telecom magnet Carlos Slim Helu is the richest man alive , with his $53.5 billion fortune proving just about enough to win him the top spot ahead of Bill Gates. Gates may have spent a substantial part of his life atop the list but this year he missed the top spot by a whisker with an estimated worth of $53 billion.

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We’re not ones to miss a good time-wasting opportunity, so we’ve spent most of this morning using the new, improved Google Street View to look at the houses we used to live in and to sneer at our exes’ choice of curtains. But Google’s not the only firm on a geolocation tip. Everybody’s at it. You’ve been able to say where you’re tweeting from for some time, but Twitter has added mapping to the main Twitter website . Where Twitter goes Facebook inevitably follows, and the social network will unveil its own location features at next month’s F8 conference

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Every so often we all need to look at a map for reference purposes or to get directions. If you are looking for a great quick reference app then join us as we look at the Mini Google Maps extension for Google Chrome. Mini Google Maps in Action While this may look like a rather basic map extension there is more to it than meets the eye at first glance. Here is the default view when you open Mini Google Maps for the first time

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Now that the new version of Firefox is out you probably have a favorite extension or two that has not updated yet. You can get that extension working again, test it, and report back to Mozilla on how well it does with the Add-on Compatibility Reporter extension. Before For our example we chose a great extension that unfortunately has not been updated yet. As you can see here Firefox is refusing to let the extension install.

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If you use Windows Home Server to backup the machines on your network, your in luck if you accidentally delete important files or they become corrupted. Today we take a look at getting your data back from backups on your home server. Open Windows Home Server Console and click select the Computers and Backup tab. Right-click on the computer you need to restore files for and select View Backups. This will open a list of your recent backups

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For all those who love personalizing Windows 7 , here is a smart way to make your drive explorer more productive in a simple way.

Do you make it a habit of falling asleep at night while watching Windows Media Center? Today we are going to take a look at the MC7 Sleep Timer for Windows 7 Media Center. This simple little plugin allows you to schedule an automatic shutdown time in Media Center. Note: At this point MC7 Sleep Timer doesn’t work with extenders.

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For all those users who are not happy with the default size of Taskbar thumbnail preview, here is a tool that allows you customize the thumbnail preview size in a jiffy.

Do you prefer keeping your Taskbar hidden but still need to keep watch on what time it is? Now you can keep track of the time without the Taskbar using the Date Today extension for Google Chrome. A Look at Date Today with Different Themes This extension does one thing and does it well…it provides you with an “active icon” clock that will let you view the time and date in two fashions. The first is by hovering your mouse over the “Toolbar Clock Button”… And the second is by clicking on the “Toolbar Clock Button” to view an enlarged version. Here you can see the extension in use with five different themes to get an idea of how it might look with the theme that you are currently using.

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