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How To Save Money And Find Bargains Online

Hands up if you’re not fond of shopping.  And by that I means the physical act of dragging yourself from shop to shop, maybe in the pouring rain, falling in and out of doors as you get pushed and shoved by the crowds.  It’s even worse when you’re looking for one particular item, so you look in all the shops in the shopping centre, only to find it was cheapest in the first place you looked.  This is why I favour the Internet for shopping nowadays.

My wife and I often amaze our friends and family by the bargains we find.  But it’s not difficult, it’s just a matter of knowing where to look and being diligent to check regularly.  I have a list of 7 websites that regularly generate lists of bargains.  Some are general and some are more specialised, but they all let me know when something is available for a good price.  These sites have probably saved me hundreds of pounds over the years.

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Tips for Selling Your Website? Make Sure its Up To Scratch First

Kieron Donoghue, of www.here.org.uk, has written a great post about what information you should disclose to buyers when trying to sell your site.  Within his post he has compiled a list of 10 things you should tell potential clients, but these also seem like good metrics to measure how good your site is and therefore are the areas you should concentrate on if you’re trying to improve your site.  After all, if you’re telling the client about these things then they have to be good.

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8 Ways to Speed Up Windows XP

Windows XPWindows Vista has been available for a while now, but still lots of people are using Windows XP on their machines, either due to limitations of their computer, an enforced corporate IT policy or simply personal preference.  I still use Windows XP, but it can be a bit slow at times, especially on older machines full of videos and images.  Below are 8 ways to improve the performance of an aging XP machine.

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