Adobe CS4 Preview

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AdobeThe new Adobe CS4 is looking pretty slick.

The official release date for Creative Suite 4 has not yet been announced, but a solid prediction has it scheduled for release in early 2009. In the past, Create Suite releases have had an 18 to 24 development cycle with the last version CS3 having been released in March of 2007.

Windows Mobile Guide: How to Watch DivX & Play Super Nintendo on Your Phone

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Windows Mobile has incredible potential for watching movies & playing games.  And by games I'm not just talking Solitaire.  On your next 5 hour business flight, instead of sleeping you could be watching Fight Club.  And playing an epic quest to save princess Zelda.  

In this article, I'll show you how to watch DivX movies on your Windows Mobile device AND teach you how to setup an Emulator to play NES and Super Nintendo.

The coolest thing about having a Windows Mobile device, and the reason why it is your endless source of mobile entertainment,  is having the ability to watch ANY movie (in DivX format) or play the thousands of quality games (ROMs) from the classic days of NES and SNES.

Before you leave on the next business trip, it will be important to find the movies & games you want to take.  And then we'll need to setup your Windows  Mobile OS with the apps needed to run them.   In this guide, I'll show you what programs are needed and how to set them up.

Top 96 Kick Ass Home Office Setups

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Huge amounts of electricity? Yes.

For many of us, we're on the computer(s) everyday. If you're a business nerd making money on the web then it's worthwhile to plunk a few grand into a kickass office setup.

Okay, maybe you don't need to go this far

How to use Elance to Play Games All Day

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Another lazy day. Or so it would seem...
This morning I got to the office, checked the status on current projects, sent out a few emailies and proceeded to load up my saved game of Elder Scrolls: Oblvion.

Above: Elder Scrolls Oblivion. The greatest RPG ever made (with mods)

That's right - I play games at the office. After all, doing what you want, when you want, where you want are a few of the luxuries in running your own business.

How to Create an Infinite Bandwidth Machine with Amazon S3

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We have entered a new era of the internet. An era of infinite bandwidth! Now you can take advantage of Amazon's vast network of servers to allow your website to survive even the most extreme spikes in bandwidth. Here's a tutorial on how to to access S3 like an FTP server to host your bandwidth sucking media files (pictures, videos, mp3's, zips or any other type of file).

And in this article, I'll show you how you can integrate your existing website on any typical hosting platform to "tap in" to this infinite bandwidth supply and leverage the power of the Amazon S3 infrastructure.

Some bandwidth hogging articles have recently been posted to Nerd Business. A few readers have asked me, "are you crazy?" Indeed, hosting hundreds of wallpapers & thousands of icons for nerds across the globe may seem like bandwidth suicide.

And it certainly would be. If you were a dumbass. Hosting from any typical webhost means there are limitations on bandwidth. You can't just host a thousand images on one page and expect to be lollygaggin' as it hits the Digg front page.

How to Try Ubuntu without Leaving Windows

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Ubuntu would be neat to try, but for many of us, having to leave Windows and boot into a whole different operating system is a full day project.

So that's why I created this tutorial. So you don't have to leave Windows to try ubuntu. I'll be showing you how to setup a "virtual machine" inside Windows that will run Ubuntu inside a tidy little window. So you can launch it from the Start Bar. And have Ubuntu running in the background just like any other Windows program like the internet browser or your game of solitaire.

Above: Having Ubuntu running inside Windows is just cool. Plus, it's a great way to try out all of Ubuntu's features .

218 HD Resolution Desktop Wallpapers for Nerds

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Here are 218 HD resolution wallpapers. Nerds like you and me have big ass screens so ALL of these wallpapers are available in high resolutions of at least 1900x1200. Plus, each one has been hand picked for quality, not quantity.

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What if Someone Steals your Laptop? A Tutorial on Mobile Data Encryption

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You're sitting in an airport lobby, having an orange juice and cranberry muffin, talking on your PDA - when suddenly you realize your laptop bag is no longer at your feet where you had placed it. It's gone. It has been stolen.

Worse yet, on this laptop is your company's accounting, client contact information, saved FTP connections, and very personal notes. And now some delinquent thug has all of it. F@#k!

This could have been easily prevented. Here's how.