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If you are looking for a way, on the job, to appear professional and give that illusion you are really busy; but inside you really want to cut loose and have some fun, then give cantyouseeimbusy.com a try! The site offers (3)-three hard at work games that is played inside your web browser that emulates (gives the illusion of) a word processor and spreadsheet program. All three games require Adobe Flash to be installed on the PC to work (which is very common anyway).

If you have an obsession for information technology and computers, then you need to follow these blogs. Listed is this weeks Geek Squeaks�; a sampling of articles (from the past 7 days) from the bloggers that are on the What�s On My PC blogroll.

Google, within the past several days, announced that they are now offering a FREE, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider (which is usually through your Internet Service Provider).

If you are someone that has not tried Google Chrome and would like to (without installing it) there is a very good portable option available at portableapps.com.

I frequently have people ask me, when shopping for a PC, whether they should go for a Hewlett Packard or Dell???

Thanks to TechPaul, at Tech-for Everyone, his recent article, �oeWhich is better, HP or Dell?” falls in line with my thinking exactly and gives you the answer(s) and some sense of direction when addressing these questions. I encourage you to read TechPaul's article [ HERE ] .

Have you ever gestured with your mouse? If you are a Firefox browser fan then you need to install the extension to the Firefox browser called FireGestures. Learning to gesture with your mouse may seem awkward and takes a little practice; but once you master some of the basic gesture techniques, you will wonder how you managed without it.

Geek Squeaks� is a weekly roundup of articles from the What�s On My PC blogroll community. This community is a compilation of over 40 blogs that share a common interest in bringing the latest in information technology to your desktop. If you have an interest in information technology, these blogs are the places to visit.

I don't know what it is, but I have an obsession for program launchers and web launchers. I guess it comes from my past experience as an IT Manager where I found out early on that customizing an end users PC with shortcut toolbar menus to their apps, saved them and me a whole lot of headaches.