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I wanted to have a play with Linux and installed a copy off the cover of a magazine. It seems to work nicely, bute I cannot seem to watch any videos on Youtube, Vimeo etc. Can Ubuntu actually play videos?

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Dear Sir, I live in a rural area and our power supply isn’t too great. Is there any way I can protect my computer from surges and power cuts?

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I love my laptop, but I just can’t get to grips with the touchpad it comes with. I also don’t like the idea of carrying a mouse around with me, it’s bulky and the cable keeps getting tangled. Is there anything you can suggest?

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I’ve just bought a new USB printer and want to use it with both my CP and my Max. I had a parallel port switcher for my previous printer, is there something similar for USB?

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This morning I found a number of new accounts following me, but they all tweet spam. Now, I’m not following them back, so their spam isn’t quite bothering me, but I still want to block them from following me. Is there an easy way to do this?

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I’m looking to try and get more traffic to my website, but I’m not quite sure to go about it. Is there something you can recommend?

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My computer has just been cleaned from what was described as a “massive spyware infection”. The engineer who cleared it for me installed a program that was supposed to keep it clean for me, but I seem to have deleted it off my machine. Is there something you recommend I could use?

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I’m coding this new left navigation menu for a new website site, and I want to be able to have the navigation show if the visitor has Javascript turned off. Unfortunately the menu has sub-menus that don’t show if the user doesn’t have Javascript turned on. How do I create an alternative section to accommodate this?

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