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Check which icons appear in the systems tray, located in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. Those are some of the programs that launch automatically every time you boot up. Too much running at once drags everything down, so disable what you don't need by right clicking and resetting the preferences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Spring Cleaning For Your PC | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...opposition Conservatives. Polls indicate that 11% of people who voted Labour in 2001 are so turned off by Blair they might stay home, possibly driving turnout down to a historic low of 50%. Few think Labour could really lose; a huge swing, more than 10%, would be needed to boot Blair out. But with a low turnout, surprises on the margins could trim Labour's current 161-seat majority and undermine Blair's authority in what he has declared will be his final term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tony Blair Rolls Out His "Masochism Strategy" | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...team’s step class began early this winter, when head coach Bob Karetsky sought out the help of athletic instructor Dawn Murdock to design a “boot-camp style” weekly workout for his boys...

Author: By Alyssa N. Wolff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rugby Boys Step Up Their Game | 3/17/2005 | See Source »

...that, and she’s gorgeous to boot...

Author: By Jason L. Lurie, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mars Ascendant | 3/16/2005 | See Source »

...graduating, he went straight to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. He fought in Desert Storm, made sergeant in three years, and left as a scout sniper with a bunch of medals. But in 1993 he left the Marines and returned to Manhattan. He took night classes at New York University and worked by day as an energy trader for Goldman Sachs. After earning a degree in economics, he co-founded Filter Media, a company focusing on interactive TV. He grew long hair and wore flamboyant clothes. In 1999 he met a former model who had worked with the photographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did He Go Too Far? | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

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