tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79047525570958334552010-02-20T00:03:03.927-05:00DimplePort contains Our Impressions on Various Topics.<br><br>We have a collection of articles about IT, electronics, money saving tips, hobbies, games, national parks and places to visit. The content is comprised of real world knowledge from a technical standpoint.Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405095304989308978noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904752557095833455.post-71953805831352567092010-02-14T21:56:00.003-05:002010-02-16T23:48:09.374-05:002010-02-16T23:48:09.374-05:00

P3 International P4400 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor How much electricity are your devices using?  You may have some idea, but you can't be sure unless you measure.  The Kill A Watt meter is simple.  You plug it into an outlet, plug something into it and it tells you how much power is being used.  For items like refrigerators and computers that go on and off, keep it plugged in for 24

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According to Xmarks, their "...sync browser add-on is one of the most popular in the world with over fourteen million downloads and counting. Xmarks is available as a free add-on for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari (Mac OS) and can be downloaded here." I use Xmarks in Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and Chrome.  All bookmarks are synced between all of my computers and passwords are

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Mafia Wars AutoplayerWhen you are unable to be at your machine 24 hours a day... (It requires Firefox and Greasemonkey) Bookmarklets Here are the Best Sites for Bookmarklets (small automation scripts) - these work in Firefox or Google Chrome Spockholm Vern Bobby Heartrate Josh Miller - (also includes bookmarklets for other Zynga games - FarmVille, FarmTown, Mobsters, Vampire Wars, Castle Age

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Best Deal Sites Slickdeals.net Techbargains.com AntiRebate.com Woot! FatWallet.com Rebate Sites Rebate sites REALLY work and if you're doing any amount of shopping on the web at all, why not shave off a few percent? Mr Rebates - my current favorite. Has lots of sites, a simple click through tool, offers higher percentages than many competitors, and has been very reliable with sending checks.

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Some Ideas on how to Save/Backup your data Data Location - Make it easy by separating your data from the start. Many programs just put the data on your Documents folder. It is a better idea to create a DATA sub folder and then sub-folders under that for each type. For example, C:\DATA\Word and C:\DATA\Photoshop, etc. DVD Backups - Start easy and burn a DVD of your C:\DATA directory every

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As almost all PC users know good anti-virus software is critical as without it you will inevitably get a virus sooner or later & getting rid of it is far from trivial.  But paying for anti-virus software becomes an ongoing expense and paying for a subscription doesn't guarantee you'll have anything better than some of these top notch free versions.   We've used most of them - here are the 4

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This is a great gadget. If you are tired of carrying the bulky video camera and you want to save those family memories and special events, you need this! It lets you capture 2-3 minute videos and then easily upload them by attaching them to our PC. The software pops up and then you can drag and drop them as needed.

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Logitech Squeezebox Radio Depending on your situation this is a very flexible & well made device for listening to music anywhere in your home. I recently purchased one - $160 from Amazon and I use it to stream music from my PC (it looks at my iTunes library), listen to various internate radio stations, and play songs streamed by services such as Pandora and Last.fm.It is an attractive

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