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Google Chrome -- Integrated Search and Bookmarks

2008-09-13T12:26:00.000-05:00

Google Chrome is the new, free browser from the world's most popular search engine which is an effort to dethrone Internet Explorer from its lead as the most popular browser. GoogleInc. posted its biggest gain in four months in Nasdaq trading after introducing a browser to challenge Microsoft's decade-long dominance of the market. The program, known as chrome, will isolate flawed web pages so...

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WiFi and PDA Phones - Ultimate Empowering Technologies

2008-09-08T06:57:00.000-05:00

The technology of the mobile phones are constantly upgrading and creating buzz among the masses. With these tiny gadgets users can easily perform most of their personal and professional works easily. Moreover, top notch companies are constantly offering the latest models which are enhanced with feature-rich applications and marvellous designs. These gadgets have changed the aspect of wireless...

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5 Ways to Speed Up Vista Home Loading

2008-09-07T07:40:00.001-05:00

There are two types of Vista Home versions- Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium. The Home Basic is for those with a more conservative budget who will not really use much of their computers except for checking e-mails or news browsing through the web. The Home Premium edition targets a more broad audience as it allows various ways to create, view and edit multimedia. The latter also has that...

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CPU Temperature Monitor: CoreTemp

2008-03-03T08:39:00.001-05:00

Is your laptop hotter than a griddle? Does it suddenly shut down while running and seem to run slowly at times? These are signs that your computer system is overheating.There are a couple of things you can do to try to cool down your over-priced heater to a reasonable operating temperature. But just exactly what is happening inside your computer? Why do computer systems overheat? Computer...

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Downgrade Vista to XP with Virtual PC 2007

2008-03-01T15:48:00.001-05:00

The Free and Easy Way to Downgrade from Windows Vista to XP If you have Windows Vista installed on your laptop or PC and yearn for the good old days of Windows XP compatibility and miss the familiar interface, there is a solution that will cost you nothing but your time to do it. It involves the creation of a virtual PC on your existing machine using Virtual PC 2007 software by Microsoft. A...

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Yahoo, AOL, MSN IM and Push To Talk VoIP

2008-02-28T10:20:00.001-05:00

Free Nextel Style Push-to-Talk for Windows Mobile or Symbian PDA Have you ever wanted to have one of those cool Nextel style walkie-talkie style phones but just didn't want to become a Nextel subscriber? Well now you can enjoy that cool push-to-talk on any connected PDA or Symbian phone. It's perfect for Wi-Fi enabled PDAs and phones and also works on your laptop or desktop PC. Palringo is a...

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Nokia N95 and Fring

2008-02-25T11:04:00.001-05:00

Integrated Wi-Fi Means Free Fring Calling Plus More At PDA Today, we're free calling fanatics and the Nokia N95 is a handset that makes it a cinch to take advantage of free services like Fring to keep you connected at the lowest possible cost, even free. The Nokia N95 brings a range of multimedia ingredients together, such as a fantastic display, outstanding photo and video...

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Free Phone Calls on the Bus

2008-02-25T08:56:00.001-05:00

Wi-Fi Bus Connects Streets of San Francisco and Wi-Fi Callers Using a Skype or Fring account and a Wi-Fi enabled phone on a Wi-Fi equipped bus allows you to make free calls while you ride around town. We've seen Wi-Fi installed in planes, trains and automobiles, but San Francisco will soon be launching the first Wi-Fi bus. Developed by Cisco Systems and Muni, the local transportation...

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Free Phone Calls With Fring

2008-02-23T10:46:00.003-05:00

Video Shows How To Make Free Calls Using Fring Client The nice thing about Fring is that it bridges the gaps in the phone system and makes free calling and messaging more practical and easier than ever. The video below shows how Fring can operate with NO SIM in your phone or PPC phone PDA. A lot of phones and PDAs are now supported and the company is constantly beefing up the software and...

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Faster Search for Nokia Smartphones

2008-02-22T13:32:00.004-05:00

Google Speeds Up Searches for Nokia N and E Series Smartphones Google just began offering a new free app that greatly speeds up searches for smartphones running on Nokia's S60 3rd Edition platform. By running through software running natively on the phone instead of through a web browser, your searches will speed up by an average of 40 percent, which they show in Google's video...

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SkyDrive Storage Increased to 5GB

2008-02-22T09:33:00.001-05:00

Access Files and Data From Anywhere for Free SkyDrive provides free, password-protected online file storage and sharing. It's a convenient way to make sure your files are available to you from any computer, without having to carry them around on a flash drive. For many people such as computer consultants and other mobile professionals, this makes a lot of sense. If you need to access software,...

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3D Graphics From New Camera Chip

2008-02-21T14:29:00.001-05:00

3D Pictures Will Open Up New Graphics Opportunities If you've ever wanted to remove an unwanted background from a digital picture or create 3D artwork, you may soon be able to do so using images shot with your new 3D camera. Researchers at Stanford University have come up with a chip which can record pictures in 3D. Unlike normal camera sensors, the three megapixel chip array uses overlapping...

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Soyntec Wiffinder Bag

2008-02-20T08:08:00.001-05:00

Wi-Fi Gadget Finds Access Points and Totes Your Laptop Searching for a Wi-Fi signal has become an everyday ritual for many of the ‘always connected’ mobile crowd. For those in need of a solution to searching for signals, check out the newly launched Wiffinder bags from Soyntec. The Wiffinder 400 Executive Case fits laptops up to 15.4-inches and features an integrated Wi-Fi...

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Sony Mylo Com-2

2008-02-19T09:39:00.002-05:00

Second Generation Wi-Fi gadget If you just want an affordable way to chat and keep in touch with your contacts using cheaply available wireless access, this Wi-Fi device may be just the ticket. Half way between a PDA and a laptop, it has a lot of the features that many people are using these days. Like the first-generation Mylo, the COM-2 ($299) is a Wi-Fi gadget that lets users surf the...

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iPhone Contest and Survey

2008-02-18T07:50:00.001-05:00

StreamingMedia.com CDN Survey and Contest If you, or your company are creating video content and then distributing this content through enterprise-level Content Delivery Networks (NOT YouTube) then you might want to know of a contest StreamingMedia.com is running until March 1st, 2008. You just complete an online questionnaire of 24 questions which takes about 2 minutes. Upon completion,...

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fring - VoIP for PDA and Windows Mobile Phones

2008-02-14T15:51:00.001-05:00

Talk and chat for free with fring mobile voip. Connect to Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Twitter & SIP contacts from anywhere. (Click for WM5 & 6 Screenshots) "fring" is a free software program and service for Windows Mobile 5, 6 and Symbian phones that uses VoIP to allow you to make cheap and free calls and instant messages. If you're looking for a way to bring...

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How to Remove Spyware and Adware

2008-02-13T10:08:00.003-05:00

Do you have a spyware infestation? Do you know what actions to take once your laptop or PC is infected with spyware, ad-ware or viruses? It's estimated that around 90 percent of computer systems are infected with some form of spyware, ad-ware or virus. With odds like that, it's very likely that your computer either now has, or will soon manifest signs of a...

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Windows XP - Will Vista Kill Support?

2008-02-11T13:23:00.001-05:00

If Microsoft has its way, you won't be able to buy XP after June 30th, 2008. According to some sources, the public wishes otherwise. Like all new operating systems, Windows Vista ushered in a new era of incompatibility for existing Windows users. In spite of this, Microsoft plans to start retiring Windows XP on June 30th. Some users, however, want to keep XP alive for years to come so that they...

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eBooster: ReadyBoost for Windows XP

2008-02-02T21:40:00.001-05:00

eBooster breathes new life into your old Windows XP machine. MDO Ltd. has brought out eBoostr, saying it's a complete substitute for Microsoft's ReadyBoost technology for Windows XP machines. The software is now available for a test-drive and bestows ReadyBoost-like technology to older, but still useful Microsoft Windows XP PCs, providing many of the same benefits to the end user. eBoostr...

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Instant Messaging Acronyms and Abbreviations

2008-01-31T08:42:00.001-05:00

Instant messaging acronyms can be as cryptic as a serving of Spaghettios or Alphabet soup. If you ever get an instant message or text message from someone that just comes out looking like jibberish, this guide will be here to help you translate the text chat lingo into plain old English. It's useful for instant messaging, e-mail, Internet and online gaming chat rooms, discussion boards and...

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Livescribe Pulse Smartpen

2008-01-30T07:25:00.001-05:00

LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen is a new device that lets you store audio with your notes as you write and play them back later by simply clicking a link on your note paper. It makes recording business meetings, lectures, speeches or any other audio a real breeze. It lets you associate audio with your notes as you write on special dotted paper, and stores those notes inside it electronically....

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YouTube Mobile

2008-01-29T08:01:00.001-05:00

YouTube Mobile first debuted in November of 2006 as a deal to deliver a handful of video clips through the VCast service of Verizon Wireless. Last year it created a mobile Web site accessible on many Sprint and AT&T phones that only carried a tiny sliver of YouTube content. And it has another subset on the iPhone. That short-coming has recently been corrected with their new mobile website for...

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Free Internet TV - Miro

2008-01-27T13:05:00.001-05:00

Free Internet TV using Miro is as easy as using your TiVo. Miro makes it a simple matter for you to boot up your laptop or PC and watch a 10-20 minute video about something amazing while having a bite of breakfast. I've been using Miro for several weeks now and frankly I'm not sure how I got along without it. It's become THE answer for me when it comes to finding, saving, sharing, organizing...

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Windows 7 First Leaked Screenshot

2008-01-26T08:15:00.001-05:00

There's no telling how accurate this screenie might be, and it's obvious that this screenshot won't be giving us any enlightening details about Windows 7, but we couldn't pass on the chance to publish an image that claims to be the first from a super-secret test build of Windows 7 distributed solely to "key partners." So, is there anything to see here? Not that we can tell, but from the...

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Backdoor Dialing - Free Phone Calls

2008-01-24T11:02:00.001-05:00

Backdoor dialing is a new service provided by Gizmo5. Give this team some credit for a trendy name for their new service that makes phone calls free for more people thanks to VoIP. It can be especially useful for people to receive calls from outside the US because any PC or laptop connected to the Internet can now take advantage of Backdoor Dialing without incurring any long distance fees. ...

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