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Internships.com’s $10,000 Fantasy Company Contest

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:58:11 +0000

For all you young entrepreneur enthusiasts, here is your chance to start your own business. Internships.com is hosting a contest for young entrepreneurs to create a Fantasy Company and a chance to compete for $10,000. The competition will be held from now through August 8 on CareerAmp. Check out this week’s leader at My Fantasy [...]

Chrome Extension: Easy Youtube Downloader

Winnie — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:39:24 +0000

Ever liked a video clip on youtube so much that you wanted to save it? Yup, I knew it. If you use Google Chrome as a browser, then this extension (http://www.chromeextensions.org/other/easy-youtube-video-downloader/) can help you quite a bit. From chromeextensions.org: “The most popular Firefox Youtube downloader now comes to Google Chrome providing the easiest method to [...]

Free Software to automatically download links from file-hosting sites

Winnie — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:18:44 +0000

Have you ever been in the tedious position of wanting to download a large file split into several pieces, and had to click on each link and fill out the CAPTCHA one by one? That gets, well, tiresome. Platform independent free java software Jdownloader helps with that process. Copy the links, and they’ll be pasted [...]

Basic Free Tools to Keep Your Computer Running Well

Winnie — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:26:58 +0000

I use Defraggler every so often to defragment my computer. When your computer starts running slowly because of fragmentation, it’s time to use it. Honestly, you could use the defragmenter that comes with your computer and that should be fine as well, but Defraggler can defrag individual files, and it’s small and lite on resources. [...]

Handbrake: free multiplatform video transcoder

Winnie — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:51:49 +0000

Handbrake is a great tool to encode nearly any video format into mkv or mp4 (suitable for your portable device). There are several preset profiles for devices belonging to Apple; settings for video playable on the computer and Android devices can be easily found by googling “name of the device” and “handbrake settings”. After decryption [...]

Free Flashcards app to learn Chinese Characters

Winnie — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:54:50 +0000

You might be wondering, who is the audience of this article? How many people are learning Chinese? Well, for those who are, this app will help! On the iPhone/iPod Touch, my favorite app for studying Chinese is the Dianhua Dictionary (http://www.jsqllc.com/index.php/dianhuadictionary). It’s very intuitive and perfect for learning new vocabulary on the go. You can [...]

Alternative to Sugarsync and Dropbox: MiMedia

Winnie — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:29:16 +0000

I like Sugarsync and Dropbox and use them often (aka daily), but what if you need a little more space and features for interacting with media (i.e. streaming video, music, pictures)? MiMedia with 7GB of free space is another option. From the website (http://www.mimedia.com/): Watch, Stream and Enjoy Your Media on Demand Effortless Photo and [...]

Onenote for Windows, Growly for OSX

Winnie — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:03:05 +0000

If you are an intensive note-taker, Growly can be your OSX alternative to the Windows version. It’s very similar–almost identical in interface, in fact, and it’s free. You can insert all kinds of media (videos, pictures, sounds, pdf documents, etc) and capture them as well. For those who have some trouble using the application, there [...]

Winner of Wii for Free Contest: Jessica Kimbel!

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:24:32 +0000

And the winner of the Nintendo Wii is……JESSICA KIMBEL! Congratulations Jessica and thanks to all that participated in the Wii for Free contest. Jessica, please be sure to check your email and forward us your shipping information. We really enjoyed having this contest and loved all the comments and posts. None of this could have [...]

A Few Tech Sites to Keep You Updated

Winnie — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:54:24 +0000

Maybe you’ve got some money burning in your wallet and you want to treat yourself to some electronics. How will you choose? Well, you can look at reviews on Amazon.com, but it’d be smart to also look at what experts and intermediate users suggest. http://www.engadget.com/ from the website: “Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive [...]