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Prevent accidental phone calls from your iPhone

Askar — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:16:08 +0000

Given the touch interface of iPhone it’s quite possible that you might accidentally tap into making phone calls. Sometimes that could lead to unpleasant experience.

One way of making sure you don’t accidentally tap into the phone soft keypad is to lock the iPhone. Surely that can prevent accidental phone calls. But what if you are giving the phone to your little daughter and she knows how to unlock the iPhone? She can then accidentally make phone calls.

So the other way to prevent accidental phone calls from your iPhone is to enable Airplane mode. Learn from this article on how to prevent accidental phone calls on your iPhone.

Secure your iPhone if it gets lost or stolen

Askar — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:42:43 +0000

With the hot property the iPhone is it’s quite possible that your iPhone could get stolen. You could even misplace it or even lose it. When any of these discomforting scenarios happen, on top of the frustration of losing such a valuable device the most daunting thought would be that what would happen to all the data that’s on the iPhone.

Will it end up on the wrong hands and could wreck a havoc on your privacy and identity? Take precautionary steps to make sure your iPhone is secured and can kind of destroy itself if it ends up on the wrong hands.

Learn from this article on how to secure your iPhone with Passcode protection and to erase its data when multiple failed attempts are made to unlock the passcode.

Use a USB Flash Drive to install Windows 7 Beta

Askar — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:50:56 +0000

If you don’t have an optical drive, like a CD or DVD Drive, on your laptop and you want to install software that typically comes with a CD or DVD then you might be inclined to buy an external CD or DVD drive to get the job done.

Well, not really, if you already have an USB Flash Drive. These days flash drives are cheaper per gig and the prices keep going down. If you already have or if you can get a hold of an USB Flash drive then you can use that to install software on your computer. It might require an extra step to prepare the Flash Drive to be used as an installable media but once that’s done you can pretty much make use of it to install software.

Read from this detailed article at DemoGeek.com to learn how to prepare a USB Thumb Drive to install Windows 7 Beta from an USB Flash Drive. It’s a 10 step process but the steps are pretty simple and well explained.

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Keep track of your kid’s computer activities with Windows Vista’s Parental Controls

Askar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:45:48 +0000

Windows Vista has implemented the Parental Controls the right way and it makes it so easy to configure parental controls to keep an eye on your kids’ computer activities. The list of things that you can keep track of ranges from the type of programs that your kids are allowed to run on a computer, the websites that your kids are allowed to visit and time limits so that your kid can only use the computer on certain times.

Read from this article at DemoGeek.com on how to make use of Windows Vista’s Parental Controls to keep track of your kids’ computer activities.

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Print only what you want with HP Smart Web Printing

Askar — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:38:53 +0000

If you think you are wasting quite a lot of paper printing the whole webpage along with all its advertisements and things that you really don’t need to print then you should read this article at DemoGeek.com to know about a fantastic tool that helps you save the environment by reducing the paper usage by printing only what you want on a webpage. HP Smart Web Printing tool is a simple tool that plugs into Internet Explorer or Firefox and helps you print what you want on a webpage rather than the whole web page itself.

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Turn off UAC annoyance in Windows Vista

Askar — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:59:59 +0000

One of the major annoyances of Windows Vista is its User Account Control (UAC) feature. I understand that it’s a way to secure the operating system but it is definitely a major annoyance of Windows Vista for sure. Learn from this article on how to turn UAC off in Windows Vista.

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How to speed up Firefox?

Askar — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:22:30 +0000

Learn from this article at DemoGeek.com on how to speed up Firefox with these simple tweaks.

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Use Vista Battery Saver to get the most out of your Windows Vista laptop battery

Askar — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:56:37 +0000

If you run Windows Vista and quite often switch to battery power source then you might want to read this article to learn how to automatically turn off the power-consuming features of Windows Vista to extend your Windows Vista laptop’s battery power.

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Resolve your Windows Time issues with this simple trick

Askar — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:46:52 +0000

If you are having any issues with your Windows Vista’s system time then you should read this well explained article at DemoGeek.com on how to change your Windows Time providers to resolve some of your Windows Time issues.

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Resolve your Windows Time issues with this simple trick

Askar — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:46:03 +0000

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