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Reliable Printers for You - Brother

2011-04-02T11:18:00.005+08:00

Imagine the hassle of stuck papers using an unbranded printer that you have bought 3 years and the huge cost of changing ink every few weeks because apparently they have all dried up for no reasons. Now, picture the sleek and efficient printer that does it job of printing out your business reports in a breeze. Yes, having that reliable printer by your side can be a reality here at Brother.

Ranging from multi-function centres or to just focused laser printers, you can be assured that your purchase will be value-for-money and efficient. You can get a couple of these Brother printers in your home or at your office. Be it the vibrant colours that you are looking for or just simply the myriad functions that you require, Brother printers will be able to satisfy your needs and desires.

Judging by the advanced technology era we are in, it comes to no surprise the practicality and convenience you can get with reliable printers like Brother. Simply hop over to their website and you can get to see the various models from classic to modern to suit your surroundings. If anything, you can be assured of the quality customer service and the famous range of printers for you to choose from.

2010 Technology Gadget Singapore Scene

2010-12-18T20:50:00.013+08:00

2010 has been the year of tablets wars which has silenced the previous few years of netbook fever. So much has been spoken about the iPad and its imitators. Here at theysay, the latest technology scene in Singapore revolves around the concept of simplicity and class. Here are a few personal recommendations to look out for right after the break.

Top 3 Gadgets of 2010
1) HTC Desire

People go crazy over the smartphone that adds a shine to their personality. Instead, why don't you consider one that is more effective and powerful as a whole. Have the latest stock news update and the connectivity of the android platform, HTC Desire certainly is a powerful machine in a delicate metallic finish to be reckoned with.

2) iPad

Need I say more? The powerful and sexy tool that make most teenagers and adults drool over. Featuring the every unlimited updates from the iTunes store to the thrill of playing multiplayer games on the go. You will be missing out the tech stuff for year 2010 if you do not know anything about the latest digital tool.

3) Xbox 360 Kinetic

Remember when you are young and you used to run around in circles in the void deck playing catching or made-up gestures games? Xbox has modernized the concept and introduced the Kinetic featuring human actions and catching them on the screen. One would say that it is a step forward from the wii era.

So that's all folks, we have some exciting stories for the 2011 gadget news and updates. Stay tuned.

Car Accessories Explained

2010-07-17T00:08:00.004+08:00

All of us could one day or another want to own a car of their own, be it through the monthly installments or a one time lump sum payment. Be that as it may, we all would want to be an owner of a car to be called our own. More often than not, one often fret on what to get from in the interior from the furnishing to the cargo mat. Here you will find shopping for cargo liners a whole lot easier.

Perhaps long gone are the days whereby conformity is the right way to go, individuality in terms of style and fashion sense from the car mat to the accessories symbolise your identity. Picture the moment whereby you enter your friend's car and the sense and touch that engulf you. Make you whole designing of car a lot more easier with cargo mat.

Ranging from the many major manufacturers to the prestigious few, there are many varieties and range to choose from. At the very least, one would have a favourite brand or two. The exterior of the car is sometimes over-rated for the paint and finishing. Elsewhere in the interior design, users are damned spoilt for choice in decorating and car accessories. If one is confused on what to choose, there is no harm for looking around free for inspiration from cargo mat.

PC Show 2010 Singapore

2010-06-10T02:26:00.002+08:00

Amidst all the buzzing and whistling of half a year, the much anticipated Singapore PC Show 2010 will be held starting from today 10 June 2010 to 13 June 2010. This is in time with our annual Great Singapore Sale 2010. Despite the lackluster performance of the economy of the euro and the region, Singaporeans are poised to spend more in this upcoming IT show as a way of pampering themselves.

Prices aside, it seems that netbook has been a forgotten antique of the past. So recent is the word tablets such as the Apple iPad that is rumoured to be launched in Singapore in the next few months. Yet fans may be disappointed for not seeing the much anticipated iPhone 4G Singapore release this coming PC Show 2010. Do look out for laptops steals and unbelievable prices for plasma tv again.

Towards a sustainable future

2010-04-02T03:28:00.006+08:00

The age of sustainability is long overdue. With the rise of the BRIC through globalisation and capitalism, the world is poised to experience the Asian Century. Indeed, with all the upsurge of the current developing companies, N-Viro provides the perfect opportunity for companies to leverage on the cost savings through the use on the clean coal and alternative energy.

N-Viro is also famous for using its sophisticated process to assist in sewage treatment and turning them into something valuable. Heavy investment into research and development has been undertaken to provide a cleaner energy alternative. This can be seen as doing their part on corporate social responsibility for major companies. Do your part and check renewable energy source today.

http://www.nviro.com

iSlate and iPad Difference Explained

2010-02-02T03:57:00.000+08:00

It is no longer a myth that Apple is going to launch a product this summer. At the generic level, the naming convention of the tablet Apple is launching has negligible differences. Yet, this article aims to explore some of the perceived differences and highlight some features of the upcoming iPad.

The official release date of iPad is estimated around 60-90 days, not in time for the coming IT show 2010 Singapore but perhaps may shipped in time for the PC Show 2010 Singapore.

Ostensibly, it appears that Apple wants a share of the e-book reader market and has clearly differentiated itself from likes of Kindle and Sony with the great colourful user interface and addtional features. Leveraging on the brand name, Apple is quite determined to have a stake in the growing industry sector. The only difference is that the new tablet will be named iPad instead of the previous rumoured "iSlate"

Falling short of expectation, the branding of the product gives rise to many doubts from skeptics. With the current naming as iPad instead of iSlate, the perceived value from the consumer point of value may decrease albeit the instant value gratification from owning the new toy. Nevertheless, unless the consumers are very determined to voice their collective concern, any possible change is negligible. After all, users still want the cool factor.

Protect Your Facebook Privacy

2010-01-30T03:40:00.004+08:00

This news might be overdue, but it is imperative that all users take note of the new Facebook privacy rule that is implemented some time ago. Once popular to protecting its user privacy to the end, now the stand is somewhat controversial.

Users might have seen a popup box informing them about the new privacy rule but either close the dialogue or agree on the recommended setting without much thought into in. Here in theysaY, we take a look at some of the measure which users can take to protect their facebook privacy.

Limiting those who can see what you share

Apparently, the new "default recommended" settings allows friends of friends to view their profiles. Though it may seem harmless, it could ruin your future career when HR managers browse and chance upon some disapproving photos.

To solve the issue, do the following

Hover your mouse over the Settings menu at the top right and select "Privacy Settings"
Click "Profile Information" from the list of choices on the next page.
Scroll down to the setting "Posts by Me" It includes your post, status updates, links and photos
You can change the settings from the dropdown menu and we recommend choosing the "Only Friends" setting to ensure only your friends can view your entire profile.

Malware Found in Facebook Apps

2009-12-05T20:34:00.004+08:00

Granted, social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are great tools for users to share photos and interact with the many apps and games. Yet things can turn nasty if the applications you allow turns out to be malicious, turning to what many web users call facebook virus similar to msn virus.

The insertion of the malicious code occurs when the installation of the malware force open a pdf file to install a bogus antivirus on your system. After which the activities of the virus varies from keylog down your passwords or downloading more malwares into your system. The next time you install an unknown application, think twice.

Laptop Memory Upgrade

2009-11-04T02:35:00.006+08:00

Nowadays, many laptops bought off the shelf comes with roughly the standard build meant to support average performance. For the avid gamers or the less wealthy common folks like us, it does hurt to have our old laptops fully replaced just to play the new released games or the latest version of our favourite software. Instead, we can consider our options by upgrading our lap top memory to squeeze out the extra life to keep up with the latest softwares and games.

Offering a range of laptops for many brands out in the market, one would not be disappointed with failing to find a suitable new upgrade of memory for lap top. Under each category of brand itself is sub-categorized into more myriad of models to choose from. For the convenience of the average joe, the website also comes with the special function to search individual computers to determine the current RAM type and offer the necessary upgrade option.

Furthermore, friendly technical support is just a click away to find out the most appropriate model to suit your computer needs. This should probably dismiss one of the factors holding you back when deciding to purchase the lap top memory for fear of no after sales support. In any case, cautious users can also give the company a ring to find out more information that one require.

Maths Tutoring Made Easy

2009-10-30T03:00:00.006+08:00

We all know the needs to google our problems whenever we have any doubts, but when it comes to homework like solving complicated math problems or simply obtaining free algebra help, things do get a little bit tricky in order for us to find the real solution we need. Fret not, introducing TutorVista the pioneering online tutor targeting at K-12 and college tutoring aims to fill the gap.

Reasonable enough to say, we all want things to be free. Yet we have to recognise the hard work put behind all that in order to generate quality response to solve math problems. Understandably, it is only right that we pay for quality service. Currently offering a special deal of only $99.99 per month, users get access to unlimited tutoring package available at any part of the day.

In addition, since maths foundation is best established when young, it makes it even more imperative that all parents pay attention and sign up help with math for their K-12 or college child. Given the competitive nature of the world with the proliferation of IT, ensuring that your child has grabbed the basics right can never be wrong.

Secured Firefox 3.54 Release

2009-10-30T02:53:00.002+08:00

Just the usual updates of the web, with the all-time favourite Firefox launching another update to patch its security loopholes and bugs. Existing users would have already been auto-update by Firefox itself now. As for the other Internet browsers, you may like to test out Firefox 3.54 given its customization and sleek outlook. Download your latest Firefox here.

Gold Coins Investment

2009-10-19T01:02:00.003+08:00

Given the recent financial storm that just blew the world upside down, it is hard to imagine the trust that is lost in all the financial instruments conjured up down its up times. People begin turning to gold investments and start amassing precious metals for fear of the collapse of any country's currency.

Having established the above, it is imperative for us to remain clear-headed on whether we would like to dive into investing in gold like the others. Would it be more wise to rely on a reliable source to invest your hard-earned money or just simply follow the crowd? The answer is crystal clear and we would be foolish not to heed the advice from the experts in the field of gold bullion investing.

In the digital age today, people will just need to read a few financial books to understand time value for money and the concept of inflation. Therefore, putting money in the bank equates to losing money everyday! Instead, it would be wise to invest in a portfolio of stocks and gold coins to diverse your investing portfolio.

Online Free Unlock PDF Utility

2009-09-24T10:46:00.002+08:00

For presentation or project submission purposes, we would normally send the report in the adobe pdf format locked from any editing. However sometimes we may need to change the content for one reason or another and it makes things worse if we are accessing from a public computer. theysaY has managed to sourced out one brillant site that will just do the trick of unlocking pdf file free. More details after the break.

How to unlock locked pdf file online for free

1) Visit the website.

2) Select a locked pdf file and tick the box for terms and conditions after you read the.

3) Upload your file to the server and retrieve your unlocked file. Cheers.

Simple Platform MSN Alternative Tinychat

2009-09-19T01:26:00.009+08:00

You probably have not heard of it before but theysay will be sharing with its readers a useful website, Tinychat. It is a simple platform that is an alternative to the incumbent MSN messenger or the forgotten ICQ, allowing users to chat online. What differentiates the service is that there users need not to login into your account in public computers, so your login credentials are safe from spyware or keylogger softwares.

Privacy issues have increasingly become a major concerrn when unknown people or colleagues attempt to add you and you are not certain whether to add them or not. A safe way perhaps after today is to chat with them on the tinychat platform, if you do not feel comfortable to proceed to adding them as friends on your personal network, there is no obligations involved.

Adobe CS3 Unsupported on Snow Leopard

2009-09-03T03:18:00.002+08:00

We all know the buzz surrounding the release of the Snow Leopard to the collection of the Mac platform. Amazingly, Mac fans and graphic designers cannot wait to lay their hands on the fresh OS. However, news has been out that Adobe CS3 and its former versions will not be upgraded even if the former software is found to be not compatible with Snow Leopard.

Not surprisingly, all would be done to ensure that the Adobe CS4 is fully compatible with the latest Mac OS. More news can be found here.

Download DirectX 11 For Windows XP and Windows Vista

2009-08-20T15:51:00.001+08:00

For the better informed, we all know that there is currently no official download DirectX 11 for Windows Xp and Vista at least for the time being. However, some over-zealous users may fall in the trap of being enticed by virus and trojan creators that Microsoft DirectX 11 is available now for download.

That is however not the case as news is that it is reserved for only Windows 7 and Vista when Windows 7 is officially release in a few months time. Current files claiming to hold the official DirectX 11 installers is plagued with malicious viruses and users are strongly advise to avoid downloading them. Users who have already downloaded them are advised to update their anti-virus definition and do a full scan.

Razer to co-develop StarCraft 2 Gaming Peripherals

2009-08-17T10:22:00.000+08:00

A popular game that will take the world by storm needs a world class gaming peripherals too. In partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, Razer is poised to release new line of professional gaming peripherals that would be engineered and designed from scratch possibly revolutionizing how RTS will be played in the near future. We are pretty excited here at theysaY as StarCraft is a video game to be reckon with given its popularity a decade of its release. Let us look forward to the official Starcraft 2 release.

Is Computer Spy A Necessary Evil?

2009-08-14T17:58:00.003+08:00

With the advent of technology, proliferation of information has been made so much easier compared to the past. Suddenly, everything seems to be available in the information highway. Parents from the yesteryear tend to be less technology savvy than their children and many a times they are left wondering what their children are doing behind the screen. Computer spy becomes a method that they consider useful to keep track of the activities on and off the net.

Yet it brings us to the question of ethical concern. Should the parents have done that sneakily instead of asking their own children? Besides, it is not so much of a question of what computer spy methods are being employed over here, but rather a question of whether they should even do it in the first place. Out in the market, there are devices that secretly spy on computer activities and all information that are accessed. Personally I feel that we should respect everyone's privacy. And as a parents to a growing child, it is even imperative that parents be a good role model instead of spying secret on their children.

Having said that, one can argue that from a company point of view, computer spy is a necessary evil given the porous flow of information and the possible leak of company secrets. Checks and balances are the reason for the need of computer spy. Ultimately it depends on individuals or companies to judge whether the end justify the means.

Microsoft Will Continue to Support IE6

2009-08-13T18:37:00.003+08:00

We all know Internet Explorer 8 has been out and despite attempts to encourage existing users to upgrade, Microsoft is still providing support for IE6. Ironic as it may seems, Microsoft is keeping to its commitment and letting users who are reluctant to switch to the newer versions continue to have support. Companies at large seem to be unwilling to upgrade to IE7 or IE8 due to whatever reasons, but giving users the final choice is a good move to begin with. More details here.

Free Online PDF to Word Conversion

2009-08-04T02:11:00.005+08:00

Remember the times whereby you cringe because a computer is unable to open up your file as it is not installed with programs to open .pdf documents. The trouble just to go through to open a simple file or risk downloading malicious program that claim to be free pdf to word converter.

Fear not, introducing the free online pdf to word converter, without any installation to convert .pdf documents to any .doc files. Details are after the break.

Have your pdf documents ready and upload for direct conversion from pdf to doc. Kudos to the host. Convert your pdf files to word documents now!

More On File Extension PART

2009-07-30T01:41:00.004+08:00

In the digital age today, we all use one download manager or another to manage our daily downloads. Over here, one may not notice the File Extension PART, which is actually a partial downloaded file. The main reasons why people choose to use download managers are that normally it downloads files faster and in parts such that the download can be resumed if the Internet gets disconnected.

In the main market today, many if not all download managers make use of different variations of File Extension PART. Examples of the popular download managers include Orbit Downloader and Flashget. The parts allows the separation of big chunks of data into manageable size for fast and efficient downloading to occur. Ultimately for end-users, what we all want are an easy and smooth download process.

The only problem that could occur would be that during the separation and transfer of data chunks, the File Extension Part may be corrupted or infected with malicious virus. Therefore, just by cleaning or downloading the selected portions would actually save a lot of time and bandwidth. Interested users can refer to the website on File Extension PART for more detailed explanation.

Download Windows Live Messenger Offline Installer

2009-07-29T20:45:00.002+08:00

For those who have been using Windows Live Messenger to keep in touch with friends, we all know the hassle of waiting for the slow download speed from Microsoft integrated live web-installer. Besides, failing to read properly will result in installation of other unwanted miscellaneous programs.

Fortunally, theysaY has sourced out a place to download Windows Live Messenger 2009 offline installer. Results are enclosed after the break.

Look no further, download your stand-alone offline installer for Windows Live Messenger 2009 now. Personally i have download and do a virus scan of the above. If in doubt, you can scan with your own anti-virus software. Cheers.

Firefox 3.5.1 Release Solve Slow Startup

2009-07-18T00:03:00.006+08:00

Look no further. At last the patch for the slow startup of firefox 3.5 has been released. With its latest release Firefox 3.5.1, a permanent solution has been put in place to solve the previous version very slow startup. The release also comes with some stability and security fix so hurry to download the latest fast and stable Firefox 3.5.1

Say goodbye to slow firefox 3.5 speed!

Firefox 3.5 Slow Startup Solutions

2009-07-15T20:47:00.004+08:00

Photo courtesy of pro_webdev

With the popularity of the previous article on Mozilla Firefox 3.5 slow startup, let me just share with all readers on some of the effective and simple solutions to speed up firefox 3.5. Before i proceed, as per all suggestions, I would recommend to backup your system or use with caution as all computers configurations are different but it has worked on my two computers.

How to Solve Firefox 3.5 Slow Startup

As per previously shared, the current temporary solution is to delete away Firefox cookies and temp files. For your convenience, I have consolidated it into a .bat file and you can download batch file to clean up your temporary files and folders. Simply double click and let it run. If you have suspicion about this file, you can scan the download file here or you can right click and edit to see the contents inside.

Alternatively, for your slow start of firefox 3.5, you can consider this method of deleting temporary files automatically. You can read more about how to auto delete temp folder or how to speed up your Firefox 3.5. Hopefully a more permanent solution will be ready in the next release. Till then.

Solve your Firefox 3.5 Slow Startup

2009-07-10T22:50:00.009+08:00

Having waited with much anticipation, I believe most if not all will be dismayed to find out a certain flaw in Firefox 3.5 - its slow startup speed. Compared to its former version, the latest Firefox 3.5 is a pain in the neck with its cranky launch speed. A temporary solution is to clear the temporary internet files and Windows temp folder.

A quick google will reveal you are not alone, Mozilla has acknowledged the flaw and hoping that their developer will be able to fix it. Ambiguity is not something that the end-users are looking forward to hearing. With the launch of Internet Explorer 8 and newer versions of the Chrome, Mozilla has got to fix its slow startup speed in Firefox 3.5 lest they lose their lead in the browser war.