Archive for January, 2011

Quick Tip: Use A Knot In Your Cables To Prevent Them From Falling Behind Your Desk

Quick Tip: Use A Knot In Your Cables To Prevent Them From Falling Behind Your Desk

| January 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

As a student, I take my laptop with me to class every day. That means unplugging the power cable and any USB devices that I have hooked up to it every day. When my laptop is gone and they don’t have anything to plug into, the cables tend to fall on the ground, and nothing is [...]

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Add Unread Count to Gmail Favicon with New Gmail Lab

Add Unread Count to Gmail Favicon with New Gmail Lab

| January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment

Gmail just released a new Gmail Labs feature that allows users to place the unread count of their Gmail messages in the Gmail Favicon. This allows users who want to pin their Gmail Tab a clean and easy way to see how many messages they have unread. The new feature will only show the “Important” [...]

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Register for MacWorld Expo 2011 for Just $15

Register for MacWorld Expo 2011 for Just $15

| January 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

MacWorld Expo 2011 is right around the corner and the conference organizers are extending our readers a couple of special offers. An Expo only pass is $25 if you buy it online or $45 at the door. If you register through this link however, you can get in the door for just $15. If you [...]

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DriveScrubber Review: Hard Drive Scrubbing So Simple Dad Can Use It

DriveScrubber Review: Hard Drive Scrubbing So Simple Dad Can Use It

| January 25, 2011 | 7 Comments

After switching to a new computer you have to figure out what to do with your old computer. This issue is complicated by the need to keep your personal data safe from whoever ends up with your old computer. Even if you want to give the computer to a friend you should scrub the hard [...]

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How to Downgrade From Windows 7 to Windows XP

How to Downgrade From Windows 7 to Windows XP

| January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

We know. You want to ask what we are thinking, downgrading from Windows 7 to Windows XP, but despite our desire to move forward there are still users and organizations who rely on legacy applications and devices that won’t run on Windows 7, a problem that can get worse with Windows 7 64-bit mode. You [...]

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Google Voice Number Porting Now Available to All — For $20

Google Voice Number Porting Now Available to All — For $20

| January 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

Users can now port their existing cell phone number to Google Voice, making it easier to switch all of your existing friends and contacts over to your Google Voice number. Porting your number to Google Voice costs $20 and comes with a few words of warning. First and most importantly porting your cell phone number to Google [...]

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AA USB: Flash Drive is Also a Battery

AA USB: Flash Drive is Also a Battery

| January 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

We’ve seen batteries that can be recharged over USB but the AA USB takes this concept a step further adding a 4GB flash drive to the battery so that you can keep your data with you and power your battery eating gadgets. The AA USB is the size of a standard AA battery with a built in [...]

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AMD Ships Over 1 Million Fusion Processors

AMD Ships Over 1 Million Fusion Processors

| January 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

The AMD Fusion processor family was announced at CES 2011 earlier this month and wowed us with the promise of a better graphics performance in affordable notebooks, netbooks and tablets thanks to a combined CPU and GPU. On a 4th Quarter earnings call Thomas Seifert, AMD Interim CEO, announced that AMD had shipped over 1 million Fusion APUs [...]

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Samsung Sets Sights on Apple in 2011

Samsung Sets Sights on Apple in 2011

| January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Samsung 9 Series ultraportable wasn’t the only shot Samsung fired in Apple’s direction this year. According to reports Samsung is planning to ship more laptops than Apple in 2011, planning on an increase of 60% to beat out the cadre of MacBooks. Electronista reports that Samsung came close in 2010 when it was within [...]

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iPhone 5 To Come with Built in Payment System

iPhone 5 To Come with Built in Payment System

| January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

When the iPhone 5 launches this summer analysts are expecting that Apple will also unveil a service that allows businesses to let users pay with their iPhones. While some stores like Starbucks are allowing users to pay with a Starbucks gift card and  UPC on their iPhone the proposed system would use near field communication [...]

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