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JailBreakMe 2.0 For iPhone 4 And iPad...

JailBreakMe 2.0 For iPhone 4 And iPad

| August 20, 2010 | 41 Views |

The iPhone Dev Team has released a new ‘one-click’ jail-breaking tool for the iPhone 4 and iPad that enables users to “run apps and use themes and tweaks not approved by Apple.” The tools, known as JailBreakMe 2.0, can be accessed via the iPhones Safari browser by visiting jailbreakme.com. From there users can install the hack with one simple swipe of the device’s...

10 Simple GMail Tweaks...

10 Simple GMail Tweaks

| August 16, 2010 | 64 Views |

Many of us use GMail completely unaware of its features and potential. Whether this is due to a lack of technical knowledge, pure laziness, or a little bit of both, users need not be in the dark anymore thanks to this informative video from Techland. The clips show us 10 simple and effective GMail tricks that’ll have you navigating your email account like a computer whizkid. 10...

How To Use iPad As Second Monitor...

How To Use iPad As Second Monitor

| July 18, 2010 | 241 Views |

Apple’s new iPad is all the rage, and so are dual screen setups. That’s why some clever folks have developed an app to use your iPad as a second monitor over a Wi-Fi connection. Mac users may have already been aware of the Air Display app for iPad. But Windows users had been left out, till now – enter MaxiVista. MaxiVista is basically the same as Air Display, except it works...

Free E-Books For Your Digital Reader...

Free E-Books For Your Digital Reader

| July 4, 2010 | 200 Views |

As digital e-readers become the text media of the future, online sources for free e-books are continuing to grow. For those of you who already own an E-reader, there’s never been a better time to get downloading your favorite free e-books, papers, and documents. Here’s a list of the best place on the net to score free e-books. Don’t have an E-Reader Book yet? Check...

Microsoft Fix It Center...

Microsoft Fix It Center

| June 27, 2010 | 120 Views |

Microsoft Fix it Center is a great little tool that can automatically correct Windows issues as well as diagnose hardware and device problems. Because each and every computer is different – depending on your hard and software configuration – the Fix it Center scans your computer for problems, creates a personalized profile, then forces the necessary devices and softwares to...

Free Online Fax Services...

Free Online Fax Services

| June 11, 2010 | 227 Views |

In this day and age you’d have thought that the need for a fax machine would be no more than a memory, unfortunately this isn’t the case, and many transactions still require documents to be faxed rather than emailed. If you’re stationed overseas, faxing isn’t just difficult, it can be nigh on impossible. Thankfully, as long as you have access to the Internet – think laptop or...

iFixit Online Repair-Guides For Computer...

iFixit Online Repair-Guides For Computers And Electronics

| April 26, 2010 | 210 Views |

Thanks to a newly revamped website, you too can become an electronics repair man and fix your devices with step-by-step guides uploaded by users. iFixit.com, is the brainchild of Kyle Wiens, and the new take on the already popular website aims to provide repair manuals for every type of device you can think of. iFixit Online Wiki Repair-Guides The site has recently been revamped into...

Universal Microsoft Word Spell Check...

Universal Microsoft Word Spell Check

| April 23, 2010 | 249 Views |

Anyone who uses Microsoft Word will appreciate the user friendly built-in spell check feature. Not only checking spelling but also grammar, the F7 (the keyboard shortcut, just in case you didn’t know) tool has to be one of the best there is. So, wouldn’t it be great if you could use the same Word spell check on your emails, Facebook comments and/or notepad text? Enter...

JavaRa Speeds Up Boot Times...

JavaRa Speeds Up Boot Times

| April 22, 2010 | 450 Views |

Quick boot up times are paramount for any computer geek, I mean, who wouldn’t want their machine to boot up fully ready for operation within seconds instead of minutes? While there are several ways you can tweak you system to boot up quickly – namely disabling the automatic start feature found in many programs – here’s a tip I only learned the other day, and is so far working...

Video Streaming Solutions For iPhone...

Video Streaming Solutions For iPhone

| February 17, 2010 | 711 Views |

Streaming video’s from the Internet to your iPhone – or iPod touch – is made easy with thanks to sites such as Youtube.Mobile. But if your favorite clips or movies aren’t readily available from a streaming website, you’ll no doubt find that keeping numerous video files on your iPhone’s hard drive is a storage hogging practice. Luckily there some great solutions to...

Download Any Video From YouTube...

Download Any Video From YouTube

| January 28, 2010 | 607 Views |

There are many add-ons and applications that enable you to download videos from YouTube. But non are quite as simple as this. Simply go to the video you wish to download. Locate the URL in the address bar (if your completely computer illiterate, look for the http://youtube.com/watch?v= etc etc) and change the ‘y‘ in youtube to a ‘3‘ (so it reads...

Flash Drives Security Threat...

Flash Drives Security Threat

| January 8, 2010 | 648 Views |

SanDisk Corp. and Verbatim Corp. have joined Kingston Technology Inc. in issuing a security warning to customers alerting them to the potential security threat posed by a flaw in the hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption on their USB flash drives. Military Security All three companies claimed their USB drives had met security criteria set by the Federal Information Processing Standard...

Portable USB Battery Chargers...

Portable USB Battery Chargers

| December 28, 2009 | 1,091 Views |

‘Gadgets’ were likely top of the wish-list for most tech-minded geeks this Christmas, me included. And thankfully, Santa out did himself this year – with portable USB chargers. USB Wrist Band Charger First off, my house mate received a USB Wrist Band Battery able to charge a number of portable devices on the go. This Dragon-Ball-Z-esque wrist band charges via USB...

Increase USB 3G Wi-Fi Reception With Coo...

Increase USB 3G Wi-Fi Reception With Cooking Pot

| December 24, 2009 | 1,261 Views |

Over time, we’ve features a few articles with tips and tricks to help improve your Wi-Fi signal/reception, and now here’s the latest hack that utilizes nothing more than a kitchen cooking pot to enhance the reception on a 3G Wi-Fi USB dongle. Looking at the nifty software you can see that the actual download speed increases considerably when the 3G Wi-Fi stick is placed...

Keep Flash Videos in Full Screen On Dual...

Keep Flash Videos in Full Screen On Dual Monitors

| December 8, 2009 | 6,897 Views | 15 Comments

If you’re running a dual monitor set-up, you’ll have noticed that flash videos streamed from sites such as Youtube and Hulu, won’t stay maximized on one screen while you try to work on the other – as soon as you click, the full screen video returns to normal size. If you’re a video junkie like myself, you’ll no doubt find this very annoying. But, thanks...

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