Friedbeef’s Tech

How to Get a Private Beta Invite to… ANYTHING

Web 2.0 private betas seem to be the ‘in-thing’ nowadays.  GMail and Joost were incredibly successful examples of services which built up so much hype due to its endless demand and (at the time) extremely short supply, and now everyone wants to have the same model. While this tactic generates lots of attention due to word of [...]

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How to Edit, Merge, Split and Convert PDF Files

Many people consider all PDF files as unbreakable documents set in stone.  They couldn’t be more wrong.   PDF Tools is a free piece of software that can make all kinds of modifications to a PDF file.  My top 10 favourite key features include the ability to: Merge two or more PDF files into a single PDF file. Extract, [...]

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On the Go – The Best Mobile Media Web Applications Reviewed

Too many people who have 3G phones – don’t use 3G.  It’s disappointing that too few carriers worldwide have bothered to expose free services to their subscribers – that actually drive interest in the service, preferring instead for consumers to move about in their Internet Walled Garden.  I’m starting a series of posts that will take you through [...]

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Top 5 Ways to Pimp Your Windows Explorer

How do you turn a boring file management program into a sleek and powerful tool?  Read on to find out! #1: Add Folder Size to Windows Explorer   For me, this is a feature which should have been implemented in Windows explorer from the very beginning.  It’s said that in many cases, 20% of the folders take up 80% [...]

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How to Record Internet Radio into MP3

Ever since Pandora was forced to shut it’s doors on international listeners (Damn you DMCA), many of us have been forced to look elsewhere for our music fix.  Fortunately for all the rest of us – the existing alternatives aren’t that bad at all. After looking around, I’ve settled on last.fm to be my Internet radio service [...]

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