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5 FREE Solutions for Data Recovery

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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Everybody has had that moment of dread where you discover the file you need is corrupt, unreadable, or accidentally deleted.  Here are 5 pieces of software which can save the day.  The thing about recovery software is that they don’t necessarily use the same methods to get back your data - so if one [...]

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How to Find Instruction Manuals to ANYTHING

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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Most people rarely read manuals when I buy a piece of equipment (who does?), so very often, manuals just get tossed aside and forgotten.  That of course is usually the point in time when you suddenly discover that you need to refer to the manual - and of course you can’t find it. SafeManuals/Diplodocs is [...]

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Join a Kiva Group - Change Someone’s Life Forever

Monday, September 1, 2008

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Kiva.org, the Internet’s answer to helping poor people make a better life for themselves, made two significant moves yesterday.  If you don’t know about Kiva - check out this previous post on how it helps change lives.  1. Loan repayment system faster and better Kiva will now return repayments to lenders as soon as those [...]

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The BEST Way to Clean Up Your iTunes Library

Friday, August 29, 2008

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  Too many songs in iTunes not tagged properly Two weeks ago, I had 8000+ songs, and most of it was quite a mess in iTunes.  Many of them had missing album names, and artist names.  Some had wrong track titles, and most did not have any album art.  Attempting a cleanup of that scale would [...]

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How to Turn Your Phone into a WiFi HotSpot

Monday, August 18, 2008

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If you’ve got a 3G enabled S60 Symbian phone (Nokia N-series & E-Series, Samsung i550 & G810) - It’s now possible to instantly transform it into a WiFi hotspot so you can hook up other devices to ride on your mobile 3G connection. JoikuSpot Light is an awesome piece of freeware which allows you to [...]

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