Friedbeef’s Tech

Top 5 Essential Video Converters You Shouldn’t Miss

This post was co-written with Kay, who blogs about Technology news and tips, make money online and blogging tips over at K-Director.com, and edited by James Yeang. Video conversion websites are dime a dozen these days, but here are 5 picks which stand out from the crowd. 1. How to convert video formats easily YouConvertIt is the complete [...]

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How to Stop Windows Nagging You to Restart After a Windows Update

When Windows downloads software updates, it initiates a countdown to restart itself after the download is complete.  Tell it to restart later and it will constantly pop up again and again (every 10 minutes) until you finally relent and restart your system.  To me, this is one of the most potentially harmful of all [...]

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How to Summarize Reviews Quickly

Some time ago, I wrote a review about Wize, and how its aggregation of reviews just made it a breeze to use.  Summize just takes that model - and turns it into something even more user friendly by providing quick charts that allow you to see how good or bad a product is without [...]

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How to Learn Linux Commands

I’ve always had a soft spot for the command line interface since the good old DOS days.  (I started out using DOS 2.1).  No clicking through multiple menus, no hassle - just type it in, and watch it go.  Command lines, though more user-unfriendly…are in many cases, a more powerful way to go about operating [...]

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5 Steps to Take When Your Phone Drops Into Water

Accidents happen.  If you’re ever in a situation where your phone is giving you problems because you got caught in the rain, or dropped it in the sink or toilet, here are 5 steps you can try: Turn the device off and do not charge it - You want to keep the phone non-operational while [...]

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