12/8/11

4G Coverage

Here is a 4G coverage map of the United States. Carriers say that they have 4G, but in reality what they have is a mixed incomplete coverage area. If we did have 4G, your phone would not drop calls and surfing on the net would be acceptable to everyone, because it would be the same as what you have at home. So let's clear this up now. 4G still has yet some growing up to do.

12/7/11

Fix USB not recognized

Here's the how to link fix for the USB not recognized in XP and 7. Most of the times it's a software problem recognizing the device. Your best bet if these tips don't work, is to wait for Windows to do another Windows Update and sure enough that will fix the problem. Good luck.

12/6/11

Norton Removal Tool

Norton software removal tool has been updated to handle even more up to date software's. Now uninstall an old version of Norton on your computer will be a thing of the past with this utility.

12/5/11

Windows Home Server Crash Plan

Running Windows Home Server and don't have a system crash plan. If I were you, I would start reading this article now. Don't take chances and get your system backup immediately.


Also note that Crash Plan is also available for all Operating systems. So if your unsure about your backups, it's time for Crash Plan.

12/4/11

Keygen Software Stealer

I am no fan of Keygen, but when a software is expensive and you can get it online for free. It does make life simple. And with this is why you should be aware of Keygen software's. They not only give you free serial key's to activate pirated software's but some of them steal your serials as well. Free does not always mean free.

12/3/11

Bump

This new media application is a solid hit. Not only can you share calendars, social networks and photo's. It recently added music sharing to it's list. This just changed the company's entire traffic and new users are being added daily. For Bump this is already a great start in the right direction and the future for the company is still open because of it's popular application.

Bump App

12/2/11

Chrome Experiments

Want to know what Google Chrome is up to. Check out the Chrome experiments to see what others are doing to push Chrome to it's limits.

12/1/11

The XXX Weather

You want to know the ,.*(>)/? damm weather. This say said's it like it is. I guess someone was pissed that someone couldn't make a website so simple. For mature audiences only.

11/30/11

Facebook Profiler

This new Facebook app helps you hack your page layout design. It's simple to use and easy to edit any picture that you upload. Now let's see how creative you can be.

11/29/11

Autotopsy

An auto insurance investigation site that's educational on scenes of horrific accidents. Solid visual effects and live action that shows the insurance company who gets paid and who doesn't.

11/28/11

Find your Friends

Need to find your friend online. Here is a great website to find all of your missing friend online. If your name does appear here you can also opt yourself from having others find you as well.

Spokeo

Opt from Spokeo

11/27/11

Save the Words

A weird site that after your type any word it opens up a list of words that explains what each word means or function was. It's like a dictionary and encyclopedia all in one.

11/26/11

London in 360

Want to take a trip to London. Let's go and do it now, the 360 way. It's the world's largest photo in 360 degree panorama.

11/25/11

Great PC Practical Jokes

BSOD
Load this page on someone's computer and click on F11 for full screen. Bonus points for unsaved documents.

Make Your Own Error Messages
This is a great way to take a screen shot and send it to the IT Department

Internet Explorer 6
Relive the IE6 errors

Let Me Google That for You
Here is the Google Help for Dummies - it's best to use the tiny URL

11/24/11

Here is an MIT experimental website that takes your full name and searches the web and spits out what it thinks you like with people with your name. You'll be amazed on the results.

11/23/11

Brides To Be

Looking for a bargain when it comes to walking down the aisle. This site is a great startup to finding the best wedding dress and accessories when your on a budget. Now you can have the wedding you want the way you want it.

11/22/11

Edit Word 2010 in Print Preview

Interested on editing your Word 2010 document while in Print Preview. Here is how you can easily do it using Word 2010. Now editing and printing your document is minimized in one procedure.

11/21/11

Spybot Search & Destroy Portable

This is a great software that for years has been one of my favorites. I am glad to find out that there is a portable edition that can make my life easier to scan for viruses and malware while on the move.

Link

11/20/11

Airforce Super Computer

You would be surprised what super computer the US Airforce created to help identify objects in space or was it really to help it's pilots get ready for basic training. Regardless on what it's being used for, this is what you get when you plug in 1,760 PS3 consoles together.

11/19/11

Home Virtual DJ

No need to hire a DJ for your  next party. Now anyone can be a virtual DJ with the home free DJ software. Now you can show your mixing skills to your friends and your family.


Home DJ Softare

11/18/11

Google Cloud Print

Need to print something while out of the office or away from home. Here is a new way to print remotely using Google Cloud. Now you'll be able to print using other portable devices.

11/17/11

Delete files in Win 7

Here are nine great way to remove files in Windows 7. With the numerous of software's out in the market these are nine great one's. Check them out and then decide which one works with you the best.


Link
Eraser
Sure Delete
Secure Delete
Free Eraser
Prevent Restore
File Shredder
Permanent File Delete
File Wiper
SDelete

11/16/11

FoodSpotting

Found a restaurant that has good reviews, that's great but that will not say to much for all the foods on the menu. If your into your food and just want to know who has the best of what, FoodSpotting is what you need to be looking at. It narrows down on special foods on the menu. So if you want to find who makes the best dish of food then try FoodSpotting.

11/14/11

Recent Files

Where are my recent files that I just used and how can I delete them. This software will show you exactly where they are, and gives you also the option to delete them.

11/13/11

Car Key Fobs

If your one of those lucky car owners who have a special car key to start your car. Your out of luck if thieves get smarter. With less than six hours, car thieves can easily drive away with your car. I just hope that car manufactures come out with a fix soon, otherwise you might not have your ride to long.

11/12/11

VirusTotal

Now with short URL's it's pretty tough on figuring out if a website is legit or not. You can easily now fall victim to spam and spyware. So when in dought feel free to use this malicious website checker.

11/10/11

iMedia

Want to convert movies into your portable device. This software easily converts in several different formats so that you can play it on your iPod, iTouch, PSP, cell phone, etc.


Serial Giveaway Link

11/9/11

Return Virtual System

Want to try out new programs, but are afraid of getting viruses or malware. Return Virtual System is a great substitute for installing new programs and running them in an isolated environment. If anything goes wrong all you have to do is restart your computer. It a safe way of testing programs before you go live.

Get also a free license for 1 year with this link

11/8/11

Panoramio

Want to play music when a photo loads. Google has been working on this idea for a while and real soon everyone will be able to post a picture with duty free music.

11/7/11

Force Android Update

Have an Android phone but having problems doing it's regular updates. Try this small tweak and see if your Android phone updates itself automatically. This tweak will not work for everyone, but it's worth to try.


Dial:
*#*#checkin#*#*

11/6/11

PC Mag Kids Pack

Here is a child friendly browser from PC magazine especially made for children. The homepage is easily customized with your own images or included ones. Children are restricted from using anything else but the browser and all other access is restricted with a user password. So their is no room for error. I just wish this software was free for many others to enjoy.

11/5/11

Gifts Nearby

It's getting close to the Holidays and when time is running out, your best bet is to get a gift nearby. Ebay has a new solution for it's late customers. Just enter your zip code and those gifts that your looking for can be picked up at a location nearby. It's a great idea for Ebay to keep everyone happy during the holidays.

11/4/11

FTC proposes Do Not Track

If things go right with Federal regulators you could be seeing a Do Not Track list similar to the Do Not Call List. What this will do is prevent marketers from tracking web browsers of which they have been guilty of doing for many years. Online privacy will now safeguard consumer privacy.

11/3/11

Fight Viruses & Malware

Tired of fighting viruses and malware. Try using the following and take a stand to your unknown enemies.
With a virtual browser or workstation, you no longer fear the inevitable.

Kace
Vmware
Vmware Player
Virtual PC

11/2/11

Google Public DNS

Protect yourself from going to false websites that claim to be your bank, brokerage, credit card company, etc.
By using Google Public DNS you prevent yourself from getting caught in the middle and trying to figure out who is who. You not only protect yourself, but prevent your identity from going to the bad guys.


To use Google Public DNS you need to do the following:
Go to Control Panel - > Network Connections and double click Internet Protocol.
You simply enter the preferred DNS 8.8.8.8 and alternate 8.8.4.4 and click OK.

11/1/11

USB Vaccine Antivirus

If your looking for an vaccine and anti-malware for USB devices. Panda cloud is a great solution. I am just thankful that some is taking a concern on USB vulnerabilities.

10/31/11

Halloween Pimping

Halloween is here and now it's time to pimp your friends to your favorite costumes. So far I was able to pimp most of my friends. Let's see what you can do.





10/30/11

Print Word 2007 in Reverse Order

Ever wonder how to print your word documents in reverse order so that you can pick up all your documents and read them in order. This is how you do it.


To Print in Reverse Order in Word 2007 do the following:

Within Word, click the Microsoft Office Button.
Choose Word Options from the menu.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under the Print options, click Print pages in reverse order.

Pick OK.

10/29/11

Game Save Backup

If your a gamer and always wanted a better way to backup your games. Save Game Backup.net is what you've been waiting for. You not only can save your game backups really quick, but you can add new games on the fly. It's a must have utility for games who want to continue where they left off.

Links:
Game Backup
Major Geeks

10/28/11

AnyTv

Here a great way to watch television all around the world without a television tuner, satellite receiver or television. While getting over 7,000 international channels for free.

10/27/11

Get Adroid apps

Here is another site that helps you get Android applications for free. It's going to require you to do a little search and learn the ".apk" Android format. But in the long run everything comes out free.

10/26/11

Applanet

Have a smartphone and wished that you could download premium app's for free. Well this link is going give you those premium perks for free. There is no telling how long this site is going to be up and running.

10/25/11

Creative Facebook Profiles

The next time your using Facebook and want to be very creative. Remember these famous profile pictures to pimp out your account.

10/24/11

Sardu Multi boot ISO

Here is a great way to turn all of those recovery boot CD's into 1 Multi Disc. This free utility combines all of your favorite recovery CD's into one so that you don't have to be carrying all the disks all around where ever you go. It's like having a master recovery boot CD with all of your favorite softwares.

Direct software Link

10/23/11

Intel Director

Want to monitor your computers every day security state, with firewall with antivirus updates. The Intel Director does a great job doing this, but it requires an Intel based chip.

10/22/11

Test Disk

Need a hard drive recovery software to save your valuable lost files. When everything just goes wrong, Test Disk comes to the rescue.Your last resort before sending it to the specialist.

 

10/21/11

PDF Finder

Looking for a PDF file online. No need to worry if you can't find it on Google, or MSN. This site specializes on finding already formatted PDF files online, easily.

10/20/11

Google Indian Music

Google just recently launched it's legal streaming music downloads for India. It's nothing new but a better way to have people in India stream and download music online, legally.
I just wished that the music industry would just accept our new world of music and learn how to profit from it. Until then, the fighting continues.

10/19/11

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0

If you haven't noticed yet, Microsoft Security Essentials has been upgraded. It's improved with new alert features that tells you if your firewall, network traffic or unknown virus has been discovered. It's a must have freebie if you lack any virus protection onto your computer.


Manual Install

Auto Installer

10/18/11

Good Thief or Bad Thief

A laptop thief did some bad research to a professor in Sweden. He not only stole his favorite laptop but his ten years of hard research that the professor forgot to backup.
A few days latter the professor was surprise to find an envelope with a flash drive containing his ten years research on it. Now what's the chances of that happening again in the real world?

10/17/11

Windows 8 Pre Serial Key

Installed Windows 8 and had to reset it and now it's asking you for a serial key. Well where did that key go since you were never given one.
Don't worry if this has happened to you. You can always use the supplied key below


If you need to reinstall Windows Developer Preview or use the Reset functionality, you might be asked to enter this product key:

6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498 

If you’re running a server version of Windows Developer Preview, you can use this product key:
4Y8N3-H7MMW-C76VJ-YD3XV-MBDKV

10/16/11

Where is Outlook Express on Win7

That's a good question and per Microsoft, it's been replaced with Microsoft Mail. How do I access Microsoft Mail is simple. Just type "WLMAIL" in search menu and Micrsoft Mail will open up, ready to be configured.

10/15/11

Girl goes from 0 to 10 in 1.5 minutes

It's pretty amazing on what pictures can do from 0 to 10. Now I hope you can create a better 0 to ___ film for your loved ones, so that everyone can treasure for years to come.

10/14/11

Send Large Files via Email

Here's a better way to send large files without logging in. All you do is attach the large file with the person's email  address and presto the magic is done.


Direct Link

10/13/11

Easy File Replacer

Have two files with the same name, here a great software to help you change those file names with just a right click of the mouse. You now don't have to waste anymore time renaming duplicate files.

10/12/11

Nero Lite

Want to rip, copy, burn, edit, share and upload online. Nero Lite is a great alternative to share with your family and friends.

10/11/11

Spot Fake Drivers License

This is a great calculator to verify if a Driver License number is valid. I can't make any promises that it works, but it sure is a good calculator. Please read the disclaimer. Help stop identity theft.

10/10/11

Diall 911 via Text

The FCC is working on a national 911 service that will enable user's to send 911 messages via text. The technology is still in early stages but will be very effective once it's setup.

10/9/11

Glasnost

Is your current ISP blocking your download speeds or limiting your downloads. Here is an excellent way to see if that's true


Direct Link .

10/8/11

Blackberry Torch Tips

If you just purchased a Blackberry Torch you just might want to write down these great tips to make your Torch go where no Blackberry has gone before.

10/7/11

Before You Buy a Domain

Here is an interesting article addressing domains and what you should look for before you go out and buy one. Sometimes buying something as easily as a Domain is not that simple.

10/6/11

Broadband Internet for $9.95 if you qualify

Does your child qualify for free lunch at school? If so then you can also qualify for Comcast broadband Internet at $9.95 a month. You just need to fill out an application and hopefully you'll be roaming the Internet for cheap.

10/5/11

Open Office

Need Microsoft Office but don't want to pay the premium price. Just download Open Office and enjoy Office for free. It doesn't have all the perks that Microsoft Offers. But it's still good with the free version.

10/4/11

MikroTik

Here is an auto network discovery software that helps to improve your router and wireless network. It discovers all of your the networks and classifies them.  You then customize the network to suit you.

10/3/11

File Menu Tools

Want to customize the context menu in Windows Explorer. This software helps you to tweak Windows Explorer so that your able to do even more. A must have utility.

10/2/11

Startup Program Tracker

This program checks for startup programs at the Start Menu and registry for items that load on PC startup. It's a must have utility if your tired of your computer taking forever to bootup.

10/1/11

Email Manager

Looking for a free email manager similar to outlook but without the premium price. Incredimail is a great option and it's very user friendly.

9/30/11

Microsoft USB storage Fix

If you haven't heard yet, Microsoft is now admitting that it slowed down transfer speeds because of Windows 7 settings. The patch to this fix is contained on kb2581464 but you'll still have to tweak your registry. 

For everyone else just wait until Microsoft deploys it via Windows Update. Hopefully everyone will now be please with their flash drives transfer speeds.



9/29/11

Windows 7 ISO

Here are the legal links for Windows 7 ISO Home & Professional. I am just glad that someone had the common sense to post these ISO images for IT Technicians.

9/28/11

Roboform for U3

What happened to RoboForm's U3 free download. It's still available but it looks like RoboForm is hiding it to force user's to purchase their product. As a registered user, I must admit that the software is a must have password manager with unlimited free updates.

9/27/11

Youtube Keyboard shortcuts

Let's just say that if you want to easily watch videos on YouTube, these are great shortcut tips.

Full screen view of videos: Press F11 to view the running video in full screen mode.
Play or pause a video: Pressing space bar will pause the currently running video and pressing space bar again will release (play) the video.
Volume up/ down: If you want to turn volume up or down when a video is playing, press up arrow to increase volume or down key to decrease volume of the videos.
Forward or Rewind a video: Pressing left key rewinds video 10% and right key forwards video 10%.
Skip through the video: If you do not like the starting of a video and want to skip the starting part or even want to jump over to half of the video, you can do so using keys 0 to 10. 0 being a shortcut to jump at the beginning of the video.

Lots of thanks from Parkblogger.com

9/26/11

Stimator

Here's another website estimator to tell you how much a website is worth. I don't know how accurate these results maybe, but at least you have a good idea.

9/25/11

Build Your Own IR Head Tracker

It's a great simple project with the help of Free Track.
Here are some of the materials your going to need:

Materials
a) webcam no more than 320x240, it's not high resolution but will be good enough.
b) for IR Led the recommendation is SFH485P for it's wavelength and viewing angle.
(these items are under a dollar at DigKey)
c) need a resistor try a SFH485P

Tutorials

For more information seek Maximum PC December 2010 magazine 

9/24/11

Eat Free on your Birtday

Want to eat free on your Birthday. This is how with this wonderful website. In most cases you'll first have to sign up so don't waste anymore time to eat free.

9/23/11

Hound.com

New job hunting website that really works. It's a premium site with a trial version that does a lot of hunting. You not only get regular job postings in your area, but direct company job postings as well.
If your recently out of work, give Hound a try. It's worth the price if you beat the odds on getting your resume out first.

9/22/11

$1- Hosting

In need of a hosting site, well I prefer GoDaddy.com, but if your not doing anything on to your domain and you just want your page just up. It's an alternative.
They're are some draw backs with it because sites could go down often. But when compared to other's it's still worth the cost.

9/21/11

Time Freeze Free

Here is a new virtual way to safeguard your computer. It's a virtual computer that safeguards your computer from viruses and malware. Then if you surf online and get a virus or malware, all you have to do is reboot and the threat is gone. It's a dream come true for computer user's.

9/20/11

Router Password Viewer

If you have a router and need to backup it's setting and for some reason forgot the password. This software comes to the rescue to help you recover the password. It's not guaranteed that you'll find the password. But it sure beats having to reset from scratch.

Instr
Just backup your router configuration using the router build in backup software and save it onto your desktop click on routerpassview and open the router configuration file to see login name and password.

9/19/11

Windows 8 Pre

Want to know what's new in Windows 8 Beta release. Simple just download the iso and install it via Virtual Machine and presto, you'll get a sample of Microsoft new Operating System.

Results:
Looks like Microsoft took a lot of key features that Google Chrome had and just pimped it.
What did you expect?


Links:
1- VirtualBox 4.2.1



9/18/11

Power DVD Player

Looking for a new version of Power DVD for Blue Ray DVD's. It's a trial version, but at least you can try the software before you buy. Now watching Blue Ray will be a breeze.

9/17/11

Remove a Bios Password

This is the easiest way to do it

1-The simplest way to remove a BIOS password is to simply remove the CMOS battery. A computer will remember its settings and keep the time even when it is turned off and unplugged because these parts are powered by small battery inside the computer called a CMOS battery. If we pull out this battery, the computer will forget a lot of its hardware settings, including its BIOS password.

2-You can use a bios password cracker, but chances are that this can take forever to crack. Link

3-The last step requires you boot into DOS and use DEBUG to corrupt the bios. On the reboot, the Bios will realize their is an error and resets everything to factory defaults, eliminating the password. Here are some helpful tips to make a usb bootable disk.

9/16/11

Citibank Credit or Reward

Citibank is rolling out it's new Credit or Reward credit card program in which user's decide when purchasing if they want to use it as a credit credit card or reward points. The new card comes with new payment processing by a push of a button. Hopefully changing the way we now buy goods.

9/15/11

Overclock the New Droid 2

It was only going to be a matter of time before someone would attempt to do this. It's not going to be lightning speed, but good enough to want to overclock. No tools needed.

Here are the Links

9/14/11

Apple Kills Recovery Disk

Yes we all knew that it was only a matter of time before manufactures stop making system restore disks. And just to prove that this theory is moving forward. Apple is already on the front line making USB recovery drives.

9/13/11

Life Expectancy Calculator

If your planning on retirement, once thing everyone should always calculate is their life expectancy. You just don't know when your time will be up. Let the statistics you the results.

9/12/11

Eset SysInspector

Here's a great utility for IT responders to figure out what's going on with your system. It captures all the details on what's running, registry, startup and network connections. It's an ideal tool for troubleshooting.

9/11/11

What is seaport.exe

Have seaport.exe running in your task manager? Don't be alarmed because it was Microsoft who put it there when you either tried Windows Live Essential 2011 or installed the beta version.
The good news is that it does not slow down your computer and if your looking to just disable it since you think it's in any way hogging up your system resource, follow these tips to disable it.

9/10/11

Super AntiSpyware

Downloaded Malwarebytes but still can't get that virus off of your computer. Try this Super Antispyware and take control of your computers. Viruses keep on changing daily and it's up to you to make sure your protected all the times.

9/9/11

More Info on the Fake Antivirus

For those of you user's who have been hit recently with the Fake Antivirus here's more information on that nasty software. It's a pesky virus / malware that just keeps on infecting your computer over and over again.
Stay safe and always scan any documents once it has been downloaded. 

9/8/11

Pixlr

Looking for a photoshop imitator with no software to install. Pixlr is a great start and best of all you can use the program without a need to login. Try it out.

For the basic user their is also a Pixlr Express version as well.

9/7/11

Remove Games in XP

Here is a great script and software link to remove games from Windows XP terminals. It's a must have administrative script for user's who abuse game playing in the workforce. Works great when using the Hyena software.

 Script:
' Uninstall games from Windows XP

'=========================

Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

sPrograms = WshShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms")

If (Fso.FolderExists(sPrograms & "\Games")) Then

' Create file for uninstalling games

Set f = Fso.CreateTextFile("c:\windows\inf\wmdtocm.txt", True)

f.WriteLine("[Components]")

f.WriteLine("freecell=off")

f.WriteLine("hearts=off")

f.WriteLine("minesweeper=off")

f.WriteLine("msnexplr=off")

f.WriteLine("pinball=off")

f.WriteLine("solitaire=off")

f.WriteLine("spider=off")

f.WriteLine("zonegames=off")

f.Close

WshShell.Run "sysocmgr.exe /i:c:\windows\inf\sysoc.inf /u:""c:\windows\inf\wmdtocm.txt""
/q", 1, True

Fso.DeleteFolder(sPrograms & "\Games"), True

End If




9/6/11

Stop Crimes

Want to make your neighborhood safe. Help stop crimes by solving crimes. It's a new website to take a bite out of crimes.

9/5/11

Stop Telemarketers

Annoyed of the constant telemarketing calls from your mobile device and want to put an end to it. Here are your solutions to the ongoing problem.

Call Control
Every Call.us
Caller Complaints




9/4/11

Privacy Star

Not also do you get a full feature caller ID service, but you can also block unlimited calls, block text messages,and file complaints with ease. The best mobile application to protect your privacy. 

9/3/11

Win 7 Step Recorder

Need to keep track of your problems on your computer by capturing screens with mouse tracks. If your running Windows 7 your in luck. Microsoft has built in a Problem Step Recorder into their program so that anyone can troubleshoot the problem immediately. It's a great tutorial tool to teach others as well. Regardless on how you use the program, it's a life saver.

To activate Problem Step Recorder you go into the search programs and files line and type psr.exe. This will activate the recorder to start recording. You files are immediately saved as HTML slide shows.

9/2/11

Free Online Encylopedia

Here are some links for children online encyclopedias. The website's are user friendly for children to easily do their homework or research work. Please feel free to pass them on.

Links:
Wikipedia
Yahoo Kids
Fact Monster
Kids Net
Library of Congress

9/1/11

Create you own CD covers

Here is a great link to create your own personalized CD covers. Membership is free and all you need is a little creativity and some free time on your hand.