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I’ve been looking for a good freeware backup utility for some time now and I think I’ve finally found something great. With Cobian Backup 8, not only can I backup from my hard drive to hard drive and hard drive to FTP, but FTP to hard drive or FTP to FTP! This is great for [...]
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Do you have several computers at home or maybe you have Firefox Portable on your flash drive? Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer is a great little tool to synchronize your bookmarks across all of these computers. After a simple account setup, Foxmarks runs transparently in the background keeping your bookmarks in sync.
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Windows XP includes a great tool for improving the readability of fonts on screen. ClearType is available both as a web interface and a downloadable extension accessible from the Control Panel. From the Microsoft website: With Windows XP, ClearType delivers improved font display quality over traditional forms of font smoothing or anti-aliasing. ClearType improves readability [...]
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Do you ever get tired to entering your registration info for Real Player every time you install it? Then you get the email “Thanks for installing real player… etc. etc.” Might I recommend Real Alternative? This no nags, ad free program includes Media Player Classic which works in conjunction with the codecs in Real Alternative [...]
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I was looking to transfer a video podcast (specifically The Daily Eagle) to my Axim x50v. Here’s what I needed to make it happen. 1) The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP): plays a large variety of video and audio content including DivX, MPG4, AVI, MP3. Sure beats Windows Media Player! 2) FFMPEG plugin: to decode [...]
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As a college student I do a lot of work in computer labs between classes. It’s handy to have preferences from applications saved so I don’t have to adjust settings everytime I want to use a particular program. With a 2GB flash drive (you can get one for around $30 after rebates from Buy.com these [...]
