August 22nd, 2007 by Ben Jim
With the available 2-in-1/3-in-1 or 4-in-1 offerings of printers today, there are still numerous people out there with a separate standalone printer and scanner either to save cost or not losing both functions when a the multiple-in-1 unit konks-off.
While you can easily scan and then print, there is a free solution called iCopy that would help make you more productive by taking over both these separate function (and device) and doing it in a single task.
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July 30th, 2007 by Ben Jim
How to Catalogue your CDs/DVDs
I lots of files in my hard drive and i burn out gigabytes of data every month to keep my already overcapacitied hard disk from blowing. This translates into hundreds of CDs/DVDs. One thing I’ve noticed is that there is only so much space on the disk label to write down what files are contained within and I hate searching through CDs/DVDs and popping each one in to search for a particular file (despite my best efforts of labelling).
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TrackID™ is a feature available in most of the newer range of mobile phones from Sony Ericsson. It’s a feature that allows you to record a few seconds of a song using your mobile, and get track, artist and album information sent to you in seconds. While it’s a handy tool to help you identify the song name, it’s considered under hyped in a sense that many haven’t tested it or aren’t even aware of it.
In this article, I’ll demonstrate step-by-step how to use TrackID via my Sony Ericsson W880i
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July 24th, 2007 by Sian Siew
With media these days being produced and released in widescreen formats, it’s not surprising that most people would choose a widescreen LCD over a normal aspect ratio LCD (notice the fat black bands at the top and bottom of your screen?). This switch was further accelerated with widescreen LCD prices offered at relatively competitive prices which apparently is due to cost savings in manufacturing.
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