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Continue reading →: What is Personal Productivity
I just love all these add-ons that are being done in the browser world by “Opera”:http;//opera.com, “Firefox”:http://firefox.com and “Maxthon”:http://maxthon.com. Also, there are an amazing number of add-ons that you can add to Outlook and can anyone have enough IE toolbars. All this leave me wondering what the new “Office” is…
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Continue reading →: USB 2.0 Hard Drive Problems
I thought it was my NSLU2 that was the problem, but now when I try to use my USB 2.0 Hard Drive against Windows XP, I get delayed write failed. Here’s the diagnostic from “viaarena”:http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=16&threadid=50469 _I tried the same thing with a Maxtor complete system and it didn’t fail, so…
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Continue reading →: Editable Movies from DVDs
Someone was asking me how they can edit DVDs that are already created. As Jeff said, if you have a TIVO you can now make DVDs of the stuff you create there, but what happens if you want to edit it down. There are actually two ways. One way is…
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Continue reading →: Firefox Rocks
“Brad”:http://www.ignitionpartners.com/about/brad_s.asp asked me the other day what browser do I use. Got me thingking quite a bit. I actually like “Maxthon”:http://maxthon.com an awful lot mainly because it is built on Internet Explorer, so it is very compatible (even Microsoft pages like hotmail, outlook web access) render correctly with it. I’ve…
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Continue reading →: PGP comes to Thunderbird
mozdev.org – enigmail: index. One of the amazing things about both Firefox and Thunderbird is how open they are. They leave lots of room for developers to add features. Enigmail is a great example. For once there is a usable secure mail system using PGP.
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Continue reading →: Lowest Fares
I have a theory that our “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com travel agency called “Navigent”:http://navigent.com doesn’t give us the best fares. So, I’m going to see what fare are around for some of the trips I’m doing. So let’s start with USATODAY.com – A guide to booking air tickets online which is also the…
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Continue reading →: DVD Backup
OK, this can be pretty complicated, but two freeware utilities have made it much easier: * DVD Decrypter. You need to set this in Mode/IFO and make sure to copy everything onto the hard disk. For performance reasons having two hard drives is very beneficial otherwise you thrash like crazy.…
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Continue reading →: Sefy is awesome
Sefy’s Complete DVD Backup Guide v2.6. Sefy is incredible. For once an easy to read step-by-step series of directions for DVD manipulation. Its great!
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Continue reading →: Athlon 64 into Notebooks
GamePC – Clawhammer To Go : AMD Athlon64 3700 DTR Processor. A good overall review of the AMD Mobile Athlon and the Intel Pentium-M line. Also “AMDNotebooks”:http://www.amd64notebooks.com/index.php seems like a great source of data on actual shipping hardware like the new “Sharp”:http://www.sharpsystems.com/products/pc_notebooks/actius/al/27/# and “ASUS”:http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a2series/a2000k/a2000k_overview.htm. These are raw performance numbers of…
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Continue reading →: Benq DW-1620
AnandTech BenQ DW-1620 Review. Anand’s review of the drive shows that it is a decent performance, but you have to have the very latest beta firmware called B7J9 to really have decent compatibility and performance. Likesd the drive thoug.
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