Archive for August, 2006

Ever Sold a Cell Phone on eBay? Your Personal Information May Be At Risk

Aug 31, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

If you have sold or donated your cell phone in the past, you may be in for huge surprise. According to a recent NBC article related to cell phones that are sold online, Trust Digital who bought 10 used cell phones from eBay recovered the equivalent of 27,000 pages of personal and corporate information from [...]

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How to Keep Track of Your Adsense Earnings While Browsing

Aug 31, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

If you own and a website and use Google Adsense to monetize it, I’m sure that you have found yourself constantly logging on to Adsense to view your latest earnings. This can be time consuming and really a waste of time. I found a Firefox extension that installed display all relevant adsense information in the [...]

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How to Control iTunes From Your Taskbar

Aug 26, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I found a very useful tip while browsing Digg the other day. It allows you to run iTunes from your taskbar, Windows Media Player has a similar feature, but based on the feedback through Digg (number of Diggs) it appears that not many people knew about it. Read the instructions below to find out [...]

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How to Manually Configure Your Computer’s IP Address in Windows XP

Aug 24, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Manually configuring IP address is sometimes a necessity and always good to know. For example you visit a friend who’s routers DHCP server is disabled (this is what allows the router to automatically assign IP addresses to devices accessing the network) in which case you would need to tell your wireless card what IP [...]

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Use iColor Folder to Color Code Your Folders

Aug 21, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

iColor Folder allows you to easily color code folders in your computer. Once installed you can right-click on any folder and assign a color to it. I have been using the software for some time now and find it very useful. I color the folders I use most often red so that they automatically grab [...]

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10 Essential Programs Every Memory Key Should Have

Aug 19, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I have found that in the course of fixing friends computers, updating their software, and introducing them to new programs, I usually use specific programs for certain functions. As a result of that I went and created a list of Memory Key Essentials – below I will list all of the essential programs that I [...]

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Google Updates Google Talk With New Features

Aug 16, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Google has released a set of new features for it’s Instan Messaging software, Google Talk. Among the new features is the capability to initiate and receive file transfers to/from other users, leave and receive voicemails, and see what your friends are listening to. Read the official blog post from Google.

"Millions of you use Google Talk [...]

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Blogger Beta New Feature Overview & Screenshots

Aug 15, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I started my blog/website with Blogger many moons ago. One of my biggest problems with Blogger was the lack of categories among other things. After using it for a while I decided to host my own blog/website using custom CMS software and have been very happy since. 1 year later blogger overhauls their service – [...]

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How to Backup Your DVD Movies Using DVD Shrink

Aug 15, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I have about 50 DVD’s that I have purchased over time, that’s close to $1,000 worth in just movies (assuming $20 per movie) I would like to know, that in case my DVD gets scratched or damaged, I have a backup of that movie somewhere. I have been using DVD Shrink now for a [...]

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How to Speed Up Your Sprint Wireless Card

Aug 13, 2006 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I bought my Sprint PCS EVDO card about a month ago. I loved the fact that no matter where I was I had internet connection, the only thing I noticed was that my speed was not as fast as I had expected. I did a little research online and found that the average connection speed [...]

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