On Computers

ONLINE TECH SUPPORT

Posted on January 31st, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

1. Online tech support.
2. Two computers, one monitor.
3. Internuts: Evite.com , MyPunchbowl.com, babelfish.altavista.com
4. “DV Rebel’s Guide: An all -digital approach to making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap”

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TALK GETS EVEN CHEAPER

Posted on January 24th, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

Talk is cheap, and getting cheaper. We took a look at VoiceStick, a memory stick that does phone calls. It turns out to be very popular with soldiers overseas, but anyone can use it.

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CRUSH THAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Posted on January 23rd, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

We tried out a specialized PowerPoint compression utility by the name of NXPowerlite ($45 from NXPowerlite.com).

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TRAVEL IS SO BROADENING

Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

We were browsing a travel Web site the other day and got a lot of help from Yoono, a scrolling toolbar thatfits onto Firefox. Scrolling across the top of our browser window were related sites, such as Gridskipper and SeatGuru , which we’d never heard of, along with the more familiar names like Travelzoo, Expepdia and Travelocity.

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LEARN TO SPEAK GEEK

Posted on January 21st, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

We were having trouble with a backup drive and called for tech support. What we got was the president of the company himself (it’s a small company). “Ah,” he said. “I see what the problem is: Just rename the ‘delete(underline)me.exe’ file to ‘backupkey.exe’ and move it to the root.”

Sure. Anybody can follow that. We’ll pass it on.

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CAUTION: NOW BACKING UP

Posted on January 17th, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

This is definitely cool, as they say. It’s called the BackupKey, from TurnKey Technology. It is a pocket-size hard drive that connects to a USB port and requires no software.

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GETTING ALL CHARGED UP

Posted on January 17th, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

We recently tried out the new PowerAid Mobile from US Modular, a backup battery that comes with five adapters that fit cell phones, iPods, Treo PDAs and many other devices designed to take their charge from a computer’s USB port or a wall outlet.

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LOST IN THE DESERT

Posted on January 16th, 2007 by Joy Schwabach

Searching for our cell phone charger, we found a wonderful new search engine called Retrevo.com. This turns out be an engine for just consumer electronics, and it finds lots of hardware. You can use it to find a product, research a product and troubleshoot a problem. Price deals are published every day.

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