Photo by jonasj You shell out some serious money for DVD’s, but the format they are in is not enough in this age of multimedia to satisfy all your needs. We created a list of 5 ripping tools that will not only make a back up copy, but also keep them safely on the internet [...]
A media center that cuts across all platforms, Boxee is free to use and keeps in one place entire videos you want, including those from the web. Stacked on a computer that is very cheap and slender, Boxee promises to change the scene forever, as far as cable TV is concerned. Sounds familiar? Well, you [...]
Most folks today are on the go and little time to do it, with that said the art of cooking seems to have slipped away. Cooking is a chance to create something, it’s a way to relax and unwind, it’s fun and it’s a excellent way to nurture your family and friends And lets not [...]
The folks over at BillShrink have given the iPhone 4 and three other top contenders a side by side comparison of features and performance matched up against their long-term costs. Surprisingly this list did catch me off guard as to which one was the cheapest, and which had the most expensive offerings.
Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to save, share, organize, search, and manage their bookmarks of websites. The resources themselves aren’t shared, only the bookmarks that reference them. Most of the time these bookmarks are made public, or they can be saved privately, sharing the bookmarks only with specified people, groups, or certain [...]
When it comes to accessing the Internet wireless has become the most preferred means because of it’s simplicity to connect and use. Of course the downside to wireless is it’s a lot less secured opposed to using a direct connection. This last December we wrote an article on how to crack a Wi-Fi network’s WEP [...]
If you use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations, Microsoft has released a nice collection of PowerPoint slide sets that show how you can spice up your slide designs to capture your audience attention. If you want to get away from those boring slides these downloads just might be of some
Sometimes I have real issues getting a good night sleep, which will often leave me in a sour mood. Couple of weeks ago my daughter recommended I play an ambient sound before bed to help me sleep. She seemed to think it might actually help. Having seen people play ocean surf or other nature sounds [...]
Seems everyone has watched Steve jobs give a presentation at one time or another. Apple creates some of the best products on the planet and Steve knows how to get a BUZZ going. After watching Steve give a presentation it’s easy to see why Apple does so well with the sales. Whether you are a [...]
Knowing our 30 Recommended Software Downloads for Free article was now a year old, we decided to give it an upgrade. After we got started I didn’t fully realize just how many applications we had tested throughout the year, and how many had made the cut until I started putting this list together. When we [...]
Songbird is free and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms: If your not familiar with Songbird let me bring you up to speed, it’s an open source, Mozilla-powered, rumored to be an iTunes-killing media player. The popular music jukebox application just released a new update, version 1.4.2. The latest version brought us several [...]
Mint is a free online Money Management Blog that I like to frequent here and there, a while back I ran across and article where Mint had gathered a nice collection of the top rated free eBooks on personal finance. The ebooks are listed by topics such as: basics of personal finance, consumer awareness, credit, [...]
Many of you have seriously considered making the switch to Ubuntu or have already done so. One of the problems with switching operating systems is knowing what to do or where to get it and how things are done. Linux is an awesome OS and rules most of the server world. But it can be [...]
Hopefully you know you should use WPA to secure your Wi-Fi network, always select WPA encryption over WEP as the later is so easy to crack. How easy is it? Check out the video I posted below. Yhis video will walk you through the procedures, step by step showing you how to crack a Wi-Fi [...]
Black Friday is a day for everyone to shop and Amazon has some serious deals that offer some serious savings.Below I have listed just a few good deals to take advantage of and of course, you can head to Amazon’s BlackFriday main page to
Google today released the source code for Chrome OS (Googles new Web browser-based operating system) and explained how it’s different from the other operating systems. Being it is now open source, anyone can test and customize it. One of Chrome’s lead engineers, Idan Avraham, said said that it will not go to market for another [...]
It’s been real joy watching movies on the big screen in my living room, but it’s also a pain because it can take ages to transfer my movies wireless from the desktop to the media center PC. This gets old after a while, and gets older when you know that a hardwire configuration would make [...]
