Archive for July, 2011

Gadgets

Geek Gear: The USB Retro Desk Vacuum

July 29th 2011 | Posted by Edg3

If you use a computer regularly, chances are, your desktop gets dirty in no time flat. It’s also a safe bet that your office desktop suffers the same fate. While cleaning your desktop or your computer is easy enough, there’s no reason not to do it in style.
Meet the USB Retro Desk Vacuum. This little [...]

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Software

Teach Windows Explorer New Tricks With File Menu Tools

July 29th 2011 | Posted by Edg3

File Menu Tools is a free Windows application that adds more functionality to Windows Explorer. The program lets you customize Windows Explorer’s context menu, lets you configure the “Send To..” submenu, and adds more utilities for operations on files and folders.

Some of the added utilities include advanced rename, folder synchronization, split and join files, shred [...]

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Internet

Search Your Firefox History Like A Champ With Recall Monkey

July 21st 2011 | Posted by Edg3

People who browse the Internet regularly go through a lot sites in one day. Sometimes, you remember a cool site you visited before and want to go back but can’t remember the name. The usual solution would be to go to your history and search for it there. If you can’t remember the name of [...]

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News

Windows XP Support Ends On April 8 2014

July 14th 2011 | Posted by Edg3

It was bound to happen eventually. On April 8, 2014, all extended support for Windows XP will stop. This includes hotfixes and security patches. Some of you might be thinking well that’s years away. That’s less than 1000 days away. Not so far when you look at it like that.
Most people that opted to stay [...]

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Computers, News

IBM Celebrates 100 Years

July 8th 2011 | Posted by Edg3

IBM recently celebrated it’s 100th year. Not kidding, 100 years. Aside from the personal computer, the company has been responsible for time recorders, cash registers, clocks, punch card machines, UPC barcodes, and a heck of a lot more. While we won’t get into the details of IBM’s history as that would deserve a whole blog [...]

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Gadgets

Surround Sound No Matter Where You Are

July 7th 2011 | Posted by Edg3

Have you ever wished that you could take your home theater with you? Or at least have surround sound even when you’re not at home? Here you go.
The USB Theater Sound Xperience according to IOGear “.. takes your 2-channel (stereo) audio and processes it with DTS® Surround Sensation to create virtual surround sound through your [...]

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