Use GMail as an extra hard drive
Submitted on May 8th, 2005 by admin
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GMail is an amazing e-mail service with lots of functionality and offers over 2GB of storage, more than any other e-mail service in the market. GMail’s e-mail services may be great (and we’ll be writing up articles on how to use them more efficiently), but the nice thing about GMail is some of the third-party add-ons that various developers have created. Today, we’ll be discussing the GMail Drive shell extension which allows you to use your GMail account as a storage drive.
Make documents into PDF files for free
Submitted on May 8th, 2005 by admin
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Creating PDF files used to require expensive software, but now it’s easier than ever. OSX users have a convert-to-pdf function built into Pages, and OpenOffice users have enjoyed the same benefit for some time now, but what if you don’t use these applications? With PDF4Free you can easily convert any document to PDF format.
Publish your iTunes library online
Submitted on May 6th, 2005 by admin
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Ever want an easy way to browse or let someone else browse your music library? If so, there is a great, easy way to do it with your Windows iTunes library using iTunesxml2html.
Convert a VCD to MPEG
Submitted on May 5th, 2005 by admin
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VCD, or video cd, format is not as popular as it used to be (before the invention of DVD’s), but you can still find them around in some places, including sites with legally questionable content. Whatever the source, you may not be able to play these files on your PC by default. This tip comes to me from Mike and will show you how to convert VCD’s to a more usable format using an application called IsoBuster.
Search engine heaven at your fingertips
Submitted on May 4th, 2005 by admin
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If you’re like me, you’re constantly searching for stuff on Google, eBay, or Amazon. Going to indiviual websites can often be a waste of time while you wait for the page to load. Why bother when you can add the search functionality of many of your favorite websites thanks to Mozilla Firefox and the MyCroft project!
Speed up page loads with new Google app
Submitted on May 4th, 2005 by admin
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While some may think of Google as the new Evil Empire, I happen to think Google does a lot of things and does most of them right. Google’s newest tool, Google Web Accelerator, aims to speed up your web browsing.
Skype Windows Mobile Integration w/ Contacts
Submitted on May 4th, 2005 by admin
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Skype for Pocket PC offers some nice integration with the Contacts applications on Windows Mobile devices by adding a menu item labelled Call With Skype. The problem is, there’s no data field for a Skype ID, so while you could use SkypeOut to contact them, how do you make a regular Skype to Skype call? Simply type the Skype ID in the home phone number field, highlight it, then select Call With Skype. Problem solved! There are some problems, such as the fact that Skype must be running, but this simple tip should get you going.
Get podcasts on your phone
Submitted on May 3rd, 2005 by admin
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A few days ago we explained podcasting and how to get started with receiving them with a little application called iPodder. The nice thing about that application is that it’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux…but what about smartphone users? If you have one of those neat devices, check out Skookum! The application used to be free but will now run you about $10, a small price to pay if you must have your podcasts on your phone I guess. If you haven’t done so, you can check out our podcasting article.
Extract audio from any video file
Submitted on May 3rd, 2005 by admin
Filed under Audio and Software
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A big thanks to Cori (who BTW, runs the great Podcast Reviews site we mentioned in an earlier post) for pointing this little gem out in his blog. Maybe you downloaded an instruction video, or a PBS show and you want to take it to go but don’t have a portable video player…no problem! Download the free Video MP3 Extractor and put it on your MP3 player!
Easy CD ripping with CDDA Ripper XP
Submitted on May 3rd, 2005 by admin
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While many multimedia players today have built-in CD ripping functionality, there are many users who prefer to have a dedication application for this simply because it offers more choices with regards to which format to copy songs to, and so on. This is where CDDA Ripper XP comes in.
