Saturday, April 26, 2008

How to clean up your hard drive

ccleaner CCleaner cleans out unnecessary files that not only take up space but can impact performance. Fully configurable and of course, FREE!

 

Here's what it found on my 3 year old computer:

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Yes, that's an astonishing amount of unneeded clutter. In the end it removed about 7 gigabytes of files though you will probably not see these kind of results.

I should note that the next time I ran it the scan was completed in under 3 seconds

Removes, among other things (From the site):

From Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera:
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat. 

From Windows:
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. 
Registry cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature. 
Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more... 
100% Spyware FREE
This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

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Friday, April 25, 2008

How to chat on any instant messaging service

meebo Meebo is a free web based instant messager that allows you to sign into aim, Yahoo, Google talk or msn, all for free and in your broswer. Great for use in internet cafes that don't have your IM software installed.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Create a CD from any music format

Pepsky Pepsky Free Audio Converter will allow you to create a standard or MP3 music CD from any number of formats. It also does a lott more, like simple audio file conversion and CD ripping.

It supports a large number of formats including:
WAV, MP3, AIF, WMA, AAC, AIF, VOC, FLAC, M4A, OGG, AU, FLV, and now also APE.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

How to easily share large Files

filedropper02

filedropper01 File Dropper bills itself as "The simplest file hosting website ever" Simply upload a file and you will get a link to download the file that you can use later to retrieve your file or share it with someone. This free file hosting service allows you to upload files up to 5GB in size!

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

How to find the cheapest airfare

farecast

Farecast let's you search for and compare flight tickets to and from the destination of your choice amongst the major online ticket agents

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Also try these excellent sites for multiple airfare searches:

bookingbuddy.com
vayama.com
kayak.com
Momondo.com
dohop.com
yapta.com (Will track fares and send you alerts when they change)
Hotwire.com
Farechase

Monday, April 21, 2008

How to find free Wi-Fi internet access hotspots

Enter your city or postal/zip code and you will be presented with a great list of free Wi-Fi Hotspots.

anchorfree
For now it seems to be quite US-centric but I imagine that will change. Don't forget that you will of course, need to be online when you do the search!
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Sunday, April 20, 2008

How to convert your presentation to video

authorstream

Would you like to put your PowerPoint presentation on the YouTube? Or perhaps on your website, blog or iPod? Sign up with authorSTREAM, upload your presentation and download your video!
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