Posted in google on Sep 6th, 2010
Everyone loves Google Voice, but what’s better than using it from your computer? Using it on your phone of course! iPhone users are still stuck using the HTML5 browser version, but on Android you can download the full app that works as a virtual phone on your phone!
Posted in mobile on Sep 4th, 2010
If you’ve been using regular cell phones and iPhones for a while, we covered how you can make your own ring tones for free. But, if you have an Android phone you can take the lazy path and just download pre-made ones…
Posted in Microsoft on Sep 4th, 2010
If you’re migrating to Windows 7 or if you’ve got yourself a brand new Windows 7 PC, you may find it a hassle to transfer everything over. This includes your preferences, settings, and all of your files. Lucky for us, Microsoft produced a simple…
Posted in google on Sep 3rd, 2010
Today I rebuilt my Windows 7 box and after I imported my Google Picasa database / library I realized none of my .MOV video files were showing up in any of my albums. Thinking it was an easy fix I went into the Option menu only to find the .MOV extension was greyed out. Has this happened to you? Read on as I have a simple fix.
Posted in Geek Stuff on Aug 30th, 2010
We all know how it is – you’re rushing to get something done and it turns out the files you need are only available on Rapidshare. So you have to wait 30 seconds for each individual file and can download only 1 file per…
Posted in Microsoft on Aug 28th, 2010
Recently Microsoft released a very interesting interactive guide which shows Office 2010 users how to “use their knowledge of Office 2003 to learn the basics in Office 2010”. The downloads are 100% free and you can get them from this page. Just a few things to review before you go out and grab it.
Posted in Freeware on Aug 27th, 2010
Do you have a favorite application, but it was only designed to run on DOS? Windows 7 doesn’t include support for DOS games, but you can get around it by using a virtual DOS machine on your computer. The solution is called DOSBox and it’s a groovy little program that simulates a DOS computer within a Window on your computer.
Posted in Microsoft on Aug 27th, 2010
Like many of you groovySystem Admins out there, I never like to introduce a new product to the corporate environment until the release of a major Service Pack. I guess that’s why I’m pretty excited to see that Microsoft just released Exchange 2010 SP1 a few days ago. It’s going to be a longgg weekend for me now!
Posted in google on Aug 26th, 2010
By now everyone should know that Google Voice has gone public and ANYONE can get an account. Now with the latest upgrade, Google Voice has become a true Skype killer, land-line slayer, VOIP provider, and a threat to cell phone carrier’s minute planes. …
Posted in Microsoft on Aug 26th, 2010
Things are getting mighty cloudy over at Microsoft—and the addition of Sync to the Windows Live Essentials suite is making life in the clouds easier than ever. The latest version of Windows Live Sync is seriously upping the ante in the world of automated folder syncing and cloud storage. At first glance, it seems that the frontiers pioneered by the likes of Dropbox and Google Docs just might be tamed, civilized and finally be made accessible and intuitive for the masses by Microsoft. Let’s take a quick look at some of what Windows Live Sync is offering.