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Free Image Optimization Tools (PNG/JPG/GIF)

Posted by Rich On September - 24 - 20092 COMMENTS

If you run a website, you’ll know how important it is to keep file sizes down and optimize images, code, and files as much as possible. In this guide, I take a look at four image optimization tools, share their features, and compare them against each other.

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Use GMail’s 8GB As Storage In Windows Explorer

Posted by Stu On September - 22 - 20098 COMMENTS

Google offer a very healthy 7372 MB of storage to it’s GMail users.  Previously i’ve covered how to use Windows SkyDrive to your advantage.  This time it’s Googles turn.

This guide will show you how to add your GMail account to Windows Explorer, thus enabling a drag & drop system for you to use you GMail account as additional storage on your computer.  Even if you don’t use GMail as an email provider nobody can turn down an extra 8GB of storage, can you?

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Radar Sync Keeps Your Software and Drivers Updated

Posted by Rich On September - 22 - 20098 COMMENTS

RadarSync is a program designed to keep your drivers and software up to date. In this guide, you’ll learn what RadarSync does and then you can try it for yourself.

Update: As RadarSync is no longer completely free, a representative from RadarSync got in contact. Their comments are at the bottom of this review along with a 30% off coupon code.

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How to keep notes synced between the iPhone and Windows

Posted by Adam Chavez On September - 22 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

Evernote is an amazing tool to keep all of your notes in one place, & synced up between iPhone, PC, & with online access. Whether you’re recording a voice note on the road to avoid “texting while SMSing,” taking a picture, or writing a traditional note, Evernote is in my opinion the best way to keep track of notes between all devices.

Setup is simple & after you’re finished you’ll have access to your notes on the PC, online, or in your pocket.

To setup Evernote for the iPhone & the desktop, do the following:

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Rotate and Change Your Windows 7 Login Screen

Posted by Stu On September - 18 - 200942 COMMENTS

The default backgrounds in Windows 7 are very pleasing to look at.  However, many of you like to change the login screen.  There are plenty of programs out there that do the job well.  This one is in a league of it’s own.  Logon Screen Rotator (2.1.0.2) is a tiny freeware program that can not only change your login screen, it can use multliple images or folders of images to do it and rotate them.  An innovative touch to this program is it’s ability to change at a user specified time.

No installation is required for this to work.  Just extract the application and run it.

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Task Switch Powertoy is an XP Alt-tab Replacement

Posted by Rich On September - 18 - 200938 COMMENTS

The TaskSwitch Powertoy replaces the standard Alt-tab view in Windows XP. See below for screenshots.

Alt-tab in XP Before

task switch01 Task Switch Powertoy is an XP Alt tab Replacement

Alt-tab in XP After

task switch02 Task Switch Powertoy is an XP Alt tab Replacement

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