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Getting extra power for a laptop is one big headache especially during travel. This mini portable charger is able to squeeze out 6 hours of additional power for your device. Amazingly lightweight and portable. Weighing less than 500 grams , you can save a lot of weight compared to the battery pack included with the laptop just by using this device. It comes with 20 interchangeable connectors to fit various different devices.

Ever thought of doing a camping trip in the field and enjoy a movie? You would instantly think that the idea would be to get everyone to cram around and squint their eyes at a small tiny screen of a portable disc player. Nah.. Bring out your projector. Yep, is there a crazy dumb ass who thinks that you would lug a big machine out to party. Whip out the pocket projector from your pockets and watch them drop their jaws with Awe. The latest pocket projector which is coming soon weighs only 180grams. And it has 1 Gig worth of built in memory for you to store presentations. It comes with a VGA port for you to plug into laptops. This baby can project videos at 640 X 480 pixels at a max of 50 inches. It even has built in speakers.


There's also other competitor brands out there like the 3M MPro 120. Similar with the above model, it can also scale videos up to 50 inch and has connectors for most video devices and even works with ipods ( with adapter ). It has a stand and speakers, claims to operate up to 2 to 4 hours.

Windows mobile operating system has been dominating smart phones for donkey years for now. Sadly, it has not really made much advancement in it's browser or user interface enhancement. If you compare the browsers between various smartphones, it is obvious that windows mobile's internet explorer really pales in being a good browser. Even alternative browsers like firefox's minimo, opera mobile or the old netfront browser is more impressive.

If you had used the iphone's safari browser, you would have called window's mobile's browser a piece of junk. With more competition heating up with alternative OS like android putting pressure on microsoft. A new name is due to be added to the pda family.

Moblin - mobile linux where the name came from, will be supporting a variety of devices , from netbooks to smart phones, to MIDs. This operating system stands out against others out there with the ability to switch between applications. It also claims to support flash and Microsoft's Silverlight 3 technology to run interactive Web-based apps. This is one great milestone in portable computing as web apps are always one issue with portable devices. As seen from the video, the browser being used is firefox's latest Fennac browser.

In case there are still people out there who do not know about the windows 7 free upgrade option. I hope you get to read this in time. Here's the time frame for you to get yourself a free windows 7

June 26 2009 to 31 Jan 2009

All you need to do is to buy one computer, be it a desktop or a notebook. So long it comes pre-installed with a vista. You are eligible to get a free windows 7 from microsoft. If you really need a new computer or laptop from now till Jan next year, now you need to do a few things.

1) Find out which model do you really want to buy and decide on it. There's a whole list of participating models for you to choose from 11 computer companies and 100s of computers to choose from. Actually, I believe, every single model that is still on sale should be eligible.

2) Once you have made your choice. Check if it is one of the listed models at microsoft upgrade site

Now you need to take note that you will need to change the location to your country before you jump to conclusions.

Once you have made the purchase, it is important you retain the receipt and submit your request in that site above. Now you just have to wait for the windows to be delivered.

Here's what I suggest after you get the windows 7. I suspect it to be an upgrade and not the full version. Which means that you cannot just throw in the CD and expect it to boot off and do a total install. Which means your vista recovery parition or discs are very important.

1) Once you get your new computer, clone your recovery partition and drive using HDclone. Store these backups safely so that in the event of a future windows crash, you can simply take out these clone backups and clone back your system.

2) Or alternative solution is to download the windows 7 RC and keep it. So all you need to do in future when windows 7 runs into a problem. Simply use DBAN to clear the entire drive , then insert the Windows 7 RC to boot off the Disc drive. As windows 7 RC is a full version and it requires the user to key in the CD key of an original version. So you can key in the upgrade version's key to get it registered.

My idea , is to get the windows 7 to be installed on my desktop system and not the new computer that I just bought. As long as at any one time, windows 7 is only installed on one system, I am not breaking the rules. And I also don't have to mess with the pre-installed vista in the new computer as well.

One original windows is gonna cost between $499 to $699 depending on which version you intend to buy. So with my concept , you get one vista and one windows 7 with just one purchase of a new computer.

One more reminder is that the version that you will get is tied to the version of vista you have in the new system. So if you choose a vista basic, you will get a windows 7 basic and so on.

It is impossible to tell if a free antivirus software is legit and safe. With so many threats surfacing around the world, such as conflicker, it is sometimes hard to come to a decision if you want to install a software to get rid of it or even patch your computer.

Question is : Are you infected by it in the first place?

Falling prey to malicious warnings and software and end up being infected as a result happens to everyone. Take for instance, the latest conflicker, will display a windows security warning that looks as legit as a windows warning at the lower right hand corner, however, upon clicking on it, it installs a fake antivirus called "spyware protect 2009 " which ends up the malware that will attempt to steal all personal information from you.

What's even worse, it bugs the user to pay to fix some so called issues for a price and as a result, loosing your credit card number to the scammers.

Some tell tale signs of a fake program would be

* The program is downloaded from somewhere else and not microsoft auto updates
* The antivirus program starts a scan on its own, without even asking you for permission
* The antivirus program has a name that is not heard off
* This program bugs you for issues that other scanners did not detect.

The following software below is a fake scanner deployed by conflicker.

I wrote this article for the benefit of those who discovered issues after upgrading to version 3.0 ipod/iphone software. There's actually a whole list of bugs , however I only experience one which was bugging me terribly. The battery drained amazingly fast, within one day, and it drains, even when the ipod touch is totally switched off.

Trying to get back into 2.0 firmware is a long and lengthy process, but I will try to make it as simple as possible. You will need to download a few programs.

1) Download Itunes 8.10
2) Download WinPwn 2.5
3) Download QuickPwn 2.2.5-2
4) Download your device's firmware

[ Note that you will need to find the correct file for your device, if yours is a 1st Generation or 2nd Generation pod or phone.]

Before you proceed, you will loose all files and apps , thus you will need to perform all backup you want before proceeding with the downgrade.

1) First.

Uninstall your itunes software unless yours is itunes 8.10
* REBOOT * [ Must be done ]

Now you must delete a file called "itunes library.itl" which should be in your documents\mymusic\itunes

If you do not do so, the itunes will not start and will display an error message unable to open the library as it is created with a newer version of itunes. If you wish to retain that file, you can cut it to another location.

Now check that itunes 8.10 can be started. then close the program.

2) Second
Install and Run WinPwn.
Follow the instructions and create the custom 2.0 firmware restore file.
The created file will be placed inside the mydocuments folder.

3) Third
Follow the guide to hook up and set your ipod touch to recovery mode.
At this point, WinPwn will stop working. And your device will show a white screen.
Close WinPwn
[ If at any point, you fail to enter the correct mode and the device fails to wake up,]
[ Hook up to a power, and press the "ON"+" Start " button and hold it till it wakes up.]

4) Four
Start Itunes 8.10
It will detect your device as DFU mode and you can click on the recovery button.
Press and hold on to shift and click on the recovery button,
It will ask you to choose the firmware.
Select the Custom-iPod1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw in mydocuments folder

And it will proceed to prepare for recovery. Don't freak out, It takes a hell of a long time to just prepare the file. The actual restore is faster.

And bingo, your ipod touch is restored to the 2.0 version with cydia installed.

5) Five
If you are using an iphone, Run the QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 . and follow instructions to unlock your phone.

There is a new plugin out there called Hidetab.

This add on allows you to quickly, hide those tabs of those windows that you do not want others to see. If you do not want to get fired by surfing on facebook or playing online games and caught when your boss walks behind you, this plugin allows you to make the unwanted tabs disappear with just a shortcut key.

ALT + CTRL + Q to restore
ALT + Q to hide all tabs

However, it will still be running in the background, so even if it is hidden, sound will still be audible, if you're watching a video or listening to music it's going to keep playing. Hopefully a future version will provide the option to mute the audio from any tabs that are hidden.

All your hidden tabs will be showed at the lower right hand side of your browser for you to sort them out.