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When you upload videos to your facebook profile, it becomes lost. You will realize that you cannot list the whole list of videos that you have previously uploaded by simply clicking on a link. Most probably, you will need to locate the user who you have uploaded that video and tagged it to him before you are able to trace that video.

If you are using mobile broadbands on dongles, you will discover that the IP is always changing. Uploading to sites or downloading from file storage sites is impossible. This is because the IP changes with each refresh and if the download is not completed within a fixed time frame, it gets cut off.

There are also times when users who are disturbed by the fact that some censored sites are not allowed by your ISP. You can change your IP address by using programs out there. I have tried a few like Tor: anonymity online, notmyip. But I have found one very good one called ultrasurf.




This program allows you to use 3 pre-defined IP addresses from the US. It is lightweight and no installation required. Simply execute it off and it will start your windows Internet Explorer browser. Those who are firefox fans will be slightly disappointed. But the Tor browser uses firefox. I do not like Tor browser is because it takes a long time to get connected. It also does not work if your time is set wrongly.

Antivirus see such programs as malware and the resident protection goes all out to stop it. So you may need to go into the settings of your antivirus to disable the resident feature before starting this application.

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.