Brookstone Black Friday Sale

Nov 23, 2007 | No Comments

Check out the great deals at the Brookstone Black Friday Sale and don’t forget to use their coupons to save even more money: Brookstone – 20% off TomTom GO 720 Widescreen GPS System, only $399.95 (Posted on 11/22/07 and Expires on 1/5/08) Brookstone – 20% off Super-Sized TV Remote, only $19.95 (Posted on 11/21/07 and [...]

Firefox 3 Looks Pretty Foxy

Nov 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/gDZuppDxuzM" width="350" height="288" wmode="transparent" /] Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Beta 1 of Firefox 3 was released today. I found a few bugs, but overall it’s looking like there are some excellent new features and improvements. When it goes final, I may switch from Maxthon [...]

KeepTube v3.5

Nov 22, 2007 | No Comments

KeepTube is tool to download/batch download, manage, and play video from YouTube. By using the unique tool, you can download multiple videos concurrently, create your favorite playlists, and loop play videos. [106.61K] [Win98/ME/NT/2k/XP/Vista] [FREE]

Facebook Has Seen My Face For The Last Time!

Nov 22, 2007 | 10 Comments

I just quit Facebook. Here’s why. They have just activated a feature called “Beacon,” that allows participating merchants to automatically tell members’ friends what they have bought, rented, or auctioned. Facebook encourages companies to achieve “word of mouth promotion of your business” to “millions” by using Beacon. I consider this a gross invasion of privacy. [...]

Using Captions In Word 2007

Nov 22, 2007 | No Comments

You can use captions in Word documents to label figures, tables, slides, and so on. A caption is a label for an item that consists of two parts: the label you select (such as Figure or Table) and a number inserted by Word. For example, a caption may appear as Figure 1. To add a [...]

Create A Table Of Figures In Word 2007

Nov 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

If you have graphics, charts, slides, and so on in your document, you can create something called a Table of Figures. A Table of Figures is a list of the captions that appear in the document and the associated page numbers. In order to create a Table of Figure, you must first label the figures [...]

The Costs And Benefits Of OLPC And ASUS Laptops

Nov 21, 2007 | One Comment

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/37c-Iwg4ml0" width="350" height="288" wmode="transparent" /] Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed SWAT sometimes hangs out on Ventrilo with us, and even occasionally streams for me when I’m gone. He was wondering if he should go with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program and help another [...]

GoldMail

Nov 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

Although audio and video are beginning to have more of a presence on the Web, text still seems to be the supreme ruler of content on the Internet. It’s definitely quicker and easier to consume and search through, but even though that may be the case, audio and video can make a particular message more [...]

Prayers To Computer Gods Often Go Unanswered

Nov 21, 2007 | 17 Comments

Here is a story without an end yet. You can speculate on how it will turn out. A senior friend who lives about an hour’s drive away has a small business in his home, which requires a LAN with server and five work stations. He does not have a regular tech service provider and knows [...]

Insert Another File Into Your Word 2003 Document

Nov 21, 2007 | 5 Comments

Word lets you insert different types of objects into your document. For example, you can insert worksheets from Excel, images, media clips, and so on. You can even insert text from another document into the document you are currently working on. In a previous tip, I outlined how to accomplish this in Word 2007. If [...]