USB U3

If your getting ready to buy a large capacity USB key for your computer. Hold on and make sure your read all there is to know about U3 and then go out and purchase a new USB key. Prices have been dropping lately and you could now get a good bargain for a large capacity USB. Your next purchase should contain a USB with the new U3 capability.

D - Link Pocket Router

D-Link has always been on top when it comes to wireless access. Now they are ahead of the game with their new Pocket Router. Giving full wireless access to the business traveler.

MTV's new Urge

MTV has joined the music band wagon and now everything will have a price tag on it. I believe this is a positive move for MTV since they are the Music world and generating extra profits will do just more for them.

Google Doc & Spreadsheets

Google has had it's spreadsheet software working for a while and it's exactly what many of us wanted. Free online software. Now recently they added there Document feature which enable you to do Word Documents as well. Now there is no need to install office on your PC, since Google now offers it free. Microsoft now will have to compete to see if it's office suite could remain on top.
For those of us who already have a Gmail account, it's a simple as looking at your top left hand corner of your browser and searching for the keyword spreadsheet.

Abandonware Games

Want to still play those games that you just can't find anymore. Well check out these two websites and track down your favorite games that you always loved to play.

links:
The Underdogs


Abandonware

Clipboard Recorder

If you hate copy & paste using clipboard. Now there is no need to worry with clipboard recorder. It saves you time by storing the first 99 clipboards to your computer, so that you can use it repeatedly. No need to worry that you deleted the wrong clip board again.

UdPixel

Purchased a new LCD monitor for your computer and want to make sure you got your moneys worth? Well install UdPixel and hope that your monitor passes the test and does not have to many stuck or dead pixels on the screen. If so hurry back and return your monitor or check out your monitors warranty issue for defects.

nLite

Want to easily install windows to a CD. nLite lays out the options for you the easy way. Now you can easily install Windows at ease along with the serial key and network settings. No need to monitor the installation.

All Peers

Looking for an easy share utility to share photo's, files and videos. AllPeers is here. But the only catch is that it only works with the Firefox browser. So if you don't have the browser, you'll have to wait until they make it compatible with others. Also be caution, it's still in beta.

Another Free VPN Connection

Hemachi let's you sign over the internet to your PC automatically and helps to make your life simpler. There is a premium service but you still can use it for free. This site was recently acquired by LogMeIn and it's only a matter of time before both sites link to each other.

Drive Key Boot Utility

HP sure has made it easy to make a USB key bootable. All you do is install the software into your USB key and install your Bois updates or any other bootable updates so that your USB key can install it at ease.
Then you just have to make sure that your motherboard supports USB bootable drives.

Belarc Advisor

Here is a nice utility to keeps your pc up to date on what components, devices and software's you have installed on your PC. It also will generate missing Microsoft hotfixes for your machine.

Program Unlocker

Hate it when your trying to rename or delete a program and you can't complete the task because the program is locked. Say hello to the Unlocker. It let's you disable the lock feature in your program and gain control.

Blacklight

There are so many harmful programs out there and not too many good programs help you find them. Hopefully Blacklight will catch them before they catch you.

A-Squared

Here is a new anti-spyware software that helps you track down those Trojan horses. There is always no guarantee that you'll be safe. But it's always good to have one of these utilities to protect you from the inevitable.

Which Programs takes all of your space

Want to know which program is eating up all your hard drive space. Well this program will just help you narrow down the programs in color code.

File Recovery Software

Here is an excellent file recovery software that helps you to rescue data when you need to make sure you need your information back.

Running out of Hard drive space

If your running low on hard drive space here is a free utility to help your regain space that's on your hard drive. Take control of your computer, now.

Monitor your Kid's Driving

If your concern what your children do while driving your vehicle. Here is a new way to monitor there driving habits. It's a little pricey for the year but in the end it gives you a peace a mind.

Pierce your Car

Think that you seen all that there was of piercing. Check out Pierce your Car. It takes piercing to the next level.

New DVD chip to make illegal Copying difficult

To add more headaches to our already common Windows problems. The new DVD's that are expected to come out soon for movies will have radio chips in them to prevent illegal copying. If a DVD is placed in a non region player. It will automatically stop working. Let's see what other problems this new radio chip will create for the honest consumer.

Stupid Criminal

I love this site. It has good interesting Stupid Criminal Files. But these videos do make my day - for mature audience only.
I must admit we do have some stupid criminals out there and it just proves it that crime doesn't pay.

Sport Cams

Looking for a digital camera to record your favorite sport try these few exciting cameras.

Links:
Tony Hawk Helmet Cam

Viosport Adventure Cam 3

Oregon Scientific ATC 1000

iCarta iPod

Just when you think you seen all the iPod accessories you can think of comes iCarta iPod. It promises that you don't miss a beat in the most important room of your house. Now you can say your an iPod junkie.

Out of this world Vacation

Tired of traveling from state to state, country to country. The new Space Island Group promises much more. More than you can ever imagine. With experiences and memories that will last you a life time. Sign up and await, out of this world experiences.

Outdoor USB Glove Kit

If your an outdoor person and always enjoy using your laptop. This winter when the weather drops now you have a good excuse to stay online and keep your fingers warm. I just hope you have enough battery life.

Not just another USB

If your looking for a unique USB device. Take a look at these natural wonders that promises to get your attention immediately.

Google Transit

Want the fastest way to get around town via city transportation. Well Google is here to the rescue. It's still in beta but your city will eventually be there within time.

Wireless Amber Alerts

Want to make a difference in your life. Sign up for wireless amber alerts and be a part on saving lives.

World Wide Lost & Found 2

Here is another of those Lost & Found websites where you register your product and hopefully it will some day come back to you. It looks like someone is trying to see if they can profit from Lost & Found items. I hope these companies can stay in business long enough for someone to get some satisfaction.

Spamex

Here is an interesting online service for your emails. It suppose to protect people from stealing your email address and using it in non productive ways. It's sort of like a security cop for your email address. I don't believe anyone will ever really need this service unless someone uses it in an unlawful way. But the service is interesting enough to worth to try to see if it's for you.

Lost & Found around the world

Lost an item. Well now we have the Global Lost & Found around the world. At least now if you find something you can return it to the right person globally.

Banana Cell Phone Cover

Who ever said that you can't have a banana cell phone did not have the time to check out this website. It decorates your future phone and makes it enjoyable for anyone to use your phone.

Lost iPod's

This is your lost and found website for Apple iPod's. If your concern if one day your iPod maybe lost for $5- you can register it with the lost and found and pray that someone will return it if it's ever lost. Good luck.

Private Phone

Here is a great website to get a free phone number with voicemail. It's the type of free service for individuals who want to keep there phone numbers private. Now there is no need to give your phone number out.

Top 25 Worst Websites

You will sure be surprised what websites they named as being the worst.

Your Next Photo Viewer

It's a photo viewer for your computer with lot's and lot's of options. It's more like an RSS program for pictures that is used as a screensaver.

Slickr

How do you add pictures from your Flickr account to your computer so that you never get tired of watching your favorite pictures. This is easily done with Slickr. It might slow up your system when loading new photo's, but the end results are rewarding.

Bot A Blog

Similar to FeedBlitz on sending you emails when your favorite blog has new posts. I see this as the future for being updated on what's new and new news.

iRiver S10 Smallest Player

I enjoy how everyone tries to compete with the iPod. iRiver does it best with it's new iRiver S10. In 1 Gig and 2 Gig capacity and even with FM. The best bet is that battery life is eight hours and yes it so small.

FilmLoop

Who ever said that photo sharing was difficult had yet to see FilmLoop. The program is very simple. You download the player and drop and drag photo's to FilmLoop. No log in, no website to go to. Just sit back and watch photo's come to life. The more photo's you see depends on how many users you share you FilmLoop to others. Worth to check out and try.

Motion Box

If your looking for a nice editing player. Take a look at Motion Box it's more than your usual player and gives you a lot of editing capability to post almost anywhere.

Music Boss slams RIAA

I can understand that download music is illegal, but what I can't understand is why the RIAA keeps on suing minors who only wrong doing is catching up to what technology has created. The music industry has to understand that music has evolved around technology and music now is being reached by millions via the world wide web. It's up to the music industry to see how to make money with modern technology.

Car Backup Camera

If your in the market for a car backup camera be sure to take a look at this new product. It comes with a 2.5" LCD in color and it can easily be mounted by yourself with valuable time on your hand.

Get more of your Verizon Razr V3c

If you already own a Verizon Razr V3c you can following the instructions to get more out of your phone. It's sad to know that Verizon is holding back on how powerful this phone can be.

Take Your PSP to the Next Level

Take your PSP to the next level by installing software and other useful utilities. Now your game console will be more than just a game.

Take your Digital Camera to better Flexibility

If you love taking pictures with your digital camera. Here are good tips to master the camera filters that they come with giving you more flexibility when taking pictures.

Media Center Space Saver

Have Windows Media Center. Well here is an interesting way to delete commercials, the same features that TiVo and ReplayTV years ago had the capabilities to do. Hopefully now you can save some hard drive space.

Slingbox Easy Fix

Slingbox recently upgraded it's firmware to encrypt video streams. So if you recently purchased the product make sure you not upgrading to version 1.0.86 which added this encryption. If you already did then it's too late but you can download the old firmware by loading the older Slingplayer software. It will cost you $29.95 direct. But try before you buy to make sure it works. Hopefully they're will be other open source software to make this easier to do. For now this is your only choice.

Take your Roomba to the next level

If you recently purchased a Roomba vacuum cleaner and want your product to do more for you. See the easy instructions needed to get more from your iRobot.

PlayStation 3 Delayed

If your one of the millions waiting for the new PlayStation 3. I would wait just a little bit longer. Already they are delaying Europe's unleashed PlayStation 3 and what that means is that either their is a manufacturing defect or that Sony is having manufacturing difficulties. Any which way it's best to wait until they finalize the PlayStation 3 before you go out and spend your money.

New Message Board

Tired of sticking those post-it's every where. Well now there is a new message board for everyone. It's a touch screen message board. You can save an audio, video and written message to anyone who in your household. Technology is just getting better.

Sprint to offer full length movies

Sprint now will offer via Cellular phone full length movies service with 24 hour time limit to watch movies over and over. Who knows if this will kick off but at least the Pay Per View via Cellular phone is available.

MySpace to Sell Music on it's Website

Everyone is jumping in on the iTune magic that Apple created. So why not have MySpace make a profit as well, like many others. Hopefully this will keep the MySpace service running free for years.

Get Ready for Laptop with Flash Drives

It was only a matter of time before Laptop's were upgraded to flash drives. Now you will no longer have to worry about having a laptop hard drive go bad. Flash drives has no moving parts. What it will mean for many Laptop users is that there laptops will have a longer life. Now what about personal computers now?

Get Ready for the Cell Zone

If your in a public place and hate those annoying idiots yelling and yapping on their cell phones. Well say hello to the Cell Zone. A booth like structure that isolates the noise made from people talking. Now the only problem is, how many of these can be readily available.

Save your Game Screen shot via Fraps

If you love games and want to save screenshots and video use Fraps. It's a useful software that saves your most valuable moments while gaming. A must have gaming tool.

Building a Home Theater PC

If your building a Home Theater PC here are some useful software. But remember the software is as good as the user using it.

Myth Tv - Good if you use Linux

Windows XP Media Center 2005 - You know this is going to be easy but it will cost you


Beyond TV - Let's just say this is the best software out there

50 Terabytes on a Disk

This is an exciting event. Disc are finally paying off in the sense that they may one day be capable of storing 50 Terabytes on a disk. Making obsolete magnetic tapes for backups. The future is now.

Laptop Battery Recalls

These recent Laptop Battery Recalls are a pain, but if you look in the bright side. You will have a new battery for your Laptop.
Dell and Apple sure hate recalls but I am glad that they are taking steps to accept that there is a problem. Has long as you remove the Laptop battery and plug your Laptop to an AC adapter as per Dell and Apple things should be ok. But make sure to double check there website for accuracy.
Links
Dell Battery Return Program

Apple Battery Return Program

I've got the PC Watch Dog

Let's just say it's a computer guard dog screen saver that when anyone tries to touch the keyboard. Your dog goes on duty and protects you from intruders.

Aim Pro for your Outlook

If you enjoy AOL Aim, here is a great way to integrate it with your Microsoft Outlook edition. It's a free plug-in that give you the capability to email and instant message all in one.

AOL Free

It's about time. You figure that they could of done this years ago, then they would of still kept the high volume customer base that they use to have. What this means for many is simple. If you have broadband connection, which means cable internet connection or DSL. AOL is now free for you. All you have to do is to contact AOL and tell them you want Free AOL and it's a done deal. Don't be fool to buy into the dial up program if you don't need the service.

New SD Slot promises space & Wifi

Not only will the new SD slot give you extra storage but an added bonus. Wifi for your electronic device. No need to get an additional device to broadcast or receive Wifi signals. You can bet now that soon every portable device will have Wifi capability.

Fix for WinXp Hibernation Issue

Microsoft fixes a useless app. If you enjoy using Windows Xp hibernation then you should know that now there is a fix for the Windows utility. For some this is just a useless app in Windows. But don't be surprise if Microsoft later on decides not to support it in upcoming security fixes.

Google offers free Wifi to it's residents

Too bad we don't live in California, because if we did we can easily try to tap into it's free Wifi service. As a perk, Google is offering free Wifi to all of there residents for free. Sort of free, you still need a user name a password to login from Google to use the service. In return they hope to get them online sooner and help them profit from there famous search engine. Good move for Google.

HD Goes Wireless

Let's just say now you'll be able to watch your HD programs and not worry about the wire issue on how the components are connected. This new 50" HD promises to keep you connected and keep your Audio Video connections wirelessly.

IT Must Haves

Here are a bunch of nice IT software's to make your life simpler.

Watch Video Anywhere

Watch what you want when you want it anywhere in the world. Now video searching is made easier and simple.

Have some fun with Morph

Tired of looking at the same pictures over and over. Well maybe you should just Morph these photos and see what you can invent or come up with. Morph easily transforms any picture into a funny photo. Quickly and easily. Now there is no stop of what you can't Morph.

Skinit

Like to have your items appear unique to others. Want to be noticed from the rest of the pack. Well Skinit is here and made to your specifications. Now there is no reason why not to Skinit.

GIMP your Free Photo editor

Like to edit your photo's but don't want to pay for the perks. Well GIMP is your key to freeware. Now you can easily retouch, compose your photo's freely.
Give it a try.

MaxiVista Solves Your Dual Window Problem

If you want to turn your spare PC into a second monitor this software is for you. It give you a mirror image of your main PC without any loss in picture quality. It's like having one monitor that controls two PC's.

Orb Network

Orb is a web based software that will let you view your video, audio and photo's from your home PC while on the road. No special software to install and if your PC has a tuner card you can also watch TV while on the road as well. Now there is no excuse not to use your PDA, smart phone or Laptop while on the road.

Urge is here

What is Urge? Let's just say that the record industry now wants you to by there music videos. Say What? You got that right. It's only supportable by PC users now but hopefully they will shoot for iPod and Mac users so that they can try to make a profit. I hope for them that they fail because what's the point selling content that you can already get via television for free. Can someone please tell these people to let it go and try to profit elsewhere.

GameTap

Like to play over 500 arcade and console games. Well it's going to cost you at least $9.95 a month and as a bonus you'll also get GameTap Tv which broadcast game content. Seeing is believing.

Dual TV

Now you can turn your PC into a personal DVR. Easy hookup and it also comes with an antenna to pickup analog and digital TV. The only thing bad about it is that it's only in Europe only. But hopefully it will come our way soon.

Search engines for your Cell phone

Using your phone to browse the web. Then these search engines might help you narrow down your searches.

Consumer Search

Drink Mix

Astrology On the Go

Dummies for bittorrent

If your curious how bittorrent works but don't want to get too technical with it. Rufus is the software you should be looking into. It's a clean interface and makes it easy to understand what you need to do to download files online.

ZipGenius

If your have large files that your trying to send over the internet and keep on getting bounced error messages from your server, Zipgenius is here to save the day.
You have a choice of converting the files to at least twenty different formats. And it solves your solution of sending large files over the net, easily.

Video on your phone

Thanks to YouTube mobile you can now share video clips from your phone to all your friends without spending a penny. It's a simple as opening an account and sending your video clips via email to your account. It's quick simple and easy.

25 Free Mp3's

Looking for free MP3's well this site will work and you get to keep these MP3's just for trying Emusic. The only problem I have is for how long are these MP3's suppose to last on your hard drive if later on you choose not to stay with Emusic.

Blue Screen of Death

Getting the Blue Screen of Death here are some solutions that hopefully will narrow down the problem to what's going wrong.
After you get the blue screen of death. Take a look and write down the error codes and driver problem that's causing conflict with your personal computer.

Bad Driver
Use the Driver Cleaner to remove the driver you having problems with. Go to Safe Mode by pressing F8 when your computer boots and install the driver cleaner program to remove driver your having problems with.

IDE Cables
Open your computer and check to see if IDE cable are loose. If your still getting an error message for a particular hardware either change the cable.

Memory Test
Download and save on a bootable CD the Memory test software from memtest86. It checks and confirms that the current memory you have installed on your PC is functioning properly and that the memory is good. Make sure you do this test and let the program run over night to get a good reading. Memory sticks do go bad.

Do a system check on your hard drive
by clicking Start -> Run -> type cmd and type chkdsk /f /r and reboot the system if prompted these /f and /r switches fix file system errors.

CPU Caput
Try taking it to a PC repair center to see if your motherboard is not fried or if your processor chip has gone bad. This occurs alot and the few bucks you spend saves you the extra time while your trying to isolate the problem. But this is a last resort if all other methods fail and your PC now will not boot.

PC too hot
You would need a PC monitoring system to check this. Try speedfan to make sure that everything is running at par. PC's should be always running below 60 degrees Celsius at all times.

Overclocking
Check your setting with a suitable standard by using Prime95. Hopefully your setting are stable.

Eventview
If you still are not sure of what the problem is then check out the event viewer in windows. Go to start -> Run -> cmd -> Enter then type in command prompt eventvwr.msc and Enter. The event view log will appear and now all you need to do is view the Application menu. Any error codes can be found via google or microsoft knowledge base.

Known Blue Screen of Death Problems:
Page_fault_in_NonPaged_Area - this is a faulty hardware including RAM (sys vide or L2 cache)
Inaccessible_boot_Device - caused by reconfiguration of jumpers on PATA hard drives, boot sector or incorrect IDE controller drivers, wrong chipset
Video_Driver_Init_Failure - caused by installing the wrong drivers for a videocard or rebooting before driving installation could be complete.
Bad_Pool_Caller -caused by faulty or incompatable hardware driver, particulary when upgrading Windows XP
Pfn_List_Corrupt - caused by defective RAM
Machine_Check_Exception - a bad CPU or a too aggressive overclocked or under powered or faulty power supply

These are just a few tools to help you better understand what's going wrong.

Download Links
Driver Cleaner

Memory Test

Speedfan

Prime95

Google
Microsoft knowledge Base
Event ID Errors

News, Weather & Sports for Free on your Handheld

Pocket Express is now free for your handheld device. No need to pay extra for service you now can get for free.

LogMeIn for Pocket PC

If you have a Pocket PC and are looking for a convenience software to be able to login to your computer while your away. LogMeIn is for you. It has a subscription service fee, but you can do with out it and go for the basic. This software will get you what you want and take you one step ahead on the things you now can do.

Kazaa to Pay 100 Million

After ongoing lawsuits. Kazaa sadly now has to cough up 100 million dollars to settle it's illegal file swapping downloads and like Napster is being forced on going legit.
You have to give Kazaa credit for surviving longer than Napster. And at least the company can continue and move in a honest direction.

Private Disk

If security is a main concern for you. You might want to check out Private Disk. It creates a virtual encrypted disk on top of your Windows folder structure. They are highly encrypted and are password protected. It so portable that you can even throw it onto a thumb drive.

Handy Recovery

If your looking for a cheap file recovery software. Look no more for $30- you can easily retrieve a file that was in your system as long as you don't overwrite anything.

Build your own 5.25' bay console

If your building your computer and looking to build a custom bay for your PC. Then this link should be of some use. It's the perfect size to fit in your PC with a few adjustments. These adjustments can be done with a drill, screw gun and hacksaw.
The only important recipe that you need is some extra time.

Spiceworks

Need the IT software but don't have the money. Well this could be for you.
Spiceworks not only monitors your network but it keeps track of software, patches, low disk space, offline servers and users for free.
The only bad thing is that you'll have to live with the popup ads from there sponsors. Nothing is free but for what it's worth. It's not a bad trade off.

How secure is Greenborder

The software aims to keep internet surfers safe. But with all the new spyware out in the market, who knows how long this company will be able to keep it's promise.
Download a free one year license while supplies last.

Free Download until 9/1

Sony shrinks it's USB drive

Sony has miniaturized the thumb drive so that it's very portable. I am glad that these portable devices are going down in price and that people are making good use of flash drives in there daily lives.

Revolutionary Chip

If this company is right, get ready for a new chip that will do more than any other chip in the market. CPU's will no longer need more Memory, video ram or graphic accelerators. I just hope that it will make CPU's in the future less costly and more productive on doing what they suppose to do. Which is entertain individuals.

Win XP Shutdown Utility

If your PC is always on, then this nice Utility should be setup daily so that your operating system functions correctly each day. Rebooting your PC daily can boost your overall PC performance and prevent system slow downs.

more helpful links

Easy Read

Now when your reading News or information on the web, you can make your life easy but installing Easy Read. It's a simple program the enlarges and reduces web pages for you guessed it Easy Reading.

Jobs for Couples

If your married or have a significant other who you just enjoy working together.
This is an interesting website to see. It's the employment site for couples who work together. It's not for everyone but you have the opportunity to at least enjoy seeing each other on a regular basis.

Helio for MySpace

If your a MySpace fan here the ideal phone for you. It's Helio. Has all the perks a regular cell phone will give you and you can even view MySpace profiles, read comments, read blogs and send and reply to email. The only thing it lacks is Bluetooth technology and voice dialing. Otherwise the phone is extremely sharp for MySpace fans.

VOIP 510-USB

Plantronics is taking steps to further our VOIP connections. It's new bluetooth headset will make it easy for people to connect hands free and experience the exciting world of VOIP. Get ready for the new tomorrow.

Verizon Family IN Network

If you have Verizon Wireless cell phone service and want to know if a member of your family or friend is in the Verizon network just use this link and click on Check if your friend & Family on IN and it will tell you if the number your calling is in the Verizon Wireless network. Making it easy for you to know what plan you need if your upgrading and where your minutes go, while using your wireless cell phone.

Dell's New XPS M2010

Dell is rethinking on being just a regular computer company. It's taking the computer and changing the concept of what a computer should look like. With a Bluetooth removable keyboard, a carry case and weighing 18.3 pounds it packs everything needed that's been around for some time. Take a look at the new Dell and be amazed what they are doing. Hopefully this is the start of something better to come from a company who is unique.