Verizon All In One Bill

If you have a Verizon All in one bill you should read this article. It can save you money.
What happens is simple. You cancel a Verizon service and years later guess what? You can still be paying for that service. Read the bill carefully and make sure your paying for services you are using. If you don't know what it is just ask?
Otherwise you'll just throwing your money away.

Get More Out of your Router

If you have currently a Linksys or Buffalo router there is good news for you. You can easy tweak your router settings and get your current router to do more.
You first need to know if your router is supported.

For Linksys models it works with:
WRT54G, WRT54GS to ver 4, WRT54GL ver 1 to 1.1, WRT54GS
For Buffalo models it works with:
WHR-G54S, WHR-HP-G54

In Linksys you download the Tomato Firmware and do a firmware upgrade with the Tomato bin file.
In Buffalo it's tricky. You hold down the reset button and hand wire your computer to the router. Edit your TCP properties to 192.168.11.2 and mask 255.255.255.0 with the gateway to 192.168.11.1. Unplug the router power cable for a minute and the power up the router and run the wh4_intall.bat file in the Tomato archive.

Afordable Online Backup

If your looking for an online backup to store your files, photo's and personal documents. Mozy is a pleasant way to go. For $5- a month you get unlimited personal storage, you can't beat that. If your a business user prices vary but it's affordable.
Online storage is a convenient way to make sure you loose nothing and your files are secure.

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Alternate way to download files from Youtube

Youtube is a great, but I just hate it that you can't even download those favorite videos. Here are some software tips to help you keep those Youtube favorites with you.

DVDVideoSoft

Vixy.net

iSquint

Add Folders to the Office Open Menu

Want to make it easy to have quick access to all your documents in office.
Just follow these simple tips and opening files will be a breeze.

1- Open up Office Word and then click file -> open
2- Once the open dialog box opens up. Find the folder that has your files that you want to open quickly and click on -> tools
3- In tools click on -> Add to My Places
4- If you do everything correctly you should see the new folder underneath My Network to the left of the open dialog box. Now everytime you need to retrieve those files quickly. All you have to do is to click on that folder.

Optimize Vista for Bitorrent & eMule

Microsoft did an update on Service Pak 2 to limit TCP connections. What this did was slowed down Bitorrent & eMule downloads.
With the new version of Vista it put greater restrictions so that the Vista Ultimate version has only 25 and the Vista Home edition with just 2.
If anyone wanted to speed up the download for Bitorrent & eMule they would have to seek online tutorials to undo the restrictions.

Here are the steps to optimize your downloads.

1. Download patched tcpip.sys: 64-bit tcpip.sys or 32-bit tcpip.sys.
2. Open command prompt, and run the following 2 commands:

takeown /f c:\windows\system32\drivers\tcpip.sys
cacls c:\windows\system32\drivers\tcpip.sys /G “username”:F

Replace username with the actual user name that is currently being used to log on.

3. Disable the TCP/IP Auto-Tuning feature by running the following command in command prompt:

netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disable

4. For 64-bit Windows Vista (x64), the integrity checks need to be disabled as it needs all drivers to be signed. So run the following command in DOS prompt:

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

5. Replace the tcpip.sys in C:\windows\system32\drivers folder with the patched tcpip.sys downloaded during step 1 (remember to use the correct x64 or x86 version. Normally this procedure can be done by simply logging into Windows Vista with an administrator account. However, if the process fails, reboot the computer and then press F8 to boot up in Safe Mode, and then copy and paste to overwrite the tcpip.sys.

6. Next, the maximum number of TCP half complete connection limit needs to be set in the registry. Open registry editor (regedit), and navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCALL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

7. Right click on the right pane, select “New”, then select “DWORD value”. Enter the new value name as “TcpNumConnections” (without quotes).

8. Double click on TcpNumConnections registry value, and modify the value data to the desired maximum TCP/IP connection limit that you want to allow, in decimal value. For example, enter 500 as the value data for TcpNumConnections. You can use any limit that you prefer. Alternatively, download this registry registration file that when executed, will set the TCP simultaneous connection limit to 16777214 (you can always modify the value in the file or in the registry after applied).

9. Restart computer.

Compliments of TorrentFreak

Get Ready for Firefox 3

While Microsoft is trying hard to convince everyone on buying Vista. Mozilla is getting ready for it's Firefox 3 deployment in beta.
I just hope that this time Mozilla keeps keeps pace with there software bugs and updates so that Firefox will always be ahead of the lame IE 7.

Vista Servic Pak 1

We still have no release date but here are the 100 known fixes already.

Online Desktop

It's an online version of your computer where one can email, surf the web, save documents and photos and do file transfers. There so much one can do you'll find it difficult to believe it's online. It's worth to check out.

Remote Laptop

Want to control your laptop remotely. It's great if you want to use it for Powerpoint, Windows Media Player, playing CD's or viewing DVD's. Now effortlessly you can control your Laptop PC from a distance of one hundred feet away. Plus it has a PCM-CIA card so that you can store your remote at ease. It's the best way to go wireless with a Laptop.

Sima USB Multi Cable with Firewire

If you have more than one portable device and need always a special cable to connect to your laptop for power or file transfer. Take a look at Sima's USB Multi Cable with Firewire. It's like having five cables in one. Don't waste your time forgetting to bring that special cable. As long as the Sima Multi Cable has it, then you can use it.

Vacation Gas Calculator

Planning a road trip this summer. You better estimate how much gas it's going to cost you because prices again will be higher than usual. Maybe your just better off flying or seeking other means of transportation. Prices can vary from place to place, but in the end if your planning a road trip, get ready to dig deeper into your pockets.

State Regional Gas Averages Link

No Mac is Safe

Once again thumb drives are now considered a security threat in the business world. Anyone with the right tools can get into your computer and get a hold of sensitive information. So if you think your computer is a safe guard for all your passwords and information. Think again.
Mac lock pick is only accessible to law enforcement individuals. But in a world with identity theft, anything is possible.

Decrypt iTunes & WMA files

Here are great applications to decrypt your iTunes and WMA files.
Regardless of the legal issues, decrypting your music files saves you headaches on playing music on other portable music players.

For iTunes you need a decrypting software known as QTFairUse6. You can find it on Google and install it. Start iTunes and then run QTFairUse6. If you have problems decrypting files. I've noticed that if you close iTunes and re-open it again. Files will begin decrypting.
Link: QTFairUse6

For WMA you need a decrypting software known as FairUse4. You can find it on Google and install it. But you'll need a version of Windows Media player 9 or 10 for the program to work effectively. Windows Media 11 bypasses the decryption software.
Link: FairUse4

Mobile Broadband Cards

If you currently have a laptop and searching for a broadband card. You'll have a difficult time guessing who has the best peak performance and perks.
If your a traveler, Cingular is the way to go. But for fast upload and download speeds in the U.S., Verizon should be your choice.
Besides the two year required service agreements, you have special rates if your a current subscriber or not. So make sure you read up on the broadband connect service costs. Cards for laptops will run you any where from $50.00 up to $100.00 and can have broadband limits. Verizon for example is changing it's unlimited plan name to limited because it prohibits file sharing.
I don't understand why buying a mobile broadband card should be so difficult.
Carriers should just keep everything standard and keep cost's across the board. What's the point on offering mobile broadband connections if you can't file share. File sharing is your business. I don't hear any complaints when someone goes over their plan minutes so why the sudden cap on mobile monthly limits.
But if you really want to be mobile. Mobile broadband cards are the way to go. I will just wait a little longer until the price drops and caps are removed so that mobile broadband can be my way of life.

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Online Highlighter

I like this neat application of highlightening web content online. Similar to when someone uses a highlighter marker or post-it notes.
You install the program, choose the browser, highlight the information your think that's important and save file, or share the file to others. This makes it easier for anyone to save online content.

Need a Photo Management for Dummies

Kodak EasyShare program is what your looking for when it comes to Photo Management for Dummies. The software is user friendly so that anyone can upload, correct and edit pictures online.
Remember that your photo's are the diary of your life, so remember to keep them alive with Kodak.

Yahoo 2.0 Mobile

Yahoo wants to be a part of everyone's life. That's were Yahoo mobile comes into play. You can setup mews, weather, sports, entertainment, Flickr photos and other widgets to any mobile phone. Since it's free, be prepared to view advertisements.
But free is free.

Solar Cell Bag for your Laptop

I've seen these items lately but there are too pricey and not at their peak performance. They only good to recharge your battery before use. I am not reconsidering in purchasing one until either they make laptops more energy efficient or until these solar cells are able to give anyone their moneys worth. It's about time.

Build an External Hard Drive

Building an external hard drive is simple. But you may want to read this article before hand just so you have an idea what to look for when building an external hard drive.