Power Wasters Solutions

If you have a power waster device, and want to consume electricity the following items will help you save electricity the smart way. They either power electricty off or cut off power in the off mode.


Bits Limited Smart Strips
Legrands's Isole Plug
Belkin Conserve Surge Protector

Kill a Watt EZ

Here a some of Kill A Watt EZ power waters results. So if you ever wondered how much power these items were consuming a year. Here is the results as per PCWorld.com

These costs may vary:

cable box - $10.33 a year
old CRT TV set - $5.16 a year
VCR - $3.10 a year
Desktop Computer - $6.20
Laptop - $2.06
LCD Computer monitor - $1.03
Wireless Router - $4.13
DSL modem - $5.16
External USB hard drive - $2.06
Computer Speaker - $5.16
Inkjet Printer - $4.28
DVD Player - $3.60
Powered subwoofer - $3.60

Want to save energy visit the Energy Department

Full Page Bookmarks

It's similar to Delicious but differ with gallery of images that you can comment and share with friends. If you love to share your bookmarks, I suggest you take a look at qitera.

Used PC's for XP Copies

There have been recent sales jump of used computer's in the market for their old copies of Windows XP. Since most companies are upgrading to Vista their hardwares need to be upgraded to keep up with their performance. So buying a new PC with Vista preloaded is a must.
But old user's who still have XP licenses benefit because of compatibility issues that Vista still yet has to resolve.
So if your in the market for an XP license, and can't afford a new computer. Buying a used computer from a reliable source would be a great benefit.

Vista SP2 with Blu-Ray Burning Features

Yes Vista SP2 when available will give you the opportunity now to burn Blu-ray disks without any additional software, similar to the way you now burn regular CD's and DvD's. How better the software will be against third party software depends on Microsoft and time will tell.

Windows Cookies Shortcut

Want to access Windows Cookies.
Here are a few shortcuts to make your life simple

Search Method
Go to Start -> Search -> All Files and Folders in ALL type cookies and your shortcut Cookie folder should appear.

Run Command
Go to Start -> Run -> type shell:cookies and your Cookie folder should appear.

Acer Lite Broadband Plans

Acer in now incorporating it's laptops with broadband service. Which will open soon special pricing for lite broadband users.
Now they're will be no reason to pay a monthly broadband rate, when you can just pay for the times your just going to use the internet.

Increase Vista File Copy

These helpful links will hopefully increase your file copy speed in Vista. It's a shame that you have to use third party software to make Vista copy files faster.

Fast Copy
Super Copier
Tera Copy

Make Vista or XP Run Faster

This tip will help you increase your computer memory. It all depends if you use these sevices or not. If you do not then the tweak is a plus for users.

XP
Disable Windows Indexing
Goto Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and scroll down to Index servicing and set startup type to Disable.

Vista
Disable Aero Glaaa and Flip3D
Right click on Desktop -> Personalize -> Windows Color and Appearance -> Classic Appearance Properties and set color scheme to Windows Vista Basic

Gmail Offline

A great thing happened to Gmail a few weeks ago when it decided to give user's the opportunity to go offline with it's Gmail service. Gmail now can compete with Microsoft Outlook, side by side.
Now it's all up to Gmail to mimic Microsoft Outlook in the corporate world.

Microsoft Fix It Web Site

I don't know if this is going to work, but at least now Microsoft new website wants to help you fix all of your Windows problems.

ATM hack in 30 Minutes

Who would ever think that a regular ATM would be this easy to hack in just thirty minutes. That's what an investigative report revealed and it's shocking to know that it already occurred.
When it comes to identity theft, nothing is secure.

Cell Phone USB Ranger

The next time you have Cell phone signal problems, you should take a look at the new USB cell phone ranger at TestFreaks. This gadget is a must for cell phone block out areas.

Is Magic Jack A Scam

Well I've already posted my results and for starters it does work. They're are software compatibility problems with the unit. But hopefully in time they will sort these problems out.
Magic Jack is a great deal on the cheap, as long as you can get your computer to make it work.

SATA drives Confusion

Confused on the difference between SATA drives and performance.
Hopefully the confusion will be gone after you read this information from overclock.net

Info: Is there a difference between SATA and SATA2 cables?
There seems to be some confusion about the difference between cables branded as SATA or SATA2. Many companies that produce the cables and even the retailers selling the cables add to the confusion by branding some cables as SATA and other as SATA2. I even have some Thermaltake SATA UV cables that are clearly sold as 150Mb/s maximum transfer rate. It would then make sense that these cables would not be good to use with a SATA2 hard drive that is capable of 300Mb/s transfer speeds.

Before going any farther I do just want to make one clarification. The transfer speeds of 150mb/s and 300mb/s in no way mean that a SATA2 drive is twice as fast as a SATA drive. Current hard drives are not even able to fully utilize the 150mb/s transfer speed. These numbers are more descriptive of burst speed.

Finally on to the cables. There is no difference in maximum transfer speeds between cables labeled as SATA vs. SATA2. The only difference is that most SATA2 cables have a locking mechanism.

I have been in contact with Seagate about this and here are a couple highlights from our correspondence:

Quote:
There is really no such thing as SATA2 cables, SATA2 drives use
industry wide standard SATA data cable. You should be able to use your
drive with the cables that you have in your system.
Quote:
There is no such thing as SATA rated at 150mb/s or rated at 300mb/s. It is
just SATA cable. Don't get confused by the marketing definitions.
Sincerely,

Alexander C.
Seagate Technical Support
In summary, both SATA and SATA2 hard drives can be used with any SATA controller. If the SATA controller can only handle 150mb/s then a SATA2 drive will function as a SATA drive. Also, any SATA cable can be used for either a SATA or SATA2 drive. Both drives and cables are fully interchangeable.

Net BrutScanner

On a network and want to know what folders your sharing. This software takes a peak into you system and tells you what's open.

Windows 7 is six versions

It's amazing how the new Windows 7 is looking more and more like Vista licensing again. Why don't they just name it Vista 2.

Chargepod v2

These little devices just make your life easier to deal with when it comes to charging your various devices.

Seagate Drive Flaws

It's upsetting to see a hard drive company having flaws with it's storage device, when they've been in business for quite sometime.
Can someone at least make a reliable hard drive that can last long enough to appreciate it.

Bluetooth Wireless Camera

This camera is just the beginning. The camera right now can be linked to only one computer with the basic bluetooth range of about 10 to 30 feet, battery life is four hours but can be extended with a usb cable to a personal computer. Not bad for a first time bluetooth product.
Don't expect miracles with this bluetooth camera but do expect to see in the future more bluetooth products being able to do more than just to hook up a wireless ear piece.