Customize Windows 7 Power Button Action

The “Shut Down” button in Windows 7 can be customized with another action, if you use shut down action very rarely, but you more often restart it or put it on hibernate.To change the action of shutdown button, Right click the Start Button, go to Properties and choose the „Power Boot Action” to do whatever you want, from the given options. It will give you a drop down list amongst following option to select from.Switch user Log off Lock Restart Sleep Hibernate Shutdown Now the button at Start Menu would change and perform the action as selected...

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Free E-Reader Blio Announces September 28th Launch Date

The battle of the e-readers is about to get a new contestant. K-NFB just announced that their anticipated Blio e-reading program will launch on September 28th for Windows. Android and iOS systems (iPhone, iPad, etc) will follow soon thereafter. Blio has several key selling points. Downloading the reader itself is free, and K-NFB has promised that there will be a million free titles available at the time of launch. Blio is a full color reader and can fully preserve a book’s layout and format, allowing you to read it the same way it was printed or to restructure it for easier access on mobile devices. The e-reader supports note-taking,...

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Wortmann announces Windows 7-powered 10-inch tablet PC

Wortmann is jumping onto the tablet train too and will later this month be releasing the Terra Pad 1050, a 850 grams tablet PC based on Intel's Pine Trail platform which runs Windows 7 Home Premium.The mobile device has a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) multi-touch screen, a 1.66 GHz Atom N455 processor, GMA 3150 integrated graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 32GB solid state drive, a webcam, WiFi (3G is optional), and two USB ports.The Terra Pad 1050 has a base price tag of €529 and will be backed by a two-year warranty...

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PhotoJoy – An Amazing Tool to Customize Your Desktop

PhotoJoy offers you brand-new ways to display and enjoy your personal photos on your computer desktop. PhotoJoy displays your photos within PhotoToy Widgets, animated 3D Photo Screensavers, and Wallpaper Collages, all made up of 3D graphics, modern images and designs, and beautiful scenery.PhotoJoy makes viewing all of your personal photos a real pleasure. We all have many digital photos stored on our computer that are easily forgotten with time. The best part about PhotoJoy is that it brings your photos back to life by displaying them on your desktop in unique ways, so you can enjoy them every day. You may also select professional...

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Clickfree Wireless backup drive up for grabs in the US

Clickfree's latest backup solution, which is claimed to be the "world's first backup product that backs up every PC and Mac without having to be plugged into the computers," has become available in the US and can be purchased from its maker's site for $180. The Clickfree Wireless packs a 500GB hard drive, has a USB 2.0 interface and utilizes the BackupLink technology to automatically backup data from multiple systems (Windows or Mac OS-based) that are connected to a specific router. This device does not require any software installation on the backed-up PCs so even less technical users can have it set up quickly and easily. Those interested...

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Get ShineSoft DVD Ripper Free License Now!

DVD Ripper is an easy and powerful tool with high speed for ripping which normally cost around 29.95$.Now you can get the software for free as part of Thanksgiving Day Giveaway by ShineSoft. It converts DVD to many other formats (such as HD video, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, DIVX, Xvid, FLV, 3GP) and supports DVD – 9, DVD – 5, DVD folder, IFO file and ISO file. It also extracts audio from the DVD movie to convert it to MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, AC3, OGG, AIFF, M4A, etc. Besides, it is a excellent editing tool. You can cut the segments from the movie to merge them into a complete video, and it will help you to capture pictures from the movie, set the language...

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Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta Now Available for Android Users

Opera Mobile 10.1 is now available for Android users in beta format via Android Market, the official applications storefront for Android users. While Opera Mini has been available for Android for quite some time now, Opera Mobile offers a more complete browsing environment with text and graphics that are natively rendered on Android devices rather than on a server like on Opera Mini. Opera Mobile supports pinch to zoom, a feature that was lacking in the Mini edition, and YouTube playback. The browser doesn’t quite support full hardware acceleration yet according to an early review on Android Police. According to the Android-centric blog,...

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Get MacX Video Converter Pro License Key

MacX Video Converter Pro is a professional high quality video converter that is built with 420+ Audio/Video codecs and provides multi-track HD video support. The program can convert video among various popular formats including MKV, M2TS, AVCHD, H.264/AVC, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, 3GP and can also create VOB file from various video segments/parts. Key Features:Convert Videos to Apple Device, Media Players and YouTube. Make 1:1 DVD Copy Create Vob File from Videos YouTube Video Downloader and Converter on Mac Trim Video Segment from DVD or Video Capture Picture and Extract Audio from DVD and Video Flexible Parameter Setting to Personalize Output...

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Display Multiple Clocks in System Tray

Many users need to keep track of time in multiple time zones, there‟s a nice feature in Windows 7 to help users keep track of time in Multiple Time zones. The feature is multiple clocks in your system tray. This feature can display up to 3 clocks in your taskbar from 3 different Time Zones. Click on the Clock in System trayNext, click on the „Change date and time settings‟ to open Date and Time Window.Click on the tab for Additional Clocks.Here you can add up to two additional clocks .Enter time Zone and Clock Display name.Check the „Show this clock‟ box to enable the clock.Click OK.Hover over the clock and it would show you Time in text for...

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Tango Video Calls Android app Review

The Tango Video Calls Android app is a great way to talk face to face with those people that you love. Features:Video chatting is getting more and more popular ever since Skype made it so common.  You will be able to use this app to have really high quality video calls with your friends and family that have either an Android phone or an iPhone. You can invite all of your friends and family to download the app so you can interact in a fun, new way.  They can just go to the website at tango.me in order to get more information You will be able to use this app with phones that have a front facing camera as well as those that don’t have...

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Check Windows Version

Windows Version tells the exact Build of OS and service Pack you are using. You can simply check it by using Winver Command. Open Run Dialog box by using Win+R and type “Winver” there without quotes. This will bring a Windows which has OS details such as Windows details. Alternatively you can also use the Command prompt to find the information. Type “Winver” in command prompt. It would display all details in command prom...

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Assign Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs

Application can be assigned a shortcut key in Windows 7. The application would launch when the combo of keys is pressed which you entered as the Shortcut Key for that application. To create Shortcut key for any application in Windows 7: 1. Right-click the program icon and select Properties. 2. Select the Shortcut tab 3. Click in Shortcut key textbox 4. Enter the keyboard shortcut for that program. 5. Press OK to exit. 6. Use the Keyboard shortcut combo to launch the application. Like the way i have used a combo of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to launch calculator application other applications can also be launched using Shortcut key...

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Access Jump Lists with the Left Mouse Button

Jump Lists are a new feature in Windows 7 that shows recently used files for a particular application or related tasks to an application. Jumplists can be accessed by right clicking an application icon in Windows 7 taskbar. Although it can be accessed by left clicking an application icon and while holding the mouse click dragging the icon upwards. i.e. Right click and drag the application icon upwards to access jumplists in Windows 7 using Left Mouse button. The more you drag icon upwards the lesser transparency of Jumplist becomes. In above screenshot, case 1 shows when Jumplist invoked through right click and application icon is not dragged...

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Firefox 4 Mobile Beta 2 Released

Mozilla today announced the second beta of Firefox 4 Mobile for Android and Maemo. The software has made substantial process and is now among the most attractive browsers for Android. It scores in performance and HTML 5 compliance tests. iPhone users may be jealous. The first Firefox 4 Mobile Beta was a rather rough release and a browser that was easily trumped by other popular Android browsers such as Dolphin. However, the second beta is a different caliber and is, according to our preliminary test run the fastest mobile browser for Android. Since it is based on Firefox 4, is offers amazing HTML 5 support, which is on par with the desktop version. The...

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Buffalo coming out with more hardware encryption-boasting flash drives

Buffalo Technology is currently readying the release of the RUF2-HSC-T Series of flash drives which enable enhanced data protection thanks to their built-in AES 256-bit hardware encryption system. Set for a late November debut, the drives measure 55 x 8 x 20 mm, weight just 10 grams, have a slide-out USB (2.0) connector, are backed by a one-year warranty and will come in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, priced from $154 to $69...

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LG “Honeycomb” Tablet Release in 2011

Want some news about LG's new Android tablet powerhouse?Last we heard from the Korean tech giant LG, it was scrapping plans for Froyo and looking forward to a more suitable version of Android for their tablets, which a senior official at the company has today clarified to mean Honeycomb, describing it as the "tablet PC-version" of the OS.LG plans right now are to release the 8.9-inch LG Pad in the first quarter of 2011, boasting that it'll come with a dual-core Tegra 2 chip inside -- the release window is said to be for both domestic and overseas markets. LG has not given any official statement about the devices.  Which is interesting.It...

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VIEWSONIC VIEWPAD 7 AND VIEWPAD 10 GET OFFICIAL US RELEASE

ViewSonic has announced US availability and pricing for the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 Android tablets, a week after the 7- and 10-inch slates made their UK debut.  The ViewPad 7 runs Android 2.2 Froyo, while the ViewPad 10 gets Android 1.6 and Windows 7. The ViewPad 7 will be available in late Q4 2010 priced at $479, while the dual-booting ViewPad 10 will drop in Q1 2011 at $629.ViewPad 7 demo: ViewPad 10 demo: ...

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Samsung Nexus Two With Android 2.3

It seems that Samsung will release a new smartphone,Samsung Nexus Two which will have Android 2.3 operating system.I think that Samsung Nexus Two will have at least the same succes as Samsung Galaxy S.The November 8 want to make a surprise perhaps is not so. The Samsung Nexus Two sticks his paw under the door, and it has done in the form of a mobile phone very similar to Samsung Galaxy S. However, the interest of this new edition of the official Google Mobile does not reside only in the cacharrete but, as said in Beauty and the Beast, beauty is also inside.I like this new Samsung Nexus Two.We refer to the operating system. The essence of a Google...

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FlexUPD – 6-inch Flexible Color AMOLED developed by ITRI

Using FlexUPD technology, Taiwan’s’ ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) has created a new 6-inch flexible color AMOLED.The 1mm thick AMOLED display can show images even when folded and will feature a 5cm folding radius, accompanied by 150 units of brightness as well as “unbreakable” construction.According to ITRO, their FlexUPD technology is the most convenient and cost effective way to produce the item for mass production.The FlexUPD will be commercialized soon, and AUO plans to use it for flexible e-reader products “very soon”.Just think about what this kind of technology can be used for?ITRI is finished yet, as they...

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The Best Halloween Apps for your iPhone and iPad

I love Halloween and I love my iPhone and my iPad – so I asked myself the question why can two great tastes, taste great together. What I found is YES, the iPhone & iPad and Halloween are perfect for each other. Here are the Best Halloween Apps for your iPhone and iPad during this Scary Halloween Season. SafetyGoogle Maps – iPhone or iPad (Recommended with iPhone or iPad with 3G)- by Google(link to apple store) Pre-Installed – Plan your trick or treating route for maximum candy collection. This works great if you’re in an unfamiliar neighborhood looking for safe routes with not too much traffic. With iPhone, you can pinpoint your...

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Microsoft releases "Office for Mac 2011"

Microsoft has announced the official release of Office for Mac 2011, the latest version of its office productivity suite which dumps Entourage for Outlook and includes integration with the Office Web apps — the browser-based edition of Office that lets you work with online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote applications. Among other things, Office for Mac 2011 also brings better cross-platform compatibility, speed and performance improvements, as well as the debut of the "Ribbon" menu interface which has been a part of the Windows version since 2007. Office 2011 comes in three different versions: Home and Student, which includes...

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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Now Available

Monday, July 12, 2010, Microsoft unveiled the public beta of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 beta. Available on TechNet, the beta isn’t truly a “public” beta, it’s more of a release to developers. In order to download, you must either select “Developer” or an “IT Professional” job. You can get the service pack in two ways: either through Windows Update you can download the x86 or x64 edition, or you can download the entire stand-alone ISO update. The beta service pack includes a plethora of updates that make your productivity better. There is even word of performance improvements, which Windows 7 is in no dire need of, but...

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