Two Free Multiplatform Tools To Create iBooks

I came to this conclusion after carefully observing my first daughter every day. That’s why I always have a go at help my dearest daughter carry her bag whenever I can. The real equation should be: more subjects means more burden to students, both physically and mentally. And bigger burden also equal to lesser ability to concentrate on the studying. Changing the school curriculum is not an easy job and require years of persistence....

March 3, 2010 · 2 min · 263 words · Nathan Lee

3 Book Recommendation Engines For Quick Book Searches

Related Finding new books to read isn’t always easy. Most commonly, these are integrated in book cataloguing sites likeLibraryThingandGoodReads. The Book Seer The Book Seer is as simple as it gets. On the home page, fill in a book title and author, and hit the button. The server leprechauns will rack their brains for some good recommendations. The left side column is generated by the Firefly collaborative filtering system, rendering the famous Amazon recommendations....

March 2, 2010 · 1 min · 197 words · Teresa Hooper

How To Download All Facebook Photos With Your Tag

One very nice feature of PhotoGrabber is that it is a standalone executable file and requires no installation. When you first initiate the program, you will be presented with a login screen. nudge the largeLoginbutton to be taken to a Facebook authentication page. ClickAllowon the Facebook authentication page which will allow PhotoGrabber to have access to your content. Now that you’ve authorized PhotoGrabber to work with your account, head back to the app....

March 2, 2010 · 1 min · 110 words · Ross Gray

How To Search Emails In Gmail Efficiently

Related When Google launched Gmail they revolutionized emailing. Until then, the focus of email clients and services had been on sorting emails. Google is a search engine. This article shows you how to use all the search options you have within Gmail. This can help to quickly find out an email address. Clicking the text will bring up a menu with advanced search options. These search options combine several operators, such asfrom:,to:,subject:, andin:....

March 2, 2010 · 1 min · 199 words · Lauren Ho

How To Create Your Own Portable App For A Flash Drive

Related Over the past few years, USB thumb drives have become very popular. This is in fact, what most people do with thumb drives–nothing special so far. Sites likePortableAppsactually have pre-packaged applications that you might install directly to your USB drive. Looks like it’s time to learn how to create a portable app for flash drive. The example software I’m going to make portable isAudacity, an open source audio editing program....

March 1, 2010 · 2 min · 292 words · Manuel Holt

The Best Free Audio Recorder For The iPhone

There are more than a few audio recorders for the iPhone and iPod on the market. Like Voice Memo, Blue FiRe has simple and clear start and stop buttons for recordings. But that’s pretty much where the comparisons end. When you launch Blue FiRe, it provides you with a page of instructions to get you started. It also includes a 5-minute recording of instructions that explains its other features. you might set up the feature to detect sounds at a certain threshold level....

March 1, 2010 · 2 min · 234 words · Aaron Wallace

The Truth About the Stalker Tracker on Facebook

Now, this isn’t to say that there wasneversuch a feature offered by Facebook. In a very short time frame, the app was removed from Facebook due to serious privacy concerns. Are There Any Facebook Profile Trackers That Work? It was called the Facebook StalkerCheck. We dont know what has happend, but are trying to get contact whit someone from the facebook office. The group was totaly gone this morning. We have now restarted the group....

March 1, 2010 · 2 min · 252 words · John Thompson

2 Great Thunderbird 3 Notes Addons To Increase Your Productivity

Related How do you keep your notes? Do you stick them to your monitor or do you scribble them onto a notepad? Notes are a quick and easy way to keep track of random, but significant thoughts and ideas. They can also help you to remember important phone number, things you should probably get done or appointments. The difficult part is to keep your notes organized and not forget about them....

February 28, 2010 · 2 min · 317 words · Dana Mccarty

Your Guide to Ubuntu Repositories and Package Management

Everything is taken care of for you. That being said, there are things that are not completely obvious to starters. Most Linux distributions that are aimed at average users have a package management tool. RedHat and Fedora have RPM, Debian/Ubuntu/Mint has APT, Arch has Pacman and so on. Choosing one to have a detailed look at, it would be APT package management in Ubuntu. So here we go: Repositories There are tons of software utility and tools available in Linux....

February 28, 2010 · 2 min · 369 words · Juan Reyes

Fotobabble

Related How cool would a talking postcard be? It pinches the pocket, but the affection effect is enormous. I don’t think talking postcards have caught on yet. But just as video has its own place, so does a photo. And isn’t there something timeless about a memorable photo - something which moving images cannot evoke. Now, what if we add our own babble to our photos… Web services like Yodio and Voxpix, which we have covered earlier, cater to this niche....

February 27, 2010 · 2 min · 301 words · Rachel Webb

7 Simple Steps to an Awesome Minimalist Desktop

Related Is your desktop cluttered with icons? Do you keep searching for shortcuts or documents among the dozens of icons on your desktop? And when was the last time you changed your wallpaper? The desktop is the first thing you see when you log into your account. This article shows you how to create an awesome minimalist desktop in 7 easy steps. Empty, except for the Recycle Bin. Hide Recycle Bin...

February 25, 2010 · 3 min · 467 words · Shane Neal

How To Setup Wake On LAN Using The MAC Address

This is cross platform and can potentially work onanycomputer. This is called Wake On LAN. It may also be known asRemote Wake-UporRWU. Before we begin, we should go over the system requirements for using Wake On LAN. Motherboards with an embedded Ethernet controller which supports Wake-on-LAN do not need a cable. The MAC address is a unique address given to your online grid adapter or NIC. To find your MAC address, you’re able to dig into your internet adapter’s properties....

February 25, 2010 · 1 min · 151 words · Melissa Bishop

Why I Decided To Make Google My Home Page and Never Looked Back

Since I decided to makeGooglemy home page in 2003, I’ve never really thought of switching. Portals suck Technology is hard to keep up with, let alone predict. Web portals were supposedly going to be everyone’s homepage of choice. If you’re not sure what a web portal is, check outAOLorMSN. Besides the Google logo and a few small links to other services, Google.com is clean. This cleanliness is the main reason I made Google my home page....

February 24, 2010 · 2 min · 260 words · Nathaniel Lloyd