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I love my friends, and I love helping them. But God knows they’re not all that great with following along with my tech support advice over the phone. You know exactly what I’m talking about and it gets frustrating for you too I bet. Well, after my last Make Use Of article, I had a [...]
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Windows Mobile 6 is my mobile OS of choice (sorry Blackberry fans, I really hate the closed-source nature of the Blackberry!). I keep all of my contacts synced to it via ActiveSync and basically keep my life organized with it. Via Twitter I heard someone talking about My Mobiler… so I had to check it [...]
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Quick look at 3 different applications for accessing your music library directly from mobile phone. IMPORTANT: All listed services are FREE, however depending on your mobile plan data transfer fees may apply. I recommended that you contact your mobile carrier and find out about your ‘data transfer’ charges before going with any of the below [...]
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Remote desktop access is nothing new – Windows has had it for years – but as with everything else, Microsoft is rapidly losing the monopoly by smaller companies determined to bring out their own alternatives. One such alternative is Crossloop. I have been watching Crossloop for a while and so far I have been extremely [...]
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A list of useful mobile apps that bring excellent features to your phone. Enjoy! 1 UnwiredBuyer – Receive last minute eBay notifications and place bids directly from your mobile. Definitely a must-have for every eBay junkie. (US and Canada). Video Demo. 2. Soonr – Need to access your PC directly from the handset? Enter Soonr, [...]
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Microsoft as a company is not usually associated with cool and free products. In that sense, Google is way ahead, it has Gmail, Google Reader, Calendar, Google Docs and dozens of other useful services. Nonetheless, there are a bunch of FREE Microsoft tools that are definitely worth a look. While some of them are yet [...]
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Here you go, free and easy-to-setup screen-sharing and remote-access tools. There are several ways you can benefit from these apps: (1) Remote-Control: Help out your friend or mom with PC problems remotely, (2) Screen-Sharing: Collaborate on running programs and documents with friends. (3) Remote-Access: Access your PC files from work, school, etc. Screen-Sharing and Remote-Collaboration [...]
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I have learnt about LogMeIn in September issue of PC World. I decided to review it as soon as I saw it. This one is especially handy for me as most of my non-techie female friends once in a while ask me to help them out with PC problems. By using Logmein service I can [...]
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