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March 14th, 2007

And who doesn’t need to type faster?

In this day and age (man is that a tired phrase) typing is key.  Remember all those people who you laughed at for taking typing in high school (now called “keyboarding”)?  Who’s laughing now?
I sorta touch type.  My dad taught me the “home row” and after years of practice, I’m not too bad.  I certainly […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 13th, 2007

gSyncit brings Google Calendar and Outlook together

Like Google Calendar but use Outlook to manage your day?  That’s my problem too.  Looks like there might a solution in gSyncit:
This Outlook plug-in supports one-way or two-way synchronization (you can go Google-to-Outlook, Outlook-to-Google or both) and works manually or automatically. After installing the program, look for a new two-button toolbar in Outlook; click the […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 6th, 2007

Psst, a new version of ClearContext is available and a Vista gadget too

It does pay to read your feeds!  Today Brad has this great announcement:
Regular readers of the weblog may have noticed that posting has been light the last couple of months.  Work on our v3.1 release has kept us busy.  I’m pleased to finally come up for air and offer all of you early access to […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 6th, 2007

Tappity, a way to find stuff on the go

Don’t know about you, but when I’m out and about, the number of times I need to find some info on something is just nuts.  Usually I’d just hop online and do some quick searches.  Well, that isn’t always fun, even on my Blackberry.  I’m going to check out this Tappity service and see how […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 5th, 2007

Online file format converter reviewed

It happens to all of us.  We get a file from someone and it isn’t in a format you can use.  Or the reverse where you want to send a file to someone and they don’t have x application.  Maddening as it is, there are ways to deal with this.  For simple stuff sometimes you […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 5th, 2007

SuperGenPass another secure password generator

From Google Operating System comes another password generator:
Yesterday I suggested some ideas to keep your passwords secure. In the comments, Thunder Rabbit pointed to a very simple solution to generate secure passwords, without having to remember them. SuperGenPass is a bookmarklet (a bookmark consisting mostly of JavaScript code) that uses a master password as a […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

February 26th, 2007

Advanced WindowsCare Professional for Free Today Only

As you know I’ve been battling with fixing a machine for Lorraine’s bosses since Friday.  Sunday I thought it was licked and well I was wrong.  Still getting Blue Screen of Death, still unstable (rebooting and shutting down randomly).  I was getting really worried.  If I couldn’t keep the machine stable, then I couldn’t even […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments

February 20th, 2007

Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007, and it’s still free

Last year Microsoft released Virtual PC 2004 as a free download.  At the time I didn’t see much point.  Today Microsoft announced it’s successor Virtual PC 2007 and, yes, it’s still free.  Yeah you might be wondering about Microsoft’s motives in all this.  So was Wired and this is what they had to say:
For the […]

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February 20th, 2007

Mindsystems ThemeReader–An exciting new add-on for MindManager

 I got an e-mail from Tom Hodgers today.  Remember him?  Yeah he was one of our contest winners.  It sounds like Tom has been getting into MindMager and told me about a really cool new MM add-on called ThemeReader.  Here is how Mindsystems describes it:
Mindsystems ThemeReader™ is the latest edition to the MindManager® family of […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

February 16th, 2007

Cozi, family software that has office applications too

I saw Cozi on Download squad this week:
Through Cozi users can access their family calendar, schedules, and notes information that are stored in the family’s personal system, even when they are on the go. Reminders can be sent out and accessed by any PC or mobile phone you choose. This sounds like the ultimate family […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments