Have you ever forgot to put a word document on a flash drive? Well, I have. When I heard about google docs, I was amazed at what it can do. Google Docs is like another word processor but just online. Some of its features are: that it's secure, it can be edited when ever you want, and it can be edited by people who you choose. Check this out here.
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We are all connected to our cell phone and it is probably right next to you at this moment. But not all of us have internet on us. Lets say your out and about and you want to know the weather or want to see the score of the recent game. You can just text Google. [ "Text message your search query to 466453 ("GOOGLE" on most devices) and we'll text message back your results."] Yes it is that simple. I use it all the time for weather and movies. Want more info? Here is the link.
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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Have you tired calling big companies and there is an automated response machine? Yes! Pssssh! Well I know I have. This website can give you customer service shortcuts. So basically, it would be like jumping ahead in line. Check this website out.
Difficulty Level: Easy
We always want to find the lowest prices. It doesn't matter where you shop. Online we look through a lot of websites trying to find where we can get the best deal. There is a Firefox add-on that i love. Its called The Invisible Hand. This add-on pops a bar on the top of your browser displaying where you can get that product cheaper. It doesn't matter what site you are on. It will search, compare and pop out the lowest price. Try it and let me know what you think. Here is the link to download it.
Difficulty Level: Very Easy
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Ever wanted to keep a youtube or any other kind of streaming video and save it to your desktop? Well here is a website that will let you do that, it is called keepvid. Just insert the web address and let the website do the rest. How easy is that!!!
Difficulty Level: Very Easy
Many People have been bugged in their browser by those annoying smiley faces that scream when you hover over them and don't you wish there was a way you could just mute those sounds? In windows 7 you can. You can control each application's sound individually. Just left click on the sound icon in the lower right hand corner of your screen and then click on mixer. There, you will have the option to control each application's sound individually.
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Tigerdirect is a technological internet super store. So, what doesn't Tigerdirect have? Well of course Tigerdirect has everything related to technology. For example: computers, accessories, camcorders, cameras, GPS, and much more. The majority of the time you can get free shipping on your orders. So need to buy tech stuff, go right on over to tigerdirect.com.
Difficulty Level: Very Easy
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Hard drives have become cheap recently that we have bought high-capacity drives. Consequently, we have stored so many valuable pictures, videos, financial information, etc. Also, I bet you have heard a lot about backing up ( i hope you are!) . But have you thought if... suddenly your hard drive failed! That's why we back up. Carbon Copy Cloner is a free app that backs up an exact copy of Snow leopard(or older mac OS).
Difficulty Level: Easy
Windows back up tip coming soon!
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Have you ever said, "Oooooops, I shouldn't have deleted that file"? Well, I have. I have used this program to recover a lost file, that i accidentally deleted. This program recovers any lost files from your computer, ipod, flash drive, etc. Also, this program can securely delete any files that you want to be deleted forever. Come check it out here.
Difficulty Level: Easy
We have always wanted to find an easy way to have to split two windows. Windows 7 has granted that but let's think outside the box. Have you thought about splitting two tabs in Firefox? If you are running Firefox you can download an add-on called Split Browser. Just install it and you will have the capability of split tabs. Click here to download the add-on.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Want to sing a song but don't know the words to it, well there is a media player that displays live lyrics. ALSong is a free media player that can find the song lyrics, plays most of the music formats, and you can listen to web radio. Want to download it, click here.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Sometimes you want to upgrade your ram and do not know what kind of motherboard you have. Sometimes you want to see you battery info. Sometimes you want to see what application are installed. With LookatmyPc you can do just that. It free and gives you a custom report of your system and more.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Well, if you've wondered what you've done throughout your computer time, but have no time to track what applications you've used, Manic Time is a good program out there. This program does it for you, it tracks your computer usage, used applications, and can tag your time by organizing the things you accomplished throughout the day. Just give it a try by clicking here.
Difficulty Level: Easy
I bet you have struggled with your itunes songs and have had those miserable headaches where it's all a mess. The titles are all wrong, genres are off, artwork is funky. This tip will blow your socks off because this fixes that in a snap. Pollux is here to stay. This is not free but it comes close to free at $10 a year. The only negative, is that it's for mac but the windows version is on its way. Join their mailing list to get notified here when it arrives. Remember before trying this out back up your library.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Don't want your family to see a folder with your secrets in it! Well here is a way so you can hide your files. Just download the program from WinMend-Folder-Hidden. Once you hide the folder('s) it will remain hidden until you unhide it using the valid password.
Difficulty Level: Easy
We all know students in College are always on a budget. It's expensive to buy books, pay classes, and have a dorm. Sometimes we over think that we can ask for students discounts. It does not hurt to ask. Here are some links to Big Tech companies who give student discounts.
Apple- store.apple.com/us/browse/home/education_routing
Microsoft- www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal
Staples - http://www.stapleshighered.com/education/docs/value-discount.asp
Your school book store!
Difficulty Level: Very Easy
Have you ever wanted an easy way to eject your USB device? Believe it or not there is a way. Run the program and it will detect all your USB devices and you just select the one you want to eject and it's done. That's how easy it is. Want to give it a try, just download it from http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector.
Difficulty Level: Very Easy
Have you ever wanted to insert an image or Rss feed in your Gmail signature? There is a little work around because Gmail does not allow this. Using the "canned responses" in the Gmail labs you manually can select a "canned responses" (your Signature) and have it appear at the end of the email. Here are some simple steps...
1.) Go to Gmail and go to the settings link in the upper right hand corner
2.)Look for the "labs" tab. When you click the labs link you will be presented with many options.
3.) Scroll down till you see the Canned Responses
4.) Click enable and scroll all the way down to save your changes.
5.) Now click on Compose message and create your Signature. This is where you insert your icons, images, etc..
6) When your done, go right of the Attach a file link and you will see a "canned responses" link. CLick...
Click and save your "New canned response..."
and put a name(title) to your signature.
Your set!! Now every time you want to send an email with your signature make sure your cursor is at the end of your message and click "canned responses" and select the signature.
Have you ever wondered if there was a tool that can optimize and clean your computer? Well there is a tool called CCleaner. It can erase built up temporary and useless files from Internet Explore, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Google Chrome. It can also clean your registry. Want to give it a try, go to http://www.ccleaner.com/
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Faxes are becoming a thing of the past and now people are sending PDF's back and forth. Now you wish there was an easy way to fill a PDF out or maybe sign one. Well, FillAnyPDF does that trick. You can upload your PDF, edit it, and send a link to someone else to view it. It easy and secure with 128-bit SSL encryption. Give it a try its useful and productive. FillAnyPDF
Difficulty Level: Beginner