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Damien Oh is the owner and chief editor of Make Tech Easier

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Daily Tech Deals (3rd Mar 2011)

By | March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Are you looking to buy your next tech toys, computers, laptops, accessories or any other tech stuffs? Are you spending all your time and efforts comparing different sites just to find out the best deal in town? Look no further, we have scoured the web to locate the best tech deals for you.

Computers & Peripherals:

16.4” Sony VAIO VPCF1390X Intel Core i7-740QM Quad-Core Laptop (4GB/320GB) for $869.00 plus free shipping (normally $999).

Dell XPS 8300 Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Quad-Core Desktop PC w/ 22in LCD Monitor for $899.99 plus free shipping (normally $1426 – use coupon code: LM?BF7P$FR9KCK).

Dell XPS 8300 Intel Core i5-2300 Sandy Bridge 2.7GHz Quad-Core Desktop PC for $749.99 plus free shipping (normally $1147 – use coupon code: LM?BF7P$FR9KCK).
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How to Convert Mac Font (dfont) to Windows Compatible Font (ttf)

By | February 28, 2011 | 3 Comments

dfontsplitter-logoIf you are a designer and always switch between Mac and Windows, you will find that some of the beautiful fonts in Mac are not available in Windows. Even when you copy the font over, the Windows system does not recognize the font and can’t register it to the system. The reason is because those fonts are in dfont format which can only be used in Mac. To get it working in Windows (or Linux), you have to convert the dfont to TrueType format (ttf).
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Weekly Wrap-up: Google Declares War Against Content Farms Edition

By | February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

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This week, we show you how to increase your iPhone battery life with JuiceDefender, keep track of Google Apps activities in the system tray, limit application CPU usage in Windows, remotely control kTorrents, access network files from your iPad and many more…
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What is Thunderbolt Technology And How It Can Benefit You [MTE Explains]

By | February 26, 2011 | 8 Comments

thunderbolt-logoYou may have heard that Apple has recently refreshed their Macbook Pro product line and the latest arrival comes with a new port, known as the Thunderbolt technology.

What is Thunderbolt technology

I am sure you must have heard of and used a USB port before (unless you are still using a 486MHz PC). A USB port allows you to plug in a device to your computer and instantly access it from the system. Each USB port only allows one device (while you can use a USB hub to extend it to support multiple devices, it is still theoretically a one-one connection) and everytime you buy a new laptop, you have to wonder how many USB ports it comes with. Thunderbolt eliminates all these problems and adds a new dimension to how you connect your external devices to your computer.
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How to Install VLC-Shares In Ubuntu And Stream Videos to Android

By | February 25, 2011 | 33 Comments

vlc-shares-android-mainVLC, without a doubt, is the best media player around. Not only is it able to play almost any file format, it is also able to stream audio/video from the Web and transcode on the fly. VLC-share is a web implementation of VLC streaming and transcoding that allows you to stream (and transcode) your videos to your WII Media Center (WIIMC) or Android phone. Just think of airplay for Android and you get VLC-Shares.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to get VLC-shares up and running in your Ubuntu machine. VLC-shares is available for Windows as well and the installation and configuration instruction is pretty easy and straightforward, so we will not touch on that.
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Daily Tech Deals (25th Feb 2011)

By | February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Are you looking to buy your next tech toys, computers, laptops, accessories or any other tech stuffs? Are you spending all your time and efforts comparing different sites just to find out the best deal in town? Look no further, we have scoured the web to locate the best tech deals for you.

Computers & Peripherals:

16.4” Sony VAIO VPCF134FX/H Intel Core i7-740QM Quad-Core Laptop w/ Blu-Ray for $849.00 plus free shipping (normally $1199).

15.6” Samsung RF510 Intel Core i7-720QM Quad-Core 15.6in Laptop (4GB/640G/USB 3.0/NVIDIA Geforce 330M) for $799.99 plus free shipping (normally $949).

15.6” Gateway NV79C48u Intel Core i5-480M 2.66GHz 15.6in Laptop (4GB/640GB) for $599.99 (normally $699).
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How to Limit Application CPU Usage In Windows

By | February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment

processtamer-mainPreviously, when we discussed the way to limit CPU usage of any process in Linux, many of you were asking how you can achieve the same effect in Windows. So here is it, the way to manage your application CPU usage in Windows.

There are several ways that you can do so, but the easiest way I have found is via the use of Process Tamer.
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Flexamail Lets You Surf The Web In Your Inbox

By | February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment

flexamail-logoThere are so many software in the World Wide Web and the last thing that we will need is to have yet another email inbox to check. However, if you have difficulty surfing the Web, accessing your Twitter or Facebook, and you can’t kick those habits, Flexamail has got one of the best solution around, by allowing you to access them all in your inbox.

Flexamail is an email sevice, yet it is not the email service that you use to check for mail everyday. Sound confusing? To make it more explicit, Flexamail is a web service that can send your Web content, Twitter or Facebook update to your personal inbox. All you need to do is to send an email to the respective Flexamail email account and it will automate the process for you.
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Daily Tech Deals (22nd Feb 2011)

By | February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Are you looking to buy your next tech toys, computers, laptops, accessories or any other tech stuffs? Are you spending all your time and efforts comparing different sites just to find out the best deal in town? Look no further, we have scoured the web to locate the best tech deals for you.

Computers & Peripherals:

15.6” Acer Aspire AS5552-5898 AMD Phenom II Triple-Core N830 2.1Ghz Laptop (4GB/500GB/Win7) for $399.99 plus free shipping (normally $499).

14” Toshiba Satellite L645-S4104 Intel Core i3-380M 2.53GHz Laptop (4GB/500GB) for $499.99 plus free shipping (normally $679).

14” Lenovo G460 Intel Core i5-480M 2.66GHz Laptop (4GB/500GB/Win7) for $569.00 plus free shipping (normally $899 – use coupon code: USPG9X0210).
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Weekly Wrap-up: IE9 Downloaded 2 Million Times In A Week Edition

By | February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

ww19-ie-logoThis week, we show you how to access all Google Services in a single click, save attachment from Gmail for Android, view past notifications in Ubuntu, manage multiple windows with Aquasnap, connect to an Exchange account in iPhone and many more…
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