I am sure you don’t move house everyday, but when you do, one of the headache is to decide the layout of your new house. I have recently renovated my house and while everything is in a mess, I have to come up with the layout design of the house. I don’t have the luxury of moving my furniture around and do a trial and error. What I did is to make use of a software call Sweet Home 3D to design my house digitally.
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How to Design Your Own House With Sweet Home 3D
By | October 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
How To Integrate Google Calendar Into Gnome Shell
By | October 4, 2011 | 16 Comments
The most distinct feature in Gnome Shell is the Time/Date applet at the top center of the screen. When clicked, it will popup a window and show you the calendar and all your events. However, if you mostly use Google Calendar to manage your events and tasks, you won’t have much use for this time/date applet. What you can do is to integrate your Google Calendar into Gnome Shell so all your events/appointments/tasks show up in the time/date applet.
Here’s how you do so:
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Gives Your Windows Total Protection With Bitdefender Total Security 2012
By | September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In the past, all you need is an anti-virus software to protect your Windows PC. Now, that is no longer sufficient. You will also need firewall, anti-spyware, anti-malware, parental control etc to get fully protected. Many antivirus companies (such as Norton and McAfee) have transit from providing anti-virus solution to total security suite. Bitdefender is one such company too.
Bitdefender Total Security 2012 is a complete security suite that comes with anti-virus, anti-spam, parental control, privacy control, firewall and many more security and Windows performance boosting features. The software, once installed, runs in auto-pilot mode so you don’t have to deal with tons of configuration options just to get it running.
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How to Install Custom Gnome Shell Themes
By | September 27, 2011 | 7 Comments
It used to be very easy to install custom themes in Gnome 2, but if you have upgraded to Gnome Shell, particularly in Ubuntu Oneiric, you will find that there are not much customization options available for you. While Gnome Shell supports theming, there doesn’t seem to be an option for you to switch to the theme you want. For those who are tired of the default look in your Gnome Shell, here is how you can easily install and switch to a custom theme.
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FLV To MP3 Converter – Free Download, Limited Time Only
By | September 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
The developer of the FLV to MP3 Converter has informed us that they are offering a time limited giveaway of their popular software: FLV to MP3 Converter.
If you are not aware, the FLV format is the most commonly used video format in the web. The FLV format is very popular and used by YouTube, Hulu, VEVO, Yahoo! Video, metacafe, Reuters.com, and many other video & information websites.
FLV To MP3 Converter allows you to extract the audio component of the video and convert it into a MP3 file. Other than FLV, it also supports file formats like MP4, MPG, FLV, WMV, MOV (for input) and MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, and FLAC (for output).
Grab the software while it is still available.
This giveaway will be closed on Oct 25th, 2011.
Today Tech Deals: 500GB Waterproof External Hard Disk Plus Free Shipping, And Many More…
By | September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Looking to buy some computers, peripherals, software and other goodies on a bargain? Look no further than our deal list for discounts on all tech stuff.
We’ve combed the net for the freshest tech deals in town for you to take advantage of. Most of them are time limited. Grab them while they last!
Computers & Peripherals:
500GB A-Data Portable External Hard Drive (Waterproof) for $54.99 plus free shipping (normally $69).
15.6” Acer AS5750-6438 Intel Core i5-2410M Sandy Bridge Laptop (4GB/500GB) for $499.99 plus free shipping (normally $599).
14” Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 Intel Core i5-2410M 2.3GHz Sandy Bridge Laptop for $529.99 plus free shipping (normally $699).
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Add Virtual Desktops To Your Windows With nSpaces
By | September 26, 2011 | 4 Comments
In Linux, it was called “workspaces”. In Mac, it was called “Spaces”. Even with different names, they were referring to the same thing – virtual desktop. And Windows doesn’t come with any by default. Few years back, we have covered several software that can create virtual desktop for your Windows, and nSpaces is yet another useful virtual desktop manager that you can use.
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A Quick Peek At Windows 8
By | September 22, 2011 | 2 Comments
In case you are not aware, Microsoft has released the first developer preview of their Windows 8 for the public to test out. If you do not have the chance to test it out, follow us to see what new features are there and what to expect in the upcoming Windows 8.
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How to Create a Windows 8 USB Boot Disk [Quick Tips]
By | September 21, 2011 | 8 Comments
So you have downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview and wanted to give it a test in your machine. If you are planning to do a clean install, the fastest way is to burn the ISO file into a DVD and boot from it. However, as DVD ROM drive is getting obsolete, more and more PCs now come without the DVD ROM, the next best alternative is to create a bootable USB drive. Here’s how you can do it for Windows 8.
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ZDbox Is A Powerful Toolbox That Keeps Your Android Phone In Good State
By | September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Most of the apps in the Android market only do one thing and do it well. Few of them can combine plenty of features together and do them extremely well. ZDbox is an exception. It comes with plenty of features in one app and allows you to easily maintain your Android phone and keep it in good shape.
Often, we have to install several apps to keep our phone clean and stable. Apps such as App to SD, battery monitor, cache cleaner are examples of apps that we install. Rarely do you find an app that combines all these features into one and still does not take up much memory and resources. Ranging from battery monitoring, traffic bandwidth, task killing, cache cleaning to power control widgets, ZDbox has them all.
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