Amazon announced today that “Kindle and Kindle app customers can now borrow Kindle books from more than 11,000 local libraries in the United States. When a customer borrows a Kindle library book, they’ll have all of the unique features they love about Kindle books, including Whispersync, which automatically synchronizes their margin notes, highlights and bookmarks, real page numbers, Facebook and Twitter integration, and more.” (more…)
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Speed Up Firefox
Wow! this Works!
Apparently Firefox is scaled for dial-up users and someone has found a way to adjust the pipelining to allow for more simultaneous connections and generally faster speeds.
Amazon Kindle Tablet
What do we know about the Amazon Kindle Tablet?
[Update: we now know this is the Amazon Kindle Fire]
- 7 inch screen
- Available end of November 2011
- To be priced at $250
- Running Android hybrid Operating System
- WIFI only
- No camera
Amazon for Students
Amazon has just released an application for the iPhone as part of their Amazon Student program. The application will allow you to search for textbooks and other products, compare, and buy right from your iPhone. You can also trade in your old textbooks for Amazon gift cards. (more…)
How to Twitter
Jump Right In!
Easy instructions that show you how to Twitter. You already know what Twitter is, and you want to get up to speed quickly. Here we go, let’s jump right in and learn how to twitter!
Setup your Twitter Account
In order to use Twitter you must have an account set up. If you haven’t already got one, go to their website at: www.twitter.com and enter your full name, email address, and password.
On the next page, select a username to use and you’re done! (remember this username is what people will see when they review your tweets. Make it something pertinent and unique to you or your company)
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10 Tech Support Apps for the Samsung Galaxy S
Here’s a selection of Android Apps that will help you get things done faster for your customers or help make you more efficient.
10 Android-based Technical Support applications to tuck in your back pocket. (this article and instructions are based on a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, however these applications should would with any Android based phone): (more…)
Excel 2003 slow opening files over network
Here’s the fix for slowness opening Excel 2003 files over the network.
A customer recently complained that opening Excel 2003 files over the network drive was very slow and seemed to cause Excel to hang. If you took that same Excel file from the network drive and copied it to the local computer drive the slowness went away.
A search for this type of problem revealed a lot of different answers, however here’s the solution that worked for this customer:
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Watching movies with Boxee TV
Yesterday I began to think about moving from the AppleTV in our home, to something else. My AppleTV (running XBMC) has been faithfully playing my DVD’s for a few years, however it’s showing signs of age and stutters when playing HD movies. I didn’t want to get locked into Apple again, so I chose not to upgrade to the newest AppleTV version.
I decided to try out Boxee. (more…)
Inkjet Printer Cartridges are meant to be Replaced!
Here’s a funny experience I had just today.
I went to Staples to return a USB cable that I picked up last week for an emergency and didn’t need after all. It’s not where I would usually buy supplies.
As I’m walking into the store a man is walking out with 2 ink-jet printers in a buggy, heading for his car. Now normally there’s nothing really unusual about that, I mean, they sell printers all the time, right?
This time was different. When I approached the counter the girl behind the till was shaking her head, staring off into space. I said my hellos and plopped the cable on the counter and asked for a return.
“No problem,” she says, “at least you’re not like the last guy”.
Here’s the scoop:
Rootkit Removal Requires Reinstall
There is a new rootkit trojan called “Popureb” that Microsoft says will require you to reinstall your operating system to completely remove this rootkit.
[Update: Microsoft now advises using the Windows Recovery Console, however many security experts still advise a complete re-install for a rootkit removal]
“If your system does get infected with Trojan:Win32/Popureb.E, we advise you to fix the MBR and then use a recovery CD to restore your system to a pre-infected state,” – Chun Feng, Engineer, Microsoft Malware Protection Center. (more…)
