Tag: Software

The Sony Ericsson phone, Christmas and O2

The Sony Ericsson phone, Christmas and O2

| December 31, 2011 | 0 Comments

Back in November I purchased a Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro Android phone as my daughter’s Christmas present. O2 had a limited offer on it at the time where you got an additional £20 voucher with it, so I snapped it up. When I received it, I took the phone out of the box, put [...]

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Run Android Apps under Windows 7

Run Android Apps under Windows 7

| October 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

At only an BlueStacks is a way to run Android Apps on Windows 7. Simply download their software and, once installed, an Android logo will appear on your desktop as a gadget. Click on this to show a number of pre-installed gadgets. More, but not a huge selection, are also available on the BlueStacks website. The [...]

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Binverse – search and download files from Usenet

Binverse – search and download files from Usenet

| October 8, 2011 | 0 Comments

For those that haven’t come across before, it’s a discussion and sharing system that’s been around since the 1980′s. As you can imagine, quite a lot of content has built over that time and so a product named Binverse has come along to help you easily find what you’re looking for. It’s a commercial product costing [...]

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EaseUS Partition Master 9.0 Professional Edition

EaseUS Partition Master 9.0 Professional Edition

| September 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

A couple of years ago I published a review of the home edition of EaseUS Partion Master . At the time I rated it as an excellent alternative to the more well-known brands.Now at version 9, I thought it was time to re-visit the software. First of all, I should state that my original negative points have now been resolved. The GUI [...]

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21 free Amazon Kindle software

21 free Amazon Kindle software

| July 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

My mum already has one and I know my wife won’t mind one either. The Amazon Kindle is a rather remarkable device – it’s superb for reading books at a really good price. I love the idea of eInk and I think those people who think iPads are just as good have obviously not used one for [...]

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Pogoplug Software

Pogoplug Software

| June 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

I’ve reviewed the Pogoplug hardware in the past, but now it’s time to review the actual desktop software. Why? Because with the recent version 3 release it can be used independently, offering a number of new features. The new Pogoplug software then allows you to share files across your computers – not just those attached to a physical Pogoplug [...]

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Soluto

Soluto

| March 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

Soluto calls itself “anti-frustration software”. A free program for Windows, and still in Beta, Soluto analyses your PC’s startup process and recommends solutions. It’s been out for a few months now and I’ve been trying it on a number of computers, running XP and Windows 7 64-bit. All work without an issue. You install it [...]

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iToolSoft DVD Ripper

iToolSoft DVD Ripper

| October 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

iToolSoft produce a wide range of ripping and conversion software. And, at the moment, they are giving away their popular DVD Ripper software – it’s 100% clean of viruses, etc, and is restriction free. It’s a 15.5 MB download and 60.9 MB once installed. It’s quick to start and uses it’s own GUI, rather than the [...]

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Add FileHippo Updates to your WordPress Sidebar

Add FileHippo Updates to your WordPress Sidebar

| October 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

Ok, you can add this wherever you want, but it looks particularly nice in your sidebar. FileHippo provide a handy way to return a list of their latest software updates in JavaScript format and I was able to get a nice result with just the following code… <li><h2>Latest Software Updates</h2> <script language=”JavaScript” src=”http://www.filehippo.com/en/rss2/?format=js&icons=0″ type=”text/javascript”></script> </li> Note [...]

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Pogoplug : Amazing Offer & iPad App

Pogoplug : Amazing Offer & iPad App

| September 10, 2010

The rather excellent Pogoplug can now be found , for a limited time, for the rather amazing price of £49.99, only available at Firebox] a . Additionally, today the Pogoplug iPad app is available for free in the iTunes App Store! The new app offers full Pogoplug functionality on the Apple iPad. Users can now access and share their files [...]

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