Archive for April, 2009

How to: Merge several Gmail accounts into one

April 30th, 2009

Elena Santos

As of this morning, I’m the lucky owner of an Android-powered HTC Magic, and though I still haven’t had time to start twiddling with it, I’ve already done some of the necessary arrangements to make the most out of this great device, like merging my three currently active Gmail accounts into one – which will [...]

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How to: Add custom searches to Firefox

April 30th, 2009

Nicholas Mead

There’s nothing more time consuming and tedious as cutting and pasting words into search engines. If you have the Google Toolbar installed in Firefox, do you know that you can create your own custom searches simply by right clicking on a word and selecting the site you’d like to search? Here’s how to:
1. Right click [...]

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How to: tag MP3 files automatically in Winamp

April 30th, 2009

Elena Santos

I admit it: I’m a bit picky when it comes to organization… and this applies to computer files too, especially my MP3s. I like to have my entire music collection organized in folders, one for each album, and with all files perfectly named according to artist and song title. Of course, this means they must [...]

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novaPDF Lite is a PDF creator for Windows that lets users convert any type of printable document to a PDF format.

April 30th, 2009

Giveaway of the Day project team

novaPDF Lite is a PDF creator for Windows that lets users convert any type of printable document to a PDF format.

Main features:

Create private profiles – You can define private printing profiles for future use, each with its own PDF printing settings;
Import/Export profiles – Once defined, printing profiles can be used on other computers where novaPDF Lite is installed;
Merge PDF files – With novaPDF Lite you can append or insert content to an existing PDF file;
PDF/A Compliance – It can create PDF files that are compliant with the PDF/A-1b specification;
Document information – You can include title, author, keywords in your PDF file;
PDF viewer options – you can control how the PDF file will be displayed after it’s generated in the default PDF viewer;
Custom Save options – You can configure it to use predefined save settings, so for instance PDF files can be saved automatically in specific folders;
After save actions – Once the PDF was generated, you can define custom actions to be performed;
Customizable resolution – choose from 72 dpi to 2400 dpi;
Predefined/custom page sizes – choose a default page size (like Letter, Legal, A3, A4, A5, A6, …) or define your own;
Fonts embedding and font subsets embedding – Fonts can be embedded in the PDF file to ensure portability.

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SameGame 2.3-Simple but addictive puzzle game

April 30th, 2009

Phones Latest software reviews (Phones): Softonic

If you want a fun time waster to pass some hours in a lunchbreak or while you’re waiting for the bus, then check out SameGame.

SameGame is one of those wonderfully simple puzzle games which isn’t much to look at but will keep you drawn in for hours. The principle of SameGame is to eliminate the colored balls by clicking on any with one or more conjoining balls of the same color. These then disappear and you must keep forming new conjunctions until you can do no more.

You score points in SameGame for all the conjunctions you make and your total points for each game are recorded, so you can keep coming back to challenge your previous top score (and ensure you don’t reach the depths of your lowest score). The statistics section in SameGame is great for analyzing your performance over time.

Although the overall presentation of the game isn’t up to much, I found SameGame to be one of the most captivating time wasters I’ve played. In fact, I was supposed to be writing this review two hours ago – that’s how difficult it was to put down.

If you want to immerse yourself in a bit of meaningless fun for a while, then you could do worse than installing SameGame on your phone.

Download SameGame 2.3 in Softonic

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CrankyGeeks 164: Carlos Rodela and Garnett Lee

April 29th, 2009

John C. Dvorak and Ziff Davis Media

Skype Founders Want It Back, Dell Phones?, Facebook and Your GPA, New iPhones Coming?, and more…

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Ask OnSoftware: Effortlessly open PDF files in Firefox

April 29th, 2009

Elena Santos

We’ve received quite a few emails in our Ask OnSoftware inbox, but when it’s time to turn any of them into a post, we try to select the ones that are more useful for our readers – and for us as well. This is the case of one of the latest emails we got, where [...]

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How to: Make your own Series 60 theme

April 29th, 2009

James Thornton

We’ve all met those people who think they’re pretty cool just because they’ve installed a funny ringtone, a sexy background wallpaper, or a stupid animation on their mobile. More often than not they will have paid a small fortune to download it from a premium rate service, too. However, the smartest of smartphone users turn [...]

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Paragon Partition Manager is the most reliable and complete drive partitioning tool available in the market today!

April 29th, 2009

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Paragon Partition Manager is the most reliable and complete drive partitioning tool available in the market today! It provides flawless partitioning operations of all kind, converts operating systems, defragments partitions, resolves all common boot problems and it is the only drive partitioning tool that offers the backup & restore functionality to guarantee data loss free operation.

Easily create, format, delete, undelete, hide, unhide, move, resize and merge partitions. Copy a full hard disk or a separate partition – you can even resize a partition while copying it;
Install new OS through intuitive Wizard; Convert Primary partition to Logical and vice versa; Update Master Boot Record (MBR);
Use Boot Manager and setup a multi-boot environment;
Resolve most common boot problems with Boot Corrector;
Perform different strategies of file system optimization through defragmentation;
Back up your system and data before performing critical partitioning operations.

Compare Paragon Partition Manager 10 Personal vs Paragon Partition Manager 2009 Special Edition:

Paragon Partition Manager 10 Personal Edition comparing to Paragon Partition Manager 2009 Special Edition additionally offers: Windows 7 support; Apple Boot Camp support; Two-level user Interface; Support of GPT-formatted Hard Disks; Recovery media on flash.

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eXtreme Agenda 3.42-Manage information on your phone more effectively

April 29th, 2009

Phones Latest software reviews (Phones): Softonic

All Windows Mobile devices come with a number of tools to help you record and organise personal information. Wouldn’t it be nice though if all of these facilities were available within one package rather than spread across the menu system? Well, eXtreme Agenda delivers just that, and provides you with seven different programs within the same environment for turning your phone into an efficient information factory.

Specifically, eXtreme agenda includes a calendar, task manager, contacts book, personal information recorder, a project management tool, and a records searcher. All of these features are bundled neatly into one attractive interface, which allows you to access each of them with a single key-press.

Handily, the software is also compatible with Microsoft Outlook, making it perfect for synchronising the logs you create on your handset with your PC, and vice versa.

Ultimately, eXtrema Agenda is an interesting alternative to the default information manager included within Windows Mobile.

Download eXtreme Agenda 3.42 in Softonic

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