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Weekend Gadget Guidance: Portable Ubuntu runs inside Windows, free

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Portable Ubuntu runs inside Windows, freeThis is a lot betterthan maintaining a VM on Windows for when I need to use a Linux program. Though I would probably want Kubuntu rather than Ubuntu, but since Synaptic is on there I'm sure that won't take too much work...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Linux, Windows Free, Weekend Gadget Guidance

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Prevent auto Windows shutdown, reboot

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Prevent auto Windows shutdown, rebootWhy didn't Microsoft think of this?I have a CAD workstation which I often leave locked overnight when I am in the middle of something large and complex. It is dismaying to come in to work in the morning and EVERYTHIGN is gone...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, reboot, Windows Shutdown, Weekend Gadget Guidance

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put an analog clock in your system tray

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put an analog clock in your system trayTrialwareFree to try for 30 days then pay see EULA- I wouldn't bother with it

Tags: Weekend Gadget Guidance, analog clock, system tray

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Weekend Gadget Guidance: $50 off Amazon Kindle thru Nov. 1

Weekend Gadget Guidance: $50 off Amazon Kindle thru Nov. 1Oprah and Amazon!I can't stand her. I would rather pay full price then use her name to get a discount.

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Weekend Gadget Guidance, Amazon Kindle

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find speed traps online

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find speed traps onlineAlternatively, don't break the law??It's good of ZDnet to help people who want to be able to break the law without being caught. It's almost as cynical as the British authorities claiming that the 3,300 fixed speed cameras and 3,400 mobile speed cameras in...

Tags: Policies and procedures, speed camera, speed trap, Weekend Gadget Guidance

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find cheap printer ink, toner refills

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find cheap printer ink, toner refillsI simply dont print at all..Very little needs to be printed anymore. hell i am still on my 'starter' toner cartridge in my laser printer and my inkject printer is now just a glorified scanner/fax. I print to XPS (PDF if i...

Tags: Printers, printer, cheap printer, Weekend Gadget Guidance, toner

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95No thanksI wouldn't take a free copy of Office...not with that godawful ribbon bar. You know you've screwed up the user interface of a product when a predominant question on websites seems to be "How do I print?". If you...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, MS Office Ultimate, ribbon, Microsoft Corp., Weekend Gadget Guidance

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Share, compare gas mileage

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Share, compare gas mileageHow about thisI love the mileage i get with my electric vehicle: I dont know exactly what it works out to be in actual monetary terms because i have not noticed a significant increase in my electricity bill, but i love the fact that...

Tags: Weekend Gadget Guidance

Discussion threads 2008-08-09

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Back up and restore your USB thumb drive, free

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Back up and restore your USB thumb drive, freeOnly works sometimes....I downloaded the app and tested it out. On one flashdrive, it worked just fine. On another, all it did was create a folder with the name of the drive, but didn't copy any of...

Tags: Weekend Gadget Guidance, USB thumb Drive, Back-up, USB, Microsoft Sync Toy

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Unlock PDF copy protection, free

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Unlock PDF copy protection, freeIllegal in Canada soonUnder proposed Bill C-61 bypassing a copyrighted file's digital protection will subject the infringer to a statutory $20,000 fine.nice tool, but...has anybody tested it for removing passwords?and is it available for Linux since it is using perl?Wow, 20K?I guess they...

Tags: Unlock PDF copy protection, Weekend Gadget Guidance, Unlock, copy protection

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put any application in the system tray (no install!)

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put any application in the system tray (no install!)DownloadsWhere can this program be found?Oh please no!I *hate* clutter on my display. I remove tray icons for apps that install them, I keep my quicklaunch limited to the 4 apps I use the most, I have no...

Tags: Weekend Gadget Guidance, system tray

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Control PowerPoint presentations with your voice

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Control PowerPoint presentations with your voiceInteresting featureIt's definitely an interesting feature, but I'm not sure how useful the presentation aspect will be in actually delivering strong presentations.As it is, having to say "Next Slide" to have a human operator presumably in the back of the room press...

Tags: Next Slide, Control PowerPoint presentation, Weekend Gadget Guidance

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Defrag your disk like a dictator

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Defrag your disk like a dictatorWll try on VirtualPCi use AUSlogics - free and fast. Will try this on a Virtual Machine - but i won't know about possible problems on a production system.If anyone installs on an actual machine - please post all your results.

Tags: Gadget Guidance, dictator, disk

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Avoid accidental copies in Windows

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Tags: Corporate communications, Gadget Guidance, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-10

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News to know: Windows 7; Twitter; Satyam; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Satyam, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Portable Ubuntu runs inside Windows, free

Ever want to run an entire Linux install as a Windows application? With free application Portable Ubuntu you can -- and you can have it tag along with you on a flash drive. Portable Ubuntu lets you seamlessly run Linux apps on your...

Tags: Ubuntu, Portable Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-10

News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who’s buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iPhone, Enterprise Software, Intel Corp., Larry Dignan, Management, Middleware, One Laptop Per Child Project, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), SOA, Software, Strategy, Web Services

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Prevent auto Windows shutdown, reboot

Are you a serial software-installer? Has Windows rebooted while you were in the middle of doing something else? If you install software on a regular basis and get rebooted on without asking, ShutdownGuard could be a useful little utility for you. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put an analog clock in your system tray

If you're like me, you're still using Windows XP but have grown...tired of the digital click in the system tray. What's a guy or gal gotta do to have a little flair (without upgrading to Vista's big, honking sidebar)? Enter Analog Clock. It's a...

Tags: Clock, System Tray, Analog Clock, Skins, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-07

News to know: Black market zero days; Microsoft security; BlackBerry Bold; SAP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dancho Danchev: Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Third party apps...

Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., BlackBerry Bold, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Linux, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-03