Gmail tips and tricks

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Google Buzz Tips
If you are still uncertain on whether to use Google Buzz or not, I have compiled some Tips and Tricks on using and integrating Buzz with your other social networking sites.

1.Turn off Google buzz
First off, if you are a Gmail user who has no interest in using Google Buzz, Google has made it easy for you to turn Google Buzz off right on the bottom of your Gmail account page. At the bottom of the web page click the link that says "turn off Buzz" and Google Buzz will be removed from your Gmail account.



2.Remove Buzz messages from Your Gmail Inbox
Buzz automatically adds new Buzz messages to your inbox, along with all the other email subscriptions hitting your inbox daily - which is one of the chief complaints about Google Buzz.

First, at the top of the screen, right next to the search box, click the link titled "create a filter". Second, the filter tool contains a text box identifiable by "has words" where you would enter the word "buzz". Third, you will receive a warning when you click "Next Step" saying that the filter search you started will not work because it needs more information, but I have tested that theory and found that it does work for Buzz messages, so you can click OK. Fourth, make sure the box next to "Skip the Inbox" is checked and click on the "Create Filter" link.





3.You Can Tweet and Buzz
Why wouldn't your Twitter friends want to have your Buzz links, too? Google Reader is already connected via Twitterfeed for you to send things to your Twitter account, but that's not the only way to share. The Shared Items section on Google Reader allows you to grab the Atom feed link and past it directly into Twitterfeed. Once you press the "go" button, Twitter can then sync the two accounts together.



4.Using text markup language in Google BuzzAs long as you are using simple text markup language, Google Buzz will be able to recognize it. So, you can Buzz with style as you highlight words that you want to stand out in italics, bold, or strikethrough font options. How you use it:

The keystroke code for making text bold is surrounding the word or phrase with an asterisk.

*word* = word

Underscores surrounding the text tells Buzz that the word(s) should be italicized.
_word_ = word
If you want to strike out the text, then putting dashes at either end is the command used by Buzz.-word- = word(strikethrough)

Consolidate Multiple Gmail Accounts
It's quite a hassle to manage multiple email accounts on a regular basis because you have to remember all the usernames, passwords and logins to check for new messages. But what if you could tweak your Gmail inbox and get all the emails at one place?

This article describes the step-by-step procedure to manage multiple email inboxes from a single email account.

Before we move on, let's assume that you have the following three email accounts:

1.John@gmail.com
2.John-office@gmail.com
3.John-business@gmail.com

You want to manage all the three email accounts from the inbox of john@gmail.com, which is your primary email account. Just follow the steps mentioned below:

1.Login to your secondary email account from where you would want to forward emails to your primary email account. In this case, the secondary email accounts are john-office@gmail.com and john-business@gmail.com.

2.Once you are logged in, click the Settings link which is placed at the top right of the page.



3.In the settings page, click the "Forwarding and Pop/IMAP" tab and enter the email address of your primary email account in the forwarding text box.



This would forward all the emails received at the current email address to john@gmail.com, which is your primary email account.

4.In the same way, login to other secondary email accounts and implement the above setting.

5.Now, login to the primary Gmail account where you would want to receive emails from all your other email accounts. Click the small "Labs" icon at the right top of the browser window.



6.This will open the Gmail Labs page. In this page, scroll to the bottom and find "Multiple Inboxes".



Select the radio button "Enable" and click "Save changes" at the bottom of the page.

7.This will reload your inbox. Click the "Settings" link again placed at the right top of the browser window.

8.Now click the "Multiple inboxes" link as shown below



9.In "pane-0" enter the email address of your first secondary email account (john-office@gmail.com) and in "Pane-1" enter the email address of your next secondary email account (john-business@gmail.com).

Leave all other settings as it is and click "Save Changes" when you are done.

10.Now reload your email inbox and you will see two panes in the right side of inbox.



These panes are "containers" of your secondary email accounts. Whenever you receive a new email message at any of the secondary email accounts a copy will be forwarded to your primary email account (e.g john@gmail.com)

The copy of that email message will be listed in the respective panes which you created.

That's it! Now you can check email messages of all your email accounts at one place without having to login and out from each and every account. This setting save a lot of time and should be practiced if you get a lot of emails across multiple email addresses every day.

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Using the Windows XP Backup Wizard to Back Up Files and Settings

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To open the Backup Wizard, left-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. This will show you a list of all the storage drives attached to your computer. Right-click on your system drive, and left-click Properties. For most people, the C: drive is the system drive. If you have more than one storage drive, select the one that has a Windows folder in it.



Clicking Properties will open the Drive Properties menu. Left-click the Tools tab, and then left-click the Backup Now button towards the bottom of the menu.



This will start the Backup Wizard. Leave the "Always open in wizard mode" box checked and click Next. Select the "Back up files and settings" radio button and click Next.

The next menu allows you to select the files and folders you would like to back up. You can always change this later, but for now just select "My documents and settings" to back up your documents folder and system settings. Don't click Next yet, though.



First, make sure that your backup device is connected. Your backup should always be a separate drive, like an external hard drive or a flash drive. Saving backups to the same storage drive is just like the old advice about keeping all your eggs in one basket – if you lose the drive, you lose everything with it, including the backups! Once you have an external drive or USB stick connected, click Next.

Now the wizard will ask you where you would like to place your backup. Click Browse on the right side of the menu to locate your backup storage drive.



Left-click My Computer at the bottom left of this menu, and find your backup device. Left-click once on the icon drive you wish to save the file to, and then click Save.

You will return to the Backup Location and Name step in the wizard. If you like, you can change the name of your backup file. Adding the backup date to the title can be very useful, but make sure that you use periods and not slashes for the date – Windows file names can't have slashes in them. Click Next.

If you'd only like to back up your files this one time, then you're done! Click Finish to begin the file backup process. A window will open that shows the status of the backup. This process also opens something called Shadow Copy, which copies files that may be in use so that they can still be copied into the backup.If you'd like to schedule your backups or change the type of backup you create, you can click the Advanced options before you click Finish. You can schedule backups on a periodic basis, or set them to occur when the computer is idle. This is a great way to make use of the times that your computer is on, but no one's working with it.

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Checking HTML E-mail Links

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The issue with HTML based e-mail is when they come from an untrusted source, they can be altered to trick readers. If a hacker or identity thief sends you an HTML e-mail posing as someone else, they can easily fake a hyperlink so that you don't know where you're going. Here's an example:
That's a picture from an e-mail I made and sent to myself in Outlook Express. You'll notice that the link shows www.goodsite.com, but if you look at the status bar at the bottom of the screen, it clearly shows www.bad-site.com. If you were to click on the link, it would take you to www.bad-site.com. Pretty tricky

In Outlook Express, you can see which page you're going to by running your mouse over the link, just like the above picture shows. Unfortunately, it's not always that easy. Most e-mail that's not read in MS Outlook or Outlook Express is read by visiting a Web site. I'm sure many of you read your e-mail by going to your e-mail provider's Web site. Well, here's how to check where your e-mail links are going before you click on them.

Since the majority of people use Firefox and Internet Explorer, I'll give directions for both. Here we go!

Firefox:
Internet Explorer:Both of the above pictures show the same e-mail. One is opened in IE and the other is in Firefox. The first step in checking the link is to right click on it. (Note: You can also do that for pictures that link to other sites). After you right click, go to Copy Shortcut (Internet Explorer) or Copy Link Location (Firefox).

Next, open up Notepad on your computer. If you can't find it, it's usually located by going to Start, All Programs, Accessories, Notepad. After it opens, go to Edit, Paste. Here's a sample screenshot:
That will paste the URL of the Web site the link is taking you to. Here's another picture:As you can see, just like the first example in OE, the link that said goodsite.com actually pointed to bad-site.com.If you follow those steps for any questionable e-mails, you'll always know where the links will take you before you ever click on them. If the address looks strange or outright incorrect, don't click on it! It's as easy as that. Until next time, stay safe out there

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which program to open your attachment

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First off all —before you open any attachment, make sure you know who sent it. Even if you do know the sender, if you aren't expecting it, you might want to send a quick note to your friend and make sure they really sent it—especially .pps files since they can contain viruses. Also, do not open any attachments with .exe , .scr or .pif file extensions.

Nothing worse than getting a file from a friend and you don't have the right program to open it. Here are some common file extensions and the programs needed to open:.doc - Microsoft Word
.pps - MS PowerPoint
.xls - MS Excel worksheet
.wpd - Corel WordPerfect
.pdf - Adobe Acrobat
.jpg - JPEG graphic file
.zip - Zip (compressed) file
.sit - Stuffit (compressed) file
.scr - Windows Screen Saver (DO NOT OPEN)
.pif - Program Information File (DO NOT OPEN)
The good news is that most software developers offer freeware viewers that will allow you to see, but not alter, content..doc - Microsoft Word Viewer.pps - PowerPoint Viewer.xls - Excel Spreadsheet Viewer.wpd - WordperfectCorel no longer offers a viewer, but there is a third-party application called "Lightning" that includes a Wordperfect viewer..pdf - Acrobat Reader.jpg - You can view these in your web browser or most imaging software..scr - USE CAUTION if you receive a screen saver via email. They can contain worms or viruses..pif - DO NOT OPEN! This is most likely a virus. Clicking it will run a program or code that can mess up your computer.As for compressed files (.zip & .sit), I recommend 7 Zip, because it's free.There are also freeware/shareware programs for opening .zip files such as WinZip . In addition, with Windows XP you can save any zipped file to your desktop or a folder and access the files without unzipping (just click it like any other folder—drag items out to run them).So, next time you get an attached file in your email but don't have the program to open it, just grab a viewer.

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Word and Excel tips and tricks

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Sorting by the Rows
We all know that we can get Excel to run a sort on columns of data; that is to sort the data in a column either ascending or descending. But, did you know that you can do the same thing to data that is in rows?
No?
Well, maybe that's because it's sort of "hidden" in the fine print of a Custom Sort.
Now I do realize that we most often put data into columns but sometimes the setup just makes more sense set up in rows. Or maybe you're someone who "thinks" that way and will naturally set things up from left to right instead of top to bottom.
In any case, Excel can sort data from left to right either ascending or descending so it's not a bad idea to know how.
To find Excel's setting for sorting from left to right we need to start in the Custom Sort dialog box.
Once again, different versions, different directions:

- In older versions of Excel it can be found in the Data menu, Sort choice.


- In Excel 2007 & 2010 you need to go to the Home tab of the Ribbon, click the Sort & Filter button and choose Custom Sort.
At this point we're all looking to click the Options button.
Select Sort left to right.


Click OK and proceed with your sort settings as usual.
This handy little tidbit combined with your previous abilities to sort in columns should allow you to manipulate the data just about any way that's necessary.
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Select an Entire TableWorking with a table in MS Word?
Finding out you need to select the entire table to oh, let's say, change the font or format the borders or whatever? The list could go on and on.
What do you do?
Do you select the first cell, hold the mouse button down and drag, hoping not to miss anything by releasing the mouse button too early or accidentally highlighting the lines below the table?
Or, maybe you like the Shift key technique. You know, where you select the first cell, hold down the Shift key and then select the last cell. That's not a bad plan, unless the last cell is pages and pages away and you've got to scroll to get there.
Looking for a better selection process?
Well, here are a couple of quick and easy selection processes for MS Word tables.
To select the entire table, you could:
Click on the move handle of the table (found in the upper left corner).


Click on the resize handle of the table (found in the bottom right corner).


And... in older versions of Word I found that I could use Alt key + double-click on the table. (Using Word 2007? Sorry but all I seemed able to accomplish was to open the Research task pane and have the cursor jump between left & center justified.)
Any way you choose, it beats the old drag and scroll methods!

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Tips and Tricks Windows XP Windows XP

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In Windows XP, is there a way to empty "My Recent Documents" or to just get rid of it ?

A:
"My Recent Documents" holds the last 15 items that you opened. You can delete individual items in the usual manner (Right-click then choose "Delete"), but the number stays at fifteen. That's because the contents are in a hidden file called "Recent" that is stored in your user profile. With Windows XP you have a few options:

You can clear this list by right-clicking the Start button, choosing "Properties", then clicking "Customize". Now click the "Advanced" tab and click "Clear List". Zap! The files are gone. While you're there, you can also remove "My Recent Documents" from the Start menu—just clear the checkbox for "List My Most Recently Opened Documents"

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And there you have it!
File Check Boxes in Windows 7
When you're selecting a bunch of files in Windows 7, what's your method? Do you drag a box around them and hope you don't ensnare anything extra? Do you hold Ctrl and click file after file?

Or do you just use check boxes?

How do I get those, you ask? Well, Follow me!

In Windows explorer, click the Organize button in the top left-hand corner and select "Folder and search options".



Make sure you're under the View tab. Under Advanced settings, scroll down to the bottom and put a check next to "Use check boxes to select items".



Now when you hover your pointer over a file a check box will appear in the icon for you to click. It's just an extra layer of assurance for when you've got a lot of selecting to do!

Move From One Column to Another
If you work with Microsoft Word a lot then I'm sure that you've created documents containing columns at one time or another.
I know that I use them frequently when I have long lists of short items… things that could be easily put into two or three columns across the page. The columns will save on printed paper as well as give a pleasing layout that would be almost impossible to accomplish using tab stops.
At any rate, when you're using columns in Word do you ever find that you've finished what you want in one before the end and now need to manually move to the next?
It happens to all of us and what I'm really interested in right now is how you made that move from one column to the next even though Word did not move you there automatically.
The most common thing that I've seen people do is to use the Enter key to add whatever number of blank lines needed to fill the column.
Don't do that! It's an editing nightmare.
Any time thereafter that you add an item to a column it pushes all those blank lines down one which will begin to put blank lines at the top of the following column(s).
Next time, enter an actual column break which will allow you to add to the bottom of a column without disturbing the rest.
One way to insert an actual column break is to use the menus / Ribbon.
Older versions of Word:
Use the Insert menu, Break choice.
Choose Column Break and click OK.

Word 2007:
The Page Layout tab of the Ribbon is where we must start.
Once there click the Breaks button (in the Page Setup section) and choose Column Break from the list.

Or… might I suggest a quick key combination to get the job done?
Yeah, I thought you might like that.
Next time you need to move on to the next column before the current one is filled try Ctrl + Shift + Enter.
Yep, that's all there is to it. Using column breaks saves you time now (they're faster to insert than all the blank lines) and a whole lot more time later when you go back to edit (you won't find yourself fighting to add information while you try to remove all those blank lines).

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SEARCH OPTIONS In WinXP

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Q:
Yesterday I was working on a video project that I have edited (renamed) a lot in the last few days and I can't find them all. How can I look for these files?

A:
I know what you mean. I save every graphics project I am working on more than once, just in case of any mishaps. Sometimes I rename it, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I alternate between two programs when I am working on a project and need to consolidate them. With all of this in mind, here's an easy tip that has saved me a lot of times, and will probably help you, too.

Let's start by finding where we go to being a search.

One easy way is to point to Start, right-click, and left-click on "Search" and your search window will pop up. If you would like to go this route, then you can skip ahead to the SEARCH OPTIONS part of the article.

If you want to use the search box located in your Start up menu, here's how:

In WinXP, there are two different types of Start menus. The first is the "Classic" way; it is like the Start menu from previous versions of Windows.



As you can see, after pointing to the Start button, you can just take your cursor straight up and there's the Search button. When you hover over it, a new menu appears to the right. Since you are going to be looking for files on your computer, you will be left-clicking on For
Files or Folders…The other type of Start Menu is a little different than the Classic. When you point to Start, the menu pops up with two columns. On the right side, all the way down, you will see that I have pointed to Search.

The other type of Start menu looks like this:

SEARCH OPTIONSThe Search window that pops up when you begin your search is the same, no matter where you choose to search from.



You are now going to point to All files and folders and left-click. It may seem like you should click on Pictures, music, or video, but remember you are editing a video file, not a true video.

After you click on All files and folders, this window will pop up:



As you can see, there are a few options to choose from when you begin a search. In this case, we would like to know where any video file you have been working on in the past few days is located. Thus my cursor is pointing to When was it modified? After you click on this, you will get a window that looks like this:



Here you have more options. Since you are looking for files you have edited in the past few days, you want to choose the option Specify dates.

In the from field I have entered 1/1/2010.

In the to field I have entered 1/4/2010.

Since you don't know what your file is called, just click on Search. Do not enter anything in the Search box. The Search window will pull up everything you have done from 1/1/2010 to 1/4/2010. Just look for the type of video file you have been working on. Not only will you get everything you have accessed during those days, you get the location and when it was modified. In this case the video files that you edited and can't remember the names of will all come up. In fact, you can change the dates to look for some you did not just a few days ago, but a few months ago.

The downside to this is that it will pull up everything you have done, not just your video projects. In this case, do all of the things listed in this article, but instead of just hitting the search button, type in the extension of the files you are looking for. When looking for a Word doc, for example, you type in *.doc. In your case, you would use the extension that is used for your specific video editing program.

So go look for those video files! You'll find them – and maybe other things you forgot about, too!

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Media Cope

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Being a computer user, a time comes for everyone when one needs a player other than Windows Media Player. The time came for me too, so I downloaded a 3rd party player and was happy.

Then came the time when I needed to cut a portion from my video clips, so I downloaded a cutter for each video format. If I remember correctly, I downloaded four of those cutters. Same was the case when time came for audio cutters.

Now came the time when I needed to put my audio/video files in my mobile device. In this instance I really don't remember how many converters I downloaded. Same was the case with photo cutters/converters, slide show viewers.

I was using all these utilities until I found Media Cope. It can be downloaded for free from
http://www.mediacope.com

This software provided me everything that I was using for my multimedia needs under one simple and clean interface.
Media Cope includes:
- Audio/Video Player

- Audio/Video Cutter

- Audio/Video Converter

- Photo Cutter/Converter/Resizer (Photo Cutter is wonderful and a dream come true as its design lets you cut 100s of pictures in minutes manually. Yes, try it for yourself to believe)

- Movie Like Real Time Slide Show Viewer (I always use it to view my pics with music and movie effects)
As a bonus, there are also a couple of innovative internet tools included:
- Web Image Full Screen Viewer (Can zoom any image on a web page to full screen. I love it)

- Speak Text (Can speak any text on a web page)

Media Cope supports almost every audio/video format including mp3, wav, aac, wma, flac, m4a, ac3, rmvb, mp4, 3gp, wmv, mov, avi, divx, mpg, flv, mkv and vob. Also, it supports almost every image format including jpg, bmp, gif, tiff, png, emf and wmf.

Media Cope is so easy to use that one can almost instantly start using it like an expert after installation. If in any case you get a problem there is a very well written help file that comes with it. Once you run Media Cope, you can see this help file by simply clicking on the help button as shown:



Once help button is clicked, a new window with all the help topics will open as shown -



Everything is explained so well that you will say to yourself "Finally a help file that is truly helpful".

Have fun with this one!

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Horizontal Borders/Dividers Using the Keyboard

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Do you find yourself constantly drawing horizontal lines in MS Word? You know, using the drawing toolbar to draw lines as borders or dividers, in order to give your document a little extra pizzazz.Are you tired of all the mouse work involved in the drawing toolbar? You know, turning on the line tool, drawing the line and then changing the style.Wish you had a faster way?Maybe you'd like a way that involves only the keyboard?Well, if that sounds good to you, I have a quick list of divider/border line options that only take four keystrokes to accomplish.Ready to find out how?Good! Here they are.



Once placed in the document the divider line will extend from left to right margin. Oh yeah, here's the really cool part, once the line is drawn, you can use your mouse to move it up and down to alter its distance from the surrounding text. (You can't move it all over the place, but it is enough to let you have some flexibility in regards to the line's position near the text).Simply run your mouse cursor over the line, slowly, until it becomes a double-sided arrow (pointing up and down). Once you have that arrow, click and hold the left mouse button while dragging the line up or down as needed.Note: If this trick isn't working for you, you should check to make sure you have this option turned on. To do this, you need to go to the AutoCorrect options. (Tools menu, AutoCorrect choice - or - for newer version of Word: Office Button, Word Options button, Proofing options section and click the AutoCorrect Options button. Everyone should then look on the AutoFormat As You Type tab, make sure the Borders box is checked in the "Apply as you type" section of the window. Click OK when you're finished.)



Now, moving on.What about the "Oops Factor?"You know, the line you now need to remove.While I found that in Word 2007 I could just use the Delete or Backspace key to remove the line in older versions of Word it could be a bit of a pain and sometimes it's not as easy as simply hitting the backspace or delete keys.If you're finding that the Delete and Backspace keys aren't doing the trick then give this a try:First, highlight the text around the divider line so that you have the border contained in the highlight.



Next I had to go to the Format menu, Borders and Shading choice.Once there click to the Borders tab.



Make sure the None box is selected (top of the left hand column) and click OK.Poof! The line is gone!That's it. Divider lines with just four keystrokes.

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cleane and Delete old Wireless networks

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Prioritizing and Deleting Preferred Wireless Networks
You've brought your laptop home after a long trip. You turn it on, expecting to connect to your safe and secure wireless network and find instead that your computer is trying desperately to connect to the wireless network of the hotel you stayed in, now thousands of miles away.

If something like this has ever happened to you before, there is an answer: you can prioritize the wireless networks that your computer remembers.



To find your network connections, first left-click on the Start menu, go to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click on Network Connections in the Control Panel menu.



This will display your network connections. Locate your Wireless Network Connection and right-click on it. Left-click on Properties.




This will open the Wireless Network Connection Properties Menu. Click on the Wireless Networks tab to view your preferred wireless networks.

This list of networks includes any wireless network you have connected to in the past. Sometimes, if two networks that you have connected to are present, Windows will connect to the network that is higher up on this list. Other times, it may not find any networks that it can connect to, and so it might search for the last network you used – which could be miles away.

This list can be prioritized and cleaned of old networks. If you see a wireless network that you won't use again or don't want in the list, click on it once and then press the Delete key on your keyboard. This will delete the network from this list. You can still reconnect to this network in the future – deleting it simply removes any preferences you had for connecting to that network.


Once you have deleted the networks you don't want, click once on the network that you want Windows to connect to first. Click the Move up button to move this network up on the list. Keep clicking until your most preferred network is at the top of the list. You can also use this function to set a second preference, a third preference, and so on.

That's it! Your computer should connect to the wireless networks you want more easily, especially when there is more than one that you connect to nearby

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Google Maps Buddy

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Google maps is a very important application, especially for people who have moved to a new town or for people who travel a lot and need to get around quickly. A lot of us have one of the many Google maps applications on our phones and ready access to wifi spots everywhere, but for many people nothing beats having something (especially instructions) on a piece of paper or as a image which can be accessed anytime with a phone, iPod touch or the laptop. But what you gonna do when you are out of the cellphone network range ?

Google Map Buddy is one such program which takes the amazing application that is Google maps and removes the painful laborious part. This tools lets you capture the Google maps for a certain location and store them as images to your hard drive which you can later print or store on a portable device. It also allows you to print maps of entire city at different zoom levels that otherwise would probably take hours to put together.

The best part is that this intelligent little map maker is as free as it is portable and doesn't require any installation, meaning you can carry it in a little pen drive and let it work its magic wherever Google maps is available.

When you run Google map buddy it asks you for your nationality and then let's you search your location of choice. Once there, hit "select area" and simply draw a rectangle around the area that you want to capture. Select your preferred level of zoom (city level or street level etc.) and then click "create map image". It quickly generates a high resolution PNG image which is rendered tile by tile. Google map buddy also provides the individual tiles to arrange into a larger grid.



You can store this image on your phone or net-book, or just print it out as you go out navigating the unknown neighborhood in the next busy city that you travel to.

You can download Google Map buddy from here :Google Map Buddy
Now go ahead and stun your friends by making that wall of maps you always wanted in your living room.

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FreeRip Mp3 Ripper

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The FreeRip MP3 software is a utility that can easily be used in order to extract the audio files from music CDs to your computer in an efficient way. It functions reasonably fast on all types of operating systems, projects an uncomplicated interface packed with some useful options and also features easy to reach settings that work flawlessly.

After downloading and installing the program onto your computer, insert an audio CD into your PC's optical drive. A listing of the music files will be displayed on your screen. If nothing happens, simply press the Refresh icon at the top left side of the panel.



The next step is extracting the files to your computer by pressing the CD shaped icon on the top menu. A drop down list of options should then appear where you can choose the file extensions of the ripped files -although in most cases the MP3 standard will be the most commonly selected.



Upon choosing the MP3 format ripping option, a new pop-up window displaying the file extraction progress will show up. Remain patient for a couple of minutes as all the audio tracks get saved to your system.



One nice trick to employ, even before attempting to rip the audio disks files, is checking out the music samples with FreeRip's built-in audio player. Simply select any of the files from the list on the left pane and then press the "Play Track" option, available in the File drop down menu.



By default, all of the extracted files will be saved onto your desktop, but you can easily change this and set your own preferences by choosing other folders on your PC. To do this, simply click the yellow colored folder icon from the menu toolbar and choose where the ripped MP3 files should be saved.



Visit the following web address to download the latest version of FreeRip: http://download.cnet.com/FreeRip-MP3/3000-2140_4-10050140.html

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File Associations in Vista and win XP

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In win XP

1. Open Explorer ( right-click the Start button and select Explore ) and head to a file you would like to either associate with another program or get associated with a program for the first time.

2. Once you get to the file, hold down your SHIFT key and right-click it. You will be presented with a menu that gives you an option to Open With... . Select that.

Oh, if you're using XP or Vista, you may not even need to hold down the shift key to get this to work. Both operating systems usually give you an Open with item on the right-click menu with a sub-menu full of options. If you want to change the association, you'll need to select the Choose Program option.

XP Open With picture:

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Note - in the sample pictures, we'll re-associate a JPEG with Photoshop - it was original associated with Internet Explorer. So, in the photo below I hold the SHIFT key down and right-click a JPG file.

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3. This will open up a screen where you can tell Windows what program to open that particular file with. Choose the program and make sure the little " Always use this program to open this type of file " checkbox is checked. Hit OK.
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That should do it. Windows will now use the new file association when opening the file you just worked with.
In win Vista
Go to Start>Control Panel>Default Programs>Associate a file type or protocol with a program
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After a brief wait for the extension list to load you'll see this screen:
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Just select a file type you'd like to associate and click "Change Program" at the top.
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From here, all you have to do is choose a program to use when opening a file. If that desired program is not in the list, you can always browse to its location.

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