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Aug
31
Delete a File or Folder “Being Used By Another Person or Program”
Category: Software, Tools | 
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File this one under, free, easy, and small programs that make life easier.
Unlocker is a Windows program that puts itself on the right-click menu, and allows you to delete files or folders that don’t get deleted because they are “Being used by another person or program.” You know the file or folder isn’t in use, or shouldn’t be, but […]
Aug
26
HardtoFind800Numbers.com: When You Really, Really Need to Speak With Someone
Category: Product Research, Website, Phones | Leave a Comment
You know there is an 800 number for Amazon somewhere. Good luck finding it on their site. Ebay, PayPal, even Yahoo all have 800 numbers that are hard to find; well, were hard to find. HardtoFind800Numbers.com is a very simple listing of 800, 888, 866 and other helpful phone numbers for companies and services that […]
Aug
25
RentOMeter.com: Location Based, Comparable Rental Property Prices
Category: Business, Website | Leave a Comment
If you rent your house or apartment, are looking to rent or are a landlord, you need to give RentOMeter a try. Simply enter the address of the rental property, and the price, and RentOMeter will give you back a split screen with a visual gage of your property in relation to the others in […]
Aug
24
TransferBigFiles.com: 2 GB File Transfers for Free
Category: Website, Software, Tools | Leave a Comment
By now, you know about online file transfer services like YouSendIt. No?
TransferBigFiles.comups the free file size limit to 2 GB, and they offer a client program that speeds up transfers which is good, because lugging around files this size is sure to take up a good chunk of time. What I find interesting is that […]
Aug
22
Today, videos of front and side impact tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety were made available online. They are being hosted by Consumer Reports.
Links that may be helpful when researching auto safety include:
www.ConsumerReports.org/crashtest Consumer Reports Crash Test Videos
www.SaferCar.gov National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
www.iihs.org Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
automobile car crash […]
Aug
22
Google Earth Turns to the Stars
Category: Search, Software | Leave a Comment
Now you can cast your gaze upward and see Vega, Regulus, and Polaris. Google Earth 4.2, once downloaded and installed, now includes star maps. Moons, planets, constellations, galaxies are all visible and zoomable. You can see the night sky for your current earth location, and there is even a layer for Hubble space telecope pictures.
constellations […]
Aug
21
Very simple.
Sign up at Anywhere.FM.
Upload your music (MP3’s only).
Access your music from anywhere on the net.
More info and a screenshot at Lifehacker.
audio music sound Website
Aug
19
Easy Duplicate Finderis a free program that does just what is says. When you install and run it, you will get back a list of original files and their duplicates. Duplicates are located based on the contents of the file and not the file name. Results are presented with originals and duplicates right next to […]
Aug
18
Web 2.0: Why it Matters to You and Your Business
Category: Web 2.0, Business, Website | Leave a Comment
George Colony, the CEO at Forrester Research, has a great article, written in plain english, on why Web 2.0 has changed the business-customer relationship. Highlights include:
Having a conversation with customers
Web sites are almost always poorly designed
Will your customer recommend your business to a friend?
Customers have way more power
Great marketing works better with great technology
Read the […]
Aug
17
SouthWing Bluetooth Headset: Audible Caller ID is Great, But…
Category: Gadgets, Audio, Phones | Leave a Comment
I’ve been using a bluetooth headset, a Plantronics Voyager 510*, mainly in my car for a year now and it is great. It is very comfortable and loud. I love it. I had such high hopes for a new small bluetooth headset from SouthWing, the SH440, that announces the number of the incoming call. You see, […]
