Technology Update 11 August 2008
Ok, it’s time for another tech update. Here are some great things to make life easier on the web and around the house.
Backup Your SmartPhone: Dashwire makes it easy to back up your data. You just connect your phone to your computer. You need to remember to synchronize your phone. That’s often easier said than done. Dashwire will help. You don’t need to connect any cables. You don’t need to remember to back up. It’s all done automatically and backed upto the Internet. You can also update your phone from the Web! Now, that’s handy.Dashwire works with Windows Mobile smartphones. But it will soon work with BlackBerrys, too. http://www.dashwire.com
Picking A New Cell Phone and Provider Is Tough: Choosing a phone is only half the battle. You then need to decide on a cell phone plan. Unfortunately, cellular providers don’t make it easy to compare plans. BillShrink may just come to your rescue! Start by selecting your current monthly bill amount. Then, select the number of minutes you use. You can also specify information on text messaging and data usage. Billshrink will provide you with a list of suitable plans from the major providers. You can find the least expensive plan. You’ll also see your yearly savings! http://billshrink.com
Carry Your Video Camera Everywhere: For only $30 more than the original Flip Video, you get a slimmer body, rechargeable battery and an overall great little cam. It has an easy-to-use USB connection built into it that flips out with the touch of a button. It runs on batteries and holds one hour of video. http://www.theflip.com
Get Full Length TV Shows and Movies On The Internet: “Legally”. NBC has done it right with a library of TV shows and movies allowing you to pretty much constant entertainment. With easy to use search interface and fast load times, the shows have very good video quality. Best of all the shows have fewer ads. And the best thing. It’s Free.
You Have A Lot Of Data On Your Hard Drive: Fortunately, desktop search programs make it easy to find files and e-mail. You don’t need to know where something is stored or its file name anymore. Simply type a word or phrase that’s contained in a file or e-mail and Windows will go find it for you. Previous versions of search in Windows didn’t work very
well. Microsoft fixed it with Windows Vista. And it just got better. Microsoft has just released Windows Search 4.0. It supports encrypted documents and finds what you are looking for faster. And there’s good news for XP users: Microsoft has made Windows Search available in XP.
Don’t want to wait for Windows Update http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BC28ED7F-C51B-49CD-B505-95B91B453284&displaylang=en
Have a great week and let me know if there is anything I can do for you, business or otherwise. Just let me know.
Thanks for listening,
Jerry Robertson