Discover "Lists" on Facebook!

Facebook has been around for a while but still many are not yet familiar with this simple feature called “Lists”.  When you use Facebook’s List feature, it allows you to separate your personal “friends” from your professional “friends” and other group of “friends” and assign levels of access to your connections as you choose.  This is a good way to go if you are conscious about your privacy; in addition to that, it gives you a piece of mind to think, “Whoa, my friends are organized in lists”. You can post unique content to each list on the same page and feel secure in the idea that your posts will be only visible to a group of related...

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Make your PC more PERSONAL!

Have you ever visited your System Properties in your Windows XP System?  If not, try clicking Start then right click on My Computer and click properties.  The window will pop-up is called the System Properties applet. This is used to view and change core system settings, a user can for instance: Display general information on the user's machine such as the amount of RAM, CPU speed and type, the version of Windows the system is using and the manufacturer. Edit the computer name in a network workgroup. Manage and Configure hardware devices, and view information such as the manufacturer, user access and driver version of any hardware...

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Handy-dandy Video Converter

We didn't seem to notice but there is a growing number of video formats available in the world of computing.  As far as we know, mpeg is one of the most popular video format in the internet because of its cross-platform compatibility, i.e. playable in almost any operating systems.  But with the emergence of the latest gadgets like iPhones, PSP's and sophisticated mobile phones, we combat some problems, firstly, the "limited memory" available in our device and secondly, the "compatibility" of it to play in our device.  That's the reason why we need to convert to specific formats designed for our gadgets. Total Video Converter is...

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Pack your MP3's

If your music's starting to take up an uncomfortable amount of space on your hard drive (or small MP3 player), you can decrease the size of it by converting all your songs to Variable Bit Rate with WinMp3Packer. A lot of the music we download and rip is stored in a constant bitrate format, which at higher bitrates can be inefficient. Variable bitrate (VBR), on the other hand, is much more space efficient. MP3Packer is a free program for Windows that will turn any MP3 file into a variable bitrate MP3 file, thus shaving a bit of space off each track. The best part is, since you're not re-encoding your music, it's a lossless conversion—the...

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"Outlook" your Gmail!!!

Do you have a Gmail account?  Most of us do have I guess.  But still, many are using it online and in the event that your ISP is down and you need to retrieve some of your messages in your Gmail, you should at least have an "offline content" of your inbox. The good news is Gmail offers POP and IMAP services to configure your account in Microsoft Outlook.  The best thing is it's free. Unlike Yahoo! Mail which needs you to pay in a monthly basis. Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection.  POP...

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Happy New Year! Share your memories!

Sending large files like videos and photos easily.  Happy new year everyone! I admit it, its not easy starting up a blog.  Still my site is not searchable in search engines. I still have to wait... talking about patience. Have you ever wondered about sharing your videos and tons of photos to your families and friends especially this holiday season?  I bet you will send it through email.  But what if your files are up to 30Gb?  Do you have patience to upload them? As well as for the one who will receive, does he/she have patience to download 'em?  Imagine if you're already at 99% download process, and you suddenly...

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My PC away from home!

It's been eight months since I left my home country, the Philippines. As a computer savvy, a day will never pass without using it.  It's not only the case for me, because at these times of technological revolution, even the not so well-versed in computers can't live without using it.  Talking about leaving your prized computer, your precious files that you forgot when you go out of town, on a vacation or in the case of me working abroad.  There are times that you need your personal files that can be sent supposedly by email but no one is around your home.  Even worse some technical problems happened on your PC. What should...

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