Read ebooks on a palm, smartphone, pda, pocket pc using AnyView
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 5 Comments
Are you looking for a free ebook reader for your Palm handheld device, Smartphone, Pocket PC, or Symbian phone? Ebook readers that can handle all of the different ebook formats like TXT, HTML, PDB, UMD, etc can be hard to find on occasion, especially ones that work with your specific phone!
Luckily if you phone is running Java or if it is able to run Java applications, then you can check out a free program from a Chinese company (yes there is an English version) that allows you to read all of your favorite ebooks right on your cell phone or mobile device!
Amazing Ways To Format Cells in Excel 2007
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under MS Office Tips | 8 Comments
If you are used to using older versions of Excel, the conditional formatting options in Excel 2007 will amaze you. Now, you can use conditional formatting to format every cell in a range based on your own criteria (and there are a lot more formatting options to choose from). For example, if you have a profit sheet that you want to color code all profits greater than $200 as green and all profits less than $200 as yellow and all losses as red, then it could take a while to do manually – especially if you have thousands of entries. Instead, use conditional formatting to do the work for you.
Goodbye, Expensive SMS and Calls; Hello, Mobile VoIP from Samsung
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP will not only rule the personal computer scene but also the mobile telecommunications scene, too, thanks to Samsung Network’s launching of a VoIP service for mobile phones.
Starting up the struggle between networks to cut phone charges, the Samsung Wyz 070 service allows phone calls using WiFi (or Wireless Fidelity) wireless Internet connection. WiFi is the most widely used
Through WiFi connections, Samsung Wyz 070 charges a caller 83.75 per cent less than it would for an ordinary call. That’s one big discount, if you ask me!
Portable Scribus - a powerful, free (portable) desktop publishing tool
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 1 Comment
You really do have to love open-source. Open-source software is free and can often replace costly commercial apps, which is the case with Scribus, an open-source desktop publishing and page layout application that puts professional-looking documents within the reach of non-professionals like me, and maybe you. I’ve chosen to feature the portable version of Scribus because it is a lot simpler to download and install than its full-sized cousin. It works within the Portable Apps suite, featured in an earlier post on this blog.
IE 7 Available for Update Download, Supports Pirated Software
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Microsoft announced that on February 12, 2008, they will be releasing Windows Internet Explorer 7 (or IE 7) Installation and Availability Update, and they wanted to be clear that it will affect all users via the Windows Update (for average users) and the Windows Server Update Services (or WSUS). IE 7, alone, is a complete installation of the latest version of the people’s endearing explorer.
Here are the changes that you could expect from the IE 7 download, as seen in the Description of the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update:
YouTube to Invade Mobile Phones
Posted on January 29, 2008 - Filed Under Google Software/Tips | Leave a Comment
YouTube, the leading video sharing website there is, will be opening its doors to mobile phone users who wants to access its vast library of homemade clips and recorded shows.
Through 3G technology and streaming video support from the mobile phones’ end, the video sharing subsidiary of Google allows owners of wireless devices to access their entire library anywhere. “That includes hundreds of models,” the company said.
On June 15 of 2007, YouTube Mobile was launched. It is YouTube’s mobile site that uses technologies like xHTML, 3GP videos with H263/AMR codec, and RTSP streaming.
