Try the new Skype 5.0 now!
There's a new interface now and it is now integrated with Facebook so you can check the latest status updates and call all in one program!
Previously on techknew:
Oct 16, 2010
Oct 15, 2010
Have you missed the Google Dictionary function on all Google products?
As a reminder, Google's Gmail, Blogger and Docs have word spell checker and correction in its services.
Try it now if you have not known about it!
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Try it now if you have not known about it!
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Document Edit,
Enhancements,
How to,
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Oct 14, 2010
AppUp Your Netbook. Laptop and desktop too!
Intel AppUp is a source for applications for your netbook!
It is not limited to only Intel Atom powered machines. All computers running Windows or Moblin (Mobile Linux- created in collaboration with Intel- this is one cool operating system!) can try Intel AppUp.
All you have to do is download the installer, install it and search for the applications from the program installed.
Utilise it to get more out of your little netbook!
Some applications to start with:
*Free* Thumbplay Music
*Free* Boxee
*Free* Fizy
*Free* Backupify Desktop Client
Download from Intel AppUp.
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add ons,
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New software,
Windows 7
Oct 13, 2010
Self-help: Bad sound quality in iTunes?
If your music sounds fine in Windows Media Player but sounds bad in iTunes, here's how you can tweak the settings.
Steps:
1) Open up Apple QuickTime (NOT iTunes).------------------------------------------------------>
2) Click "Edit" --> "Preferences" --> "QuickTime Preferences"
3) Then select the "Audio" tab above.
4) Then look out for "Safe mode (waveOut only)". Select that setting.
5) Click "Apply". (The sound quality should improve by now.)
Labels:
Audio Player,
How to,
Self-help,
Settings
Oct 12, 2010
Khan get enough of Wikipedia? Now there's Khan Academy.
The Khan Academy.org is a not-for-profit educational organization created and sustained by Salman Khan. With the stated mission "of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere", the Academy supplies a free online collection of more than 2,000 videos on mathematics, science, history, and economics.
As of September 2010, Google announced they would be providing the Khan Academy with $2 million to support the creation of more courses and to enable the Khan Academy to translate their core library into the world’s most widely spoken languages, as part of their Project 10^100.
Congratulations for winning Google's Project 10^100 !
Oct 10, 2010
Add Album Art Automatically in iTunes
No album art in iTunes?
Have too many songs to add album art manually?
tidysongs can help you. Just install and turn it on and it will add album art to all your collections.
tidysongs can also:
tidysongs is fast and has very simple interface.
Labels:
Audio Player,
Cool stuff,
Free