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Entries for August, 2008

The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #2 - August 25, 2008

During this podcast, I answer a question from Mary-Ann regarding whether she should install Firefox and the advantages of using Firefox versus Microsoft Internet Explorer. I also mention some free anti-virus software, and a couple of great websites to download free software including games.
Websites or Products Mentioned:
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Free AVG
Give Away of the Day
Game Give Away [...]

Convert Videos Into MP3 Using VidRipScript

VidRipScript lets you to convert online videos into MP3 and save it right away to your computer or iPod and absolutely a free web based application. It also allows users to surf anonymously by using their proxy application.
VidRipScript has built in template system that makes it easy for you to alter the appearance of your [...]

The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #1 - August 18, 2008

Welcome to our inaugural show!
You can listen to the show by clicking on the player below.
Show Notes
Mint.com
Track The Pack
Fantastic Freeware
Livescribe Smartpen
Google Mars
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Access Your Bookmarked Favorites from ANY Computer!

How is this possible, you ask?  It’s simple, by importing your IE Favorites into Google Bookmarks using the Google Toolbar, you can have access to your bookmarked favorites from any computer (work, school, library, internet café, etc.) even if you haven’t saved any favorites on it.
You do have to go through this process first on [...]

Is Your Gmail Slow?

Ever since Google upgraded Gmail to a new user interface, the number of complaints increased regarding Gmail loading slowly. The 2.0 user interface (UI) was released in the fall of 2007. There is an easy workaround to this: use this address to access your Gmail account: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1 instead of the usual www.gmail.com. The former address [...]