With the PhotoFast CR-5400 you can save on memory stick costs by putting 2 micro SD memory cards in just one MS Pro Duo Adaptor.

We all know that the MS Pro Duo is quite expensive compared to the other memory cards in the market. This is the reason why many are making fake memory sticks and selling them cheap. These fake memory sticks have several disadvantages that I really don’t recommend using them.

A cheap alternative has come out to the market – the PhotoFast CR-5400. It is an MS Pro Duo adaptor which has two slots for Micro SD where you can put in two memory cards at the same time.

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Here is an easy way to merge or join multiple videos of various formats (MPEG, MPG, AVI, RM, RAM, ASF).

Many of us have videos which we want to join or merge into one file. One of my friends, for example, has 24 short video clips which he wants to join or merge to form 8 video clips (3 videos joined or merged into 1 video). Merging or joining our videos makes watching them simply more enjoyable.

Using Easy Video Joiner of doeasier.org we can easily join MPEG files (.mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, m2v), AVI files (.avi), Real Media files (.rm, .ram), and Windows Media files (.wmv, .asf).

With only three easy steps we can already merge or join multiple videos

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Here are two applications which could password protect your USB flash disk or portable hard drive with and without administrator rights.

USB flash disks and portable hard drives are already a part of our modern lives. Almost everyone has a USB flash disk and most people are thinking of buying a portable hard drive nowadays. With that, the question I often get about them is how do you password protect a USB flash disk or portable hard drive?

Why is It Important to Password Protect your USB Flash Disk or Portable Hard Disk?

You carry your USB flash drive or portable hard disk with you all the time. Most of us put sensitive information and files in there that can be used against us or that we simply don’t want others to see. If you lose the flash disk, you risk other people seeing or accessing your sensitive files.

How to Password Protect a USB Flash Disk or Portable Hard Disk?

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These two applications for Windows easily emulate the dock feature of the MAC OS X by simply installing them.

I have always viewed Apple as an expert in selling products with an excellent user interface. When I got my first iPod (the iPod Video – 60GB) I was really amazed at the beauty, simplicity, and ease of use of the device. It was all of these without losing its primary purpose – great music.

Undoubtedly, the MAC OS X is also visually compelling, and easy to use like the iPod. One of the reasons for this is the dock feature of the MAC OS X. The dock is not just a great tool because of its many uses (shortcuts for commonly used programs, etc.), but also because of the beautiful user interface (smooth and fast scrolling, zooming feature, great looking icons, etc.).

I was a bit surprised though when I saw that there are already many applications for Windows which emulate the dock feature of MAC OS X. The best I’ve seen are:

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Using the best free video conversion software and the right settings, you’ll have the best movies and videos for your Nokia E63.

The economy version of the Nokia E71 has arrived in the form of the Nokia E63. With the exception of the looks (metal vs. plastic), some features (camera, GPS, and audio quality), and sales package (no USB and memory card included) the Nokia E63 has the same specifications as the Nokia E71. Our question now is – could the Nokia E63 play videos and movies as well as the Nokia E71?

To the delight of the Nokia E63 users, it plays videos and movies almost as well as the Nokia E71. The Nokia E63 may be a cheaper but it carries the same processor and RAM as the E71. Both also have the same display size of 2.36 inches; 16M color display (320×240 pixels). It also has the same player (Realplayer) as the the E71. The reason I said almost is that the audio quality of the Nokia E71 is noticeably better than the E63.

Let’s now convert videos and movies for the Nokia E63!

Nokia E63 oh my. [trial] by philcampbell

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The most popular archive is the ZIP format. So how do you open the other archive file formats such as .RAR, .CAB, .ACE, .7z, .TAR, .ARJ, .LZH, .GZ, etc.

The WinZip program is pretty much a standard installation in all my computers including the one at work. When I got my computer replaced at work, our IT department installed WinZip in the computer before it was even delivered to me. When I bought a new computer last year, one of the installation CDs had WinZip in it for me to install.

WinZip can open the ZIP archive format but what about the other archive formats like .RAR, .CAB, .ACE, .7z, .TAR, .ARJ, .LZH, .GZ, . UUE, .BZ2, etc?

I can name two good programs which can compress and decompress many archive formats other than .ZIP.

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With just a simple update of your Microsoft Office 2000, XP, or 2003, you would now be able to open Microsoft Office 2007 files (.docx, .xlsx, and, .pptx).

A lot of the people I know still use Microsoft Office 2003. Some still use Office 2000 and Office XP. A few of them are using Microsoft Office 2007.

There would be a few instances however; that these people still using Microsoft Office 2000, XP, and 2003 would need to open a Microsoft Office 2007 document. Microsoft Office 2007 documents are now saved in a new format which is .docx (Microsoft Word), .xlsx (Microsoft Excel), and .pptx (Microsoft Powerpoint). If you tried to open these documents in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, and 2003, you wouldn’t be able to.

Microsoft Office by robertnelson

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Here are three easy steps on how to password protect a folder containing important files located in your hard drive in a Windows operating system.

I’m sure most of us all have files which we don’t want anyone else to see. Our PC may have password protection during logon, but this usually isn’t enough as some (like in my case), have several users.

I’ve even tried hiding files and folders to no avail. The search function of Windows is too good that it can search hidden files and folders.

So how do we really secure our personal files?

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Using the best free video conversion software and the right settings, you’ll have the best movies and videos for your Nokia 5800.

The Nokia 5800 is not just for music but is also one of the best mobile phones to watch videos and movies because of its large display size (640×360). We’ve already shown in previous articles how to convert videos/movies for other mobile phones such as the Nokia E71, E61i, E61 and Sony Ericsson P1i.

Now we’ll convert videos or movies for the Nokia 5800.

The Nokia 5800 in Batman – The Dark Knight Movie

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When you can’t update your Free Avira Antivir Personal Edition Antivirus due to “No Valid License File” or Expired License, here is how to solve it.

I have the free antivirus Avira Antivir Personal Edition installed in my laptop but rarely update it as it doesn’t always have an Internet connection. When I do have an Internet connection, I even forget to update the Avira Antivir.

When I did remember one time, I tried to update the Avira Antivir when I was connected to the Internet. However the update failed and it gave me the error message “No Valid License File Found”. When I viewed the error logs, it indicated that the License Key has expired.

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