With the K-Lite Codec Pack, you can almost play any video file using only your Windows Media Player Classic.

With the several video file types existing today, it’s very hard to install just one player. What’s worse is multiple files with the same file type are sometimes encoded differently – which would then require different codecs for it to play in your media or video player.

I use the K-Lite Video Codec Pack in two of my Windows based machines and it hasn’t failed me since. It installs various codecs and uses by default the lightweight Windows application Media Player Classic in playing video files.

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The “Avira Antivir Personal Edition” is an antivirus software which offers one of the best protections for viruses and Trojans – all for free.

A standard computer’s main programs include an operating system or OS (Windows, Mac, or Linux), an Office suite (Microsoft Office or Open Office), an internet browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari), and an Antivirus software.

When it comes to choosing the first three main programs, it’s usually easy as we just use with what we are already comfortable with or used to. But when it comes to deciding which antivirus program to install in our computers, most of us don’t know what to really use.

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The Olympus FE-320 Camera is a feature rich, easy to use camera which takes very good pictures – The perfect gift for my mom.

My mother’s birthday was last October but I’m writing this article/review on the gift I bought for her only now as I wanted to be sure that I wasn’t just justifying my purchase. I bought her an Olympus FE-320 Camera and she’s been using it for more than a month now. If you and I look at its specs/highlights:

8.0 Megapixel
3x Optical Zoom
2.7 inch LCD Display
Digital Image Stabilization
Face Detection
Can Record Videos with Sound
Proprietary Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery
Weighs only 96g
Expandable Memory through Olympus xD-Picture Card

Now mind you I only bought this for $150 USD (7,500 Pesos in our country).

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With the Videora iPod / iPhone Converter, watching movies in our iPods / iPhones has never been this easy.

One of the strengths of the iPod and iPhone regardless of generation is the video quality. There has not been a single time where it has failed to please me in watching video clips and movies in terms of quality and performance. However, the question always for this is, how do you convert videos / movies for your iPod / iPhone?

When I got my first iPod (the 5th Gen 160GB iPod Video) two years ago, I tried using iTunes to convert movies and video files. The funny thing is, whenever I tried converting a video file, only the video was converted and not the audio. The result? A silent movie.

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By using the best free video conversion software and the right settings, you’ll have the best movies and videos for your Nokia E71 / E61 / E61i.

As the E71 and its brothers (the E61i and E61) have a large wide screen that is ideal for movies, I wanted to put movies and videos in it so I could enjoy watching even if I don’t have a T.V. or computer to watch on. As the E71 had “RealPlayer” as its video player, the videos it could play were a bit limited – so I first looked for free mobile players that I could install in the E71. My search was in vain though as the only player that was worth considering was “Coreplayer” and it isn’t free. It played almost any format and would only need a little conversion if any is needed at all.

I then thought, what if I just converted movie or video files that are understandable by RealPlayer? What if I’m just underestimating the playing capabilities of the in-house player of the E71?

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Know another way to customize the interface of your Sony Ericsson UIQ3 (P1i, G900, W960, etc.) and Nokia S60v3 (e61, e61i, e71, etc.) besides Themes.

For most of us, the good old-fashioned way of spicing up the menus and interface of either our Sony Ericsson or Nokia phone is to download a “Theme” and installing it to our phone. But if you already have a smartphone like the P1i or the e61, downloading a theme just isn’t enough.

With the open source application named GDesk, you could fully customize the menu / interface of your Sony Ericsson (P1i, G900, etc.) or Nokia phone (e61, e71, etc.)

GDesk is an application that is installed in the phone to fully customize the look of your menu. It almost replaces your default menu style which is in your phone. I said “almost” because the default menu is still there and you can access it anytime if you want to. It also doesn’t just replace your menu; it also replaces the desktop or initial view of your phone.

Replace this normal look of our phone with GDesk..

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How do you know or determine a fake Nokia N95 mobile phone from the real one? It’s easy.

My uncle briefly went to Germany for business matters. Unfortunately his mobile phone which he brought there got broken because he dropped it 2 stories high. (He said someone bumped him while he was using it) He was then forced to buy a new phone and told one of his personnel to go to the nearest store and buy him a Nokia N95 and if possible the 8GB one.

He returned and told him that the Nokia N95 8GB was unavailable but he was able to get a black one and at a cheaper price. Lo and behold he bought this:

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No gadget even the one we like best is perfect – and the iPhone is one of them. Pleasefixtheiphone.com has given us the chance to publicly air out our wishes for the iPhone.

 
I recently stumbled upon the pleasefixtheiphone.com and I couldn’t help but vote on their online polls. The website is basically about bringing together all the complaints on the iPhone and iPhone 3G and coming out with a list of what people would like fixed on the iPhone. In shorter terms, people’s wishes for the iPhone are listed there.

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Do you have a new Iphone 3G or you’ve just reset it? Inserted your SIM and it doesn’t work and says locked SIM? Here’s a step-by-step guide on activating it.

If you happen to have an Iphone 3G and inserting a SIM card doesn’t make it work, then you might not have activated it. The Iphone 3G is not your regular phone where you just plug in your SIM and it’s ready to go. Remember it’s an IPOD and phone rolled into one.

Let’s first install your SIM card into your Iphone 3G. You just need to use the small metal pin provided by Apple, and use it to push at the small hole located at the top of the Iphone 3G to reveal the SIM card slot.

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After a month’s usage of the Asus Eee PC 1000H UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC), what can be said about this new UMPC or Netbook by ASUS?

I haven’t really been much of a fan of laptops as they were still hard to carry. I have a laptop but I still go by the train and ride the bus every so often and the weight of the laptop still bothers me.

With the release of the recent Netbooks and UMPCs (with the first release by ASUS), I was really excited as they beat what traditional laptops were trying to boast since their existence – portability. However, the UMPC’s capacity was still small and their performance was still not very good.

With the arrival of the Asus Eee PC 1000h, it has become a reality to see the power of a laptop, and the portability of a Netbook. Or has it really?

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