Synchronize Your Data

azhar    Gadgets, IPHONE, IT, IT Operations, windows     Synchronization of PCs to Macs, Synchronization of PCs to PCs, Synchronization of PCs to Phones and Mobile Devices, Synchronize Your Data

Gone are the days of carrying important files on optical discs and thumb drives. Everyday to probably run your hands across various different keyboards, touch pads and plastic buttons. But working with so many different devices poses some challenges. The hard part is getting the various product to talk to each other. You may store your business files on your work computer and your personal files on your home computer or laptop. Your cell phone may be the hub of your social life, but that means nothing when you surf the web on a Mac. You’d like to watch movies on this system while you work, but they’re stored on windows-based computer else where in your apartment. Sure you can use the removable media like USB to transfer the data but losing a thumb drive or dropping a portable hard disk is high. The solution to this problem of data creep is synchronization. Lots of free applications and utilities can ease your multi-device lifestyle by keeping your critical files up-to-date and accessible to all of your deskbound or mobile systems.

Here are some easy ways to synchronize your files across multiple platforms.

Synchronization of PCs to PCs

There are two primary ways to synchronize files across PCs, be they desktops, laptops or combinations of the two: through direct, system-to-system synchronization or by uploading files to and downloading then from the third party cloud service.

Direct synchronization benefits from faster transfer speeds and unlimited capacity for changed data. Its primary disadvantage is that your have to run the both computers at the same time.

Cloud based synchronization services act as a third party host for your files. Anything you upload will exist in its own protected space on the internet, accessible from any device. The major downside of the cloud is limited capacity. No service provider gives you access to more then a few gigabytes.

Windows Live Mesh offers the best of both worlds. To get started with Live Mesh, head over to mesh.com and click the sign in link.

Synchronization of PCs to Macs

To sync directly between a Windows PC and a Mac, your must first ensure that full network sharing is in effect between the two platforms.

Head online to the 2Brightsparks website and grab the syncback freeware program. While the app installs itself on your windows machine, use windows explorer to surf to a shared network folder on your Apple system. Right click the folder, map it as a network drive and assign it a unique drive letter for your windows PC. Once the syncback installation is complete, launch the application and create a profile, which represents a single link between a folder on your windows machine and a folder on your apple machine.

Synchronization of PCs to Phones and Mobile Devices

If you are hefting apple’s iPhone, you’ll find that the synchronization options built into Apple’s iTunes software are more than required to sync your device with Windows Mail, Outlook, Internet Explorer and Safari as well as with your Photo, video and music folders.

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5 Awesome Free Online Image Editors

azhar    Gadgets, IT, Tech News, windows     Free Online Images Editors, online image editor

Web-based image editors are much more convenient as compared to their desktop counterparts. The most obvious benefit is that they allow you to work on any computer that has a browser. In most cases, you can save your work online, avoid having to install desktop software, and interface with other web based services such as Flickr, Picasa or snagit.

Pixlr is a really very great, Flash-based image editor that shares a similar user interface to Adobe Photoshop. The Pixlr API – which is still in its early stages of development opens up possibilities of mash-ups an integration of Pixlr into your blog, web application, or website. It has a smart Wand tool to help you automatically select similar and adjacent pixels.
Phoenix, a powerful web-based image editor by Aviary, rivals the capabilities of desktop image editing applications. You have to sign-up for an account to access Phoenix, but it only takes a few seconds. Jut sign in a enjoy editing pictures online without installing any software to your computer locally.
pixer is an application to meet your simple photo-editing needs, check out pixer.us. Its a free, web-based photo editor. It has an intuitively simple interface and useful photo-editing features like cropping, resizing, and rotating. You can save your work as one of the four popular digital image files (PNG, JPG, GIF, or BMP). check it out at under given URL;
Splashup is feature-packed online image editor that integrates with popular photo sharing services like Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook allowing you to access your photos remotely. Some of the cool features that Splashup has layers with blending modes, the ability to interface and capture images from your web cam, and a nice variety of filters and layer effects.
FotoFlexer is a free, web-based photo editor that has tons of features but is still simple to use. FotoFlexer certainly does an excellent job for common photo-editing needs such as cropping, resizing, and rotating. It also integrates with popular web services such as Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, Facebook and MySpace.

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Convert your Windows7 Laptop into a Wireless Hot Spot

azhar    Gadgets, IT, Windows 7, windows     Convert Windows7 a Wireless Router, convert your laptop into a wireless hot spot, make your laptop act as a router, Wireless Card as a Router

Connectify works with new Windows 7 logo-tested WiFi devices, and many older devices that have compatible Windows 7 drivers. There are a number of Intel WiFi devices that do not have proper driver support. We are working on a solution that will allow Connectify to work with all WiFi devices (and even older versions of Windows) (Saying Connectify Team) and will make an announcement when we have a resolution.

These devices are known to be compatible:

• Atheros AR5005G/AR5005GS (as in the TP-Link TL-WN651G)
• Atheros AR5006EX (mini-PCIe card with driver version 8.0.0.171)
• Atheros AR5007EG with 8.0.0.238 firmware
• Broadcom 4310-series (in many Dell laptops)
• D-link AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless PCI Adapter (driver version 3.0.1.0)
• Intel 5100/5300 (with latest drivers from Intel’s site, version 13.0.0.107, 64bit systems only)
• Ralink RT2870 (in many 802.11n USB dongles)
• Realtek RTL8187SE (with the drivers that came with Windows 7)
• Realtek RTL8192u with 1370(Beta)

Check the list of all devices at under given location;

http://connectify.me/docs/

Use the under given link to download the connectify;

http://connectify.me/

Download the software and configure it according to your needs. Its really very easy!!!!!!

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Watch Movies Online: Top Ten Free Movie Websites

azhar    Gadgets, IPHONE, IT     Free Online Movie Sites, Watch Movies Free Online, Watch Movies Online

Where to watch free movies online? Here’s a list that will get you started. I’ve listed 10 sites that feature a wide range of films. Classics, international, film noir, documentaries, indies they’re all here. Most of these films should be available in every geographic region. However, there will be some exceptions. This is just a start, and I’m really hoping that you can add your favorites to the list and help it grow.

Internet Archive – Feature Films: This archive of feature films contains some important classics from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s. (You’ll find here films by Elia Kazan, John Huston, Fritz Lang, Howard Hawks and others.)

Australian Screen Archive: The Australian National Film and Sound Archive provides free and worldwide access to over 1,000 film and television titles – a treasure chest of down-under video 100 years in the making. Thanks Peter for that tip.

BestOnlineDocumentaries: As one reader previously told us, “This site is a bit out of date and some of the links are broken, but it’s still a great compilation of online documentaries.” For more documentaries, you should also see Snagfilms mentioned below.

Classic Cinema Online: This site nicely pulls together hundreds of classic films, ranging from Action to Westerns and even old cinema shorts and news reels.

Crackle.com: If you’re looking for mainstream movies, here you go. This is Sony’s online movie play. You get free films here.

Creative Commons: The folks who gave us the Creative Commons license host a wiki where you can find a good number of freely available films. Handy and worth keeping an eye on. I’d also suggest keeping tabs on CC’s Video blog.

Europa Film Treasures: Thanks to Europa Film Treasures, you can spend hours looking back through an archive of European film. Theses films range from “comedy to science fiction, from westerns to animation, from erotic to ethnological movies.”

Film Annex: This site has one of the largest selections of online films for you to watch or download. See films from independent filmmakers and directors from all over the world, and download or stream to your PC, laptop or iPhone.

Free Documentaries Online: The name says it all.

Free Documentaries.Org: Specializes in showing provocative documentaries for free…

Legal Torrents: Pretty much what the name says. Legaltorrents.com hosts high quality open-licensed (Creative Commons) digital media and art. This link takes you to their movie section.

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Windows 7 Latest Themes and Wallpapers

azhar    IT, Windows 7, windows     Windows 7 Backgrounds, Windows 7 Gadgets, Windows 7 Slideshow Gadgets

Windows 7 Themes

Download unlimited theme packs, Desktop Background, Desktop Gadgets and slideshow Gadgets legally from Microsoft windows website. The link is given at the end of this post.

Make your own theme

Making your own theme for windows 7 is few steps away. check it out!!

To change parts of a theme

1. Open Personalization by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type personalization, and then click Personalization.
2. Click the theme that you want to change to apply it to your desktop.
3. Do one or more of the following:
   • To change the background, click Desktop Background, select the check box for the image that you want to use, and then click Save changes.
   • To change the color of window borders, click Window Color, click the color that you want to use, adjust the intensity, and then click Save changes.
   • To change the sounds for the theme, click Sounds, click an item in the Sound Schemes list, and then click OK.
   • To add or change a screen saver, click Screen Saver, click an item in the Screen saver list, change any settings that you want to change, and then click OK.Your revised theme will appear under My Themes as an unsaved theme.

   To save a revised theme for your use only

To save your revised theme to use on your computer, follow these steps:

1. Open Personalization by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type personalization, and then click Personalization.
2. Click your revised theme to apply it to the desktop.
3. Click Save theme.
4. Type a name for your theme, and then click Save.The theme will appear under My Themes. Note that themes saved this way can’t be shared with other people.

To save a revised theme to share with friends and family

To share a revised theme, follow the steps below. You can share your theme using e‑mail, a network, or an external hard disk.

1. Open Personalization by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type personalization, and then click Personalization.
2. Click your revised theme to apply it to the desktop.
3. Right-click the theme, and then click Save theme for sharing.
4. In the File name box, type a name for your theme, and then click Save.By default, Windows saves the theme in your My Documents folder.Use the under given link to download new and nice themes given by Microsoft Team.

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