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Android Tips, Tricks, and Apps from Google

There may be no shortage of tips and tricks for using Android from users the world over, but it’s less common to hear an assortment of suggestions from Google itself.

Sure enough, though, earlier this week Google’s senior vice president of product management Jonathan Rosenberg published a lengthy list of such hints, ideas and favorite apps on the official Google blog.

Many of the suggestions are specific to Android 2.3, or Gingerbread, which is currently available only on the Nexus S smartphone. Nevertheless, the… Read More

[Giveaway] iSkySoft iMedia Converter for Windows

iSkySoft iMedia Converter for Windows is a total media converter which combines ripping DVD disks and converting audio and video files, making it easier for windows users to rip DVDs, convert videos (such as MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV) and extract audio from DVD and video for playback on mobile players like iPod Touch 4, iPod Nano, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen, Archos, HTC and other portable devices. Also it helps you remove DRM protection and wipe off… Read More

Speed Up Firefox by Loading Tabs On-demand

Firefox users who are used to having fifteen or more tabs open while surfing the web, or perhaps tend to load up their browser with a bunch of open pages from their last session, will surely know the impact this can have in terms of performance. It may not be a major issue on powerful desktop PCs with processing muscle and memory to spare, but you can bet more modest rigs and most laptops will struggle trying to pull up a huge list of pages at the… Read More

Hackers Install Android 2.2.1 on iPhone 2G/3G

A group of hackers managed to develop a way to install Android 2.2.1 (Froyo) on iPhone 2G and 3G without the need to use a computer as an intermediary.

DownloadSquad team found the program that allows running Bootlace in Apple smart phones that have jailbreak done by tools PwnageTool, Redsn0w and Blackra1n, thus creating a kind of dual boot on the set. Redmond Pie offers detailed instructions on how to make this change of operating system on the iPhone. But it’s… Read More

How to Install Microsoft Office 2007 in Linux

This tip is very useful for those who just migrated from Windows to Linux and are missing the interface and functionality of Microsoft Office 2007. To setup Microsoft Office in Linux is very simple and doesn’t need to write a single command line. In a few minutes you can start using Office 2007 on your Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

The only prerequisite, besides of Office 2007 DVD is PlayOnLinux, a simulator that allows you to install Windows programs in other operating systems like… Read More

Connect Remotely From Windows to Linux via XRDP

Today I will teach you to remotely access a Linux machine from a Windows machine using the Remote Desktop Protocol. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows users to remotely access other machines. The use of RDP Protocol is very frequent between Windows machines, however today we teach how to use the same protocol to access remotely Ubuntu. For this we will resort to XRDP service.

On Linux Machine

XRDP is very simple to install and is immediately operational. For this go to Applications >> Ubuntu Software Center… Read More

 
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