Monthly Archives: March 2012

Bookmark This! March 21, 2012 posted by

XXClone creates a safety clone of your Windows installation in case of emergencies [Daily Freeware]

There are few things more frustrating or annoying than having to try and recreate your hard disk after the original has died for whatever reason. It’s not just the fact that your whole life has probably disappeared, photos, email messages, social networking data, but there’s the added hassle of scrabbling around trying to find all the original program disks, or downloads so you can reinstall all the important stuff as soon as possible.

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Gadgets March 21, 2012 posted by

How to detect a fake Sandisk microSD 32GB card

Way back in Feb 2010 we reported on an intrepid geek investigation into the manufacture of fake microSD cards, and it seems the problem hasn’t gone away. In fact it’s probably got worse. So bad has the situation become there’s even a blog about it, called Fake Flash News, which reports on all the dodgy products that arrive on eBay and other retail sites. The problem is the copies are so good that they’re fooling lots of people, who then suffer from…

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Fun & Games March 21, 2012 posted by

Air Strike Catapult brings foam warfare to the office

If you work in an office building riddled with cubicles, chances are a coworker has thrown something over the top at you. Whether it be a paper football or a paperclip, this sort of cubicle warfare is a form of entertainment as you drudge through your day. If you’re one of those people who likes a good laugh, then chances are you want to throw around something a little more festive than office supplies.

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Air Strike Catapult brings foam warfare to the office
Gadgets March 21, 2012 posted by

Library of Classics MP3 gives you literary classics for almost nothing

In this day and age, reading the classics of literature seems to be a thing of the past. Students would rather watch movies, or read snippets from Wikipedia than actually sit with down with a book. For quite a few people who don’t even have required reading, this is still the case. However, if those classics were presented in audio format, and all in one place, would you be more inclined to get through them?

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Library of Classics MP3 gives you literary classics for almost nothing
cool tech March 20, 2012 posted by

PocketDroid is an iPod Touch Alternative At A Ridiculously Cheap Price

The iPod Touch has gained a faithful fan base because of its combination of great looks, sleek functionality and the cool feature set which includes games, media player and web surfing. If you’re an Apple family, this is the gadget you get the kids to stop them clamouring for an iPhone when they’re six years old. The only problem is you need to spend several hundred dollars for the privilege of owning one.

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Bookmark This! March 20, 2012 posted by

5 Lean Mean Firefox Browser Alternatives…Plus A Real Stunner! [Daily Freeware]

Fed up with bloated, slow, buggy web browsers like Firefox? Yeah, me too. Just about every week now, I find myself wrestling with Firefox, and although I could switch to Chrome, it’s one Google step too far (I already owe too much of my life to the massive Google machine to be healthy). So for those who are in a similar predicament, I’ve brought together a sample of some alternative web browsers, plus one standout winner which I’ve switched to…

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Bookmark This! March 20, 2012 posted by

Online Music Alarm Clock Wakes You Up With Your Very Favorite Music

If you’ve ever wondered whether you could spice up your early morning wake up calls and make them more interesting, you’ve probably considered one of the crazy alternative alarm clocks you see around nowadays. Things like alarm clocks that run away from you, that go off with a bang, or –  my personal vindictive favorite –  ones that make you do a complex puzzle to switch off the sound.

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hmm..interesting March 20, 2012 posted by

SNAP Skateboard folds up to fit in your backpack

There are many of us who are somewhat blessed and cursed with being too close to work to justify driving, but too far away to want to walk. A bicycle or scooter would work just fine as it can be parked outside, but skateboards seem to be frowned upon. Having no place to store your board, you have to walk into work and hope you can put it some place that is out of the way.

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SNAP Skateboard folds up to fit in your backpack
Bookmark This! March 19, 2012 posted by

Clipboard Master makes your cut and paste tasks an absolute breeze [Daily Freeware]

If you count up the amount of time you spend cutting, copying and pasting information on your computer every day, you’d probably end up with a vast number of hours per year that would shock your hair white. I’m constantly copying web addresses, telephone numbers, search terms, form text, just a ton of stuff. In fact the other day I got so fed up with it, that I decided to try and make my life easier by finding a tool.

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