Software

Cook Your Own Roms For Android – RelentlessAppz ROM Roaster Review

I recently told you about RelentlessAppz and their fantastic software called Relentless Command Centre. Well shortly after that was released, Sean Marsh contacted me about his newest “invention”. I have been playing with it for a couple of weeks. Its called RelentlessAppz ROM Roaster. Cool name, huh? The idea is really simple. If like me, you More >

How To Manage Your Child’s Geek Tendancies

I have a daughter, aged 1.5 years. I guess watching me play with my phone, on my desktop clicking and tapping, on my laptop doing the same, all resulting in beeps and screen flashes captures a child’s interests and imaginations. So what can you do when they are this young but insist they need to More >

The Most Essential WHS Add In: Disk Management 1.1 for Windows Home Server

I have been beta testing an add in for my Windows Home Server for what feels like ever!!! It’s an essential tool in managing your disks in Windows Home Server. It has seamless integration with WHS. When it is installed, you wonder how could Microsoft possible have left these features out of a More >

Run XP Mode Inside VMware Player – No Need For Special Hardware

One of the neatest new features in Windows 7 Professional and above is XP Mode, but not all machines are capable of running it. Today we show you how to use VMware to run XP Mode on machines without Hardware Virtualization. How does this work? Even if your computer doesn’t have hardware virtualization, you More >

Amazing New Gesture Navigation Home For Android On The Way

A company called TAT announced today at MWC that they are releasing this amazing new home screen interface for android. Enjoy the video and screen shots. If you were to only go by their beautifully designed website, then it’s enough to get you excited. Gesture Navigation The widget fan gives you a stunning overview of all More >

Support Sunday: Update Microsoft Software Offline – IT Techie Tips

It’s a sad sad fact, that there are still many places that do not have a decent broadband connection. Of course, places like Finland, with their 1MB line minimum law, this doesn’t apply to. But for the rest of us – it’s fact! Many times, when on the road fixing peoples computers, invariably, I have to More >

How To Get Really Good Software Really Cheap And Legally!!

This isn’t one of the typical spams emails that you delete 100’s of. This is something that RichardX13 found during the week and told me about. It’s a site for students …. AND…. families of students!! The idea is to help students through college and to be able to afford all of the software they More >

The Most Essential App For Android – Titanium Backup

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Compare Cameras in a Snap with Snapsort before you buy

I recently bought a new camera for my wife. We have a Sony H9 bridge camera, but it just doesn’t fit in her purse. She has a 5 megapixel Samsung camera phone that just doesn’t cut it. So I went on the hunt for something compact. Actually, ultra-compact in this case. I chose Pixmania as More >

Breaking News!!! – Nokia Maps Now Free – UPDATED

A while back I got very excited when Googlemonster decided to do Turn-By-Turn navigation free for Android phones. It is still only available to the USA, whilst all XDA and ROM genius modders keep trying to get it working outside there. In fact, the news was big, it really, really hurt Garmin and TomTom. However, Nokia More >