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How to run eWallet on a linux PC?

Posted in tech, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Long time ago I wrote a blog post on eWallet titled Password galore. I still use eWallet on a daily basis and recently I was on mission to find if eWallet could be run on a linux PC – recently I migrated a couple of old Pentium III PCs to Fedora PCs at home hence [...]

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Take control over Window’s USB drive letter

Posted in USB flash drive, cruzer, hard drive, memory stick, portable apps, tech, u3, usb, usbdlm, windows drive letter on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

So what is the big deal about USB drive letter or the letter assigned by windows OS (XP/Visa/2000) when you plug in their USB drive or USB hard drive. I guess it doesn’t matter for most folks until one tries to automate backups. I never cared about how my windows PC assigned drive letters to [...]

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Portable Apps

Posted in USB flash drive, cruzer, datatraveler, hard drive, memory stick, portable apps, tech on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »

You might be surprised that your memory stick/USB flash drive/ipod/mp3 player could do a lot than what you had bought it for. If memory serves me right, I had bought my first USB memory stick (about 256K) about 4 years ago just to transfer files between my computers. Then until about last year they were [...]

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HDTV on your PC

Posted in Divx, Misc, antennaweb, cbs, deal, dvd, hdtv, kmov, ksdk, nbc, pbs, pinnacle, tech, titantv, tv, woot, woot.com on October 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »

The other day I wooted for Pinnacle PCTV HD card from woot.com for $49.99 + $5 shipping – if you are not familiar with woot.com you can read Woot’ wiki here. So, what’s Pinnacle PCTV HD card for? Here are few features: * Watch SD and free HD TV on your PC * Listen to [...]

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Backup that harddrive

Posted in backup, computer, hard drive, syncback, tech on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Recently there was an article on money.cnn.com titled Many US Consumers are Failing to Protect their Priceless Information. The article reads a little over a third of the adults in the US do not take the risk of losing their digital content seriously. Having gone through replacing 3 hard drives on my home computers I [...]

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My POI

Posted in garmin, gps, i3, orlando, poi, st.louis, tech on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

GPS. I bet this is going to be the tech toy that every one wants for this Christmas besides the iPhone. Definitely this is the time you need to buy a GPS with the price on these really affordable than ever. I got one of those Garmin streetpilot i3 (bought almost a year ago when [...]

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Tech Talk: Password galore

Posted in tech on October 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Do you still remember….. your password that you had registered with elsewhere.com about 7 years ago the serial number of that software you had downloaded from noland.com this morning your garage PIN number that you had jotted down on a sticky note 3 years ago and was there on your desk this morning but gone [...]

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