PC Tools is the developer of several useful products for Windows optimization. The best of the lot, according to me, is ThreatFire, the free anti-virus solution.
I first ran into ThreatFire a few years ago while looking for free anti-virus softwares. I didn’t have money for paid software, and didn’t trust/like, cracked products.
Surprisingly, I found users posting rave reviews about ThreatFire on product neutral forums. Some rated it even higher than paid solutions. Running it for the first time on my PC promptly resulted in elimination of hundreds of corrupt files.
I’d recommend this to you if you are looking for a good anti-virus.
Tags: free antivirus, pc tools, pctools, threatfire
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It’s official, Microsoft is killing Kin. Now, keeping pun-ny jokes apart, the kind that have plagued the comment section of all major blogs, it’s a sad thing indeed that such a humble phone had to die such an early death. Sure, it is no competition to phones like Droid, iPhone, etc. But then, not everyone needs a smartphone. Sometimes, all you need is a phone that looks cool. Microsoft Kin is, or rather was, that phone.
With the official announcement already having been made, expect the Kin One and Kin Two to fly off shelves quicker. Sure, the tech blogs have had no qualms about pulling punches on the Kin phones, but the fact is that both phones look pretty unique. Maybe not uber cool, but unique for sure.
Now is the best time to go out and GET A KIN ONE or KIN TWO phone for yourself. Verizon is offering both at a cent each, under contract of course.
Tags: kin one, kin series killed, kin two, microsoft
Posted in electronic device, gadget |
In the entire hullabaloo over the latest and greatest phones these days, one tends to forget which the most powerful phone on the market is. Take a look at the image below, you have one guess.
That’s right, it’s the Nokia N900. The price of the Nokia N900 has just dropped to $399! So now you can have a phone that can dual boot multiple operating systems, as well a flavor of Ubuntu, the desktop operating system. Then there’s the huge Nokia N900 community that is always working to bring more mods to the already powerful phone.
The N900 gives you the best bang for your buck. Not convinced? Think about the upcoming MeeGo OS that you can install on it and run programs meant for PCs! This phone is especially useful for the corporate executive who wants to get work done on the go. Or for geeks who want to play around with it.
Tags: nokia n900, smartphone
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Toshiba has just announced a prototype device: Toshiba Libretto W100 dual screen netbook. It is a cross between a tablet PC and a netbook. It lacks a physical keyboard like a tablet but makes up for it with two touch screens.
Both touch screens can be used independently of each other, allowing you to run two different applications on both screens. When circumstances demand, you can also convert the lower screen into a touch keyboard, with a choice between 6 different layouts.
Toshiba Libretto W100
The screens, 7 inches wide each, have a capacitive touch layer, with the lower screen having good tactile feedback.
Toshiba wants to test the waters with the Libretto W100. The concept dual screen netbook, which will hit the markets in August, is priced a little north of $1000. From the looks of it, it might just as well become the form factor of nearly all future netbooks and will likely give tablets a run for their money.
Tags: dual screen netbook, toshiba libretto w100
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Shopping online is, for the most part, a pleasant experience. But when buying electronics, be extra careful of frauds. I had this experience recently when shopping for thumb drives. Drives that claimed to be 16 GB turned out, on delivery, to be only of 2 GB capacity. Further communications with the seller went unanswered.
So anyone looking to buy electronics from eBay, be careful!
Tags: buying from ebay, e-commerce, thumb drive, usb drive
Posted in electronic device |
