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[EXPIRED] CompanionLink Pro Giveaway [Competition]

Posted by Harry On May - 15 - 20104 COMMENTS

Before, I made a review on CompanionLink Professional. Very kindly, CompanionLink have given us three licenses of CompanionLink Professional (worth $99.95), as well as their RunStart installation service (worth $39).

To enter, all you have to do is visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BXKW2D6 by Friday the 21st of May 2010 (11:59PM BST), and answer the questions. We’ll then enter you into our competition, and you could win.

The contest has ended, but you can download a 14-day free trial over at the CompanionLink website, by clicking here.

CompanionLink enables you to sync your Outlook with your mobile

Posted by Harry On May - 14 - 20103 COMMENTS

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4.5 out of 5

Companion1 CompanionLink enables you to sync your Outlook with your mobile

PROS: Supports most modern smartphones, together with the latest versions of Outlook. Supports OTA (Over the Air) Synchronisation, as well as wired.
CONS: Can’t think of any!
VERDICT: A great piece of software for any smart-phone user! I would highly recommend it to anyone!
PRICE: Depends what you want. It varies from $39.95 – $99.95. Watch this space though, there may be a giveaway soon!
VERSION REVIEWED: 3.0
DOWNLOAD: CompanionLink (free 14-day trial) Companion2 CompanionLink enables you to sync your Outlook with your mobile

Companion2 CompanionLink enables you to sync your Outlook with your mobile

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XP USERS: Remove you Username from the StartMenu [How To]

Posted by Thomas On May - 14 - 20102 COMMENTS

The XP start-menu displays your name (or the logged on user) on top. This is very handy in case you get amnesia and don’t remember who you are. But, it will also reveal who’s logged on, which can be a bad thing if you forget to remove the [Ed] *ahem* seedy content, or other non-work related stuff you’re doing on your computer. If you work at a high security environment, or just don’t want people to see who’s logged onto a certain computer, then this tip might just save your day.

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Winners of WinX DVD Licenses…!!

Posted by Thomas On May - 13 - 20102 COMMENTS

ripper screen Winners of WinX DVD Licenses...!! Yet another Competition, successfully ended. Here is the list of our winners. If you ever should consider buying a DVD Copy/Backup program, it’s this one. You can make backups of your DVD collection with a few clicks – even the newest ones. And you get free lifetime updates.

Did you miss our review ? Read it here.

When you read through this list, you will notice that we only gave out 19 licenses, thou we promised 30 ?! That is true – as it turns out (and of course we expected as much) that not many of our readers use MAC. Therefore we were only able to give away 4 MAC licenses. However. IF you DO know someone who is bound to their love for MAC, tell them to send me an email at: begging (Ed note: or just asking nicely) me for a license, and I’ll be happy to accommodate. Tell them to Write: “MAC license Please” in the Subject line. Now, on to the business at hand… Read the rest of this entry »

Link Windows Live Accounts [How To]

Posted by Stu On May - 13 - 20101 COMMENT

windowslive thumb Link Windows Live Accounts [How To]

I’m sure the vast majority of you guys have more than one or two email addresses. Personally I have 6 and keeping tabs on them all can be a pain, not to mention unproductive.

If you use Microsoft’s web-based Hotmail & a Windows Live account (hotmail.com & live.com) for your email needs, then linking your accounts so as to consolidate down to one inbox(ish) couldn’t be easier.

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How To Control Access to Specific Websites with Parental Controls

Posted by Angel Luis On May - 12 - 20108 COMMENTS

Are your children always using Facebook? Or is your brother always using your computer?You will find here a way to control access to websites at certain times.

We will do this in Windows 7 but you can do it in all Windows versions.

This post will use the hosts file and two tasks. The host file is stored in %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\ and its function is mapping host names and IP addresses. Before DNS or WINS act the local host do this mapping so is the ideal place for controlling access to Web Pages.

So let start:

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