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Congratulations to the winners of the Jabra Speak 510 (see here for the review):

  • Luis F Vasquez
  • Michael Charney
  • James Kelly
  • Robert Gorman

 

Keep checking www.mintywhite.com for more great giveaways and competitions!

 

Windows Guides’ Rating

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4.5 out of 5

Compatible with
Windows 8Windows 7Windows VistaWindows XP
System
ARM 64-bit 32-bit
PROS: Comes with case, small and lightweight, looks good, easy to use, great sound quality and microphone, touch buttons, input via Bluetooth and USB, output via 3.5mm jack
CONS: Quite expensive (although all professional products seem to have a similar price tag).
VERDICT: A modern, simplistic and easy-to-use speaker. The MS version works brilliantly with voice and music plays well too. Although it is relatively expensive, it is certainly worth the price!

Jabra Speak 510

PRICE: £110 / $115

VERSION REVIEWED: Jabra Speak 510 MS (Microsoft-optimised) – Item 7510-109

WEBSITE: Jabra Speak 510

WE HAVE FOUR JABRA SPEAK 510S UP FOR GRABS! PLEASE SEE BELOW.

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Windows DesktopIf you’ve not yet upgraded to Windows 8.1, you can instructions to do so here.

The source of many complaints about Windows 8 manifests itself each time you start your computer: starting with the live tiled interface by default. From my observations, most people utilize this interface mainly to click the “Desktop” icon to return to “normal” Windows. Well, Microsoft heard our cry and have provided a way to boot directly to the desktop in Windows 8.1. To boot to the desktop:

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pdf-converter-feature-1We are pleased to bring you another great giveaway product. If you are in the search of an Adobe Acrobat alternative then look no further. PDF Converter convert PDF documents to Word, Excel, Text, Image, and EPUB formats for easy portability. In addition, an OCR plug-in is available for converting scanned PDF into editable PDF documents.

Head over to the giveaway website: http://www.iskysoft.com/pdf-converter-windows.html

But hurry, there’s not much time

If you’ve created a virtual hard disk for use with a virtual machine (i.e. XP Mode—how to create a virtual machine), you may want to access these files without booting in to the virtual operating system. To access files on a VHD from Windows:

  1. Press Windows Key + R (or click Start > Run), type diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter
  2. Click Action > Attach VHD

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  3. Browse to your VHD file and click OK

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When you are finished using the VHD, open Disk Management (step 1), right click the virtual drive and click Detach VHD

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Thanks to John Henderson for the tip.