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		<title>Using GPS Tracking to Protect Your Vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using GPS Tracking to Protect Your Vehicles
&#160;by: Kingston Amadan
It is no secret that police cars are equipped with GPS tracking theft recovery devices. These items are meant to allow a stolen police car to be found rather easily by simply using GPS tracking technology to locate the car. Then further police are dispatched to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Using GPS Tracking to Protect Your Vehicles</b><br />
&nbsp;by: <b>Kingston Amadan</b></p>
<p>It is no secret that police cars are equipped with GPS tracking theft recovery devices. These items are meant to allow a stolen police car to be found rather easily by simply using GPS tracking technology to locate the car. Then further police are dispatched to the location to apprehend the criminal and recover the car. The good news is that it is possible to use the same technology to protect your car.</p>
<p>GPS tracking is not a very new technology. It has been around since the 1980s, when it first began being developed for the military. It was originally meant to help keep track of troops and movements, as well as create a sophisticated mapping system to help commanders find their way over rough and unknown terrain. Today that same technology is so advanced that it is possible to track in real time and create histories of where the device has been. And GPS technology is available to anyone, and at a fairly reasonable price.</p>
<p>When you use GPS tracking in your car, you receive more than just driving directions in an unfamiliar city. You can also know where your car is. While it is nice to have this information to keep tabs on partying teenagers, it can also help you in the event that your car is stolen. When you have a tracking system, and your car is stolen, you are more likely to get it back relatively unharmed. This is because you can find it immediately, rather than having it discovered in pieces weeks later as part of an illegal car parts ring.</p>
<p>Your GPS tracking system can help you get your car back and have the satisfaction of knowing that the person who stole it is off the streets and headed to jail. You can let the police see where your car is (and where it is headed) and this is an immense help to them. One of the best ways to protect your property is to know where it is. And you can always know where your car is when you have it equipped with GPS tracking.</p>
<p>(c) 2005 Copyright <a href="http://www.spyassociates.com" target=new>www.spyassociates.com</a>. This article is about: GPS Tracking.</p>
<p><b>About The Author</b></p>
<p>Kingston Amadan</p>
<p>To learn more about Spy and Surveillance Products visit <a href="http://www.spyassociates.com" target=new>http://www.spyassociates.com</a>. Read other related articles at <a href="http://spyassociates.blogspot.com/" target=new>http://spyassociates.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Things You Can Do To Speed Up Your Computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upgrading your processor will always speed up your computer, but sometimes this will not be the best thing to do. The first thing you need to do is find out where the bottle neck is in your system. The first step you would take to finding this out is by using the computers task manager. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Upgrading your processor will always speed up your computer, but sometimes this will not be the best thing to do. The first thing you need to do is find out where the bottle neck is in your system. The first step you would take to finding this out is by using the computers task manager. You can tell in here how much the computers resources are being used. If you want a more advanced diagnostics program then click on start, then run and type in perfmon. A program will now open and you will be able to monitor all of your computer components.</p>
<p>The following paragraphs will describe what you need to check, how to check it, and whether you should upgrade.</p>
<p>Processor: By looking in task manager you can tell if you need to upgrade. The processor will always run at 100% this is ok, but if it runs at 100% for long periods of time you will need a faster processor. Replacing the processor can be very expensive as you might also need to replace the motherboard. But you might not need to upgrade your processor as the problem could be the memory, check below.</p>
<p>Memory: Making sure the system has enough memory is very important. If the system runs out of memory it will start to use hard-disk space as memory. As a hard-disk runs at a much slower speed than memory does this will severely slow down your PC. Your processor will also be running very hard as it need to read and write data to the hard-drive.</p>
<p>Hard-Disk: Hard-Disk is very hard to diagnose. If you have an old hard-disk then it will be worth upgrading. This is because new hard-drives run at faster speeds, So replacing the hard-drive will also help to speed up your computer. If your computer supports Serial ATA I would strongly recommend upgrading to that.</p>
<p>Operating system: There are a few things you can do to your operating system to help the hardware.</p>
<p>-Remove programs that you don&#8217;t use, these programs will be cluttering up your system.</p>
<p>-Make sure you have lots of free space, If you don&#8217;t have much free space it will cause problems with your system.</p>
<p>-Stop programs from auto starting when your computer starts, these programs will take up a bit of your memory.</p>
<p>-Run defrag, this will re-organise all the files on your hard-disk for optimal use</p>
<p>Article at <a href="http://www.computing-forums.com/computer/things-you-can-do-to-speed-up-your-computer-47.htm" target="_new">http://www.computing-forums.com/computer/things-you-can-do-to-speed-up-your-computer-47.htm</a></p>
<p>Jason Barrett <a target="_new" href="http://www.computing-forums.com">http://www.computing-forums.com</a>
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		<title>Test Fidelity with a Spy Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Test Fidelity with a Spy Phone
&#160;by: Kingston Amadan
Are you worried that you partner may be cheating on you? With a spy phone it is fairly easy to find out. In today&#8217;s world, nearly everyone has his or her own cell phone. In fact, with family plans and extra phones, there is no need to share [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Test Fidelity with a Spy Phone</b><br />
&nbsp;by: <b>Kingston Amadan</b></p>
<p>Are you worried that you partner may be cheating on you? With a spy phone it is fairly easy to find out. In today&#8217;s world, nearly everyone has his or her own cell phone. In fact, with family plans and extra phones, there is no need to share a phone. Each person&#8217;s phone is sacrosanct. This means that it is easier than ever for significant others to cheat on their partners. No worries about the wrong person answering the phone. With a personal cell phone, you know you are the only person to answer. Plus, partners keep their own phones with them, so there is little chance of someone invading the phone book and seeing suspicious activity. A spy phone, however, will cut right through all this.</p>
<p>The latest spy phone is one that you give to your subject. The person then uses it just like a regular cell phone. They can make and receive calls, enter numbers into a phone book, and do all of the things that one would expect from a cell phone. The major difference is that you have access to communication through the phone. You can even listen to communication that takes place around the phone.</p>
<p>You spy phone comes equipped with two numbers. The first is a regular number. Anyone can call this number and reach your partner. The second number is a secret number that you program into the phone prior to giving it to your partner. Whenever you dial the number, you have access to hear whatever is going on around the phone. If your partner is on the phone, you get to listen in to both ends of the conversation. If your significant other is not on the phone, a microphone that picks up everything in the vicinity of the spy phone is silently activated so that you can hear what is going on in the room.</p>
<p>A spy phone is the perfect surveillance device. You can give it to your partner as part of your new cell plan, and she or he wouldn&#8217;t suspect a thing. It goes everywhere with the person, so it is a portable bug that the person does not know he or she is carrying. Plus, whether arranging a clandestine meeting over the phone or listening to a conversation during a secret tryst, you can gather the evidence you need, even if your partner is not actively using the spy phone.</p>
<p>(c) 2005 Copyright <a href="http://www.spyassociates.com" target=new>www.spyassociates.com</a>. This article is about: Spy Phone.</p>
<p><b>About The Author</b></p>
<p>Kingston Amadan</p>
<p>To learn more about Spy and Surveillance Products visit <a href="http://www.spyassociates.com" target=new>http://www.spyassociates.com</a>. Read other related articles at <a href="http://spyassociates.blogspot.com/" target=new>http://spyassociates.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Improve PC Performance - 6 Tips You Must Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you frustrated with your PC?
Is it feeling sluggish or crawling at a snail&#8217;s pace?
Are programs running slower than they used to?
Are you just plain fed up with frequent slowdowns, freezes or crashes?
Then it&#8217;s time to stop what you&#8217;re doing and optimize your system to improve PC performance!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Are you frustrated with your PC?</b></p>
<p><b>Is it feeling sluggish or crawling at a snail&#8217;s pace?</b></p>
<p><b>Are programs running slower than they used to?</b></p>
<p><b>Are you just plain fed up with frequent slowdowns, freezes or crashes?</b></p>
<p><b>Then it&#8217;s time to stop what you&#8217;re doing and optimize your system to improve PC performance!</b></p>
<p>Follow these 6 simple sure-fire tips to help improve PC performance and you&#8217;ll be surprised by the results! Each comes with an indication of how often you should do it.</p>
<p><b>Improve PC Performance Tip #1:</b></p>
<p>CLEAN UP YOUR WINDOWS REGISTRY (Frequency = Daily)</p>
<p>This is an essential, but often overlooked, task to improve PC performance. In fact most PC users are unaware of the necessity to regularly clean the Registry as Microsoft does not include a cleanup tool in any version of Windows.</p>
<p>Every time a program is installed it makes changes to the Windows Registry - a huge internal database of Windows&#8217; settings. Virtually all Windows programs, and Windows itself, store a massive array of information inside the database. These thousands of entries control the behavior and appearance of virtually everything on your system.</p>
<p>Changes to your PC system are not always handled correctly in the Registry, leading to conflicts and the slowing down of your PC. Over time this leads to a bloated and possibly, corrupted Registry. Reasons for this include:
<ul>
<li>frequently installing or uninstalling programs</li>
<li>removing a program which leaves traces behind</li>
<li>leftover entries from a hardware uninstall</li>
<li>unused drivers on your system</li>
<li>Spyware or similar programs that reappear every time you reboot</li>
</ul>
<p> You can edit the Registry manually using a Windows program called Regedit, but this is really a job best left for hardened PC experts.</p>
<p>Thankfully, programs are available that can clean up your Registry automatically to help improve PC performance, such as &#8220;Registry Optimizer &#8216;06&#8243;. This scans your Registry, looks for entries that are redundant or invalid and lists them so that they can be corrected with one mouse click. As an added bonus, to improve PC performance, it runs automatically in the background every time you start your PC.</p>
<p><b>Improve PC Performance Tip #2:</b></p>
<p>EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN (Frequency = Weekly)</p>
<p>Regularly empty Windows&#8217; Recycle Bin.</p>
<p>This will release hard drive space and help improve PC performance.</p>
<p>When you choose to delete a file, rather than removing it completely from your computer, Windows first puts it into the Recycle Bin. This gives you a second chance, as it means you can restore flies from the Recycle Bin back to their original place on your computer.</p>
<p>To ensure optimum PC performance, empty your Recycle Bin weekly (or even daily). To do so, right-click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop, and choose Empty Recycle Bin.</p>
<p><b>Improve PC Performance Tip #3:</b></p>
<p>REMOVE PROGRAMS (Frequency = Monthly)</p>
<p>Installing programs is easy - but once you have, it&#8217;s just as easy to end up leaving them languishing, forgotten, on your hard disk.</p>
<p>Most programs come with their own uninstaller. You&#8217;ll find this under the program&#8217;s entry in All Programs, from the Start menu.</p>
<p>If the program doesn&#8217;t come with its own uninstaller, open Control Panel from the Start menu, and double-click Add/Remove Programs. Your PC will pause briefly while it gathers a list of all the programs you have installed.</p>
<p>Once it has done so, find the program you&#8217;d like to get rid of, click it and then select Change/Remove.</p>
<p>Be aware that some programs leave uninstalled traces all over the Windows Registry! Therefore, to improve PC performance after an uninstall, it&#8217;s essential to clean the Registry.</p>
<p><b>Improve PC Performance Tip #4:</b></p>
<p>RUN DISK CLEAN UP (Frequency = Monthly)</p>
<p>Windows&#8217; Disk Clean Up is a fantastic built-in utility that automates regular maintenance tasks to improve PC performance, such as deleting Temporary Internet files, Setup log files, etc.</p>
<p>To start Disk Clean Up, double-click My Computer, right click on your &#8216;C:&#8217; drive and then select Properties. Now click Disk Cleanup. Your computer will then spend a few moments analysing itself.</p>
<p>When it has completed the audit Windows will give you a list of areas where it has found files to cleanup. To clean an area, put a tick in the box next to it. To leave something intact, such as Temporary files, just remove the tick next to the item and click OK.</p>
<p>Your computer will then begin the removal process to improve PC performance - this can take some time.</p>
<p><b>Improve PC Performance Tip #5:</b></p>
<p>DISK DEFRAGMENTATION (Frequency = Quarterly)</p>
<p>When Windows stores programs on your PC hard disk it saves fragments of files in the nearest empty spaces.</p>
<p>This slows down your PC as it has to spend time hunting down the fragments and piecing files together.</p>
<p>There is a simple cure - running the Windows program Disk Defragmenter. This gathers together the fragments of programs and puts them back in the right order.</p>
<p>This makes it far easier for your hard disk to find what it&#8217;s looking for, enabling programs and files to load more quickly - a sure-fired way for improving PC performance.</p>
<p>To defragment your hard disk click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and then Disk Defragment. When the program has loaded, click Defragment.</p>
<p>The process can take well over an hour. Because defragmenting your hard disk takes such a long time, you really don&#8217;t want to go through the process too often.</p>
<p>Defragment your hard disk every 3 months or so - this way you&#8217;ll get the best results and optimize the performance of your PC.</p>
<p><b>Improve PC Performance Tip #6:</b></p>
<p>EMPTY THE PREFETCH CACHE (Frequency = Quarterly)</p>
<p>To improve the time it takes to load programs, Windows guesses which files are likely to be needed next and loads them into a pool or &#8216;cache&#8217;.</p>
<p>This process is called prefetching, and it generally works well. Overtime, though, the prefetch cache can become clogged with files you no longer need - and that can slow down Windows&#8217; startup.</p>
<p>To clear Prefetch, choose Run from the Start menu, and enter Prefetch into the text box that appears. When you&#8217;ve done that, you&#8217;ll be confronted by a window filled with icons. Press Alt+A to select them all and press Delete.</p>
<p>The cache will quickly refill with links and files that Windows really needs. As a result, your system will feel more responsive and benefit from a PC performance speed up.</p>
<p><b>So there you have it</b>, 6 sure-fired PC performance tips to revitalize your PC. Now you know how to improve PC performance - simply follow these steps and repeat them regularly.</p>
<p>Michael Braid makes it easy to clean up your PC and regain lost performance. For details and to claim your free PC Windows Health Check, visit this website now: <a href="http://protect-soft.com" target="_blank">Improve PC Performance Site</a>
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		<title>Ringtones: What&#8217;s the Point?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ringtones: What&#8217;s the Point?
&#160;by: Emily Sims
A quick Google search will produce countless articles trying to understand the popularity of &#8216;ringtones&#8217;; hundreds of bloggers waxing lyrical on the benefits of personalising their cell phones. Interviews with “experts” profering sexy theories about ringtones and identity construction lend an academic seriousness to the Crazy Frog phenomena. The figures [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Ringtones: What&#8217;s the Point?</b><br />
&nbsp;by: <b>Emily Sims</b></p>
<p>A quick Google search will produce countless articles trying to understand the popularity of &#8216;ringtones&#8217;; hundreds of bloggers waxing lyrical on the benefits of personalising their cell phones. Interviews with “experts” profering sexy theories about ringtones and identity construction lend an academic seriousness to the Crazy Frog phenomena. The figures are pretty serious too, in the U.S.A. alone, the Yankee Group predicts, ringtones will be worth $500 million. That&#8217;s roughly the GDP of Fiji.</p>
<p>Obviously our cell phones needs a voice, but does that voice need to be a polyphonic adaptation of &#8216;Living on a Prayer&#8217;?</p>
<p>The latest figures indicate that young people are the greatest consumers of mobile music. According to one UK survey, 15-24 year olds account for 80% of ringtone spending. Studies by Nick Anderson of Sussex University show that young people are far more aware of the &#8220;brand personalty&#8221; (the particular identity affiliated with certain brands) than older generations. Anderson suggests that teenagers can deduce a person&#8217;s character, likes and dislikes, by their branded possessions. Considering the amount of branding in the music industry, it&#8217;s not unreasonable to say that popular musicians have their own “brand personality”.  So, your 50 Cent ringtone, for example, communicates not only a your taste in music, but also your compliance to the whole ‘Fiddy&#8217; meme. Ultimately, for brand savvy youth, this says something about your personality, which, you hope, everybody within earshot understands.</p>
<p>If a cell phone rings in the woods but nobody is around to hear it, are you still down with 50 Cent? Ringtones are about personalization, and about public performance. The publicness of the ringtone is an integral part of its appeal. It&#8217;s unlikely that anyone would have a ringtone on their landline. In a noisy urban soundscape like the city, silence is an anomaly. Personalised ringtones are simply another irritating sound in the hullabaloo. Most of us manage tune out the sounds imposed on us: muzak, hawkers, traffic, the O&#8217;Reily factor, so why try and impose yet another squawk? Perhaps the ringtone is the audio equivalent of territorial pissing; thirty seconds in which YOU pick the soundtrack. For a few moments when your cell phone rings the 50 Cent meme is the most powerful in the sonic environment. Where “Fiddy” is relatively redundant as a social force, certain ringtones allow citizens to demonstrate their dissatisfaction or support of a cause. Independent radio station WFMU have created a variety of anti- George W. Bush ringtones available for download, while <a href="http://engadget.com" target=new>engadget.com</a> allows users to choose their preferred presidential candidate ringtone. Condemning other commuters to several cycles of 50 Cent, the theme from &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; or a Dubya quote demonstrates your individual tastes and allows others distinguish you as either nemesis or brethren.</p>
<p>In our efforts to relieve poverty, impede environmental disaster or cure the global AIDs epidemic, ringtones are totally and utterly useless. When it comes to enforcing the myth that every individual is special, the artificial uniqueness of a personalized ringtone is just the ticket. Paradoxically, this demonstration of individualism is only really effective in a crowd. As far as this writer&#8217;s concerned the real purpose of ringtones lies in their ridiculousness. A recent gathering of sensible adults turned to hilarity thanks to an improvised game of &#8220;Name that tune&#8221;. Using Foovely&#8217;s ringtone preview function, those gathered took turns choosing snippets of songs for the party to guess. Recognising a song in 30 seconds is SO much harder in monophone!</p>
<p><b>About The Author</b></p>
<p>Emily Sims is the word person at the cool ringtones (<a href="http://www.foovely.com" target=new>www.foovely.com</a>) site <a href="http://foovely.com" target=new>foovely.com</a>. While she dislikes his music, Emily thinks 50 Cent (<a href="http://ringtones.foovely.com/artists/50-cent.html" target=new>ringtones.foovely.com/artists/50-cent.html</a>) will probably get rich or die trying. Pity.</p>
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		<title>Uninstall Windows Media Player 10 and Start Enjoying Your Media Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Media Player 10 has been full of bugs from Microsoft since they offered it as a download from their site. Windows Media Player 9 was nice and simple. Windows Media Player 10 is way too complex and feature-rich that it has taken away from the simpleness of version 9 and ruined itself. Another great [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windows Media Player 10 has been full of bugs from Microsoft since they offered it as a download from their site. Windows Media Player 9 was nice and simple. Windows Media Player 10 is way too complex and feature-rich that it has taken away from the simpleness of version 9 and ruined itself. Another great media player is Winamp but we won&#8217;t go into that right now.</p>
<p>If you have installed Windows Media Player 10, you can roll back to the version of the Player that was on your computer before installing Windows Media Player 10.</p>
<p>To roll back from Windows Media Player 10 to a previous version, do the following:</p>
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<li>In Control Panel (Category View), click Add or Remove Programs.</li>
<li>Click Remove a program</li>
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<p>Now do one of the following: If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, select the Show updates check box (at the top of the list), click Windows Media Player 10 (in the Windows Updates section), and then click Change/Remove.</p>
<p>If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, click Windows Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove.</p>
<p>As of writing this many people have found bugs in WMP10 that make it unavailble for common audio and video files. If you find that WMP10 is crashing or giving you errors and you cant play your media files. Uninstall it with these directions and stay happy.</p>
<p>Be like the rest of the world and install <a target="_new" href="http://www.winamp.com">Winamp</a>.</p>
<p>Ken Savage is a Webmaster employee who writes about what is going on in the Tech industry usually days before it breaks to the rest of the world. He can be found at <a target="_new" href="http://www.kensavage.com">http://www.kensavage.com</a>
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		<title>The Perfect Unique Holiday Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Perfect Unique Holiday Gift
&#160;by: Al Hansen 
Well, it&#8217;s that time of year again when your blood pressure rises: it&#8217;s holiday time! The cause of your stress is the extraordinary pressure you put on yourself to find the “perfect gift” for everyone on your shopping list. Over the years, you have spent hundreds and hundreds [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>The Perfect Unique Holiday Gift</b><br />
&nbsp;by: <b>Al Hansen </b></p>
<p>Well, it&#8217;s that time of year again when your blood pressure rises: it&#8217;s holiday time! The cause of your stress is the extraordinary pressure you put on yourself to find the “perfect gift” for everyone on your shopping list. Over the years, you have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours fretting over what to get for those special close friends and relatives because it&#8217;s important to give just the right gift. It is a reflection of who we are. Most of us simply cannot give an ordinary gift because we don&#8217;t consider ourselves to be ordinary. We want the gifts we give to be cool, hip, and useful. So no more gaudy cuff links, fluffy slippers, or ties your dad and husband never wear. And no more fruitcakes or jaw breaking candy.</p>
<p>So, what to get?</p>
<p>I have a suggestion. Give the friends and family members on your list something that will help solve an annoying problem that virtually everyone who owns a home, condominium or rents an apartment has: a shower stall or bath tub that they can&#8217;t keep clean! This gift will eliminate that messy shower or tub forever, and believe me, it could be the most appreciated gift you have ever given. Let me explain</p>
<p>Generally speaking, the least sanitary area in most homes is the shower or bath tub. Unless this area is cleaned after every bath - and not many of us have the time to do that - this area can quickly become a haven for mildew and other undesirable elements. As water dries, it traps human skin scales, body oils, hair, soap residue and dirt, forming those infamous, unsightly, and unsanitary water spots on glass shower doors and tile.</p>
<p>There is, however, a quick and easy way to help reduce the accumulationof these materials: a shower squeegee! By wiping the surfaces with a squeegee immediately after showering and before the water has a chance to dry, you will preserve your clean bath or shower. And believe it or not, the procedure takes just seconds. So find an attractive bath squeegee to give to your friends and family this holiday season. They are sure to appreciate it, and they won&#8217;t forget who gave them this unique and practical gift!  </p>
<p><b>About The Author</b></p>
<p>Al Hansen heads Cleret, Inc., where you can buy the best squeegees for your home, car, boat, and more online.  Visit Cleret today at <a href="http://www.cleret.com/" target=new>http://www.cleret.com/</a> to learn more about the squeegees&#8217; unique design and to buy a set for yourself or a friend.</p>
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		<title>How to Buy a Spy Camera in 3 Easy Steps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Buy a Spy Camera in 3 Easy Steps
&#160;by: Roger Wembley
I bet you are frustrated by the lack of information about spy cameras available on the internet. I sure was.  There seams like there are just a few big companies who have blown their entire advertising budget to make a big splash. (This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>How to Buy a Spy Camera in 3 Easy Steps</b><br />
&nbsp;by: <b>Roger Wembley</b></p>
<p>I bet you are frustrated by the lack of information about spy cameras available on the internet. I sure was.  There seams like there are just a few big companies who have blown their entire advertising budget to make a big splash. (This includes the X10 camera of the late 90s fame).  Spy cameras can come in very handy to anyone who wants one (provided, of course, that they aren&#8217;t used for nefarious activities).  Spy cameras have tons of legitimate uses, and can come in especially useful for home security measures.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how I use the internet to shop for a new spy camera.</p>
<p>1) Use multiple search engines to do your shopping.  Just because something is featured on Yahoo doesn&#8217;t mean that it is featured on Google and vice versa.  A lot of the time, advertising bidders are very different on Yahoo and Google for the same keywords. Search different search engines to see different vendors selling on different sites.</p>
<p>2) Use specific shopping search engines like Froogle. Froogle is great because it allows the shopper to select among multiple different vendors who are selling similar products. Froogle is a shopping specific search engine that you can use specifically for your shopping needs.  I&#8217;ve used Froogle on multiple occasions to compare and contrast the different product I&#8217;m looking for.  If you can think it up, it&#8217;s probably on Froogle somewhere. Spy cameras are certainly no exception.</p>
<p>3) Learn about the ins and outs of spy cameras. Spy cameras come in as many different forms as flavors of ice creams. You can find spy cameras that are basically disposable and spy camera systems that can cost over $1000. Learn all about them and the mistakes that people make when buying them. Points 1 and 2 above definitely can help you make a decision, however getting the real knowledge is what you will use to ensure that you get the best deal possible. Learn all about spy cameras and save yourself a bundle.</p>
<p><b>About The Author</b></p>
<p>Roger Wembley is author of “Saving Money on Spy Cameras.” Grab your free copy at <a href="http://www.spycameraguide.com" target=new>http://www.spycameraguide.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Upgrading Your PC for Non-experts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intro
One of the big advantages of PCs over earlier types of computers is that they&#8217;re upgradable. If you get to the point where you need a faster computer, more storage space or whatever, you don&#8217;t have to buy a new PC. You can upgrade it by buying just the extra part you need. But sometimes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><B>Intro</B></p>
<p>One of the big advantages of PCs over earlier types of computers is that they&#8217;re upgradable. If you get to the point where you need a faster computer, more storage space or whatever, you don&#8217;t have to buy a new PC. You can upgrade it by buying just the extra part you need. But sometimes it&#8217;s better to just take the plunge and replace it? and how do you know what part to upgrade? Here&#8217;s my guide:</p>
<p><B>Memory</B></p>
<p>Adding memory is one of the most popular upgrades. It makes a big difference to how fast your PC runs. When your PC runs out of memory for what it&#8217;s doing, it stores information on your hard drive instead. Your hard drive is nowhere near as fast as the memory. The more memory you&#8217;ve got, the less often your PC will need to store things on the hard drive as it works. So the faster it will go.</p>
<p>How much memory is enough does depend on what version of Windows you&#8217;re running. With Windows XP, 256MB is considered a bit on the low side, though it&#8217;ll be just about OK. 512MB is decent and 1024MB is really good. If you have Windows 95 or 98, you can get by on 64MB though it&#8217;s worth going to 128MB even if you just use your PC for basic office work. More will make it really hum along.</p>
<p>It also depends on what you&#8217;re using your PC for - if you&#8217;re just typing up the odd letter and sending emails, then 256MB will probably do you but if you&#8217;re editing video or playing the latest 3D games, it&#8217;ll be worth getting the full 1024MB.</p>
<p>If you buy memory, make sure you get the right type for your computer - the best thing to do is go to a shop and get them to pick the right type and to fit it for you. You CAN fit it yourself if you know what you&#8217;re doing but be careful!</p>
<p><B>Hard Drive</B></p>
<p>Another upgrade that can be worthwhile is a bigger hard drive. If you don&#8217;t have enough space for all your files and programs then it&#8217;s obviously a good plan! I&#8217;d also recommend it if you have only just enough space. When your hard drive is nearly full your PC has to scamper around it trying to find empty space every time it wants to save something? and that takes time.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d recommend keeping your existing hard drive and adding a new one instead of actually replacing your existing one. No point in throwing it away if it&#8217;s still working!</p>
<p>A typical hard drive nowadays is anywhere from 40GB to 160GB - if you&#8217;re getting a new one it might as well be big!</p>
<p>With a hard drive you can either fit it yourself or get a shop to fit it? or there&#8217;s a third option. You can buy an external version which plugs into your computer via a USB port. These are great for moving information from one PC to another. If it&#8217;s always on one PC, I prefer the hard drive neatly tucked away inside the case? but again, it&#8217;s up to you.</p>
<p><B>Bigger/flat monitor</B></p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve got a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitor (the type with a box sticking out the back, like a television) you might fancy one of those stylish flat ones. It&#8217;s not just a fancy gadget, they also fit better on a small desk and you can have it closer to the wall than a big cumbersome CRT.</p>
<p>If you decide to go for it, think about whether you want one with built in speakers. It keeps you desk nice and tidy and looks more stylish. But you can get much better sound quality with separate speakers.</p>
<p>You also could think about what size of screen you want. It&#8217;s measured in inches from one corner to the opposite one. 17inch is pretty standard for desktop PCs though the flat screen types tend to seem bigger than the CRT type even when they&#8217;re the same size. For normal use, I wouldn&#8217;t particularly recommend getting a big one but if you do a lot of design or gaming, it might be worth it.</p>
<p><B>Processor</B></p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a big fan of processor upgrades. People talk about the processor speed when they&#8217;re saying how fast a PC is but there&#8217;s a lot more to it. Upgrading the processor without upgrading the other parts doesn&#8217;t tend to make much difference. And if you&#8217;re going to change the other bits too, you&#8217;re probably best off just buying a new PC. It&#8217;ll probably be cheaper.</p>
<p><B>CD Writer/DVD player/DVD writer</B></p>
<p>This is a simple one. If you don&#8217;t have a CD writer and you want to be able to write CDs, get one! As usual, I&#8217;d advise you to get it fitted at the shop you buy it at. Or you could get an external one that plugs into a USB port.</p>
<p>If you fancy it you could even get a DVD player or DVD writer, if you want to put your home movies on DVD. Again, you can either get it fitted or buy an external one.</p>
<p><B>Graphics Card</B></p>
<p>This is a bit of a specialist one. If you&#8217;re into fast 3D games, then it might be worth getting a faster graphics card. If you aren&#8217;t, it probably isn&#8217;t. A standard graphics card can handle ordinary graphics pretty well. It&#8217;s only when the PC throws fast 3D at it that it struggles. Then the PC itself has to do some of the work for it, leaving less time for the PC to work out whether you&#8217;ve been clobbered by a goblin.</p>
<p><B>Epilogue</B></p>
<p>The crucial point about upgrades is that it really does depend on what you use your PC for. If you&#8217;re happy with what your PC is doing for you, don&#8217;t let anyone talk you into feeling you have to upgrade.</p>
<p>Tim Wakeling is the Author of Computers One Step at a Time, a home course using plenty of pictures of the screen to show you how to use your PC. He also writes a free monthly newsletter about computers for non-experts. Find out about both at <a target="_new" href="http://www.osaat.co.uk">http://www.osaat.co.uk</a></p>
<p>© Tim Wakeling, UK 2005. You may re-publish this article online and in print as long as you leave it unchanged.
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		<title>Push Email</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Push Email
&#160;by: Linda Fowels
There&#8217;s a lot of hype at the moment about push email technology. New cell phone handsets are beginning to support the technology and it seems to be getting its head into other areas of the market too. This could be the next big thing in the telecommunications industry and the speculation is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Push Email</b><br />
&nbsp;by: <b>Linda Fowels</b></p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot of hype at the moment about push email technology. New cell phone handsets are beginning to support the technology and it seems to be getting its head into other areas of the market too. This could be the next big thing in the telecommunications industry and the speculation is heating up about who are going to be the major players involved.</p>
<p>Right now there are at least five major operators in this market and surely this will be reduced in the near future. Most experts say that there are simply too many of them fighting over the same space.</p>
<p>Right now both Visto and Seven have been keen to show their commitment to this technology. These are following the lead set by Canadian firm RIM (Research In Motion) who brought the technology into the spotlight with their Blackberry device. While so far they have been concentrating on supplying hardware, they have stated that they will be moving into the supply of software instead in the near future.</p>
<p>The wave of consolidations has already begun. British vendor Comtag was acquired by Smartner who in turn was acquired by Seven; moving in parallel with this, Visto acquired Psion Software. It looks like the heat is turning up in the race to capture this market. Both Visto and Seven show no sign of flagging as they continue to increase the number of operators they can lay claim to, as well as increasing the number of handsets and other supported devices they are marketing. Seven has also added a useful security feature which allows you to send a special message to your device which will delete all the messages it currently has stored. This could be lifesaving if you left your handset in a public place.</p>
<p>Good Technology was somewhat shielded in its area by supporting Palm and Windows devices but now there is the new Windows Mobile based Treos to contend with.</p>
<p>So what is Microsoft&#8217;s reaction to all of this? Well, they appear to be gearing up to enter the market. In his blog, Microsoft senior technology specialist, Harold Wong has reported that the company is getting ready to release its &#8216;Community Technology Preview&#8217; build of Exchange Server 2003, Service pack 2. And this is not the only step the giant is taking. In June 2005, Intellisync announced a new service that would allow subscribers to receive push email on Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian devices.</p>
<p>While, of the current estimated 4 million push email subscribers, most seem to be using RIM Blackberry devices, this assault will be difficult to bare much longer.</p>
<p>On the technical side, there are two basic technologies that can provide push email solutions:</p>
<p>* one technology is true push;</p>
<p>* the other has a push effect using synchronization. </p>
<p>While the user will not notice a significant difference when they log in to check their mail, the costs vary to a considerable extent with true push technologies offering a far cheaper monthly cost to the user. While Intellisync is currently using a SyncML or synchronization technology to serve its customers, RIM and Microsoft are using their own proprietary systems. The system that has found favour both with Vodafone, the world&#8217;s largest network operator, and Rogers, the first operator to deploy Blackberry devices is the solution that Visto opted for also. This is best described as a Proprietary + RTP/RTSP system and Visto calls it ConstantSync. It effectively relies on a real time streaming protocol to deliver email over mobile networks.</p>
<p>Whatever the technicalities behind the networks, there is a lot to play for in this emerging market and we&#8217;ll have to wait and see whose technology and handheld devices carry the most favour with customers. All have relative advantages and disadvantages both in terms of technology and market strategy and it all really is still to play for.</p>
<p><b>About The Author</b></p>
<p>Linda Fowels shows you which email software to use for a successful email marketing campaign at <a href="http://www.emailmarketingsoftware.org" target=new>http://www.emailmarketingsoftware.org</a> - an email marketing software guide with tips on increasing  your email list, building your newsletter and tracking your campaigns.</p>
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