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    How to Disable the New Google Search

    How To: Back Up Any Smartphone

    How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets

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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    12:21 PM

    In reply to How to Disable the New Google Search
    "You people"? Jesus, your unconscious insinuation that we Googlers are an unindividuated mass of a fickle ethnicity is apalling!

    /cheekiness
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    12:15 PM

    In reply to How to Disable the New Google Search
    Damn, people can't even be thankful for a new Google interface on freaking Thanksgiving!
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    Image of veronykah veronykah
    11/23/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    How timely this is for me, I just upgraded to an iPhone from a Blackberry Pearl 8100 and I am realized the SIM on the pear is virtually useless in terms of importing contacts to my new iPhone...
    Does anyone have a workaround to get the DEVICE memory from the Blackberry out?
    I have loads of phone numbers saved on the phone but not on the SIM, to get them on the SIM all I can find it that they have to be added manually in which case I might as well just manually add them to my iPhone...
    Yet another reason why I am SO happy to get rid of the Blackberry.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    11/23/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    I back up my contacts and calendar with Google Sync on my Blackberry. Words pretty darn well. I usually send my pictures to my picassa album after I send them so all my stuff is with Google. Just like my email, IM, RSS, search history, and pretty much the rest of my life. Skynet here we come!
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    If you have a CDMA dumbphone, "BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other manufacturers. " It's open source, FREE, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.

    [bitpim.org]
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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    I use MyPhone and it is probably the best part of my experience with WinMo. It just does its thing automatically every night, and I can access the service from any computer.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    For anyone in WinMo, I'll vouch for PIM Backup, especially if your device has microSD or the like. It really is fantastic, though ugly.
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    Image of wtfamidoinghere wtfamidoinghere
    11/22/09

    @Fractal the Meek: +1... unless you happen to have a HD2. PIM Backup isn't compatible with the latest HTC Sense, which replaces the in-built MS messaging service with the HTC one (basically the Message Restore process hangs).
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    Image of burnblue burnblue
    11/24/09

    @Fractal the Meek: Since MyPhone, I haven't needed PIMBackUp for anything at all anymore except if I want to keep the Call Log
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/24/09

    @burnblue: Yeah, I tend to roll cloudless where I can though and always want an automatic local backup. PIM Backup fits those ticks nicely.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    Windows Mobile also has some other great restore programs - some even provided by the carrier.

    My FUZE came installed with Sprite Mobile Backup and from having it I highly recommend buying it if it didn't already come with your phone. It backs up every little nuance and can bundle it into an .EXE you throw on your microSD, and pop the card into your new WinMo phone. Run the EXE and your settings and other magical stuff restores back.

    Sadly from what I've heard, the Tilt2 does not come with Sprite.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    Mac users can use ISync to back up their Symbian based Nokia phones. Nokia also has Mac apps to transfer media & tether the phone as well.
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/15/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    TVersity is nice, but I still could not stream subtitles (embedded or external). #windows7howto
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    Image of DrDJ DrDJ
    11/16/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Check out PS3MediaServer - Java-based applet streams anything and seems to be more stable than TVersity, I reckon... #windows7howto
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    not to complain but i spy two typos and im not done yet. "In some ways, Windows 7 is actually better on Windows 7 than it is on OS X." "but it's you only choice."
    make that 3 "And if you third-party PMP does have a syncing app,"
    ugh 4 "won't have been update for Windows 7."
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    Image of fourex59 fourex59
    11/02/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook
    I have two questions. Will this work with the 16gb SSD? Also, can the memory be user upgraded to 2GB? Thanks to anyone that can answer these two questions. #dellmini10vhackintosh
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/07/09

    @fourex59: Just did it. Only tools necessary were a couple of small screwdrivers and some pliers, but you have to be comfortable completely disassembling a netbook. #dellmini10vhackintosh
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/27/09

    In reply to Build Your Own Life HUD With a Smartphone and Some Cardboard
    The Future: Bet you never guessed it was made out of cardboard. #diylifehud
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    10/27/09

    In reply to Build Your Own Life HUD With a Smartphone and Some Cardboard
    I want Terminator vision. And no, imagining it isn't enough.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/26/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook
    How about a guide to doing this on a regular PC laptop? I'd like a Mac laptop that can run Photoshop and HD video. But I don't have $999.

    Any suggestions or links? (yeah I know how to Google but it seems like this is a complicated and perilous process).
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    Edited by twophrasebark at 10/26/09 7:49 PM twophrasebark was starred twophrasebark was unstarred
    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/26/09

    Someone help a Hackintosh noob, will ya?
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    Image of jedimaster0103 jedimaster0103
    11/25/09

    @twophrasebark: The previous gen Inspiron 1525 (with Intel X3100 graphics as the base graphics chip) is a beautiful machine for this, but the current gen doesn't run, at least with the Intel integrated graphics (4500MHD failz).
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/25/09

    @jedimaster0103: Thanks!
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    Image of jedimaster0103 jedimaster0103
    11/25/09

    @twophrasebark: No problem. I used the blog at [macyourpc.com], which provides a step-by-step guide to setting it up (not my blog, just a great website). Make SURE it's got the X3100 graphics card.

    #tips
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