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WorldStart Tech Tips 02-09-2012 Having trouble viewing parts or all of the newsletter? View the entire newsletter here!
Windows Explorer – Just Type it In! I blame Google Chrome for this, but I’m so used to being able to use the “Omni Bar” for finding stuff quickly, that I accidentally did it in Windows 7's Windows Explorer the other day. I went up to what I thought was the address bar, and actually typed in “Desktop”.
I then proceeded to test it out with a bunch of other locations on my computer – Fonts, My Documents, Music, etc. I was quickly zapped to the location on my hard drive, and anything that didn’t work opened up my browser for a web search. Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
** 32GB - $29.97 - NEVER BEEN CHEAPER! ** It's the WORLD'S BEST Deal on a Flash Drive! This is a MASSIVE 32 Gigs - And it's Just $29.97! We Have NEVER Had a Deal This Good - EVER! Once Upon a Time We Sold Them for $32.97... AND WE COULDN'T KEEP 'EM ON THE SHELVES! Read it: $29.97 - Limited Stock - HURRY! A 32GB Flash Drive Gives You Nearly ENDLESS Space!  Simple Math: Over 70 Bucks at the Box Store... OR JUST $29.97 FROM WORLDSTART! First Thing's First... We all know what flash drives are good for: Everything. So let's not waste your time or mine telling you what they do or how to use them. They're an essential and practical part of every day life for everyone, from students to business professionals and everyone in between. We use them to store files, music, pictures...pretty much EVERYTHING. These days, it's pretty much impossible to get by without at least one. Which brings up some food for thought: How Many Flash Drives do you Have? Do you have four 4gb flash drives? One 16gb? Eight 2gb's? Hey, we understand - flash drives aren't cheap, so we accumulate ones with less storage capabilities so our pockets don't feel it as much. Well...we're about to change your life! Check this out! A Flash Drive with 32 MASSIVE Gigs...For an UNBELIEVABLY LOW Price! Here at Worldstart, we pretty much sell all flash drives from your 2GB up to 16GB. In the history of our existence, we've only sold a 32GB flash drive once - and it was a loooong time ago. It's not that we don't love 'em (we do!) it's just that it's so hard to find them at the prices you've come to expect from us. Well guess what...WE FOUND 'EM! 32GB - Just $29.97! This is HUGE! To give you a little bit of perspective, we did a little covert ops and went into our local Best Buy to snap a quick picture of how much they sell a standard 32GB flash drive for. Observe:  So...now that you understand how AMAZING this deal is, let's get to some logistics here...just how MASSIVE is 32GB worth of storage space? 32GB is Like a Black Hole in Outer Space - Pretty Much Endless! Just look at all this can hold! Amazing!  Up to 19,200 Photos! Thousands Of Documents And Files! 8000 MP3 Songs (that's over 2 weeks worth!) 96 Hours Of MPEG4 Movies - Better get a MONTHS supply of popcorn!That's AMAZING!! Isn't it? It is definitely your smartest portable storage solution, allowing you to carry a HUGE 32GB of your documents, spreadsheets, files, programs, photos, videos, music, and important back-up material, all in one extremely small device! Simple to Use - Obviously! Seriously - This Price is UNBELIEVABLE AND UNBEATABLE! *Colors will vary Need to Transfer Important Files From One PC to Another? OK...But How? Flash Drives? Ethernet? Emails? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT - SEE YA IN ABOUT 5 YEARS! Your Computer Won't Give Up Those Files Without a Fight! YOU NEED THE NEW TARGUS TRANSFER CABLE! SIMPLE to Use - ANYONE Can Do it! Just Connect Each End of the Cable to Each PC... AND DRAG AND DROP YOUR FILES - THAT'S IT!
No Drivers - No Networks - Plug & Play to the MAX!
Transfering files is a PAIN. You could literally spend DAYS trying to get the files you want transferred from one computer to another. We're talking countless hours burning CD's, emailing files to yourself...or worse: trying to use a stupid ethernet cable to sync the two PC's together. This DAUNTING task is nearly impossible, and by the end of it you'll be ready to destroy that dumb old computer! Seriously, whether you just got yourself a new PC or your friend is over with their PC and you're trying to swap/share files...if you don't have the right hardware, you're in for a HUGE fight. Why? Your Old Computer Has ALL Your Files...And it's NOT Giving Them Up Without a FIGHT!  Your old PC, jealous soul that it is, has ALL of your old files - and it's not giving them up easily! Have you ANY idea how much of a frustrating, time consuming hassle this can be? Yeah...it's TERRIBLE!Of course, you don't have to have a new PC to experience this problem. Maybe you just have two computers in the house, and you need to transfer things from one to the other. Or maybe your friend is over with his laptop, and you need to get photos, media, or anything else from his PC to yours...good luck with that! You need a simple solution. And we've got it - A cable to unify the masses!  You NEED the Targus Transfer Cable - Almost TOO Easy to Use! Like a knight in shining armor, this slick little cable makes the entire process FAST and EFFORTLESS! You'll be SHOCKED by the speed, STUNNED by the simplicity, and THRILLED by the results!  If you can plug one end of a cable into a USB port, and the other end into the other computer's USB port, guess what? You're ALREADY AN EXPERT! Once you've got the two computers connected to one another, a window pops up and lets you drag and drop your files from one PC to the other - THAT'S IT! ZERO COMPATIBILITY ISSUES: This cable supports everything from Win98 to Win7 with ZERO PROBLEMS! "Fast?" NO. "Greased Lightning?" YES! Powered by USB 2.0, you'll be transferring files at 480Mbps! That's LIGHTNING FAST, and you won't believe how quickly you'll be up and running! The best part is, you can keep this cable and use it any time, any where, between whatever PC's you so choose! So whether you're buying a new computer, or simply want to transfer files from one to another, you're all set with this brilliant cable! Transfer EVERYTHING!  ALL of Your Documents - Every Last One! ALL of Your Photos - From the Great ones to the Embarassing ones! Your ENTIRE Music Collection - NEVER go Without Your Tunes! Movies...and ANYTHING else - you name it, Targus will Transfer it!You Won't BELIEVE the Deal! Today only, you can get this for just $12.97 and US shipping is FREE! Oh, and take it from me - once you get your hands on this bad boy you'll be patting yourself on the back for grabbin' it!! It's THAT good! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7285 A word of warning though - this was a VERY limited quantity buyout, so once these are gone, we can't get more. Don't get left out in the cold - GRAB this deal today or pay $14.97 soon (if there's any left)!
Hettie from Vancouver writes: Can Mozilla Thunderbird make a “group list” of addresses so I can send messages to specific groups? Making a group or distribution list is an important skill to have when it comes to sending the same message to multiple people on a regular basis. Even with all those people in your address book, it gets tiresome choosing them one at a time and we all know that someone always seems to be left out of the list. Ugh! So to avoid that problem we set up a distribution list – a named list of people from our contacts that we address the message to so that Thunderbird will send it to everyone you’ve designated as a member of the list. You only have to address it to a single name and you can’t possibly forget someone unless you never added them to the list. Sounds like an all-around winning situation to me, so let’s take a look. I’ll begin by stating that my instructions and pictures are coming from Thunderbird 9.0.1 so that there’s no guessing at the version. To start you’ll need to go to your address book. Once there click the New List button.
When the mailing list dialog box opens you’ll need to name your list at the top…
… and add the members of the list at the bottom. As you can see, the naming part can be very simple or more detailed depending upon how you use the 3 fields at the top. When adding members to the list simply start typing a contact’s name like you would to address a message. When either the correct address is suggested in the blue highlight or you’ve finished typing the address hit the Enter button. This will move you to the next line in order to add another person to your list. When everyone is there click OK. Voila!
In your contact list you can now see the distribution list as an entry. To edit it (add or delete members of the list) simply double-click the name in the contact list to re-open the same dialog box we used when it was first created. That’s all there is to it… one small dialog box and you’ve got endless combinations of distribution lists to meet all your needs. ~ April Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here! In Search of a Smartphone Part Four: The Phones In the fourth article in a series about the search for a smartphone, we finally get a look at phones. After examining different operating systems, I selected Android, so the phones listed here are all Android based. For a look at the first three articles, click the links below. Purchasing an Android Phone I recommend reading reviews. To me, much of the technical jargon initially seemed like gobbledygook, but, eventually the important features began to stand out. And don’t discount negative reviews. What people don’t like can be just as helpful as what they do. A browser’s find feature (see the article Ctrl+F to Search) can be an invaluable tool for scanning reviews. For example, if you’re interested in a phone with a good camera, search for the word camera. Prices vary widely, depending on where the purchase is made, and whether a plan--often a factor in the price of the phone itself--is included in the purchase. So, the phones below are judged strictly by feedback from users and professionals. Once this list was compiled, I compared prices and features. For my final choice, features won out, as the phone I chose was somewhat more expensive--at the time it was purchased--than others on the list. All phones listed here offer at least some 4G capability (see the article Cell Phone Generations for information on 2, 3, and 4G technology). Unfortunately, while there is a specific definition assigned to 4G (data exchange at 100 megabits per second), carriers apparently aren’t compelled to meet that standard in order to make the claim.
Get the whole article at Worldstart! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) Google Site Information I’ve come to terms with the fact that Google is a benevolent Internet overlord, quietly gathering statistics and other information about the sites we visit every day. Well, today I decided to make some of that info mining work for me for a change. So, here’s a Google trick that will help you find information on a given webpage, like what pages link to it, similar pages or pages that have the web address listed somewhere on the site. All you need to do is type info:(web site name) into the Google search box. Like this:
There's more tip over at Worldstart! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) Capture and Annotate Just a few days ago, my friend sent a link to my inbox. When I opened it up, I was greeted by something that looked very similar to this:
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