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Archive for May 18th, 2006

Use Skype to make FREE calls to any number in US or Canada!

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Bargains | No Comments

Skype is a free software that can be downloaded onto your PC and lets you make free voice-over-ip (VOIP) calls to other people using Skype. Well that's only half the picture, until now they also offered a SkypeOut service which let you make calls from your PC to any regular phone number for a fee. That fee has just dissapeared! Yes. It is really very, very free. There's no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscrip [...]

Coming soon to a theatre near you – FREE family movies this summer!

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Bargains | No Comments

A bunch of the major theatres are offering free G and PG movies this summer. Most are during the day, but it's not bad for free - especially when you want to take the whole family and not burn a hole in your wallet. Click on "read more" below for a listing of the theatres participating and their programs. read more [...]

Canned Oxygen Goes on Sale at 7-11 Convenience Store

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Offbeat | No Comments

First bottled water and now....wait for it....canned oxygen! This is truly a sign of the times and I'd love to see what the ignorant people out there who don't think we (as in the world) have a serious pollution problem think about this. I wonder if they'll eventually offer scented flavors? read more  [...]

Preview your open tasks in Windows XP

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Software | No Comments

Free Visual Task Tips. Hover over open or closed tasks in your task bar and get the image of whats going on in that program. Really cool. A function that has been on OSX for quite some time. Now on Win Xp and being tested on Vista. A great download and highly recommended. Click read more to link to the site which is pretty self-explanatory using pictures what it does. It's a great feature that you wish you'd alw [...]

Modern Day Essential: 2GB Flash Drive under $50

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Bargains | No Comments

These things have not just replaced floppy disks but gone way beyond. I still remember having to carry around a disk that only held about 1.44MB of data. Now you can buy this handy flash drive which will store about 2000 times that much data and it's smaller than a floppy disk to boot. I highly recommend everyone who doesn't have one picking one up as soon as possible, they are extremely handy in this digital ag [...]

ElephantDrive: Free Unlimited Storage

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Networks | No Comments

Elephant Drive, in association with Amazon is creating a service similar to that of Xdrive. However, they offer unlimited offsite backup free of charge if you sign up as a beta tester! Although it promises free unlimited storage you have to keep in mind, you are placing all your personal data onto someone else's servers. I'm sure they have very strict security and access policies but the fact remains is that al [...]

Hardware requirements for Windows Vista officially announced

May 18

Posted by Tejas in Software | 3 Comments

Microsoft today revealed the minimum specifications for Windows Vista, in two tiers: "Vista Capable" and "Premium Ready." And as usual, the emphasis is on minimum. I was actually, after all the hype, expecting Vista's requirements to be higher than what was announced. Most people who bought a somewhat decent PC in the last 2 years should have enough CPU horsepower and RAM for the new OS. One item which WILL r [...]