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  • Make A Media Center For Less Than $40

    October 6, 2012 // davisde // Computer Hardware Tags: android, apple, center, cheap, computer, device, games, ios, ipad, iphone, media, movies, music, pi, portable, raspberry, server, smartphone, stream, television, tv, xbmc 6 Responses

    Learn how to make a Media Server using a $35 raspberry pi device and XBMC.

     

    http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi

     

  • Download Torrents With Android

    August 3, 2012 // davisde // Hacks Tags: android, device, download, games, illegal, mobile, movies, music, phone, pirate, portable, software, web 4 Responses

     

    Want to download a torrent and aren’t around your computer? You can use these programs to download and seed torrents directly from your Android device.
    Bittorrent – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bittorrent.client
    Ttorrent – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.tagsoft.ttorrent.lite
    uTorrent Remote – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.web

  • Sync iTunes with Amazon Cloud Player

    April 13, 2011 // davisde // Cool Websites, Featured Articles, Multimedia Tips Tags: android, audio, cloud, device, internet, itunes, mobile, music, player, portable 18 Responses


    Description:
    Last week Amazon announced their new cloud player for music. But many of us already use and store our files with iTunes. This video shows you how you can sync your music to both programs so that when you purchase a song from one, it automatically syncs with the other.

    Links used in this video:
    http://www.amazon.com
    http://www.gladinet.com/p/download_starter_direct.htm
    https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en

  • How To Keep Your Laptop From Being Stolen

    June 30, 2010 // davisde // Safety & Security Tags: alarm, laptop, portable, secure, track 9 Responses





    This video will show you how to keep your laptop from being stolen and how to track it if it has been stolen.

    http://www.luxand.com/blink
    http://www.lalarm.com/en/Lalarm_Laptop_Alarm.htm
    http://preyproject.com
    http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/video-tutorial-help/how-to-keep-your-laptop-from-being-stolen

  • Convert DVD’s to iPod for free

    September 30, 2009 // davisde // DIY Projects, Hacks, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: convert, dvd, free, freeware, hack, ipod, media, movies, player, portable, software, tips, tricks, tutorial, Video 6 Responses



    This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices. For all the links used in this video, as well as alternatives for Mac users, please refer to the link below:

    This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices. You can find the links to the software used in the video below:

     

    DVD Fab (free) -http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

    Handbrake (free) – http://handbrake.fr/?article=download

    iTunes (free) – http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

     

    FOR MAC USERS: As I do not have a Mac, I cannot test this method, but a free program to remove dvd encryption is MacTheRipper. Once it has ripped the DVD to your computer, you can then use Handbrake to convert it as shown in the video.

  • How To Make Portable Applications

    February 10, 2009 // davisde // Software Tips Tags: device, drive, geek, portable, tips, tricks, tutorial 2 Responses

    This video shows you how to make portable applications from (some) regular applications using free software. The software used in this video is listed below:

    http://inshame.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-make-portable-applications.html

    http://portableapps.com/node/9909

    http://portableapps.com/node/2022

    http://geek-menu.sourceforge.net

  • How To Use Portable Applications

    November 20, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: portable, tips, usb 5 Responses

    This video shows how to use and install portable appications on a portable storage device, including SD cards, USB sticks and iPods.http://www.portableapps.com