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| Google Actor/Movie Search Oh, what was his name? He was in that one movie…with the space ships and the stuff about planetary destruction… …it's gonna drive me crazy!! Or I could just use Google's new Actor and Movie Search feature and get all the info I want in a matter of seconds! I just type in a movie title or actor's name and Google will bring up all the essential info about that particular query – other movies they've acted in, costars, main characters, director info, etc. It's pretty neat – give it a try today! ~Andrew Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Redo that Facebook Post Face it – Facebook is a breeding ground for typos and grammatical errors – some of them entirely by accident. You see a post you want to comment on, and you add your wit and wisdom only to realize the thing you typed isn't up to your specifications. Well, next time just click the X. That's right! For a few moments after you post a comment, there's an option to rescind your comment. Just click the X and Facebook lets you edit your comment! Give it a try today! ~Andrew Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
It's A FACT - YOUR Hard Drive Will Eventually FAIL! 100% GUARANTEED, FOR SURE - IT'S GONNA CRASH!!! It's NOT a Matter of IF - It's a Matter of WHEN... If It's Not Backed Up - You Lose EVERYTHING Forever! YOU NEED DISK IMAGE! Amazing Program Makes an EXACT Copy of Your Hard Drive... And Will FULLY 100% Restore Your Computer After a Crash! FAST! Software, Files, Programs, Windows, and Everything Else Will Be Saved!
Ever Wish You Could Travel Back in Time? We've all had instances in our lives where we'd give anything to be able to go back and do something from the past differently. Maybe you missed the lotto jackpot by one number. Maybe you turned down what would have been a life-changing opportunity... Or maybe your computer crashed and you lost everything - WHEN ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A SIMPLE BACK-UP PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING COULD HAVE BEEN RECOVERED - Files, software, programs, everything on your hard drive! You just can't understand how awesome this is until a system crash inevitably happens to you - you won't believe how easy it can be to restore everything on your hard drive with this one amazing program!
Guess What? It Happened To Me - Windows Died. Yep, me - the one whose ALWAYS telling people how important it is to back everything up no matter what. So, did I end up eating my words? Do I have egg on my face? NOPE. I used LapLink Disk Image, baby! That system crash picked the WRONG computer to mess with! See, my Windows 7 did the old crash & burn - it happens to everyone sooner or later. It was completely crippled. My data was gone. My programs disappeared. My system needed to be COMPLETELY restored. Now, there's a few ways you can go about doing this, and they all go badly. Very, very badly. It's Not a Matter of IF - It's a Matter of WHEN! Hard drives are mechanical. They spin. It's 100% GURANATEED that eventually, your computer is going to crash. Just like it's inevitable that your car will need repairs eventually. And when it does crash...You lose EVERYTHING! A Computer Crash Can Be DEVASTATING... Oh, and what about your software? You can spend DAYS trying to locate and reinstall your old software! Months, even! But after all that hard work, you're almost guaranteed not to have everything you did before the crash. And good luck trying to recover those old serial numbers to prove that you indeed bought that software at some point. Who just keeps that stuff lying around? Nope - if your computer crashes, you're gonna burn... Let's face it: a system crash is inevitable at some point. Be it in the form of a crash, malware or a virus. What's going to happen to all of your files, software and programs? How long will it take you to recover and reinstall everything? How much money would it end up costing you? It's going to be a miserable experience... Unless you have LapLink Disk Image, of course. Then everything is fine! Computer Crashes No Longer Mean a Thing! Before we get to any of the specifics with this program, there's a couple of things you should know: this program is very easy to use (anyone can do it) and the bottom line is this: LapLink Disk Image makes an EXACT copy (image) of your hard drive. If your PC crashes and you've used this program first, you can restore EVERYTHING back to the way it was when you did the backup by sticking the disc in and letting it do it's thing! This image can be created on another hard drive, an external drive, a zip drive, a set of CD's or DVD's - whatever works for you. It's fast and couldn't be easier to use - IT RUNS DIRECTLY THROUGH WINDOWS! That's right: software, files, programs, pictures, music...EVERYTHING! Whether you accidentally downloaded a terrible virus, are experiencing a massive PC crash, got a ton of malware, have a PC that won't start - whatever - if you've used Disk Image, you'll have access to everything you backed up before your PC kicked that digital bucket. Restore Individual Files! This is TOO cool! Disk Image allows you to restore individual files as needed! Let's just say you accidentally deleted an important file. Or somehow, you managed to corrupt a bunch of pictures you had saved on your computer. Disk Image allows you to restore ANY file you want - YOU get to pick and choose! Simply pop your disk in and choose which file to reinstall. It's laid out right in front of you, and it's a quick and easy process. No matter what happens to your files, hardware, pictures - whatever - you can rest assured that it's safely backed-up and ready to be reinstalled whenever you need to! Creating Back-Ups has NEVER Been Easier! And speaking of getting a new computer...maybe you're not aware, but most newer computer's don't come with a Windows restore disk anymore! Nope, the almighty dollar must be more important to them than customer loyalty...so get ready to shell out an extra 40 bucks on top of that new computer cost. OR use Disk Image - and restore windows on all your programs on your computer! Look at that - this program has already paid for itself! DON'T BE FOOLISH: MAKE A COPY OF YOUR SOFTWARE WITH EASE! Added Bonus: Makes Adding A Larger Hard Drive Super-EASY! Eventually you're going to run out of hard drive space. This happens to pretty much everybody, that's why external HD's are sold everywhere. Now, maybe a better idea would be to actually just put in a new, larger hard drive - but that's normally the kind of thing that would even give Stephen King nightmares! Ahh, but if you have Disk Image, it's a snap! Just create an image of your current system onto the new drive and BINGO - Install the new drive and everything is just like it was before the upgrade - except now you have all the extra space! Sweet! I'd say this alone is more than worth the cost of the program! Talk About a BRILLIANT Program - Just Look at these Features! Let's just sum this up, shall we? This might seem like a big bad program, but trust me - it's simple to use, powerful, and it WILL save you time, money and sanity! Check it out: THE BEST PART: It's EXTREMELY user friendly with a simple-to-follow wizard! Anyone can use this amazing program with ease! Save Yourself a TON of Misery for a VERY SMALL PRICE! So WHEN your computer finally crashes, will you be prepared? Today, you can take advantage of a HUGE deal on this brand new, computer saving software! For just $24.97 with FREE US SHIPPING, you'll be all set no matter what happens! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7784 PS: This is a brand new item that we scored at an introductory price. As soon as our supplier raises their price, we're forced to do the same - so take advantage of this special offer now! Trying to Back Everything Up Without Spending a Fortune? Need to Cure a Virus Riddled Computer? How About Quickly Transferring HUGE Amounts of Data? THERE'S A CABLE THAT DOES ALL OF THIS AND MORE! One Cable. Endless Possibilities! It's a Miracle Cable Revolution... AND EVERYONE IN THE WORLD NEEDS ONE! See The Video Below! It's the Cable Used by SMART Consumers Worldwide! Now THAT'S Brilliant! When I first discovered this amazing cable, all I could think was, "WOW! Talk about a cable EVERY computer user needs!" What's it do? Why would you want one? Glad you asked! First - HOW it works: Why would you want to do that? Here's just a FEW of the ways I use mine: This is the biggie! Let's say you have an old computer laying around and you REALLY want to get the info off the old hard drive and onto your new computer. With this, just pop out the old hard drive, hook it to this little gadget, and plug the USB cable into your new computer. You just got your data back! My favorite use for this? Using it as a cheap backup device! Why not just use an internal hard drive with one of these adapters? PLUS - Once you get the data off your old hard drive, you can turn THOSE into your backup drives! Now that's my kind of recycling! So, you have a large file - or group of files - that just won't fit on your flash drive but you need to get them to another computer. Hmm. what to do... I know - grab that old hard drive sitting in your drawer and use this handy cable put them on there! After all, this cable is basically turning your old hard drive into a giant flash drive, right? Why not use it like one? Once your data has been copied, just grab the drive and cable and transfer to the computer that needs the info - problem solved! OK, this may not be for everyone, but I've done this several times with these cables and it works GREAT! See, I get a lot of people that come to me with infected computers. Well, some of those infections take HOURS to get off their computer because every time you boot Windows, the virus turns on as well. Smarter viruses then disable all the software tools you install to get rid of them! ARRGH! So, instead of taking hours to try and manually remove a bad virus, I just pop out the hard drive and - using this cable - hook it to my personal computer. Now I have access to the everything but since windows didn't boot on the infected drive, the virus STAYS DORMANT - and is helpless to stop me from killing it! A quick scan and removal with from my AV software and the problem is fixed! All thanks to this handy little cable! And those are just a FEW of the uses for this remarkable cable! Frankly, this cable is so incredibly useful that once you get it, you'll wonder how you got along without it! In fact, you gotta wonder why these aren't standard equipment with every new PC! http://store.worldstart.com/product/3564 PS - Stop getting ripped off for hard drive storage! Grab one of these and use ANY IDE or SATA drive for extra space, backup, and storage before this sale ends!
Cheryl from OH writes: A friend of mine told me she turns her monitor off, but leaves her tower run at night. Is there an advantage to this? The practice of leaving a computer on, but turning the monitor off is mostly used in the office/corporate environment, because many updates/system upgrades are done by IT departments later on at night when the PCs are on, but very few (if anyone) is in the office. While Windows does automatically schedule some system tasks (like disk defragmenter) to run late at night, it's not the best idea to leave your tower on all the time. Why not? If companies do it, then it can't be too bad, right? 1.) Money. If your PC consumes 150 watts of power while it's on – and let's say you use it for a total of 8 hours during the day – then the remaining 16 hours in the day uses 2400 watts of extra power. Over the course of a year that's 876,000 watts of power. Let's say your average cost per kilowatt-hour for electricity is 14.9 cents. That would total $130.52 over the course of a year of wasted money. 2.) Wear and tear on the computer. A computer contains many different kinds of components, some which have almost infinite lifespans, and others which have limited lifespans. A hard drive, for example, spins and has only an average number of hours of spinning before the motor normally fails. This MTBF (mean time between failure) is usually quite long, but the more hours the hard drive is up and spinning the less hours it has left. Your computer also has ball bearing fans that cool the various system components (which also have motors) and the more air they move the more dust they collect. All of these considerations lower the total time the computer is likely to run for and increase the risk of failure. Are these reasons enough to turn off your PC at night? It depends on what you value. If you're someone who prefers the instant on response of a PC which is always ready, then it may be worth the $130 a year plus extra wear-and-tear. If you don't mind waiting a little for the computer to boot up, then you may want to turn it off every night when you're done using it. P.S. A good middle ground is the hibernate function, which writes everything in your computer to the hard drive and turns off your computer. Once you power it back on, Windows restarts right where you were. You gain the ability to go right back to what you were doing without leaving the PC on all night. The downside is it'll take Windows time to boot back up and load back to where you were – about a minute or two. ~Tim Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- John from Hawesville, KY writes: I've got a problem with the "Insert" key. I can't imagine why I would ever want the insert key activated in the first place, so is there some way to completely disable it? I actually don't know anyone who appreciates the Insert key. I presume it was a useful key once upon a time in the evolution of the computer. You can find out more from the following WorldStart tip: How to use the Insert Key. To permanently disable it, you'd have to edit the Windows registry. However, since the Windows registry is a delicate (and possibly the most important aspect of the Windows Operating System), it is best not tamper with it. Even a minor mistake can lead to the dreaded Blue Screen of Death! You should rather disable the Insert key from the word processor that you use. Fortunately, by default, Microsoft Word 2010 has the Insert key disabled. If someone has enabled this key by mistake, you can disable it by going to Advanced Options in the Word Options dialog box. Let me show you how this is done. 1.) Open Microsoft Word 2010. 2.) Click the Office button, located in the top left-hand corner and then click the Word Options button.  The Office Button in Microsoft Word 2010 3.) Click Advanced in the Word Options dialog box.  The Word Options Dialog Box 4.) Deselect the check boxes highlighted in the image below. Remember, by default the Insert key is disabled in Microsoft Word 2010.  The Advanced Options of Microsoft Word 2010 Hope this helps! ~Rupen Sharma Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
Google Translate Mobile When I'm not boring Worldstart readers with occasionally uninformed software advice, I work at a hardware store in a small Midwestern town, boring customers with occasionally uninformed hardware advice. While our town doesn't provide the level of diversity found in large urban centers, for several of our customers, English is a second language, and a few speak no English at all. Consequently, as someone barely fluent in English, and with only what little Spanish I was able to glean in my Mesozoic era high school (most long since forgotten), I welcomed the app, Google Translate. This app translates text between more than 60 languages, and offers spoken word translations for many of them. Read the rest here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) --- iPad / iOS Basics Part 3 – Quick Search, Cut, copy, and Paste! Quick Search If, after organizing your Apps you are still having trouble finding some of your Apps or files, iOS kindly provides an easily accessible quick search option to assist you in finding those "lost" App icons. To make use of this feature follow these steps: Get more (and parts one and two) here! Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Patrick from Olean, New York asks: The USB MEMORY STICK is an amazing little thing, and so handy! My question? I have copied and pasted documents from My Documents without any problems. But from everything I read, you should download software in order to move this information from the computer to the USB Drive. So how am I doing it without software? You may have been reading about Memory Sticks put out by Sony. These devices aren't the same as a USB flash drive, which are also sometimes referred to as a memory stick. The Sony Memory Sticks are commonly used in digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones for adding more storage. Many computers do require software to be downloaded for reading a specific type of Memory Stick. There are multiple kinds that Sony manufactures for different digital storage needs. Read the rest of this tip here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) --- Keyboard shortcuts can be an almost indispensable tool, if they're simple, and if the process they bypass is done often enough to justify remembering them. Also, to be worthwhile, they must be quick and effective. But some of them combine such a tangled combination of keystrokes, and are so awkward, that I sometimes feel like I'm playing a keyboard version of Twister. Well, I ran across one the other day that offers a simple solution to what can be an otherwise time consuming process. This is a shortcut to creating a shortcut that, for me at least, will be a real time saver. Want more? Click here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
Console to Closet is one of my new favorite fashion sites. What you'll find are outfits that are put together inspired by video games. Using Polyvore, the site's author, Amanda McGinnis, puts together outfits that are inspired by video games, or characters within the video games. I have to say she does a fantastic job! Because the site is setup on Tumblr, you'll get your basic blog style experience. That newest outfit is at the top of the page and then beneath that you can scroll through what came before. The site also offers a few awesome filters. If you want to look only at Girl or Guy outfits, you can do so by clicking the option on the right side of the page. Each entry features a complete outfit, a description of what it is inspired by, as well as a reference link. I love the reference link because if you are unfamiliar with the inspiration, you can take a peak and then come back and compare the outfit to it. Want to learn more about McGinnis and how the site got started? Then be sure to check out the About link also on the right side of the page. You can also submit suggestions for inspiration or request that she feature an outfit based on your favorite character by clicking Submit. Wanna shake up your visit and see the outfits randomly? You totally can do that by clicking Random. I love this combination! I feel like fashion + video games = an awesome site! Check it out today! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Welcome to The Atlantic's retrospective of World War II through photos divided into twenty parts. Originally posted as a series in 2011, I'm rather glad I didn't find it till now. I don't think I could have waited for each part to be released as I really enjoyed browsing through the entire collection in one sitting. Navigation is easy! You can start at the beginning with the Before the War section, then continue through the sections chronologically till you end up at After the War. Each section features an introduction and then dives right into the photography. Just scroll down the page to look at the photos and the informational captions beneath them. Photos that could be considered graphic or offensive are blacked out. You can view them by clicking on them, or skip over them. When you've browsed through one gallery, use the Next Gallery link at the bottom to navigate forward. Or you can use your browser's back button to go back to the main page and select a different gallery. As always with these types of public galleries, I didn't read the comments as they are usually filled with spam, trolls, or incendiary arguments – read them at your own risk. This site gives a very interesting look through photographs into a time period that the world is still fascinated with. Go check them out today! http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/pages/ww2/# ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com
YOUR MOUSE IS THE WORST! Tons of Wires, Tons of Clutter, Zero Accuracy, Uncomfortable... HOW DO YOU EVEN USE IT? You Need to Toss the Old one and Check This Out: Wireless Rechargeable 3-Button OPTICAL Mouse! Smooth as Glass Scrolling - Ambidextrous and Ergonomic! THIS THING WILL TRACK ON ANY SURFACE! USB Charing Cable AND Rechargeable Batteries INCLUDED!
Putting Inferior Mice to Shame! Everyone knows that optical mice are the way to go - hopefully no one is still surfin' along with a ball mouse! This is the newest, smoothest technology out there, and it's going to put EVERY other mouse you've ever used to shame! No jumpy, shifty, jerky scrolling. No lagging or skipping - just pure, smooth tracking and unbelievable comfort! Cutting Edge Optical Technology... Trust me, once you go optical, you'll NEVER go back to anything else. This is superior tracking at it's finest! We're talking smooth as glass scrolling - quick, simple and precise navigation that just feels like luxury in your hand! There's a fine line between "excellent" and "unbelievable," and this mouse crosses that line into a territory all it's own. And while the main difference is in it's accuracy and smoothness, there's also a ton of features that make this mouse superior in EVERY way to what you currently have. This mouse is wireless. It runs on two rechargable batteries (Included!) and it comes with a USB charging cable. When you're ready to recharge, simply attach your mouse to the INCLUDED charging cable, stick it in your USB port and that's it! The wireless range is 10 feet - which means you get HUGE flexibility. To make it even better: there's absolutely no drivers necessary! Ambidextrous & Ergonomic Comfort! Wow, imagine that...you're about to be using a mouse that doesn't chain you to one spot on the desk with it's stupid cord! And speaking of comfort - your hand won't believe this! Something about this Mouse just feels right. You can tell immediately upon using it that a lot of time was spent on the design. Whether you're left or right handed, one thing's for certain: you can comfortably use this mouse for HOURS on end! You've GOTTA HAVE IT... And You Can For Cheap! Your cost, for a VERY short time, is just $15.97 and US Shipping is FREE! That's an unbelievable deal - try finding that at ANY of your big box stores - you'll NEVER be able to! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7863 PS: limited quantity deal - we don't know how long these are gonna stick around, so get yours now before the price jumps up to $29.97 Monday!
June Wallpaper! OK, it's that time again - time for some shiny new desktop wallpaper for your computer! Here are the picks for June, and remember - lots more on the site too! As always, all the desktop wallpaper below is 100% free.
It can all be found here: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ Enjoy! ~Steve
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WorldStart Tech Tips 2012-06-01 
Well LapLink Disk Image is kinda like a time machine - it allows you to capture your entire hard drive on a disk as an image, and should you ever experience a crash, you just install the disk and EVERYTHING goes back to normal - your software, files, music, pictures: you name it, it'll all be there!
And what's worse? It's nearly impossible to restore it back to where it was before the crash. Your data is completely gone - photos, documents, music, financial records, e-mails - 
Maybe you just got a new computer and want to bring certain things over from your old one - no problem! Disk Image lets you pick and choose! And let's say you just bought yourself some EXPENSIVE new hardware. Install it and copy it with ease! Now it's backed up in case anything at all should happen to it!
Makes an EXACT replica of the data on your PC!
Wireless Power - USB Charging Cable INCLUDED!
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