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| iPad Quick Mute Did you know that there's a quick way to mute all sound on your iPad? All you need to do is press and hold the Volume Down button on the side and it'll mute the sound completely in two seconds! It's much faster than rapidly pressing volume down, lowering the volume one tick at a time. So next time you're playing a game or watching a movie and someone comes up and starts talking to you, you have a quick fix for silence! Now if only humans had that same option… ~Andrew Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Todd from MI asks: I read all the time about "open source" this and "open source" that. What the heck does "open source" mean, anyways? Hey, Todd – good question! Basically, the term "open source" is used to describe a program or app where the author(s) gives the public access to the source code. Although some companies aren't thrilled with this concept, many terrific pieces of software are open source (the Linux operating system, Mozilla Firefox and the Ogg Vorbis sound file format come to mind). Since the code is freely distributed, the software is also (generally) free as well. If you want support, that will sometimes carry a fee – the author has to pay the rent somehow, right? That said, there are usually lots of resources out there for large, open source programs. Your friendly neighborhood search engine can help with that and most open source programs have a Wiki to reference as well! The idea behind writing software like this is you get input, code, and improvements from lots (hundreds? thousands?) of different programmers. Not an easy task for a single company to copy. As such, the program evolves rapidly and tends to have fewer bugs (and that's always good). Just imagine if Windows was open source… ~ Steve Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
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Well it's About Time... Whether you have 20/20 vision or wear coke-bottle glasses that make your eyes look like baseballs, the letters and numbers on those keyboards are just TOO SMALL TO SEE! It's so annoying! Someone understands, and they've done something about it! It's a standard alpha numeric keyboard (the exact set up you're likely used to), but with MASSIVE letters on those keys and a color scheme to make it simple to see! BIG Letters + Contrasting Colors = Perfect Keyboard Vision! Most keyboards have tiny letters and numbers on the keys. Why? There's a ton of real estate left on each of those keys to make the letters bigger! It's just common sense, right? Well, apparently not... Apparently, they want us to strain our eyes for eight hours every day. Maybe the manufacturers of these keyboards are in business with the optometrists and major eye glasses companies... The letters and numbers on each of these keys are MASSIVE! You'd have to be legally blind to not be able to see them...and even then, you should be able to make them out! And it's not just the huge letters that make such a difference: it's the colors! Bright green keys. Dark black letters. It's the perfect contrast! You can't go wrong! Simple to Set Up: Plug & Play! As you can see from the image, there's NOTHING complicated about this thing. It's a keyboard with one cord attached to it. That cord plugs directly into your USB port and you're ready to use it! No drivers, no set up, just 100% plug and play simplicity! A few facts: It's also PC and MAC compatible, so it works on everything! Things Can Be WAY Easier for a VERY Small Price! Some places would charge a small fortune for something this cool. But not us! Today, get your BIG BRIGHT KEYBOARD for just $21.97 with FREE US SHIPPING! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7871 Are Your Plants Dead & Unhealthy Despite Your BEST Efforts? Are You Suffering From Dead Plant Depression? The Plant Doctor is in! THE 3-IN-1 GARDEN PROBE IS HERE AND YOU NEED IT!  Accurate Probe Monitors Moisture, pH Balance AND Light Levels! Perfect For Indoor AND Outdoor Plants - Know Exactly What They Need! Extend the Health & Longevity of ALL of Your Plants! Dead Plant Depression...
Tim from OH writes: Many flash drives come pre-loaded with a small amount of software. Is it safe to delete this if you plan to use the flash drive only for storage? That really depends on the kind of software on the flash drive, Tim. If the flash drive comes with free applications/games/trials: This kind of software is ok to remove since it's not directly tied to how the flash drive functions. The best way to remove this software is to reformat the flash drive before you begin using it. Step 1.) Plug in the flash drive and open My Computer (or Computer for Windows 7 users) and right click on the flash drive (Usually drive letter E or higher in this example it's drive F) and left click format. Step 2.) You can change the drive's label (the name that comes up next to drive letter – it was "Corsair" on my drive by default, but can be changed) and click Start. This will reformat the drive and wipe out everything on it. Once it is complete, the drive will be ready to use without any software wasting space. If the flash drive comes with encryption software/security software: This may be very dangerous to remove and you should contact the device manufacturer. Some flash drives have a hardware encryption, which requires a program to stay on the flash drive and run to decrypt the information on it. Do not reformat one of these drives unless the manufacturer indicates to you that the included software can be removed. ~Tim Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Apple has announced a new model of the highly popular MacBook Pro series of laptops, the MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The newest and greatest MacBook to date (did I mention insanely expensive too? Starting at $2199) comes with the latest Intel i7 ivybridge CPU, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB solid state hard drive, USB 3.0 and thunderbolt connectors packaged into a slim 3/4″ thick aluminum body. (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
Ray from UT writes: I am thinking about buying an Android tablet. However, I don't know which version of the OS is the best. Can you shed some light on the difference among the Android OS (from 2.0 to 4.0)? Also, can you upgrade to a more advanced version after the purchase? Android has a lot of great features, including customization, open development, and tons of devices to choose from. One thing that's a problem though is something called fragmentation. Fragmentation means that instead of most Android devices running the same basic operating system software, there are many, many versions. So which Android version is best and what should you avoid? It's pretty simple: (The higher the number, the more recent the version of Android. The codename (the words in parentheses) is a name Google assigns each version and is named after a snack) Get all the details here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) --- Personalizing Siri Siri is the voice-recognizing personal assistant who comes equipped with the iPhone 4S. It listens and speaks like a normal human being, and like any relationship, the better you get to know each other, the more rewarding the connection will be. Today, we'll teach Siri a little bit more about yourself. To begin, open the Contacts app. Read the rest here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!)
Mark as Read in MS Outlook If you're like me then when MS Outlook let's you know that you've got a new message you usually see an envelope down in the bottom corner of your taskbar (the system tray). I happen to have a love/hate relationship with that little envelope. I love that it let's me know that a new message has arrived – since my work computer is used for teaching purposes and is displayed most of the time I can't have the type of notification that would display actual information about the message – but I can use that little envelope! Read the rest of this tip over at Worldstart! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) --- Remove iTunes 10 Checkboxes and Source Icons Here's a quick one for all the iTunes users out there who have upgraded to version 10 of Apple's music software and want to clean up their interface a bit. Since the early versions of iTunes, there have always been checkboxes next to song titles used for selecting and deselecting songs. Well, what if you've never used them? Why keep something around you may accidentally uncheck?  Go to Edit>Preferences, and under the General tab un-check Show list checkboxes and click OK. Voila! No more checkboxes!  For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
This site is fun and strangely addicting, but 'm going to get the warnings out first. As clearly noted on the site, children should only use this with parental supervision, the Clever Bot AI is not a human – but its AI learns from the humans who interact with it, so at times it may say something…inappropriate. I didn't have anything inappropriate come up during the two hours (hey, I said it was addicting) that I played around with it, but that isn't to say it couldn't happen. With that said, I had so much fun chatting with Clever Bot that I couldn't wait to share the site with you! There are three buttons below the blank text box, they are Think About It, Think For Me, and Thought So Far. You can write some text in, say whatever you want and hit enter, or you can click Think About It to input your text. Then Clever Bot will reply. Don't feel like responding? Make Clever Bot talk to itself by clicking Think For Me. Want to see what has been said so far? Click Thoughts So Far, and another window will pop up showing you the conversation so far. I found the interaction with Clever Bot to be highly addicting! You've been warned! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- I adore optical illusions, which you may have noticed from the sites I've shared in the past. Well, I found an awesome site dedicated to optical illusions that I couldn't wait to share with you. I really liked it because it isn't just same optical illusions that you're used to seeing, but modern interpretations of illusion that will have your jaw dropping! The site is easy to navigate because it is set up blog-style, so just scroll down the page and prepare to be wowed. You can also use the Older Posts link at the bottom of the page to see the previous entries. Each entry offers background on the illusion being featured as well as an example of it. They also often include links to where you can see more of that type of illusion, or to previous entries of the same kind of illusion. I really loved the most recent post when I was there. It was the Lego Terracotta Army – a sidewalk chalk drawing of Lego people as the famous Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang. It probably helps that I've been obsessed with sidewalk chalk since I was a little kid (and then seeing Mary Poppins) didn't help matters any. I also loved the video of the Checker Shadow Illusion, and the Fact/Fiction Ambigram (I saw Faction at first). The Terrace by David MacDonald was also really well done. My suggestion is to just dive in and start going through the illusions; but take a break if your eyes start to hurt. Some of the black and white or black and bright yellow ones hurt my eyes after a long viewing. This is an awesome site dedicated to optical illusions, go check it out! http://www.anopticalillusion.com/ ~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 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!
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 2012-06-22 
All this technology, all these big improvements to computers...and they've never really done anything to make it easier to type.
Standard QWERTY set up!
We spend a LOT of time on our plants - whether we're gardening outside or pampering our favorite indoor plants (more likely during this time of the year), it's something we love and cherish. Ever wonder why, despite your excellent care-taking skills, some of your favorite plants just don't make it?
The meters on the face are simple to read, and it's color coded with blue, green and red (each telling you what they mean, too). The needle moves itself according to what your plant needs, and you can make ANY adjustments necessary to the soil, water or light!
What Is A Retina Display? Apple's New Display Revealed
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!
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