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Some brilliantly creative Advertisements in print

February 24, 2007 0 comments

Here are some very creative Advertisements in print. Some are subtle, some are bold. Sugar-free Lollipop This is an ad for Siemens vacuum cleaner. The setting is an opera auditorium and the copy reads: ” The quietest vacuum cleaner in its class” The copy says: “Harry’s bread. Nice and Soft”

Toilet Paper to keep you occupied while you are otherwise occupied

February 24, 2007 0 comments

For most people toilet is the only place where they can relax without thinking about anything else. But, if you are not one of them and if you feel that the time spent in a loo should be spent usefully, here is something for you – Mind Trainer Toilet Roll that encourages you to train [...]

Tips to get more out of your Inkjet printer

February 23, 2007 1 comment

Nowadays you can buy printers at down to earth prices. But the cost of ink cartridges are heavy and the running cost of a printer very high. However, with a little care you can get the most out of your printer and save money. Here are a few tips: Always choose the Draft mode to [...]

RAW images – What about them?

February 15, 2007 0 comments

Not all Digital Cameras have the ability to capture images in the RAW format, though many of the latest ones do. If your camera has RAW capture mode but you don’t know what it is, then read on. What is RAW? RAW is not really the name of a file format. That is, RAW doesn’t [...]

Cannot play videos? Time to learn about Codecs.

February 13, 2007 0 comments

Many a times we try to play a video file in Window Media Player only to be faced with a message informing us that a codec is missing. Sometimes there is no message but the file refuses to play or just plays audio with no video, or vice-versa. A codec(code-decode) is nothing more than a [...]

Action Video Games Improve Eyesight

February 6, 2007 0 comments

Action video games may be frequently cited by detractors as sources of moral decay and violence, but new research indicates that they can improve your vision. Gamers who play action video games like Unreal Tournament or Quake for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved their ability to identify cluttered [...]

Technology abuse or plain convenience?

February 3, 2007 0 comments

The other day I was travelling in a bus with my family. Needless to say the bus was crowded and there were lot of people standing. Fortunately I had a seat and my sister was sitting on the other side of the aisle. There were so many people standing that we could not see each [...]

Creating images with ASCII characters

February 3, 2007 1 comment

I am sure you would have come across images like these that are made up of only Ascii characters. Probably you have even wondered “How creative and patient the person must be who created such an image !!”. You can stop wondering. Even you can make such images. Actually there are softwares which convert ordinary [...]

Honey I shrunk the Printers.

January 30, 2007 0 comments

Zink, with help from Polaroid, has created a way to print photographs or documents without ink or an ink cartridge.Without the ink cartridge a printer can be reduced to the size of an iPod or smaller. The Zink system can be embedded in any device. It is also more environmental friendly, the company says. Ninety-five [...]

Most common problems with printers and how to solve them.

January 30, 2007 2 comments

Here are a variety of printer problems and their solutions to make your printing life easier. If nothing has changed on your printer or in your printer settings on your computer but your printer does not work then chances are that the problem is quite straightforward. First check to see of the printer is on, [...]

What to do when your USB Device does not work on all USB ports

January 30, 2007 1 comment

If your USB device is not working on all of the ports on your unit it is possible that the problem is an incompletely installed device driver. It is important to realize that each USB port connection is isolated from the others and there will be a separate driver for each, making it possible for [...]

Search with your Voice – midomi

January 29, 2007 1 comment

We are not talking about using our voice to enter the search term into the text field and searching. midomi is entirely different. midomi.com makes it fun and easy to find and discover music and people. With midomi you can actually search for music by singing or humming part of a song. All you need [...]

Recover your deleted or lost iPod files – ‘Recover My iPod’

January 23, 2007 0 comments

iPod is fun – as long as you don’t encounter any of the following: Your iPod freezes and won’t respond Your iPod displays a sad face icon Your iPod displays exclamation mark and folder icon These symptoms virtually mean that you have lost all your files in your iPod. You could also lose your file [...]

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