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How to Make Money Online: Blogging Ep. 5: Install, Setup and Test XAMPP Open Source Web Server

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:55:01 +0000

Many of you have probably never heard of the XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl) Web Server Utility, but it is one of the most popular ones out in the open source market today. Installation of XAMPP is extremely easy and it transforms your computer into a modern day web server that allows you to build and test web pages right in the comfort of your own home. You may be wondering, “Why is this useful to me, and how does it help me in learning how to make money online blogging?” – well, it’s simple, this software will allow you to host your own wordpress weblog on your computer and test it out before publishing it on the internet! So you’ll have all the time you need to get things going and to learn at your own pace.

Free Software! [HD]: PDF: FoxIt PDF Reader is the Quick, Reliable Adobe Reader Alternative

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:38:31 +0000

FoxIt PDF Reader has been around for quite some time now but it isn’t yet widely known. Today I will show you a quick overview of the features and functionality of this incredibly fast and lightweight PDF Reading utility. As many of you may know, using Adobe Reader as your primary PDF reader can take not only an incredible amount of hard drive space, but the software is large and clunky. Adobe is also notorious for constantly nagging you about updating their software. FoxIt doesn’t have this issue, at least not nearly as bad as Adobe does. So Enjoy!

Free Software! [HD] Smart Defrag Sorts Fragmented Files for Faster Hard Drive Access Speeds

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:27:29 +0000

Smart Defrag has been out for quite awhile now and many people do not even know it exists. For those of you who do not know what Defragmentation Software is – it reorganizes “fragmented” files that are on your hard drive. Fragmentation occurs when your hard drive stores a larger file into multiple locations of your hard drive. When you access that file your hard drive needs to take extra steps to pick up the data from multiple locations and cache it for use. Smart Defrag not only rearranges those files so that they are together, but it also places the most frequently used files closer to the central pin of the hard drive for faster access

Free Software! [HD]: Remote: TeamViewer Controls Computers Remotely Easily over the Internet

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:33:35 +0000

Today’s video will show you a cool piece of freeware software that will allow you to connect remotely to any friend, family or loved one with two simple steps. Teamviewer is widely used in the IT community to help others with their computers by taking over their desktop both safely and securely. For those of you who have worked with Teamviewer before, you already know the advantages of having such a simplified form of desktop remote control. Connecting to clients or loved ones who know very little about computers is a snap, no complex setups or installations necessary!

Free Software! [HD]: Tools: Advanced Systemcare Optimizes and Cleans your PC for Faster Speeds

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:11:38 +0000

Today’s video talks about Advanced Systemcare. Advanced Systemcare has been out for quite awhile now, maybe a few years, but they have established both a good and damaging reputation. The damaging reputation revolves around them stealing their spyware removal database from one of their competitors, Malwarebytes. However, the spyware removal feature isn’t actually the best part of this software, it is actually the system optimization portion that separates it from most of it’s competitors. So although the spyware removal may not be legitimate, the system optimization features are definitely worth checking out Advanced Systemcare – which is freeware.