#179
/ April 15, 2009 / 1:38 min.
Clean up your iTunes library with TuneUp
TuneUp is a great companion for iTunes. It's a way to fix your music when the tracks names get messed up or when you want to find cover art for your music. TuneUp will clean your music, find that cover art and more.
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TuneUp loads when
iTunes loads and attaches itself to the right-hand side of iTunes.
- To clean the names of all your songs just highlight a batch and drag them to the
TuneUp Clean tab.
- Drop them there and TuneUp will clean them up.
- The
Cover Art tab goes out and grabs all the cover art for all your music. If it's out there, chances are TuneUp will find it.
- The Now Playing tab shows random information based on music you have selected.
- The Concert tab gives you
local concert information so you know exactly when a group you want to hear is coming to a venue near you.
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TuneUp is the best way to
clean up your iTunes library.
- It's also the best way to fill in all that missing cover art.
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#792
/ September 3, 2010 / 1:56 min.
Nook is a
free Android eBook reader app
that lets you take your library anywhere you take your phone. This
free Android app
lets you browse the Barnes and Noble book store shelves and
download eBooks right to your Android handset
.
#791
/ September 2, 2010 / 1:20 min.
If you've ever wondered, "
what is firmware?
" you're in luck. Here, we'll give you a quick
definition of firmware
in easy to understand terms.
#790
/ September 1, 2010 / 1:58 min.
If you need to
find movie showtimes
while you're on the go, you can
use Fandango from your Android
. Fandango is a
free application
that you can download from
Android Market
. It can even help you
look up movie details
and
buy tickets
.
#789
/ August 31, 2010 / 2:00 min.
It's important to
create a Windows system repair disk
just in case something goes horribly wrong with your computer. The Windows system repair disk will help you get your computer back up and running should disaster strike.
#788
/ August 30, 2010 / 2:58 min.
You can
customize volume profiles
on your
Android phone
similar to the way BlackBerry users can. This way, you can
create a volume setting
for
silent
,
loud
and so on in order to
switch between profiles
whenever you want.
#787
/ August 27, 2010 / 1:00 min.
Safari 5
can now
run extensions
but you have to first enable them. To
enable extensions in Safari 5
, you have to change some of your
browser settings
first. Then you'll be able to run extensions just like in other browsers.
#786
/ August 26, 2010 / 1:50 min.
Simply put,
Fring is the best free IM app for Android
. With Fring, you can easily have
IM chats on your Android phone
over ICQ, MSN, AIM, Google Talk and many many more. Manage all your IM contacts, get
push IM notifications
and more, all with this
free Android app
.
#785
/ August 25, 2010 / 1:10 min.
If you use of
Google Reader
and you subscribe to
RSS feeds
, you may want a better way to
organize your Google Reader subscriptions
. Thankfully, there is an easy way to
show favicons in Google Reader
. These unique icons let you see at a glance which site a particular news item is coming from.
#784
/ August 24, 2010 / 2:42 min.
Your
Android phone
comes with a
default keyboard
that you can use for
typing
messages and all sorts of things. What you might not know is that you can
download alternate keyboards
to make typing easier. These
alternate keyboards for Android
are available on
Android Market
for free!
#783
/ August 23, 2010 / 1:18 min.
The
control ribbon
that has all of the tools for
Office 2010
can be hidden if you'd like. Although it is handy to have, it does take up a bit of space so we'll show you how to
hide the control ribbon in Office 2010
whenever you want.
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