The Future of Monitors and TV

I have seen the future, and it's not looking good for LCD and plasmas. Sony has just announced their newest TV based on the exciting OLED technology. This allows for monitors to be lighter, thinner, use less power, and have better image quality. The first unit, the XEL-1, should start shipping by the end of the year.You heard it here first: in 5 years, the majority of monitors we use will be OLED.
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Rip It Good

This is more for personal use, but...I know that many of you have DVDs that you'd like to transfer to other media, such as an iPod or computer. To do this, you need to "rip" the content from the DVD to the new media, which often requires a few steps. Here's a great list of the Five Best DVD Ripping Tools, all of them free. Scroll down to other options from users.
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Toys R Us

I'm constantly downloading all kinds of utilities that let me have control over my entire system, such as optimizing my system, cleaning the registry, renaming files, capturing screens, etc. So, I was obviously on hog heaven when I stumbled upon RegToy. It's free and a very powerful utility.NOTE: The main screen takes about 2 minutes to load...it's very slow as the server seems to be popular. But, once you're on, you can download the program
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Tweak It

Many of you are aware of the Registry, the often-arcane settings that determine who Windows looks and runs. Wouldn't it be nice to tweak the settings but with an easy-to-use interface? Enter Tweak Now!, which does just that and it's a free download to boot.
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If you travel with a laptop, then you know how critical battery life can be for allowing you to get work done. Here's a great review
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Back Track

If it hasn't happened to you already, it eventually will: you accidentally delete a file, and may not even know about it for days or even months. You emptied out the Recycle Bin many times since then...so what do you do.One program that I've been playing with is called Pandora File Recovery, and it has been able to find files that I deleted many, many months ago. Now, obviously, the longer it's been since deletion,
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Dexis Done Right

While I like Dexis' sensor design and comfort, I've never been a huge fan of their PC Card interface. Well, that's no longer a concern as Dexis has just announced their new DEXusb interface. This will be a real nice solution for Dexis offices that want a simpler interface for their sensors.
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Many of you have probably used IM clients like Yahoo Messenger and AOL Messenger in the past. The problem, as I
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Trolling for Answers

I first saw this very slick Troll Software over a year ago and was wondering when they would be releasing it...well,now it's out. It integrates with your existing PMS program. Definitely worth checking out.
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A few weeks ago I blogged about the incredible Asus Eee PC. While the Linux configuration would work well for most people, there's a new Windows version coming as well. Here's a hands-on review of the Windows machine.
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A Taxing Situation

With taxes due in just a few days, many of you will be luck enough to be seeing a refund. What to with those newfound dollars? Here are the Top 10 Tech Toys to Blow Your Tax Refund On.
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I'm always looking for good free software and services on the web, but it makes my life easier when someone does it for me. InfoWorld has posted their Web's Best Free Stuff. There are some
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PhotoShop Express

Photoshop Express is the new online photo service for sharing and editing photos. You get 2 GB of space and a ton of really cool features. You also get your own URL, so sign up now before it's gone!
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Probably one of the coolest applications I've seen in a long time, ddsWebLink, has now gone live. We have already started offering this our clients, so please contact me if you want pricing. Here's
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Free Backup

Here's another nice utility to add to your system: Hinx Backup. While there are a ton of free backup programs out there, very few will allow you to backup to a remote computer over the Internet via FTP, but Hinx can do this. Definitely worth the free download.
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Care Credit is offering a new free CD that can help practices grow. Here's the press release:COSTA MESA, CA., March 2008 — CareCredit, North America’s leading
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