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[Tutorial] How To Share Your Optical Drive In Windows 7

With netbooks and ultrabooks, laptops are becoming smaller and lighter. To achieve this miniaturization, manufacturers have chosen to remove optical drives and gives you no options to access to any DVD or CD. However if you have a desktop computer and your computers are networked you can easily share the optical drive on the desktop computer for use on your laptop through the LAN and in this tutorial I will show you how to make this possible within Windows 7.

Wikipedia Founder Contravenes Extradition Of ‘Pirating’ Student

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia wants to help Richard O’Dwyer, ex-administrator of UK based video linking website TVShack. UK authorities want to extradite Richard O’Dwyer to US authorities for copyright infringements. Jimmy Wales reckons that this case is an example of the ever-growing influence of the copyright lobby over the Internet. Already, Richard O’Dwyer has become popular to the general public for battling the content industry for public interests.

[Tutorial] How To Create An Animated GIF From A YouTube Video

If you ever wondered how people create those animated GIFs for their profile pictures at forums, blogs, and other social web site this tutorial will help you find out and also teach you to create your own one. With the free online services called GifSoup, you can easily create an animated GIF from a video excerpt found on YouTube.

165 Terabytes Of New Satellite Images Of Earth Added To Bing Maps

With the war between mapping service reaching its zenith, Microsoft’s Bing Maps have decided that they too need to overhaul and improve themselves. Apparently, an attempt to do so is by adding a load of new satellite imagery to the collection of Bing Maps.

Kickstarter Project Tablift Shows The Best Docking Station For iPad

Using iPad at a stretch may create back pain or shoulder pain. Using iPad at a stretch could be discomforting. If you have an iPad, then you might have faced this. By using Tablift, you can now use iPad with comfort on bed, couch or wherever you like.

Belkin Brings Slingbox TVPlus Media Streamer For Smart Devices

Belkin Slingbox TVPlus place-shifting receiver can stream videos from your media source to your smart device. The TVPlus can link up with any media source, like digital cable box, satellite receiver or DVD player for Streaming. That means, you can access content from anywhere with tablet, smartphone, or laptop over Wi-Fi or a 3G/4G cellular connection by using the Slingbox TVPlus.

Seagate Backup Plus 1 Terabyte Portable Hard Drive For $109

Seagate brings new Backup Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive for $109. This Seagate drive has professional security features and works with social media accounts. With this portable drive, it’s simple to back up and share online photos, movies and more.

Recharging The New iPad Costs $1.36 Per Year

Apple’s latest iPad like its predecessors promises to provide around ten hours of battery life. The high-resolution retina display and LTE connectivity of iPad needs much bigger battery which takes long time to charge. But the cost of keeping it running is a lot less. According to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36.