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Does your new Windows Mobile phone no longer work with your bluetooth headset or bluetooth in your car? Try the JETware Hands-free Extension. Worked seamlessly for me!

They offer a free 30-day trial before purchasing. Give it a shot and get it here: http://www.jetwaremobile.com/

The JETware Hands-free Extension provides additional functionality to the built-in Windows Mobile support for the Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile. The Extension allows hands-free devices to:

* Read contacts from the Outlook phonebook (“ME” phonebook)
* Read contacts from the SIM (“SM” phonebook)
* Read the list of dialed calls from the call history (“DC” phonebook)
* Read the list of received calls from the call history (“RC” phonebook)
* Read the list of missed calls from the call history (“MC” phonebook)
* Filter contacts from Outlook phonebook based on Outlook contact categories
* Limit number of contacts returned from any phonebook
* Activate Microsoft Voice Command 1.5 or 1.6 voice dialing over Bluetooth
* Use custom ringtones through your Bluetooth device
* Show battery charge level
* Show signal strength
* Show roaming status
* Display carrier name
* Read message headings from ActiveSync, SMS, or other mail provider
* New message notification
* Delete messages
* Read SIM serial number (used to automatically select display language)
* Read GSM phone IMEI number
* Read phone default phone number
* Read current time from phone
* Improved Caller ID
* Beam multiple contacts to your hands-free device at once
* Support for device specific settings, downloadable from JETware
* Online activation using your phone's data connection or ActiveSync

Note: All features are subject to the capabilities of the Bluetooth hands-free device to which the Windows Mobile phone is connected. Many Bluetooth hands-free devices do not support all of the above features. See the documentation of your Bluetooth hands-free device to determine which features will be used by your device.

Free CD Burning Software alternatives to Nero

Recommended:

CD Burner XP
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

InfraRecorder
InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a lightweight but advanced CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

Easy to do with Freecoder toolbar!

Get it here: http://applian.com/freecorder4/

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/wiredGadgets/idUS2965808920091214

Having played with it briefly myself, this phone is amazing! The video on my post, http://www.galido.net/blog/index.php/coolblog/2009/12/14/jingle-bells-played-backwards was captured by this particular phone.

Has great potential to beat the iPhone. Google's new "Nexus One" Smartphone is Andriod-based, so now's the time to start developing your own Android apps as they are said to work on this phone! Said to be sold unlocked by Google themselves so that you can use with any GSM carrier.

More Links:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/technology/companies/14gphone.html

http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=2731

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10615470

StarWind Free is an iSCSI Target that converts any Windows server into a SAN in less than 10 minutes. This is a fully functional product at no cost.

• Large 2 TB storage capacity
• Unlimited number of connections
• Virtualization environment support for VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, Virtual Iron
• Enhances VMware environments by enabling VMotion, VMware HA, DRS and VCB
• Supports Windows server clustering for any application including SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint

Get it here: Convert Windows Servers into Shared Storage

Need an excellent text file editor?

I have been using Notepad2 and PFE Editor for years, which have been great and have served their purpose(s) each time. One text editor however, that stands out with it's feature rich functionality, flexibility, explorer and browser tab style layouts is Notepad++. It comes with handy features such as syntax color coded highlighting and collapsable sectioning of scripts and XML files. It includes all the basics available in most text editors out there, with luxuries such as line bookmarking, and custom highlighting, in addition to it's tab view and customizable layout. Notepad++ also enables you to run your script/code outside of it's application by conveniently allowing you to launch the application(s) needed to run your script from within its gui. Several plugins and extensions are also available to add to and enhance your experience.

See more screenshots of it's applications here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Get Notepad++ here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Need to know what program opens that file that you are unsure of because it does not have an extension? One way of checking is through use of TrIDNet File Identifier. Requires no installation. TrIDNet File Identifier scans the file in question and offers candidate suggestions, descriptions, and even a percentage of the extention that is the likely match.

TrIDNet File Identifier - Get it Here: http://mark0.net/soft-tridnet-e.html

Is browsing via Internet Explorer 7 slow? It may be due to the phishing filter!

Download the latest IE7 update here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EF6EA470-D51C-4BE5-A15B-74430E9E2AD4&displaylang=en

p.s. Tried upgrading to IE8 in hopes that it would be a solution to this issue and ended up with it hogging up more resources and various random bugs! If you want a fast browser, download Google Chrome

Spiceworks is a complete network management & monitoring, helpdesk, PC inventory & software reporting solution to manage IT for small and medium businesses.

Powered by 700,000 IT Pros, the Spiceworks IT Community is available to answer questions while you work directly in the application.

http://www.spiceworks.com/

Here is a quick and easy way to automatically fix Windows XP errors due to having a corrupt registry. Worth a try if you are all out of solutions.

Get Regcure here: http://errornerds.com/errors/?k=Windows-Xp-Error&tk=Eoo6&gclid=CNTpioHKsJsCFSMSagodnz10PA