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Are you searching for ipad speakers ?

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Yes i got a ipad recently  and then a  search began for “ipad speakers” , you see the ipad can play music ,but you need a decent pair of speakers to get the best out of them.

Surprisingly enough there is quite a wide choice of ipad speakers in the market from top of the range Bose speakers for ipad to  cheap *Chinese make Ipad speakers.

Ipad search for speakers

I chose to browse through Amazon to see what is available for “speakers for my ipad” , here are few of the options that were available

One of the top of the range speakers that will work not only with the ipad and  but also ipod is the Bose soundock series II digital. The sound from these Bose systems speakers are unimaginably awesome , definitely worth the money , my sister owns one

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Bose SoundDock Series II Digital Music System for iPod (Silver)
Bose for $269.00

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Altec Lansing MP450 Octiv Stage
Altec Lansing priced at $111.49

The altec lansing not only provides good crystal clear sound for you ipad , but also charges it via the dock at the same time

 

Other more cheaper options available for the ipad speakers were

 

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Jbl Rhythm 2.0 Powered Speaker
JBL priced at $24.49

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iLuv iMM747 Audio Cube Hi-Fidelity Speaker Dock for iPad, iPad 2, iPhone and iPod (Black)
iLuv is prices at $78.56 at amazon 

Thsi device (iLuv iMM747 Audio Cube Hi-Fidelity Speaker Dock for iPad,) works with most models of the apple range like  iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone, iPod Touch (3rd,2nd and 1st gen), iPod nano (5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st gen) or iPod classic and you can sync play and charge with this device.

(*sorry Chinese makes not included)

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Free Photo album software – Visual lightbox

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Did you ever want to  create a photo gallery  or a “online photo album” ,but did not know how to do it  or construct the code to put it online on a website , now this free software “visual lightbox” makes this job real easy

Free photo album software

Visual LightBox JS is a free wizard program that helps you easily generate web photo galleries with a nice Lightbox-style overlay effect, in a few clicks without writing a single line of code. Just drag&drop your photos into Visual LightBox window, press "Publish" and your own web gallery with beautiful LightBox 2 effects will open in the browser instantly! No javascript,css,html coding, no image editing, just a click to get your gallery ready.

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Check out a demo of the visual light box gallery over here

Visual LightBox is available as Prototype or jQuery plugin, for Windows and Mac, it is translated by volunteers to 28 languages! its also recently been updated  to work with bloogin software joomla. Now you can create Joomla module for you Joomla website.

Online gallery creating software Visual lightbox features

Visual box has support for Flickr and photobucket and also enables you to create slideshows. it also boasts a built in ftp client  and has some  basic gallery themes  and a  auto thumbnail creating  feature. For more features visit the –>> Visual lightbox webpage

This software is free and quick and easy to produce albums and online galleries  and also easy to use for the beginner.Go grab it !!

Asus Smallest Laptop PC Mini Pc

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Smallest Laptop PC Mini Pc By ASUS

 

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Asus EePC 701 – Where to get it In Australia

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The EeePC is looking fairly well spec’d with an (unspecified) Intel processor and chipset, Intel UMA graphics, 512MB RAM, 16GB SSD, webcam, Bluetooth and b/g wireless. Sure, it’s not gonna be ground breaking, or play any decent games, nor should it. It’s a mobile solution that should be more than capable. ( Source for specs )
I haven’t personally used Linux, but it’s open source freeware which means that it’s totally supported by a bunch of uber geeks who continually make patches to keep it running fairly stable. Also, due to the lower number of users, it’s fair to assume that it’s less likely to be attacked. Linux is also more efficient when using system resources, unlike Vista, so should make the most of the laptop. Again, I haven’t used Open Office, but I know that it is compatible with Microsoft Office file types (which the majority of businesses and educational facilities will use).

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Protect your pc from hackers

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With the continuing  expansion on “banking online” for individuals  and businesses as well as the growth on online buying with your credit card and paypal it  is becoming more and more important to secure your pc from the intruders waiting to get all that information stored on your pc.

Most Computers at home or your business contain  personal information and financial data and passwords which in the wrong  hands can ruin your daily life and give you a shock. It is becoming more important to  know how these hackers hack you computer and  what porst they are targeting.

Hackers favorite entry points into your computer

Below is a some of the main ports that hackers frequently use to get into your system. if you are using a nice  firewall system or then a Anti virus program  you have already minimized the risk.

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Firewalls and antivirus – Good protection to minimize risk

Here is a graph below of threat shown graphically “the most used ports used by hackers” to hack into your pc. Most of these ports are used by most computers to run basic services on your computer but some of them can be permanently blocked by your windows  security setting or then  your firewall settings

hacker target ports on your computer

As you can see in above Microsoft Ds (port 445) and telnet (port 23) are among the favorite target of hackers  to try compromise you pc . Most good firewalls protect your pc by blocking access to these ports or not allowing unauthorized people from seeing the status of these ports, which diminishes the possibility of getting compromised.

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If you don’t have a good firewall  or antivirus or expired antivirus ,you might wanna check out Norton internet security 2011 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 or then you can also try out the AVG Free antivirus on their website but the paid version ( AVG ANTI VIRUS )always give you more security. Most of these software’s come with  both the antivirus and the firewall in one package so you don’t need to get them separately

My review of the Philips 69116/55/48 Imageo LED Rechargeable Color Changing Table Lights

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I recently got this light from amazon at  a 21 % discount to the normal price  and i am pretty pleased  at the results . The  Phillips changing color light cost me $79 after discount which was a pretty good deal  compared to what it was selling at some shops  nearby  to my house.

The Philips Imageo Rechargeable Table Lights are great atmosphere creators. They give off a warm glow without the risk of open flames and hot wax. The set includes two rechargeable LED candles lights, a charger and integrated adaptor.

 

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These color changing lights offers a romantic glow. Simply tilt units to turn on and off. After an initial charge on the wireless induction charging station, these lights will glow for 6 hours. From the Philips lighting collection.Amazingly enough they are made safe for children and pets as well.Check it out here at amazon –>Philips Rechargeable Color Table Lights .

They are a couple of other similar light gadgets available at Amazon as well like the Philips HF3480 Wake-up Light . My sis  got the  Philips Living Colors Translucent LED Lamp with Remote (pic below) and she is quite happy with it ( it looks really good as a lounge accessory and the light are perfect for setting the mood)

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This Temperature controlled FAUCET LIGHT although a bit colorful is one of my favorites

WordPress 3.1 update and New standard , Aside , gallery post format and Thesis theme

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Post format wordpress 3.1, the new feature of the latest version of wordpress 3.1, updated this February 2011. If you have upgraded to wordpress 3.1 ,you should be able to see  the format button on the right of the panel “Format”, which has three options, standard, aside and gallery.

If you don’t have this post format wordpress 3.1 tab, it means your theme does not support this yet.

Format options with Thesis theme

you will need to add a code in your functions.php file, or in Thesis, custom_functions.php file, also need to tweak some files for the “aside” option, however if you use Twenty Ten theme, this tab should be there

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Post Format wordpress 3.1 — Tutorials, and How to use them

The post format wordpress 3.1 official resources, you can find it here in this official wordpress codex website.

Aside functions, is actually putting your post without title, this is why it is stated to be a similar like face book. This is a cool feature which can tweak our files, such as sidebar.If we create an aside post using post format wordpress 3.1, you will not see the title in the home page.

The gallery option is my favorite, By adding gallery shortcode which was already available long time ago, you will be able to have a gallery page, in the post, and complete with previous and next pictures, as well as the dimension, and image details. By putting [gallery] shortcode in one of your post, and then upload some images, you will see gallery in your post. When you click one of the image, it will bring you to the one image with its details, such as size, and the file name

Go to the official –> wordpress support site  to check out tutorials and support for installing and upgrading to get this feature and here are some nice tutorials, http://www.wpbeginner.com-post-formats-in-wordpress-3-1/ , http://www.960development.com/guide-to-new-features/

Post format in wordpress 3.1  on Vimeo.

Supported Themes for the new post formats

Here is the official, current listing of all themes that support post formats. To learn more about each format, visit the Post Formats support page.

Theme Name /Supported Formats

 

Twenty Ten/Standard, Aside, Gallery

Coraline/Standard, Aside, Gallery

Beach/Standard, Aside, Gallery, Quote, Status

Duster/Standard, Aside, Gallery, Link

Rusty Grunge/Standard, Aside, Gallery, Quote, Status

The Morning After/Standard, Aside

Toolbox/Standard, Aside, Gallery