Archive for August 24, 2008

For Your Eyes Only

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Don’t you find it frustrating when people peek at what’s on your monitor, especially when you are at work? Personally, I hate it when colleagues from the Human Resource departments comes over to have a ‘casual chat’ when really, they want to know what you are up to. It kind of puts me off because I’ll think that they are not being genuinely friendly, instead, it felt like they are prying and keeping a look out for your wrong doings..possibly to get some brownie points for reporting bad behavior.

The most frustrating thing is when you can’t hide everything you are doing by minimizing the window because the title will stay visible at the status bar. You can’t just close the application either because you will loose unsaved data. Like, if you are watching something on youtube that might take some time to load, you’ll have to reopen a new window, search for the video and then wait for it to load again. It almost makes having a little entertainment become a stressful operation.

Well, there’s this application that’s called Hide Windows Free. It basically hides your windows and restore your original display resolution.It restores everything back when the coast is clear. This is a free version of the famous Anti-Boss Key application.

This is how Hide Windows Free works: it instantly hides windows with a secret key combination which will be restored to exactly the same state. The application will allow you to customize mouse and keyboard bosskey shortcuts, hide task bar, desktop icons, wallpaper…basically all you need to be kept away from the boss. The boss key application is password protected so don’t worry about the ’smart’ people who might check your desktop while you were away from keyboard. Try it now and save 50% with the limited time discount offer.

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Read Less, Know More

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I know the title seems a bit odd, but it’s 10facts.com’s tagline. Basically it means you learn more because the facts they give you are pretty straightforward without all the marketing jargons overpowering the details. Like how you can read an article full of words but somehow you just keep missing the point because the real deals are drowned under the story.

10facts.com offers general knowledge on health, technology and autos. True to its name, each category has 10facts to its name, like the Nokia 6133, I got to know that it has been designed with instant messaging abilities that include AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo. Okay, so the fact is pretty outdated since no one really use the ICQ any more. How about something more up to date, like the Nokia N75? It’s diagonal screen displays 16 million colours to enhance viewing capacity of text and images.

I think this site is more suited to be a general knowledge learning base rather than a product review site because the featured information are not the typically most up to date ones. There is also the slight problem with the lack of pictures, which might be difficult for people who are not familiar with handphone models or car makes.

Still, it’s interesting to know that the Nokia 2610 can accommodate 300 contacts with information of the phone number, formal name, nickname, email address, web address, company name and job title, residential address, birth date and notes, which makes it a great device for your address book although the call quality is said to be inferior compared to other Nokia phones. Well, maybe the Nokia 6085 might be better because of its MMS, Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, enhanced e-mail and push to talk features. Anyway, if you have interest for gadgets, this site shouldn’t be a miss.

Tags: Nokia, mobile phones, cellular, telecommunications, wireless networks, datacom, GSM, multimedia terminals, handsets, customer services, press releases, financial information, student exchange, open positions, employment opportunities, career opportunities