Sunday, February 25, 2007

Recording Skype Calls in Windows

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While Skype is a useful tool for communicating with friends and family and colleagues around the globe, one feature that it’s lacking is the ability to record calls. This became apparent when a friend of mine recently approached me for help. A few months ago, he started a podcast. For a while, he was content to record solo commentaries. Then, he decided that he needed to do the occasional interview to spice things up a bit. The problem was how to record those interviews, especially since many of his subjects lived hundreds if not thousands of miles away.

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Improving Your Google Searches

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While Google is a great search engine, you’ve probably noticed that when you do a search, Google usually returns more results that you can comfortably chew. But how can you limit Google’s search results?

Many people know the trick of enclosing a search query in quotes, and some may know about putting a plus sign (+) in front of a search term. But, there’s more that you can do. There are a number of really simple techniques for improving your Google searches so that the results better focus on the information that you want.

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Extending the Life of Your Laptop Battery

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The year 2006 marked a fundamental shift in PC hardware sales as laptop computers (also called “notebooks”) outsold desktop PCs for the very first time. As society becomes more mobile, laptops become ever-more powerful, portable, and affordable, and as wireless networks become ubiquitous, this trend will continue.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

A Quick Look at Audio Formats

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Outside of the government and the military, the computer world uses the most acronyms. This is especially true for the names of audio formats. There are dozens of formats, each with its own reason for being and with its own strengths and weaknesses.

But what do all of those names mean? And how do you deal with an audio file that you’re not familiar with? This TechTip looks at some popular audio formats and some of their characteristics.

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