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The past few days I’ve been debating on the best way to have a mini-feed in the sidebar of my blog. Really, I’ve been looking for a way to better let you guys keep track of what I’m doing, interesting things I’ve found, and things like that. Well, I’ve finally come up with a plan! I signed up for a Twitter account today. I’ve never used Twitter before. Actually, I’ve been pretty skeptical about it’s value in the past. But after looking at some of the alternatives, it seems like an easy way up have a short area in the sidebar that I can use to post short snippets. You can see my updates in the…

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I am cheap. I don’t like paying money for things unless they really deserve it. Thus I’m always looking for good free or open source software. At least I was until I found Tech Support Alert’s list of The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities. I found this list some time ago and have used it constantly. Anytime I need a piece of free software, I reference this list first.

Tech Support Alert, run by Ian “Gizmo” Richards, has many great resources concerning PC security and utilities, but the 46 best freeware list is by far my favorite. It has categories from “Best Free Firewall” to “Best Free Secure Erase Utility”, to the common “Best Free Web Browser”.…

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Well after nearly three weeks of traveling to visit family, I’ll be back home on Saturday. You may have noticed that the posts during these weeks have been a bit shorter then normal. It’s because it takes a lot more time when writing these on my Windows Mobile phone! But I’ve got some tutorials and software reviews in mind for when I get back. Make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed so you don’t miss anything!

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Just saw this article on WinExtra, FeedDemon, by far the best RSS reader, is now free. FeedDemon has a lot of features that make reading blog articles simple, fast, and they retain most of their original formatting. If you need more details, Jeffro2pt0 did a great review of it a while back.

I’ve used FeedDemon for a few months now, and it is a great piece of software. It has great features and is extremely easy to set up. You can download FeedDemon for free here.

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According to GameTap, Sony is making a deal with Skype that will let users of the PSP use their device as a telephone. Skype is an online VoIP service that lets users make calls to other Skype users for free over their computers, or to landline phones for a fee. Skype is already available for mobile phones, so this news isn’t that surprising.

There are several obvious limitations. Skype requires an active internet connection, meaning that users would need to be in an active Wi-Fi area. Also, users could only call other Skype users unless they pay the additional yearly fee. Currently, the update is only scheduled for the newer P-2000 model of the PSP. Exact…

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Pownce, a service that allows you to send files and messages to your friends, has just announced that they are shedding their beta tag and opening their doors to the public. According to the email I received, the public launch will happen on January 22nd.

Pownce is an interesting service that I reviewed a while back. If you haven’t tried it out yet, in a few weeks you’ll get your chance.