Software Review - Kaleidoscope

Are you a designer, developer or photographer? Have you ever wanted to compare two files, whether hey are images or texts?

You could fire up Adobe bridge  to compare images or Dreamwaver for codes comparison. But those software are pretty big, they take a lot computer resources. For a simple file comparison task, Kaleidoscope is great because its fast and won’t use much of memory.  Find out more about Kaleidoscope in this review.

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How-to: Take Screenshot on an Android Phone

Last year, I wrote a post teaching How to easily take screenshots on PC, Mac, and iPhone. Now that I am an Android user,I decide to show you how to take screenshots on Android devices. It’s not as easy as taking screnshots on an iPhone, it’s not hard neither.

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Namebench finds the Fastest DNS Server

DNS stands for Domain Name System. It translates computer hostnames such as www.example.com into IP addresses like 208.77.188.166. ISPs and many online services offer DNS service for consumers. For example, OpenDNS is one of the services that offers features like phishing filter, domain blocking and typo correction. Just this month, Google released its own DNS service Google Public DNS which claims performance and security advantages.

If you are a geek/power-user, or someone simply want to get a faster internet experience? Setting up a DNS will do it, but depending on your location the Fastest DNS for me may not be fast on your computer.  Namebench is a free open-source benchmark software that will find the Fastest DNS Server for you. [Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX]

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how to change OS X folder or dock icons

Want to customize your OS X a little? Besides changing background images, you can change folder icons easily as well. Also you can change the dock icons using the same trick. Difficult level:Easy.

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How to type these symbols with alt codes

Have you ever wondered, how to type Copyright Symbol, Trademark Symbol, Registered Mark Symbol in Windows or Mac OS X.

It’s not very complicated at all. I will show you a list of Alt Codes for entering Copyright, Trademark, Registered Mark symbols.
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How to take a screenshot

Quick Tips: I am going to show you how to take a screenshot on Windows, OS X, and iPhone. These tips are very basic and easy. No additional software required.

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