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Digital Camera Battery – Why Do Some AA Batteries Take Longer to Recharge?

26 Aug

Here are four reasons why it may take longer to recharge certain sets of AA batteries.

If you have a large collection of sets of AA rechargeable batteries (do not mix and match brand and battery mAHs of AA recharcheable batteries!), you may wonder why some batteries take longer to recharge than others. Here are a couple of reasons:

1) Check the AA batteries’ mAh specifications. Batteries with a higher mAh level hold more power and can last longer between charges, but due to the added power capacity they may take longer to recharge….

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 – Equalize Text Height for a Cartoonish Effect

26 Aug

Need another way for text to stand out in a PowerPoint 2007 slide show?

Picture this scenario – you need to perform a quick calculation in Windows but your Desktop is full and you don’t want to open a new window. Plus, you can’t find a calculator anywhere next to your computer desk / table. What do you do?

Desktop Calculator, an older application, may be what you need. This program adds a simple calculator directly on the Windows Taskbar that can perform basic math functions. It also handles percentages, square roots, inverses, flipping between negative and positive numbers, and can perform decimal to hexadecimal conversion….

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Digital Camera Memory – Accidentally Washed a Memory Card?

26 Aug

What to do if a digital camera memory card accidentally made its way through the washer.

You know that you should do whatever you can to keep digital camera memory from water. However, what if you placed a card in your pocket, then accidentally ran it inside some clothes through the washer? Is the card worthless, and are all the photos unrecoverable?

First off, don’t panic! You may be able to recover the photos, but do not insert the memory into your camera. If the media is damaged, trying to insert it into the camera may damage the pins, preventing the camera from ever reading any media. Plus, if the media is wet, water could seep into the camera, completely damaging the internals….

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Microsoft Outlook 2007 – Display Week Numbers

26 Aug

Display every week’s number of the year in Outlook 2007’s Monthly Calendar, useful when scheduling certain types of appointments.

When scheduling appointments in Microsoft Outlook 2007, it might prove useful to display each week’s number (perhaps you need to schedule an appointment every 3 weeks or whatever). Making this change to the calendar view in the Month view, as well as the Date Navigator in the To-Do Bar, is easy.

1. Select “Tools” – “Options”….

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[MODIFIED] Digital Photo Processing – Adjust Sliders, Try All Options in New Photo Editing Software / Plugins

26 Aug

Experiment with your digital photo editing software and plugins. Move sliders to the max and enable advanced options.

A great way to learn how to use digital photo editing software and plugins is through experimentation. When modifying your digital photos with such software, you’re bound to come across slider controls, whether you are modifying brightness, contrast, color balance, color saturation, etc. Sliders are also popular with filters. These controls let you fine-tune adjustments so that you can either change your photos a little or a lot.

When using sliders to adjust image features, especially if the sliders are linked to an auto-preview feature so you can see the results of your changes before actually applying them, consider going ‘all out’ and moving the sliders all the way to one side. Instead of merely modifying your photos with a 5% increase of contrast, 5% color shift from red to blue, etc., view dramatic changes to your photos. This may make it easier to see the effects of the color or filter, and then you can move the slider back to get the results you really want….

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Best Digital Cameras With Video Capability

26 Aug

© Ian MuttooAs more individuals and households own digital cameras, the specific video features to capture memories becomes more valuable. Selecting the right digital camera to record videos can be a challenging task.

Recently, Consumer Reports filed an investigation to find the best digital cameras in the market with the best capability to film good quality video footage. Each camera was used in various lighting and environments to test the best quality in all situations possible.

From indoors to bright lighting, the best …


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Miscellaneous Software – Freeware Typing Tutor with Aquarium Animation

26 Aug

The freeware Rapid Typing Tutor displays animation while taking users through a succession of keyboarding drills.

Rapid Typing Tutor for Windows aims to help speed up your typing through a series of lessons. This freeware application will have you start out with just a few letters, work your way through punctuations and short syllables, tackle capital letters, key in longer words, and then run through digits and finally longer blocks of text. More advanced typists can jump around to specific lessons if desired.

While typing, to keep you entertained an animated aquarium scene appears behind the characters to be keyed (this can be turned off if you find it distracting). A visual keyboard appears below, with transparent hands moving as you type….

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