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Move from Windows XP, to Windows 8…for free!

I  received an e-mail about a product that might greatly benefit those needing to try to move from a computer running Windows XP, to one that is using Windows 8…

“For a limited time, Laplink is offering PCmover Home for free to users who are moving from an old XP computer…to setting up a new Windows 8.1 PC by moving all of their selected data, settings, and programs. PCmover Home includes application selectivity, folder selectivity, profile selectivity for logged on users, Free Transfer Assistance, and more.”

PCmover Home is available …

“…for only $19.95 to anyone else. Upgrade to the Professional version for just $20 more—now only $39.95!”

You’ll need to…

“…download your Laplink product and obtain your Serial Number…”

…and, per their website, you should be able to “transfer everything across a Laplink High-Speed Ethernet cable, network router, or Laplink USB…

“PCmover automatically moves all the programs, files and settings you select from your old PC to your new one and all of your applications will be installed automatically ready to use.

Read the “What You Should Know” section:

Some programs on your old computer may not be compatible with a newer operating system.
Files with Digital Rights Management (DRM), such as music files and programs that require keys or serial numbers with a hardware fingerprint, may require deactivation on the old PC and reactivation on the new PC.
Some programs with unique copy protection may need to be deactivated on the old PC then reactivated with their original key or serial number on the new PC.
If you are unable to deactivate applications on the old PC, please contact the software manufacturer for each respective application to have the license reactivated.
Users are responsible to follow user license agreements with each application that is moved.
You should remove trial software on the new computer if a full version exists on your old PC.
Antivirus and Anti-Spyware programs will not be moved to your new PC.
Specific hardware drivers will not be moved to your new PC.
Make sure to apply all appropriate Windows Updates (including .NET) to your new PC before performing a migration with PCmover.

The User Guide is available at http://download.laplink.com/documentation/pdf/pcmover/pcmhome/PCmover_8_Home_UG_ENG.pdf

 

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free game for iOS until October 27

“Get ready to pack your bags and head to Europe in Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe! You have a wonderful opportunity to take your real estate empire overseas. Travel through England, Spain and Switzerland while restoring rundown houses, beautifying neighborhoods with new landmarks and helping the locals improve their towns. Develop your business skills by making money from renting out and investing in properties. Construct classic English cottages, elegant Swiss chalets and magnificent Spanish haciendas. Act wisely to get the job done on time with hurdles like weather conditions and crises trying to block your every move.”

Game trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq_hMvd1_9A

 

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New Kindles…watch video while offline!

There are new Kindle Fire tablets:

All-New Kindle Fire HD 7″ Tablet
7″ HD Display, Wi-Fi, 8GB or 16GB
$139.00

All-New Kindle Fire HDX 7″ Tablet
7″ HDX Display, Wi-Fi, Optional 4G LTE Wireless, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB
$229.00

All-New Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″ Tablet
8.9″ HDX Display, Wi-Fi, Optional 4G LTE Wireless, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB
$379.00

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU0NSCU/ref=sd_allcat_kdpso#kindle-compare

The HD has a dual-core processor; the HDX tablets have quad-core processors.  I can tell the difference in performance of the two types…maybe because I can be consided a “power user” of all kinds of technology (computers, phones, and tablets)  and tend to push them to their limits.  If you intend on using them in in situations that pertain to heavy video and graphic uses…get the quad-core units.

What’s more impressive to me, is the enhancement to Amazon Prime:

“Prime members can now download hundreds of Prime Instant Video movies and TV shows to watch anywhere—on a plane, on vacation, or in the car. Prime Instant Video is the only U.S. online video subscription streaming service that offers offline viewing, and it’s included at no additional cost.”

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After composing this post, I found viewing Amazon Prime content offline has been available via iOS:

“Download purchased and rented videos from Your Video Library for offline viewing on airplanes, road trips, or when a Wi-Fi connection is unavailable…

“…Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch…”

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Free antennas for (almost) everybody! Kinda…

Some people in certain television markets cannot watch the CBS television network on their Time Warner Cable service. CBS and TWC are having a dispute…

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“Time Warner Cable has a limited quantity of basic indoor antennas available for free, to be picked up at our retail cable stores in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Los Angeles/Desert Cities, New York, plus Milwaukee and Green Bay in Wisconsin….these basic indoor antennas…will likely only work for customers whose CBS station originates in one of those cities, and who are within a short distance of the station’s transmitter.

“…we have partnered with Best Buy in those cities to provide $20 toward the purchase of any in-stock broadcast antenna at select Best Buy store locations.

“Antenna offer limited to current Time Warner Cable customers….Limited quantity available…limit 1 per customer while supplies last.”

http://twcconversations.com/antenna/

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PDFZilla is free…until July 7

I received a press release with the following information:

PDFZilla is a useful software toolkit for converting and handling PDF documents…The program preserves the original quality of the PDF files and converts both text and images. Users can convert the entire PDF or selected pages only and event convert multiple files in the batch mode, which may come in very handy when working with large book or document archives. In addition to the Word format, PDFZilla can convert PDF files to DOC, XLS, RTF, TXT, BMP, JPG, GIF, TIF, HTML and SWF files…

PDFZilla V3 includes:
1 – PDF to Word Converter
2 – PDF to Image Converter
3 – PDF to TXT Converter
4 – PDF to HTML Converter
5 – PDF to Flash Converter
6 – PDF to Excel Converter
7 – Image to PDF Converter
8 – PDF Merger
9 – PDF Cutter
10 – PDF Rotator

http://www.pdfzilla.com/pdfzilla-giveaway.html