Monday, February 15, 2010

Software Search Agents?

Software Search Agents - The evolution of online software purchasing.

Looking to buy some Adobe software but have no idea where to look? That is a common problem for many of us when looking to purchase software. The big box stores very seldom have good pricing on software, mainly because they do not specialize in this area. Their prices are typically over inflated and very close to the manufacturers MSRP, and most do not offer reviews, or price comparisons. They are in the software design business, not in the sales business. They set the MSRP (manufacturers suggested retail price) and have the retailers fight it out. The uneducated consumer ends up paying more, and the educated consumer ends up saving more.

One benefit to most big box stores is that you might get a price protection guarantee, or they might price match, but there are stipulations, and you will likely end up not getting the best price in the long run. Not to mention wasting your time, and gas running from store to store.


The answer is twenga.co.uk. Often you may find good pricing on the internet through a search, but what guarantees you will get the best price? How about doing the research? Do you know what features you need, and how about customer reviews? What about the retailer's reputation and return policy?
You should consider using a search agent, (a search engine with so many features and options, it cannot be called a search)

Twenga offers a full product search, consumer review, and price comparison engine that will help you make the best informed decision. To give you an example of the search results, a search for the keyword Adobe on twenga resulted in;  'Twenga found 5981 products from 136 shops'

With this amount of research and pricing information available to you, there is no doubt you will find the best suited product and at the best price.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Pimpin On Your Facebook

No The term has nothing to do with pimping....It has to do with customizing your facebook profile to get away from the boring blue background and blocks. So Pimping in the sense of making your facebook profile look amazing!


The latest in customization utilities for facebook is not one of those common gift apps, nor a gaming application, or a prize, or any of the other annoying facebook applications that endlessly show up on your wall. This application lets you change your complete facebook profile in several ways. The application is called Chameleon Tom, and best of all, its' completely free!

The most common feature is the ability to change your facebook background. Chameleon Tom offers templates, and a collection of free backgrounds.

You can download it for free at chameleontom.com
You can view some of the templates here 

If for any reason you want to revert back to the boring facebook blue, you can simply uninstall chameloentom here - they have provided a simple chameleontom uninstall utility.

New mobile search engine called Gune

Handcase launches "Gune"mobile search engine


The Handcase launched its mobile search system, called Gune http://www.handycase.com/gune
Gune is a system of meta-search, ie it searches the other websites and generates a single page of results, optimized for small screen phones and smartphones. The websites consulted by the Gune are: Google and Bing.
Unlike the websites of traditional meta-search of the Internet that use the same principle, Gune is only mobile search, and results in a single page, are displayed in lists of ten results per search engine, and offers both the top as at the end of each page, the search box. "The goal here was to optimize the time of the User and aims to provide a superior experience with search." Explains Ricardo Garay, CEO Handcase.

Gune is available only in English, but the Handcase ensures that the versions in Portuguese and Spanish are underway. The Gune also offers a catalog of mobile websites, and invites all indicate mobile websites. "Gune is designed so that everyone could contribute to the directory, so who have, or know a website mobile, just visit the website for the PC and give your tip. Once checked and approved it goes to the directory." Ensures Garay. Mobile websites to indicate the link is http://www.handcase.com/gune/pc/

Offer too launchers for all mobile platforms in http://www.handycase.com/gune/pc/glauncher.htm
What does the word Gune? Means Site in Basque language. My origin. Explains Ricardo Garay.

About Handcase
Handcase is a Brazilian software industry mobile. In 5 years and a portfolio of 360 products consolidated the position of largest software industry for Palm of the world. The products are in the hands of more than 2 million and three hundred and fifty thousand users in 80 countries. Over the first 100 to webOS software, Android and Symbian, plus hundreds of mobile content free for all mobile platforms.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Too Many Laptops, So Little Time!

Too Many Laptops, So Little Time!


As with consumer all consumer electronics, there are so many different brands and models, each with different features and prices. It's very difficult to know which one to select. The technology changes every week, and new features replace old ones just as fast.

A good starting point is to look at consumer reviews and feature comparisons. One might start with twenga.co.uk to help with these initial steps. Twenga offers a specific laptops portal that offers all these useful shopping tools. The next factor is price and a budget. Once you have a budget, the next factor is your personal features list. Think about what you need a laptop to do, what you will use it for, and finally what features are important to you.

Some important laptop features to consider are size, weight, battery life, screen size. These are all separate from the bells and whistles, but are just as important and will surely make a seemingly good decision a bad one when you actually start using your new laptop.

CPU, hard drive, memory, and the hardware components are equally important of course, and this is where one can really get lost when looking at the many different options. The best advice is to do some research!

- Write down your features wish list
- Set a price
- Read reviews and consumer opinion

Then Go Shopping!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

PC Tune Up 2010

The All in One PC Tune Up Program That Actually Works!


TuneUp Utilities 2010 - Download Now!


There are many pc optimization and tune up programs available on the internet. Not all of are created equal, nor do they all deliver on their claims. Actually, for the most part, many of them are nothing more than act as glorified windows applications that are already included with your pc.Howver, once in a while a program actually deilverson its claims.

Tune Up Utilities 2010 is one of the those programs that delivers what it claims. I have been using PC utilities form many years and continue to do so.


TuneUp Utilities - Version 2010


Enjoy Your PC: fast, stable, customized!



PC Tuneup Utilities 2010 has PC Maintenance, Increase Performance, Fix Problems and the Ability To Customize Windows, however in addition to these features are two new features.

Turbo Mode - Turbo Mode contentrates the computers resources towards programs running, while temporarily disabling thsoe that are not. Once you switch on the Turbo Mode rarely used features are temporarily disabled. This provides concentrated power for the currently active program or for more frames per seconds in games.

Live Optimization - Live Optimization automatically prevents background programs from using up valuable system resources. Programs operate considerably faster and games run with visibly more frames per second.