Guest Post by Elena Vakhromova.
Are you a devoted Apple fanboy? Or at-least own an Apple mobile device? Then you should be aware of a small inconvenience most iDevices have: because of the support of few video formats (generally MP4 and H.264) it's a real pain to play any other videos on them. The universal video playing app hasn't been offered yet, so lots of people still use desktop video converters to adjust diverse video formats to Apple playback. Let's have a look at the most popular ones, explore their pros and cons.
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This has happened to me and can happen to you as well; I returned from a wonderful trip and, in a hurry, downloaded the photos into a folder that I later deleted by accident. Imagine the anger, the angry face and the despair. Even though I realized there must be a solution to get back the photos which were deleted, for some minutes, I stood there thinking that the memories of a wonderful trip to Italy have been lost and I won't be able to watch them later.
The biggest mistake I did was not to follow a simple rule, i.e to safeguard all my photos immediately as I take them, or at the end of the day. If I have had that discipline, probably I wouldn't have lost them. That's why, it is better to prevent something than later to have to deal with the consequences. If you don't protect your photos before they get lost or deleted, you will have to face the issue of recovering deleted files, if that's the case, and, you'll have to pay for this luxury, too.
Chrome OS was announced by Google in July of 2009, they also announced Chromium in November which was the open source version of Chrome OS. Chrome/Chromium OS is based on Linux and it resembles Google's popular web browser with the same name. Unlike Chromium OS which can be run on any hardware, Chrome only works with specific hardware partners of Google. Currently there are many Chromebooks which are being manufactured by various manufacturers and some of them are already available. A developer who goes by the name of Hexxeh was able to successfully port Chromium on Windows Desktops & Laptops. In this guide I will show you how to dual boot Chromium OS with Windows 7. This customized Chromium OS build is called as Flow, there are some bugs, but I am using it for some time now, and am happy with it.
Apple announced iPhone 4S earlier this week. It is now available for pre-order in US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France & Japan and will be available starting Oct 14th. The problem with iPhone 4S in many countries including US, is that Apple ties up the iPhone purchase to a local telecom provider like AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone or O2. The service providers in turn subsidize the price of iPhone 4S by more than half of its actual price. But in turn forcing you to sign a contract (usually 2 years) to use their voice and data plans.
But in some countries like Canada, UK, Hong Kong & Australia, Apple is forced to sell the factory unlocked iPhone 4S. These factory unlocked iPhones are nothing but legally unlocked iPhones which are NOT tied to any one service provider as in US and Japan. You are free to use these factory unlocked iPhone 4S devices with any cellular service provider ANYWHERE in the world, without voiding your Apple warranty.
Raju PP is the founder-editor of Technically Personal, which is one of the most widely read technology blogs on the web. He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication, and has previously worked as a Technical Specialist in Banking Software domain.
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