Ideal Printer for home

Choosing the right printer for home is no easy task. Unlike offices & work places, printer usage at home will be considerably lesser. Moreover, maintenance cost will be of a greater concern for home users. So, broadly speaking, an ideal printer for home should have these two major features:

1. One that prints from your wireless device

Unlike workplaces, home users will not be in front of their desktops or laptops all the time. Hence expecting them to switch on their PCs in order to print something will be unfair. This is where wireless printing comes in handy. With wireless printing, users can print from smartphones or tablets. These days, many of the printers come with WiFi Direct technology, which doesn’t even require a WiFi router or access point to send the print command from any of your WiFi enabled device. With wireless & cloud based printing (ePrint), you can get rid of wires and print from anywhere. Here is a short video about how you can use HP’s ePrint technology to print from anywhere.

2. One that is affordable regardless of volume of printing

Typically, Laser printers are preferred in offices because they can print large volumes of text quickly and reliably. But for home usage, the volumes are much lesser. This is why many home users prefer inkjet printers. Moreover, cost of replacement ink cartridges for laser printers are considerably higher. New technologies like HP’s ink advantage cartridges specifically address this issue. Original HP cartridges for Ink Advantage printers can print up to 600 pages at Rs 449. And users can print virtually everything: essays, pie charts, or glossy photos.

Additionally, users can decide if they need an all-in-one printer. Over the past year or so, these all-in-one printers have become much more affordable. In addition to printing, users can scan, copy or even fax documents from a single device.

TechPP & HP Ink Advantage Printer Contest – 2

To participate in the contest, all you need to do is answer a couple of simple questions and share this post with your friends & family. We’ll pick two lucky winners on Sep 18th 2012, who will win a HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 5525 e-AiO printer each (worth Rs. 10290). Ten lucky people will win an 8GB HP USB flash drive. This is open to Indian residents only. Please note that the two lucky winners who won the printer in the first edition are not eligible to participate in this edition. Others can try their luck again.

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The contest will be split into two parts. The first one will start today and will end on 31st August 2012. The second part will start on September 1st and will end on September 15th 2012. Two HP Ink Advantage 5525 e-All-in-One printers (worth Rs.10299 each) will be given away at the end of each part. What more? 20 HP USB flash drives will be given away as well.

HP Ink Advantage Printers

I’ve been using a HP Deskjet Ink Advantage printer (K209a-z) for several months now and have been extremely happy with it. Buying a printer isn’t easy. I was also confused about which printer to buy. Laser printers give you the best speed, but they are too pricey. Toners for laser printers have long life, but that’s useful when we have a lot of printing to do (like at office). But I was looking at something which doesn’t cost much to maintain. That’s when I stumbled upon Ink Advantage printers from HP.

The best part about Ink Advantage printers is affordability. You can expect high quality printing at low costs. Original HP cartridges for Ink Advantage printers can print up to 600 pages at Rs 449! The printing speeds are pretty good as well & printing quality is top notch.

Early last month, HP introduced six new Ink Advantage models at varied price-points. Those looking for highly affordable home printer at a nominal price can go check HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2515. Or if you are looking for a wireless printer, you can check out HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3525 eAIO which comes with HP’s uber cool ePrint technology and can also copy/scan for you. For some reason, if you are looking to have a fax machine as well, then check HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4615.

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 5525 e-AiO

This is the grand prize we have for the contest. HP Ink Advantage 5525 e-AiO is a true All-in-one affordable printer. It comes with some extra-ordinary features like print, scan, copy and ability to connect to the web. It comes with an intuitive touchscreen panel to control all the above mentioned features. The Ink Advantage technology helps you print up to 2x the pages for the same cost. And with HP ePrint mobile printing, you can print from your smartphone or tablet from virtually anywhere. iPhone & android users may download the free HP iPrint App from the iTunes store and Google Play respectively, and print photos and screenshots from the mobile device wirelessly.

HP Ink Advantage Printer Contest – Part 1

To participate in the contest, all you need to do is answer this short quiz and we’ll pick two lucky winners on Aug 31st, who will win a HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 5525 e-AiO printer each. Ten lucky people will win an 8GB HP USB flash drive. This is open to all residents of India.

The two printer units & ten flash drives will be shipped directly by HP. Should you have any questions, drop a comment on our Facebook page.

Update: The contest has now ended. Winners will be contacted shortly. Second part of the contest is going on here.

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IObit Game Booster2 Premium is popular and has reached nearly 1 million downloads on CNET alone. It is also rated #5 in Maintenance & Optimization with a good reputation among PC users, editors and game lovers.

IObit Game Booster 2 Premium – Features

• Play Games Lag-free
• Fast Game Launching and Response
• Keep Your Hardware Drivers Up-to-Date
• Manage and Launch Your Games Easily
• Fine Tune-up Game Settings
• Get Useful Tools

At just 6.64 MB, Game Booster is low on resource usage and works with Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000.

IObit Game Booster 2 Premium – Giveaway

Game Booster Premium, which is original priced $19.95 will be given away for free for an entire week from Feb. 21 to Feb 27. But you are required to have a Facebook account for that. All you need to do is go to the giveaway page and follow those 3 simple steps mentioned in the page to get the free license. Mind you, the giveaway starts on Feb 21st only.

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SpeedUpMyPC 2011 – Features

• Free Memory – Frees Up Memory (RAM)
• Monitors Memory Usage in Real-Time
• Automatically optimizes memory usage
• CPU Usage – Optimizes CPU Usage
• Assign More Resources to Your Favorite Applications
• Monitor CPU Usage in Real-Time
• Internet Speed – Test Your Connection Speed
• Removes Annoying Pop-ups While Surfing
• Startup Speed – Automatically Log Startup Times
• Improve Startup Times Considerably
• Stability – Recover from Crashes
• Terminate Suspicious Applications
• Use Quick Keys to Start System Recovery
• Test Disk Performance
• Shows Disk Usage om Graphs for the Last Hour

A single user license of SpeedUpMyPC 2011 normally costs $39.95, but now you can get it for free! As part of the exclusive promotional offer from PC Authority, interested users can request for free valid license serial key for Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2011, which also includes 12 months of ActiveProtection – product updates and support.

In order to grab the free license, visit the promotional offer page, fill up the basic details and hit Submit button. You will soon receive the free license key on your email id. Download SpeedupMyPC 2011 from here, install it and use the license key to register!

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If you extensively use PDF documents at office or home, you would know the difficulty associated with them. Converting PDF files is a big headache. The well known PDF readers like Adobe Reader or Foxit doesn’t help you convert the PDF docs to your preferred format like HTML, word doc or image files. This is where premium PDF converters like PDFZilla come to your rescue.

PDFZilla can convert PDF documents into editable files like Word, RTF, TXT, Images, HTML, SWF etc. Unlike other cheap/free PDF converters, the quality of converted documents are top-notch.

PDFZilla normally costs $49.95 but till Feb 5th 2011, you can grab PDFZilla for free! Visit http://www.pdfzilla.com/giveaway.html in order to download the 6MB installable for free. Make sure you note down the unique registration code which is displayed in the webpage before downloading it. Use the same registration code once you install the software.

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It is a well known fact that hard drives tend to drag the PC slow when they near full capacity. This happens because Windows system writes a fair amount of data to disk, and without sufficient free space you won’t be able to use the computer. This is where FULL-DISKfighter steps in. It helps you recover valuable space and optimize your hard drive.

This doesn’t mean FULL-DISKfighter isn’t useful at other times. You would obviously don’t like to reach a situation where in your PC gets slow and unresponsive. Of-course they are some free solution like CCleaner to keep the PC junk-free, but FULL-DISKfighter packs in 4 powerful solutions in 1 application -

1. Cleaning – Scans for junk and unwanted files from your PC hard drive and removes them in one click
2. Optimizing – Analyzes, defragments and optimizes your hard disk for better performance
3. Duplicate file finder – Scans and deletes unneeded duplicate files taking up hard disk space
4. Large Files finder – Scans for files more than the specified size

What I like about FULL-DISKfighter?

No one would like to pay to buy a software unnecessarily, especially when a better and free alternative is available. FULL-DISKfighter, being a paid software (and costs $9.99 per year), has to have something unique and worthy feature to make people pay for it.

So, what I love about FULL-DISKfighter?
1. Easy to use interface which makes it easy for even the noobest of the noobs to keep his hard disk clean.

2. You can scan for unnecessary files within installed programs. Unlike a typical file scanner, FULL-DISKfighter scans within the program directories for possibly unwanted files. The best example is the iTunes folder where I found almost 2GB of unwanted data of my old iPod Touch!

3. Find Junk files by file extension and size. This is an even better option for many. You can specifically search for file extensions like .log, .chk, .bak, thumbs.db etc! Though I miss the option to add a new extension as I like.

4. When scanning for junk files, it neatly categorizes the scannables for better handling – Microsoft Products, Windows, Email, File Sharing, Third party applications, Instant Messaging, Internet browsers, multimedia and misc. files. Pretty comprehensive, isn’t it?

5. Multiple defragmentation options. It lets you analyze and choose standard (slow) or quick option to organize the file data structure on the hard disk.

Check out the Gallery below for comprehensive screenshots.

All in all, a much recommended software for Windows 7 and Vista.

FULL-DISKfighter Pro – Free licenses giveaway

Eugene from SpamFighter team was gracious enough to provide 20 one-year licenses of FULL-DISKfighter Pro, exclusively for the readers of TechPP! All you need to do is leave a comment below saying why you would like to win the free license. You better follow us on Facebook or subscribe to our Email newsletter to keep abreast with all the upcoming giveaways and latest tech news and tips!

Giveaway ends on 25th Jan. So hurry up!

Update: Winners announced – Ari Arsyadi, Regine, kelly, Joe, Siddharth, Mayur, Dave Harden, john d, alex19100, Anish Mohandas, Richard Meloche, Paul, ROHIT, StingRay, Mike, Dora Abshire, Grr, Johan Gustavsson, Yuni Ardita S. D, Goh Kuong Yan

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The VPN technology has evolved a lot in the past few months and the VPN services in general have become more reliable and affordable than ever before. Previously, the VPN tools were always looked upon as slow and unfit for video browsing. But now, VPN services like SailFish VPN are fast yet affordable and offer high reliability in addition to the general nuances like privacy, freedom from censorship and anonymous browsing.

SailFish VPN Review

SailFish is a relatively new entrant to the already inflated VPN marketspace. They offer US based VPN service using PPTP technology with encrypted internet connection. Unlike most of the premium VPN services, SailFish works with all devices that supports any of the following Operating Systems – iPhone/iPad, Android, Windows, Mac OS and Ubuntu.

The setup was pretty simple and straight-forward. They have a dedicated tutorial page which guides you through the setup for any device/OS, just in case you are struck. Once you have set it up, simply connect to the US vpn using the username and password.

Watching Hulu videos was easy with SailFish VPN. Though it took some time to buffer the ad, the actual episodes were fast and consistent. Normal browsing – like Facebook, Twitter etc was a breeze. I tried setting up SailFish VPN on my iPad. Though the setup was easy, video streaming was a bit slow.

They haven’t put any restrictions on speed or bandwidth (need to confirm this). The good thing is they support secure (https) sites as well. They have both the Free as well as paid VPN services. Those who would like to try the VPN before going for a subscription, can request a one-day trial here. Their monthly subscription starts at $5 only.

SailFish US VPN Giveaway

SailFish has offered to give away 30 one-month valid VPN accounts exclusively for the readers of TechPP! The giveaway starts right now and will end on Dec 20th 2010. The criteria to enter the giveaway is simple as always -

• Just leave a comment below to register.
• Optionally, join our Facebook page for quick updates.

Stay tuned for more giveaways coming up this holiday season!

Update: We have picked the winners and waiting for SailFish to provide the free accounts, will update once we are ready.

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Digiarty software, the makers of some of the popular media converting and ripping software like WinX DVD ripper Platinum and WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe have announced a giveaway for this festive season, where in you will get an iPhone software pack worth $90 for absolutely free!

The WinX iPhone pack consists of 3 popular software – WinX DVD to iPhone Ripper, WinX iPhone Video Converter and WinX iPhone Ringtone Maker. The giveaway has started now and it ends on December 31st 2010.

Note that I haven’t personally tried any of these 3 software, but the general reviews have been very good.

WinX DVD to iPhone Ripper: Convert all DVDs, such as CSS, region code guided DVD to Apple devices, like iPhone (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4), iPod, iPad.
WinX iPhone Video Converter: Convert HD video and regular video to iPhone (iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4), iPod, iPad, Apple TV.
WinX iPhone Ringtone Maker: Convert audio to iPhone ringtone file, made your own iPhone (iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G) ringtone.

You can download the free iPhone software pack here and then use the below codes to register the individual applications.

Code for iPhone Ripper: AB-TYUWYZGO-RPRIUS
Code for iPhone Converter: AI-TTUDYUXV-GHFQFD
Code for Ringtone Maker: LG0E8-EECEE-A5A27

Note that, you won’t get any free updates or free support for these iPhone based applications from Digiarty.

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10 million minutes might sound huge, but the catch is that the offer is going to be shared amongst all the PennyTel subscribers who register for this offer. Though officially the offer runs between 1st December 2010 to 8th January 2011, do not expect it to last long and make use of the offer right away.

How to make Free international calls using Pennytel?

Well, you are required to register to PennyTel service first. In order to do that visit this promotional offer page, look for signup link, fill in your email address and wait for the email from PennyTel. You will then receive the detailed account information such as user name, web password, VoIP password in your mail. For me, it took almost 15 minutes for the mail to arrive. No initial deposits or credits is required to start making free calls.

Since you are registering using the promotional offer link, there is no need to re-enter your username in the link given above. You can make free calls using PennyTel either by using their free iPhone app or by using the softphone launched from website to call straight from computer. There are other options as well, which I don’t suggest. One is via the landline (which requires paid ATA) and the other is via SmartDial from other mobiles. If you are a SIP user, these settings will help:

SIP Proxy : sip.pennytel.com
Domain : sip.pennytel.com
SIP Register : Yes
Preferred Codec : g729, g723
Port : 5060

Note that for Australia, New Zealand and UK, the free calls is to landline only, excluding calls to mobiles and special numbers. Other countries of Canada, China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA, both calls to mobile phone and fixed line is free.

Make hay while the sun shines! Make calls while the service is free!

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Just around a month back we had told you about a promotional offer for Avanquest PowerDesk Pro 7. In case you missed that, no need to fret. Here is an even better offer, for the latest version – Avanquest PowerDesk Pro 8. Yes! You can get this latest software absolutely for free!

As you might already know, PowerDesk Professional is a simple to use Windows file management software which provides users a wide variety of tools to search, organize, edit, delete, copy, move, sort, zip, label, view, convert and so forth, performing as an expert, ultimate file manager for your Windows PC.

Avanquest PowerDesk Pro 8 Features

• Advanced File Finder
• Multi-Pane File Viewer
• Easy FTP Utility & Support
• New Hard Drive Indexing
• New Search Emails & Attachments
• New Color Code Files & Folder

Grab a Free license of Avanquest PowerDesk Pro 8

Avanquest PowerDesk 8 Pro normally costs $39.95 or £29.99 for purchase. As part of Avanquest promotion offer, the interested users are now entitled to download the full version of the PowerDesk Professional 8 at no cost.

1. Visit the promotional offer page.

2. Enter the basic details as always. The page is in German, so check the helpful image below

3. Download Powerdesk pro 8 here.

4. Install the software and use the license key you got in email to register it for free!

Avanquest PowerDesk 8 Professional is fully compatible with Windows XP (32-bit), Vista (32/64-bit) and Windows 7 (32/64-bit) operating systems.

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