http://www.tech-tag.com tech tricks Wed, 16 May 2007 07:04:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whenever I find my harddrive filled up, I do two things. I run Double Killer to find any duplicate files. I run Space Monger to get a graphical impression of what is filling up my harddrive. And then I delete all the stuff I don't need any more. In the proces I often ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2007/05/16/get-free-space-on-the-hard-drive-in-90-seconds/ With Gadget-Tracks system your stolen gadgets phone home. The system is very simple, the gadget has a small program which calls Gadget-Tracks server when activated. When your gadget is stolen you log into Gadget-Tracks website and report it stolen. After that all you have to do is wait, and if the ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2007/03/08/track-stolen-gadgets-with-gadget-track/ I've had the joy of trying Joost out the last couple of weeks. Joost is the new project frem The Skype guys and the talk of town right now. This time they provide all-legal free TV. The experience where mostly impressive. It takes a few seconds to understand the logic behind ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2007/03/08/joining-the-joost-wagon/ I recently needed to do some interviews on the phone. I found out that using Skype-out with a skype recording software was a great solution for that. I used the free tool Free MX Skype Recorder - it works absolutely great on windows. All I needed to do was install ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/11/21/recording-a-skype-conversation/ My experience with using Google docs with Wordpress - read and make up your mind This post is written in Google Docs - which means that it is both a test and a review of how it is to use Google Docs for wordpress. Setup Setting up Google docs to publish to my ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/11/14/67/ Google and movamail both launches new cell phone applications for emailing. Competition seems to be increasing within the field of email application for java compatible cell phones. A few weeks ago Google launched their a java application for accessing gmail. Almost at the same time Movamail has launched their paid service ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/11/14/66/ It looks like the anonymity of comment section has been misused. Some time ago Tech Tag received two very critical comments on two posts about Scheduleworld (post 1, post2). Then a few weeks later the pattern repeated it self. Two identical comments where posted on the same two post, but from ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/11/13/the-problem-with-the-anonymity-in-comment-sections-part-i/ Danish courts ruled last Wednesday, that the Internet provider Tele2 are to shut off their clients access to the controversial Russian music site allofmp3.com. That I find really disturbing, that the danish Internet access is starting to look like the situation in China. In a matter of hours a guide ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/10/29/danish-courts-shuts-down-the-internet-without-really-doing-it/ I thought the online office suite would fail without doubt, but after trying out Google's new spreadsheet and docs service , I'm actually in doubt. I like owning things, and I distrust things that are free. That is why I thought Googles new online spreadsheet and word processing applications called ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/10/25/does-the-future-belong-to-google-office/ According to newspapers in Denmark, an 11 year old girl has been sued by the heirs of Marlene Dietrich, for bying the domain: www.marlene.eu. A few days ago danish newspaper Politiken reported of an 11 year girl named Marlene, who has been contacted by the heirs of Marlene Dietrich. According to the ... http://www.tech-tag.com/2006/10/24/11-year-old-girl-sued-for-50000-for-buying-her-name-as-domain/