Paragon Drive Copy Review

Paragon Drive Copy Review: "

Paragon Software is known for an extensive catalogue of applications related to backup, hard drives, virtualization and data recovery. They release new versions of their programs each year and often give away older versions for free for a limited period of time.

Drive Copy 9.5 Personal is offered for free today at the Giveaway of the Day website. Some users might believe that Drive Copy is a backup software but it is listed under virtualization at the Paragon website.

Drive Copy can be used to create a virtual clone of the PC. This includes all data on the PC including the operating system, drivers, settings as well applications and files.

Drive Copy supports two virtual file formats: VMWare and MS Virtual PC. The user needs the software from the developer of the virtualization solution to use the virtual clone of the PC.

Drive Copy 9.5 Personal is offered as a 32-bit and 64-bit edition at the Giveaway of the Day website. Installation involves the usual registration at the Paragon website to receive the product key and serial number to register the product. This is done during installation.

Users can open the registration page for Drive Copy 9.5 right here to request the license information while they are downloading the virtualization software.

The Drive Copy interface lists the available tasks at the right hand.

• Migration: Migrate to another hard drive, adjust OS to new hardware
• Migrate to virtual machine: Migrate from a physical to a virtual machine
• Disk Copy and imaging: Copy partition, clone hard disk, create a compressed image of a hard drive
• Rescue and recovery: Burn recovery CD, undelete partition, file transfer wizard, log saver

Migration

The Migrate to another hard drive option allows the user to move the operating system, all files and settings from one hard drive to another on the same computer. This can be helpful if a new hard drive has been bought and connected to the computer that is either faster or more space than the old one. It could for instance be used to move the operating system to the new hard drive to get rid of the old hard drive at all in the end. All contents on the target disk will be overwritten.

Adjust OS to new hardware has to be used if the user connects a migrated operating system to another computer. This process makes the OS compatible with the computer hardware it was connected to.

Migrate to a virtual machine

This option basically creates a virtual image of the current operating system and data so that it can be used in a virtual environment.

Disk Copy and imaging

The copy partition option can be used to copy a hard drive partition to unallocated space on the same or a different hard drive.

Clone hard disk will create an exact copy of a hard disk to a different disk. All contents on the target disk will be overwritten.

Create a compressed image of a hard drive

This creates a compressed image of the hard drive which can be restored at any time using the Recovery CD. This compressed image cannot be used in a virtual environment.

Rescue and recovery

The user should start by burning the recovery CD which aids if something goes wrong.

Undelete partition can recover a partition that has been accidentally deleted.

The File Transfer Wizard can be used to copy files and folders from images.

Verdict

Paragon Drive Copy offers several interesting features. The option to migrate the operating system to a new hard drive or new computer system while adjusting the OS to the new hardware can be indispensable if a new hard drive or PC have been purchased.

Paragon Drive Copy 9.5 can be downloaded from the Giveaway of the Day website for free today. The developer website contains additional information about the software.

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Create HTML Signatures Right Inside Gmail

Create HTML Signatures Right Inside Gmail: "

This tip describes how you can create sleek and professional looking HTML signatures for your outgoing Gmail messages right inside Gmail itself without requiring any extensions or add-ons.

HTML Signatures for your Google Email

Gmail does support email signatures but the problem is that it limits you to plain text – you can’t add graphics (like your company’s logo) to the signature and there’s absolutely no support for HTML so you can’t use different font styles or colors for the signature text.

There are workarounds. For instance, you can create an email signature in Outlook or some HTML editor and then copy-paste the whole thing to your Gmail message. Or you can get one of these browser add-ons to create rich HTML signatures directly on the Gmail /Google Apps website.

There’s a third-option as well – it’s easy, it’s fun and doesn’t require extensions. Best of all, you can create multiple signatures for the same Gmail account and use them depending on who you are corresponding with.

Gmail Signatures Step-by-Step

Step 1: Go to Gmail Settings –> Labs and enable “Canned Responses” as well as “Inserting Images.”

Step 2: Compose a new message in Gmail and create a signature just like you would compose any other email message. Be creative!

You can either upload logos and icons* from the computer or use images that are already on the web. I suggest the former style as that will permanently embed the image into your email signature.

[*] You can find images of icons through Google Image Search. Go to Advanced options under image search and type 12 for height and width (use 16px if you are looking to add slightly bigger icons). While optional, you may also select the filetype as PNG or GIF for transparent backgrounds -- see example.

Step 3: Once your happy with the formatting and layout of your new “HTML signature,” go to the Canned Response menu and Save – give some logical name like “Personal” for a signature that you want to attach to your personal emails.

Now whenever you are composing a new message in Gmail or replying to an existing message, just select the relevant signature from the Canned Responses drop-down and it will be inserted inline as in this screenshot.

See this page for additional Gmail tips & tricks. Thanks @Ree and @Asfaq.

Create HTML Signatures Right Inside Gmail

Originally published at Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal.

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Train Near Miss

Train Near Miss: "That photograph must be pretty damn important...

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Android Survival Guide: How Do I Set Up My Android Phone?

Android Survival Guide: How Do I Set Up My Android Phone?: "
Hopefully your Android phone was set up prior to leaving whatever store you purchased it from, however if you received your phone in the mail and happen to find yourself stuck, have no fear. Instructions on how to set up your phone from the time you power up has been explained.
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The Hotlist, un calendario dai social network

The Hotlist, un calendario dai social network: "

The Hotlist è una piattaforma piuttosto completa per la gestione del proprio calendario attraverso i social network: sincronizzato al 100% con gli eventi presenti su Facebook – l’iscrizione prevede infatti l’uso esclusivo di Facebook Connect – genera automaticamente un “flusso” di tweet dai partecipanti alla data manifestazione, indica la percentuale di uomini e donne presenti e integra Google Maps per la posizione.

Queste sono le feature principali di The Hotlist, che prevede anche funzioni per controllare ciò che avviene in città (gli eventi aggregati, stando a quanto sostiene il CEO della startup nelle FAQ, non derivano soltanto da Facebook) attualmente limitati a Roma per quanto l’Italia. Non c’è ancora un’applicazione per accedere alla piattaforma da dispositivi mobili, ma il software per iPhone è già in fase di avanzato sviluppo e sarà presentato quanto prima.

È un peccato che parte delle caratteristiche di The Hotlist – fondato a New York da due italo-americani – non siano estese a tutti i capoluoghi della Penisola: il social aggregator sfrutta Google, Yelp e Google come complemento a Facebook per la generazione dei consigli, ma nel nostro Paese è utile soprattutto per monitorare le attività proprie e degli amici.

Via | Mashable

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Tic-Tac-Toe

Tic-Tac-Toe: "

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Posted at: 2010-05-17 18:10:46

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Gpanion

Gpanion: "

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Docs.com per Facebook apre i documenti di Office ovunque

Docs.com per Facebook apre i documenti di Office ovunque: "

Docs.com (che in realtà si chiama semplicemente Docs, ma il dominio è utile per distinguerlo dalla piattaforma di Google) è stato presentato ufficialmente alla conferenza f8 di Facebook già da tre settimane, ma i primi inviti sono stati distribuiti soltanto alla fine di settimana scorsa. Come anticipavo parlando di Microsoft Office Live Workspace costituisce la 2ª “mossa” di Redmond contro il monopolio di fatto che Mountain View ha ottenuto sulla gestione dei documenti online. E, sorprendentemente, funziona con tutti i sistemi operativi.

Tanto per dirne una, gli screenshot d’esempio di Docs.com sono stati presi da Firefox con Linux a 64-bit: insieme a Office Live Workspace è l’unico modo per creare, modificare e salvare documenti di Microsoft nell’ultima versione disponibile con uno strumento ufficiale. Una “rivoluzione” che non ha precedenti per questo tipo di applicazioni e che sbarcando nel settore mobile avrà orizzonti pressoché illimitati. Per usufruirne è necessario registrarsi tramite Facebook e fornire la propria e-mail in attesa della disponibilità di nuovi inviti.

Come Office Live Workspace consente di aprire i documenti in locale tramite Microsoft Office (dalla versione 2003 all’ultima disponibile), ma a differenza di questo permette la piena integrazione con Facebook – da cui eredita le innumerevoli opzioni legate alla privacy – dando la possibilità di condividere e modificare i documenti in crowdsourcing coi propri contatti personali e professionali. Una piattaforma che non è ancora stata localizzata, ma che parte dal bacino d’utenza più esteso tra i social media e farà parlare spesso di sé.

Docs.com

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Supercharge Your Phone: 40 Tips and Tricks

Supercharge Your Phone: 40 Tips and Tricks: "Looking for an easy out from a lousy date? Feeling like a rat in a phone-tree maze? Wishing that someone could transcribe your voicemail messages and e-mail them to you? With this assortment of phone tips, tricks, and services, you'll be able to navigate your phone with MacGyver-like ingenuity."

CyanogenMod 5.0.7.5 disponibile per HTC Dream e HTC Magic

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Dopo il salto i soliti link al download e la guida per flasharla:

Latest version: 5.0.7-DS-test5 – [...]"