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How to stream MP3s wirelessly

Digital Living Many of these inexpensive DARs are on the market from companies like Creative, D-Link, NetGear, Roku, Slim Devices and others. Can you recommend a good wireless streaming device? Nothing too fancy -- I just want to stream some MP3s around the house.

9 May 2005, 14:48

Google's word processor does the write thing

Digital Living If you're writing for an online audience, the ability to write something and then send it in a form that can easily be accessed by other people as a link in email makes a lot of sense. This week I got the chance to check out Writely, the online...

14 August 2006, 12:07

Best Firefox extensions

Digital Living But if you have the GooglePreview extension, Firefox will display a screenshot of each page in the list so you can see it before clicking the link. In concert with your download manager, you can right-click a link and use FlashGot to download the...

24 August 2006, 11:00

Three ways to capture video from the Internet

Digital Living Click that new link to download the video file. The resulting pop-up window directs you to right-click a download link, then change the suffix to FLV. That works, but in our testing so did left-clicking the link.

10 August 2006, 14:14

What is Freeview Playback?

Digital Living Series link, one of the key features of Sky+ that allows you to record every episode of your favourite series, is also in this second group. I've seen adverts for Freeview Playback and noticed that there are a couple of Freeview receivers with the...

27 June 2007, 10:35

The BBC: Absolutely Fabulous or Balderdash and Piffle?

Digital Living The BBC's weakest link is of course the licence fee. It's an uncomfortable position for anyone to maintain for long, and a particular strain for a battle-scarred warrior like dear old Auntie. In the cyber age, people must be able to find, play and...

15 May 2006, 13:43

How can I upgrade my laptop?

Digital Living These allow you to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots for on-the-go Internet access, or for your laptop to link with other wireless-enabled devices without cables. How can I upgrade my laptop? It's running like a dog and I've tried everything to speed it up.

2 June 2006, 15:55

What's the best LCD TV for under £1,000?

Digital Living This is especially important if you want to link a DVD or hard-disk recorder to your TV without reducing the quality of the output signal. I have a budget of around £1,000 to spend on an LCD TV. My requirements are: two HDMI inputs, two Scart...

24 January 2007, 11:40

eBay nightmares

Digital Living Not all sellers provide this info, but if it's there, it will show up below the "Add to favourite sellers" link. Never click the live link inside such e-mail; if you want to check your account status, manually type eBay or PayPal's address into...

7 May 2005, 15:43

The Cloud, the Screen and the Hand

Digital Living I use Palm's Treo 650 and this is synchronised with my work email via Good Link's software. The Good Link software has been somewhat buggy and often crashes the phone. It's getting there with photos: there's nice synchronisation with photosharing...

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20 May 2006, 7:58

How to get music onto your Walkman phone

Digital Living Install Disc2Phone software To install the Disc2Phone software, go back to the window that opened when you put the installation CD into your computer's drive and click on the Disc2Phone install link. Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones are a popular...

31 August 2006, 16:18