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After long time of sketching my PDA, the screen protector becomes rough and there is some scratch mark appears on screen. For me, there is an option to protect the LCD screen besides a new screen protector replacement. Here, I’ll show my own ways on how to resurrect the dull gadget screen protector. Tools needed for the operations are white candle and tissue paper, check out the photos below.

Rough screen protector is hard to sketch and it may cause my Palm PDA “blue-screen” (Hang!) sometime.

Use white candle only.

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One of my friend telling me that after install his company latest software upgrade, the new quotation or proposal program is generating more details which is not that necessary and it require more paper to print the whole report. To save his pocket money and printing time, I’ve asking him to download this Free PDF creator – PrimoPDF. Get his report “printed” into PDF file and email it to customer. The latest PrimoPDF version 3.0 has more features like supporting of the double byte character, it means that it support other language such as Chinese etc., higher level of file protection and more.

How PrimoPDF works to convert a file into PDF format?

Just print any documents or files from your application, choose the PrimoPDFR virtual printer as an output and your new PDF file save destination. Simple and easy to use, the best of all is it’s a freeware.

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How good are you in identifying a genuine consumable part? Such as printer ink cartridges, ink tanks or toners? Nowadays, the recondition or counterfeit technology reaches 99% of similarity compare with a genuine part. This was not a new findings but I wish to share some tips with you for not being a victim of a counterfeit product.

I’ve brought the new Canon “Genuine” BC-03 ink cartridge from a local computer store two days ago. There is some gap in the printout and this is indicating that the new cartridge’s print head has the manufacturer defeat. So I’m ready to get a new ink cartridge replacement at Canon Service Center in terms that the cartridge is still holding not less than 75% of ink. I’m shocked when Canon service personnel telling me that it was a “recondition” cartridge because it fails for the genuine verification checks. Special thanks to Canon Marketing Sdn. Bhd. (Ipoh, Malaysia.) Mr. Leong, for providing such valuable information on how to identify a genuine consumable part.

Let’s see what are the details that you can’t find on a counterfeit ink cartridge.

The non-genuine security sticker is 99% perfect but it was easily exposed with Canon “Handy Viewer”.

The security sticker used on genuine Canon products changes its design depending on the viewing angle. Additionally, the color changes to a bright, iridescent green when tipped to a horizontal position. With counterfeit products, neither the design or color will shift when viewed at different angles. — Canon (Malaysia).

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Which program is the “big boss” in CAD world? Needless to say, it’s AutoCAD from AutoDesk Inc. From landscaping to 3D modeling, AutoCAD did the best to suite most of the user needs but its price is high up to the hill. The Google SketchUp could be the AutoCad alternative in this “freebies world”. Google SketchUp is a free CAD program for personal use and its easy to create or modifying your 3D model. It provide basic tools to built your 3D model like drag to modify a shape directly, coloring and texturing, real-time shadow casting and choose from thousands of samples for a quick “construction”.

Meanwhile, Google SketchUp Pro version is more suitable for professional user. Some of the advance feature in Pro version such as:
- Print and export raster images at higher-than-screen resolution.
- Access to the following 3D export formats: DWG, DXF, 3DS, OBJ, XSI, VRML and FBX.
- Export animations and walkthroughs as MOV (Mac) or AVI (Windows) files.
- Sandbox Tools (for organic modeling of terrain, etc) and the Film & Stage Tools (for pre-viz work).
- Access to free email tech support for two years after they buy SketchUp Pro.

The Google SketchUp Pro is ready for commercial use and it cost US$495.