Author Archives for Universal Cynic

Creating Windows 7 Bootable USB Key Installer


[UPDATE: Forget Windows 7. Upgrade to Windows 10 for free while you still can! Installing Windows 10 on the Lenovo 3000 Y410.] Installing Windows 7 from a USB stick is faster and more reliable than from DVD drives. In fact, this is the only option for multitudes of netbooks and ultrabooks without DVD drives. First, […]

Get More Than 100 GB Storage for Any Android Device


The maximum you can put on your smartphone is probably 64GB of data. You can always use cloud services such as DropBox, Box, SkyDrive, and Picasa to store your stuff. However, accessing them can be a pain when you have to start up different apps for each of them. Enters the SanDisk Memory Zone app. […]

Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Water Damage: Sleep On It!


My Galaxy S got wet when I was trying to put XtremeGuard screen protector on it. I left Galaxy S off for 8 hours but it seems that that was not enough for it to dry. The power button shorted, resulting in continuous rebooting. The Home button was also unresponsive. So, I disassembled the phone […]

Sync Outlook with Android Through the Cloud


If you use an Android device as your PDA, you can sync your Outlook calendar events and appointments to your Android device. You can do this using software provided by your device maker or third party sync software, or you can sync through the cloud. There are a few options for cloud-syncing your Outlook calendar […]

Goodbye Nokia. The 6710 was such a shame.


Finally, after struggling with the 6710 Navigator, I’ve ditched it and got myself a Samsung Galaxy S. The Galaxy S is not a perfect phone but you don’t need to open up the phone and cut wires to make it perfect (unlike a Nokia). So, my next few entries will probably be about the Galaxy […]

Dexpot 1.5 – Virtual desktops just got better!


I wrote quite some time ago on Dexpot 1.4. It was such a useful utility. At about the same time, I was also on Ubuntu and I was loving the cube desktop. I tried various software and the most workable cube desktop for Windows at the time was DeskSpace by Otaku. But DeskSpace 5.4 was […]

Resolving the Nokia 6710 Navigator Zooming Problem


If you use the Nokia 6710 Navigator, most probably you will be having the zooming problem unless you are one of the lucky few. The zoom bar registers keystrokes randomly even though you are not touching the zoom area at all. This causes key and phone lockup. When using applications that support the zoom bar, […]

Of Knowledge and Doubts


Tell me about knowledge and doubts. An expert is the one who knows enough about a subject to be able to tell beyond doubt when he has reached the limit of his expertise. A knowledgeable person knows when he must seek expert advice to clear his doubts. A fool, on the other hand, will tell […]


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