Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/nokia-n97-available-tomorrow-at-us-flagship-stores/
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Samsung's Omnia II / GT-I8000 leaks early? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Copying a few documents from your hard drive to your flash drive doesn't stress out the default copier too much. If you're dumping gigabytes of data from one drive to another, however, you'll quickly find that the default copier is sluggish and unreliable. The pinnacle of frustration: When Microsoft's default copier putters out while you're transferring tons of files and you're left with no indication what was copied and what wasn't, leaving you to pick through the file lists on each end or starting from scratch to ensure a clean copy. The five excellent alternatives below all succeed at alleviating the many shortcomings of the default copier.
Which Alternative File Copier is Best?(survey software)
This week's honorable mention goes to RoboCopy a powerful command line utility originally offered as part of the Windows Resource Kit and now included in Windows Vista and Server 2008. Even with the GUI add-on it's not pretty or remotely easy to use but it's quite a powerhouse if you love the command line.
Whether it's your first time trying out an alternative copier or you've long since swapped out the old and busted for the new and streamlined, we want to hear about it in the comments below.
Not that Wordnik doesn't give you multiple dictionary definitions, etymologies, and even pronunciation sound files for your look-ups. Its value service, however, is the extra context provided by highlighted Twitter posts, Flickr photos, related tags, and other multimedia on the results page. It's all spread out on a single multi-column page, but you can hit the sub-menus near the top to get a full page of any of them. Statistic geeks can also see how often words are being used online and the number of look-ups on Wordnik for a word. The site could be helpful for when you've got to get up to speed on something quickly and get a bit deeper than just a brief explainer.
Wordnik is free to use; signing up and logging in lets you track select words and history.
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One of the more interesting benefits that the new GS1 DataBars have over traditional bar codes is that they can help prevent shoppers from purchasing expired goods.
A poultry DataBar, for example, might contain not only the price and product category, but also a sell-by date. If a consumer chose an outdated package, the label would alert the cashier at checkout.
Customers will also soon be able to scan their coupons directly from their mobile phones. Once they are used at the supermarket, the coupons will be erased.
Until the new GS1 bars become standard fare, check out previously mentioned CardStar and KeyRingThing to better streamline your shopping needs.
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