How to copy songs from Cassette Tape to PC

Recenty, I have come across an excellent technique by which we can transfer the cassette audio to the computer, in MP3 format. Thus, the songs can then be burned on an Audio CD or copied to mobile phones. You can also use this technique to make a backup copy of the Audio. 

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Donate Rice by improving your Vocabulary

Today, I would like to mention a wonderful site that innovatively helps to carry out an excellent activity, donate rice to the needy people.

Freerice.com, an initiative of the World Food Program, is the site that I am talking about. It is a vocabulary game. In it, you will be given a word, the meaning of which you have to guess out of the 4 given options. For every correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated. And the more the correct answers given, the tougher the words become. Thus, it is quite an engaging game.

It has recently added many more game types, added to the English meanings game, like simple Arithmetic, chemical symbols, find countries on the map, etc.

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Recovering permanently deleted files

Permanently deleted data includes data deleted from the Recycle Bin & formatted data.

Have you ever faced a situation where you have accidentally deleted an important file from the Recycle Bin? It is generally considered that once this happens, it is impossible to recover it. But actually, such deleted files can be recovered, though the chances of it decreases as time passes. You will need a Data Recovery software for this purpose.

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How to change the location of My Music, My Pictures, etc.

Windows contains special folders like My Music, My Pictures, My Videos & My Documents. These folders are default for their respective files. This means that :

My Pictures is the default folder for saving digicam pictures, custom-created images, etc.

My Music for music files, ripped audio CDs, etc.

My Documents is a default folder for saving documents, spreadsheets & presentations. And, some softwares / games also use this folder for saving their settings.

These folders are located in the local drive (The drive on which Windows is installed) And, we cannot change its location directly, except that of My Documents. This can act as a dis-advantage in many cases. Fortunately, this location can be changed with a simple trick.

This can be useful in many ways. Example. You may have a large music collection in a different location than the My Music folder. Then, you may wish to automatically rip Audio CDs to that different location rather than the My Music Folder. This can easily be done by changing the default location of the My Music folder to your particular folder. The same applies for Video, Picture or Document collections.

So, for changing the location of a special folder,

For Windows XP :

1. Download Tweak UI, a Windows XP Power Toy.

After installing, open it from Start --> All Programs --> Powertoys for Windows XP --> TweakUI.

2. Expand the My Computer tab & click on Special Folders.

3. Select the special folder that you wish to change. 

(Note : Don't select the same location for two or more different special folders, & do not point a location to system folders like 'Fonts')

4. Then, change the location to your preferred folder.

That's it! Now, the folders will point to your chosen location.

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Login to multiple IMs without any software

Instant Messaging is an excellent feature of the Internet. Just by connecting to the Internet, people can chat, talk & even see each other, though they may be very far away physically. 

There are several comanies which provide this service to their users. However, with the exception of some services, to be able to chat, you need to install an application on the PC. (Ex. Windows Live Messenger by Live mail) In addition, this software only supports its respective chatting platform. Thus, to use different chatting platforms, one needs to install many different programs.

All these problems can be solved by using Meebo or IMO.im. Both of these are online applications that empower you to use multiple chatting platforms at once right from your web browser, without the need of any software. 

Meebo : 

Imo.im :  This tool has a special feature by which you can link all your accounts with one another, without the need to create an account with the tool.

Note : There are also many softwares for using multiple chatting platforms simultenously. But, this articles focusses only on the online applications.

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