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Remote control your Mac or PC using your BlackBerry PlayBook
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Remote control your Mac or PC using your BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted by Joseph Holder on 31 May 2011 5:36 pm
  Geek Pro rules are simple. Accomplish the most complicated of tasks in as few steps as possible; bonus points if you can do so without getting up from the couch. TeamViewer and LogMeIn are two remote management programs that allow you to access your computer.... well, remotely. Similar to Go to My PC, both of these services allow you to control your connected computer through any web...
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Geek Pro: Print from your BlackBerry over wifi

Posted by Joseph Holder on 14 May 2011 12:29 pm
[ youtube link for mobile viewing ] As you may have noticed from some of my earlier Bluetooth device reviews, I hate wires. So I jump at any opportunity to cut the cable and do something new over the airwaves. Printing wirelessly has to be one of the coolest things I can do with my BlackBerry. After starting Fixmo Tools, I navigate to the Remote Print, browse for my file to be...
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Geek Pro: Use QR codes to make the internet mobile

Posted by Joseph Holder on 6 May 2011 11:40 am
[ youtube link for mobile viewing ] Sometimes, don't you want to take the Internet with you? But Joseph, you'll say, I can already do that. I have this little device; it's called a BlackBerry. Maybe you've heard of it? No, I'm talking about those times when you have to leave your computer. You're in the middle of (shameless plug) a really good article, and it's time to step away...
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Geek Pro: Make the notifications on your BlackBerry work for you

Posted by Joseph Holder on 19 Apr 2011 5:32 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Don't tell anybody, but I'm a bit of a geek. I frequently make technology perform in ways the average person would never consider. Others may ask why?, and my response is usually, "because I can." The true answer is that whatever supposedly "geeky" thing I'm doing also happens to be the most efficient and effective way of doing something;...