Saturday, April 10th, 2010 Want to set a small video as your "display picture" (avatar) of your Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)?You might already know that you can make one with a webcam. But if you don't have one? Or if the video was taken outdoor with a mobile phone? You can still make a animated video display picture with a video taken on a mobile phone following instructions here.Mobile phones usually save videos in .3gp or .mp4 format.First transfer the files from your mobile phone to your PC.Then you need to trim out the part of the video you want to use for ...
(read more) Saturday, April 10th, 2010 The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a method for implementing virtual private networks (VPN).Apart from security, a PPTP VPN allows you to use a static ip address of your server for all your internet connection. A great way to get static ip if you are on an ISP that only provides dynamic ip to clients.As Windows XP, Windows VISTA, Windows 7, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad everything comes with a built-in PPTP Client, PPTP is the easiest way to use VPN without the requirement for any software installation.I personally find paying $5-$10 for a VPN account from the VPN Account/Service Provider ...
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