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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV: A New Way to Watch TV

by Stephanie on December 13, 2010

The following post is from Stephanie of BizzieMommy.com:

We’ve been contemplating dumping a cable for the past few years. After all, the only time it really gets any use is when we watch Weeds or Entourage. Once the seasons are over, we’re left with a bunch of movies and TV shows we have no interest in watching.

Since it didn’t make sense to pay for something we weren’t using, we subscribed to Netflix and started to depend on those movies instead, except we kept forgetting to return the movies, and we’d end up stuck with nothing to watch on the weekends.

Because we still hadn’t found a solution that worked for us, I was happy to review the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV, a new way to watch TV. GoFlex TV connects to the internet via WiFi or your modem so you can watch movies stored on your hard drive or from online services such as Netflix

But it’s more than just movie storage. You can also view your Flickr stream, add music, photos and home movies, all with a just a few clicks. The set up was easy; simple plug and play. I do have to admit we had a few issues in the beginning but after a call with technical support we realized that we didn’t have the latest version of the software. You can even connect to Picasa and YouTube.

GoFlex TV is available for both Mac and PC.

What is GoFlex TV?

GoFlex TV HD media player offers the easiest way to play your movies, photos and music on your TV. Insert a GoFlex ultra-portable drive or attach any other USB storage device to enjoy your digital media in full 1080p video and surround sound audio. By connecting the GoFlex TV HD media player to your router, you can access shared media within your home network and Internet content such as Netflix and YouTube on your TV. With its compact size, additional USB ports, ethernet connectivity, and extensive media format support, you can play just about everything from the comfort of your living room. Read more at Seagate.com.

The FreeAgent GoFlex TV is available at Amazon.com.

Have you given up cable in favor of other digital solutions?

Stephanie Elie balances 2 jobs, 2 kids, 2 blogs and a husband and loves every bit of it. Stephanie is the author of BizzieMommy.com, and you will never find this LA tech junkie without her iPhone, Canon DSLR and laptop, all dressed in her favorite color, Pink.

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Using RoboForm to Organize Your Web Browsing

by Mandi on December 10, 2009

RoboForm: Learn more...
Last week I asked whether you use Firefox or Internet Explorer, and that post received more responses than any other question of the day here at Organizing Your Way ever has. It seems you all are slightly passionate about your browser choices!

I promised to share the tools I use to make Firefox work even better for me, and I’m working on that post now, but first I want to share my favorite tool of all, which works in Internet Explorer or Firefox. RoboForm generates and fills passwords, manages multiple identities for autofill and can even securely save your credit card information for online shopping.

I started using RoboForm to request freebies and samples that Tara from Deal Seeking Mom would send me even before she was THE Deal Seeking Mom. With the click of a button, I can fill out all of my information to request a sample, and then I can go back and request a sample for my mom, grandma and/or sister because I have their information saved as well!

But that’s really just scratching the surface of what this program can do. You can save hundreds of passwords to enable one-click login to all of your favorite sites, and just like with identities, you can save multiple passwords for a single site, which is convenient when you have multiple Gmail addresses or blogs and want to be able to log in and out between them!

With a master password to unlock the program, a CNET 5-star rating, a random password generator, a printable list of passwords, secure encryption and more, RoboForm is always the first thing I install when I reformat my hard drive or get a new computer because it makes my life so much easier!

How do you keep track of your internet passwords?

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Product Review: The Power of the FreeAgent DockStar

November 3, 2009

Amazingly, not two weeks after we talked about the importance of backing up digital files, my laptop died. Thankfully, I had begun using my FreeAgent Go External Hard Drive during that series, and my files were all backed up for the first time in a long time! Because I not only blog but also work [...]

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Product Review: Microsoft OneNote

December 16, 2008

When I purchased my new laptop earlier this year, I also made the leap to Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, including Microsoft OneNote 2007, which quickly became my favorite software package and time management program and remains my favorite to this day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m a list maker. I [...]

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