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Here's a good software - Countdown Pro 2 that displays a countdown timer with a built-in screen saver for clumsy people like me. I might use it to remember my wife's birthday or to pay the rent. Heck ! You might even want to use it to remind you to buy Windows Vista in 2010 or was that 2007?

Countdown Pro adds a reminder to your desktop which can display the time left until events, remind you of appointments, display notes, and more. It has a built in screensaver and comes with many customizable themes.

Is the digital photos you took some time ago on your honeymoon still on your PC ? Its time to dig them out and print them. DVDs and CDs won't last as long as physical copies.

The Goodgearguide guys have an Online Photo Printing Service showdown and features 8 companies that provide easy printing for your digital photos. I took about 4GB worth of photos when I was in Netherlands back in April 2006 and its still stuck on my PC. I'd better burn them to a DVD or print them out before they look too outdated. The Goodgearguide post deals with 3 aspects to compare the quality; Colour Test, Outdoor Test, and Live Action test.

Sharp on Thursday announced what it claims is the world's largest professional LCD monitor, a 65-inch model that will be available this June. The new monster LCD is said to have a 700:1 contrast and even DVI inputs.Wow ! Imagine editing Microsoft Excel on this baby !

At press time, a spokeswoman for Sharp said that the company had not named a price for the new PN-655 LCD monitor, which features 1920 x 1080, two megapixel high-definition resolution, response time of 6 ms and a viewing angle greater than 170 degrees.

Itechtip : Choosing a good LCD Display

 

Put it simple - the faster the response of a LCD display, the sharper the picture.  

In a computer store, every LCD computer display will list millisecond response times at the top of its product placard, above other key features such as contrast ratio, resolution and brightness.

Technically, the fraction-of-a-second description refers to the length of time it takes for the pixels within the liquid crystal display to turn on or off to display an image. For consumers, it all boils down to how much blurring might occur when viewing fast-motion video, such as in sports, movies, or video games.