The next big ‘thing’ in gaming has just been announced called Microsoft Kinect. It seems as though Microsoft is coming out with its own answer for the Wii with this extraordinary new technology that literally makes you the controller. It offers a range camera that detects your movements and gets you off of the sofa on moving. As of now, Kinect is supposed to hit stores this fall and the price could range as high as $149.99. This video shows you how Kinect is played and gives you a glimpse of a couple sweet features it offers on the dashboard interface that is said to be Minority Report-like. Will it be a hit? You be the judge.

Let’s admit it. Far too many of us still do not know how to burn our own DVDs. And what makes it worse is it’s not that hard to do. DVD Flick makes things easy and straight forward when it comes to making DVDs. In this free tutorial video, we walk you through everything you need to know about the program and how to use it. In 8 minutes, you’ll be ready to make turn your home videos to DVDs, or even make your own photo album slide-shows.

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Microsoft has just recently launched a free version of Online Microsoft Office where users are able to sign in and use programs such as Word and Excel without having it actually installed onto your computer. After the recent success of Google Docs which allows people to create and edit documents easily online from any computer online, Microsoft has felt the pressure to respond with something of its own. The only thing needed to get started is to create a live account. Check it out here.

So your free Microsoft Office trial just ran out of it’s 30 day trial, but you really just don’t want to fork out the cash to buy the full version. OpenOffice is a great program that you can download online and is a great alternative for those that do not want to purchase a Microsoft Office Suite. And it’s completely free. Although it isn’t quite as extensive as Microsoft’s Office Suite, it will definitely get you by. Learn all about it with this free tutorial video.

Far too often we hear stories of valuable and sometimes even priceless information lost due to a computer’s hard drive crashing. It can happen to anyone at anytime, but yet most people refuse to do anything about it. Backing up your important files has never been so important and seems to be the most common mistake users make and often times the most costly. It may be time to start treating your precious files as just that: precious. A quick and easy way to backup your data that Be Your Own IT suggests is using a completely free software that is able to copy your files in two locations called DirSync Pro. Learn how to use it in our free tutorial video

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