All Entries Tagged With: "XP"
How To Fix Your Crappy Battery Meter
I love my laptops. Not many admit they love work… but I do. It’s great to take work on the road, on vacation and even at parties where you pretend you’re having fun. That’s the reason I carry my laptop more often than I do my phone. These miracle tools ensure that not a single [...]
Turn XP into a Blazing Speed Demon
I used to rely on Norton’s Speed Disk, then, eventually Perfect Disc and Diskeeper to optimize my HDD. Defragmenting is the idea- an antiquated process of reorganizing bytes on spinning platter so that each file is grouped into contiguous locations on the disk. Many still believe that defragmenting hard disk drives on a regular basis [...]
How To Create a Buzz
I like blogs. I enjoy them so much that I blog on numerous niches. As a blogger, there’s one thing that really warms the cockles of my heart: and that’s having my blogs blogged about by a bunch of other folks on the world wide web.
Out of the handful blogs I maintain, only two or [...]
CES 08: Part 4 – The future of LCDs and Plasmas
The main reason I went to CES was to see what new innovations and wonderful technologies would be gracing my home over the next year. Sadly, much of CES appeared to be a ‘lot of the same’, but there were some saving graces. Let’s take a look at some of the more promising [...]
CES 2008: Part 3, Bloggers Behaving Badly
I seem to remember there being a big stink about a lot of bloggers complaining that they couldn’t qualify for real press passes to things like CES, and eventually, CES allowed blogger entry. However, my experience at CES was that many bloggers were quite unprofessional, and generally a nuisance. Let me share some [...]
StartUp Delayer: Speed Up Windows By Delaying Apps
I’m a speed freak. That’s why I ditched my Stove top for the microwave and dumped the Corona for the SiR i-Vtec.
Now Windows is one of those critters that seem to hate speeding up, no matter how much RAM I ram down its throat or how beefy the processor I slap on its rump. [...]
Windows Trick: How To Add Items To Your Windows Explorer Right Click Menu
The Windows Explorer is one of the cornerstones of every Windows operating system as it allows you to take action (copy, paste, cut etc’) on files and folders. A few month ago, I installed a new PC and found myself transferring a trillion of files to the new PC using the Windows Explorer. The thing [...]
Apple: Safari Is Now Available To Windows Users Also
On Monday, Apple Inc. launched beta version of Safari Web browser for Windows-based PCs, competing against the two popular browsers Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox. Safari is available on only Mac until now.
Like the other web browsers Safari for Windows free of cost. It can be downloaded from here.
Mac Mini: Say GoodBye To My Little Friend?
According to AppleInsider, Apple may be closing the book on the Mac mini. Since it’s conception in January of 2005, the Mac mini has not seen as many updates nor as much attention as its fellow Apple members like the iMac and the MacBooks.
Nokia N77: Watch TV Anytime
In addition to running on S60 software (Symbian OS), a 2.4″ QVGA 16 million color display at 320 x 240 resolution and an ambient light detector for saving battery life, the Nokia N77 comes with integrated DVB-H for mobile TV access!
It’s not as cool (or as expensive) as the N93 but, hey, at least you [...]
Panic’s Coda: One Window Web Development For The Mac
Panic Inc., the makers of many applications for the Mac like Transmit, Audion, Unison, Desktastic, CandyBar and Stattoo have recently added a new product to their already extensive line of applications called Coda.
This hot new Mac application, Coda comes equipped with all the tools necessary for complete web development and web design.
How to Disable or Enable Error Reporting in Windows
If you are using Windows XP or Windows 2003, you must have seen a pop-up message asking whether to send this error report to Microsoft whenever a program stops working abruptly. Microsoft has included Error Reporting so that they can make Windows better and stable but this can be bugging if you tend to have [...]
CinePlayer DVD Decoder For Vista- Best Quality DVD Playback
I made some progress in the week with my new Home Theatre PC. My new 7950GT graphics card arrived on Tuesday, which totally solved the poor quality video on my 42″ Plasma. The image is stunning and it made me realise that the Samsung monitors on my main PC are very low quality. [...]
PC911: Computer Help In Plain English
I was approached directly last week by PC911 who asked me to write a sponsored review of their site.
I had a quick check of the site and agreed within 30 seconds as PC911 passed my ‘CV’ test. That’s the time it takes a good recruiter to decide whether or not to invite a candidate [...]
Mac Sik Infra-Red Remote Reduced From $999,999.00 To $25.95
Lots of mac users are probably rejoicing now that the fantastic SiK rex remote which was incorrectly listed on Amazon for $999,999.00 has had it’s price ’slashed’ to $25.95.
The rex Remote from SiK, Inc, manufacturers of accessories for iPod, Macintosh and Windows PC’s, is an infrared remote control that offers Front Row compatibility.
CineMassive MasterPlex 30D: Probably The Best Monitor In The World?
I have a dual monitor setup and I wish I had the space for a third as the second monitor makes it so easy to keep track of multiple items. However, if I ever win the lottery I’ll be getting in touch with Cinemassive Displays, who just contacted me about their massive CineMassive MasterPlex [...]
Vista Launch Sales Twice XPs
Windows Vista’s sales in its first month topped 20m, whereas Windows XP when it was launched only sold half that amount. This is amazing given the amount of negative press Vista has received.
I’ve had no problems at all with Vista, apart from a few programs and my TV card still not working. But, [...]
Windows Vista Tweaks And Tips
One of my goals over the weekend was to get under the bonnet of Vista and do some tweaking and to try and fix some bugs. The most annoying bugs that I have currently are that my TV Card still isn’t working as Hauppauge still haven’t released working drivers and my network card randomly [...]
Quick Links 25-02-07
I managed to clear Google Reader out today which is a rare achievement. Interesting links to check out while you’re having a break today:
Microsoft slapped with patent madness, what’s next?
Kid Does Backflip In A Wheelchair
YouTube, CBS Deal Aparts
YouTube Set To Filter Content
Alt Tab Replacement for XP
Rename Multiple Files At Once In XP
MC360 Skin For Xbox Media Center Out Of Beta
The MC360 skin for the best media centre on the planet, Xbox Media Center (XMBC) came out of beta on Friday and after running it over the weekend all I can say is it is amazing. I have to take my hat off to Blackbolt (who funnily enough randomly left a comment 30 mins [...]
