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How to add and remove unnecessary features and services in Windows Vista
2007-12-09 18:17:00 Microsoft latest operating system Windows Vista comes with many bells and whistles. But mostly aren’t that necessary or total useless features. But you can always turn off some of them just to speed it up. Here is a brief walkthrough that guide you through the process. Lets frist get started by opening your Control Panel. ... More About: Services , Windows Vista , Features
Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu
2007-12-08 18:23:00 Do you know that a hidden option allows using ?Command prompt? when you right click on a directory via the menu rather then running it from RUN. Here?s is a cool registry trick that gets its going. But make sure you backup your registry before embarking on it. I?ll show you how it?s done ... More About: Windows , Windows X , Click , Explorer , Menu
Microsoft confirms Vista SP1 Release Candidate coming next week!
2007-12-07 15:27:00 Microsoft has officially confirmed that a Release Candidate of Vista SP1 (build 6001.17052.071129-2315) will be available for download next week, but they haven’t mentioned the exact date maybe for some curiosity. Sources say it should be on Tuesday , December 11th which is likely to happen as it coincides with Microsoft?s Patch Tuesday. Today MSDN ... More About: Week , Release Candidate
Yahoo Messenger for Vista finally hands on preview!
2007-12-07 08:37:00 If you haven’t forgotten way back in January, Yahoo announced they were developing Yahoo Messenger for Vista but since then no signs of either any beta or atleast something. The introduction of Yahoo Messenger 9 made it more obvious that YM for Vista might besome vaporware. Fortunately Yahoo has responded with a download preview ... More About: Internet , Preview , Web 2
Cool Google Talk emoticons that you never seen!
2007-12-06 07:57:00 I?m assuming that many of Google Chat users don?t know that Google Talk features emoticons. Even if they know it supports most of the emoticons aren?t used or people don?t know about it. Thou not as flashy as Yahoo Messenger emoticons, Google chat emoticons are simple, yet cute and interesting. Monkeys, hearts, guy ... More About: Cool , Emoticons
Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 on Vista!
2007-12-05 08:49:00 If you download Abode Acrobat Reader 8 and try to install it on your Vista machine it could be that you’ll encounter the following message: If you do get the error message you can fix it with the workaround below. First, download the Adobe Reader installer from the Adobe website. When you are prompted to run or ... More About: Windows Vista , Adobe Acrobat
A Small Tip To Make Opera Fast
2007-11-25 10:42:00 1. First go to Tools> Preferences> Advanced> Network, 2. Select Server name completion. 3. Now you have two options within it; Try name completion Look For local network machine 4. If you uncheck both of the above options, i.e.; Try name completion and Look for local network machine, Opera will stop cycling your CPU, trying to guess what you?re ... More About: Firefox , Small , Make , Fast
WoW Zul?Aman Trailer
2007-11-15 19:39:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6YBj5stvf E Gamespot , Videos Share This More About: Trailer , TRAI , Trail
How to Enable DreamScene Video Wallpaper in Windows XP and non-Ultimate Vis
2007-11-07 18:52:00 Wonder why Microsoft is so evil… DreamScene is a pretty useless feature apart form the eye candy that comes with a motion desktop or video animated desktop wallpaper nothing extravagant. Now why should i dish out $40o odd for Windows Vista Ultimate just some eye candy. No need to buy Windows Vista Ultimate here is ... More About: Video , Wallpaper , Windows X
Google?s announces Mobile Android OS
2007-11-06 20:01:00 Long since Gphone rumors have been flowing through our ears we have been closing following it. People actually expected Google to launch something as cool and revolutionary as the iPhone. But Google had other plans. Now that we know Google announced a Linux based mobile operating system called Android , which will be available freely under ... More About: Mobile , S mobile , Anno
How to Fix for Special Folders changing to Default Folder Icon in Windows V
2007-11-06 19:13:00 Have you ever encountered with a problem of Music folder icon turning from the default shiny icon into the generic yellow folder icon. Sometimes this occurs due to some softwares or malwares screwing up with a hidden file named desktop.ini thus corrupting it. But here is a workaround that fixes this issue up. Check the ... More About: Windows , Icon , Windows Vista , Changing , Special
How to Disable Security Center Popup Notifications in Windows Vista?
2007-11-05 09:58:00 Have you ever tried disabling automatic updates, UAC in Vista . Surely many of us have done that and been annoyed to death with the popup messages from the Security Center that tell you to “Check your computer security” or “Check your User Account Control settings”. But a small setting change will turn off ... More About: Windows , Windows Vista
How to Defrag Multiple Hard Drives At Once In Windows Xp
2007-11-05 07:54:00 As you would know its a pain in the ass when it comes to defraging all hard drives at the same time in Windows XP, as the Disk Defrag ment utility in Windows X p doesn’t have any option to defrag all the drives at once. But a simple batch file trick can get over this problem ... More About: Hard , Hard drives
How to Get Vista Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows XP?
2007-11-05 07:39:00 Not everyone likes to upgrade to a new OS every couple of years. Same thing is happening with people using Windows XP resisting the temptation of upgrading to Windows Vista . But still many of us who don’t want to upgrade to Vista would love to have few of the cool looking Aero features. One of ... More About: Windows X , Windows Xp , Nail
Aircraft Computer Mouse with LED Lights
2007-11-03 14:03:00 I have seen plenty of weired looking mice lately but few looked as interesting and funky as this Aircraft Mouse with flashing LED lights. Thou it just sports an 800dpi optical sensor, keeping it far from being “Tom cruise” of mouses… but will definitely turn few heads. The Aircraft Mouse is available in black ... More About: Computer , Lights
Sony?s Rumored $99 PS2 coming to US in 2008
2007-11-02 17:26:00 Recently Sony laid out it plans to make the PS3 much cheaper with component removals. But today MCV reports that a new Playstation 2 model might hit US by next year for just $99. The new model as reported might sport a more “compact” design and have a “built-in power supply.” The decision ... More About: 2008
How to configure multiple home pages in Firefox?
2007-11-02 17:05:00 This trick is a unusual one and I bet many out there don’t know this. Firefox actually features the possibility to set multiple home pages. I’m a big fan of many websites so I atleast need to check 3 most favorite each time I’m online. But be aware that this new feature introduces a performance ... More About: Home , Pages , Configure , Config
Retrevo gadget search makes products search piece of cake!
2007-11-02 16:19:00 Google is a great search engine but newbies find ... More About: Products , Search , Gadget , Cake , Piece
Meizu M8 Mini One Becomes Blacker and Cheaper
2007-10-31 16:04:00 Still I’m thinking if our favorite Iphone clone, the Meizu M8, will ever make it to the stores. Apparently the M8 again undergoes a face lift not for being more iPhone but for doing the opposite. No shiny, metallic edges neither the rear iPod charcoal shading, even the screen has fattened from 3.3″ to 3.4″ ... More About: Mini
Yahoo Messenger 9 for Windows in the Spotlight
2007-10-31 15:44:00 Yesterday Yahoo launched the beta version of the Yahoo Messenger 9. Most noticeably you would see apart from the eye candy the new client houses lots of improvement then its older brother. The coolest feature that i have encounter is that you don’t have to now leave your chat conversation window to watch videos from ... More About: Windows , Internet , Web 2
New 40GB PS3 to feature 65nm chips , less power consumption
2007-10-30 15:53:00 Atlast Sony confirms the new 40GB Playstation 3. The new PS3 isn’t just a toned down version of the previous editions. Thou the hard disk have been cut down to 40GB, Sony decided its time for the newer 65nm version of the Cell processor and the RSX. The new processor would run much cooler ... More About: Power , Feature , Chips , Consumption
How to enable ?Pin to Start Menu? for folders in XP and Vista
2007-10-29 18:48:00 You’d know that most of the shortcuts and programs when right clicked shows the ?Pin to Start menu? context. However this isn’t possible for the folders. Most of the visitors of my blog are die-hard music, games etc fans and they would access these folders frequently, which usually leads to making shortcuts on ... More About: Windows X , Windows Vista , Vista , Start Menu
Rumor: Rogers Canada getting iPhone this December
2007-10-29 04:55:00 Rumor mills suggest iPhone might come to Canada this winter. If things pan out as shown in the Roger’s ad below iPhone for Canada will come on December 7th just about correct time for the holiday season. The pre-orders if the ad is legit will start on November 20th and will cost you $499.99 ... More About: Iphone , Rogers
Running multiple instances of Yahoo Messenger and Google talk
2007-10-28 16:40:00 I’m a avid instant messaging fan, be it yahoo messenger or google talk. Also i have multiple ids of gmail and yahoo for either personal and professional reasons. But you can’t run all ids at once on a single computer. Either you use different browsers to run the web versions of gtalk or yahoo web ... More About: Google , Running , Yahoo , Google Talk , Talk
Cool and Useful Windows XP Tricks
2007-10-28 09:09:00 Ever wonder how to improve Windows XP… there are lots of ways to improve productivity, performance and other hidden things. Here are some useful tips that will help you work a tad faster. Enabling NumLock on by Default This hack will let you enable NumLocks by default for each user: 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelKeyboardInitialKeyboardIndicators 3. Change ... More About: Windows X , Cool , Tricks , Windows Xp
La Sphere Speakers For $150,000
2007-10-23 10:48:00 Speakers for $150,000? Yes, you read it right. These speakers have their origin in France, developed by Cabasse. Cabasse brought together four drivers: a 1.1″ dome tweeter, a 5″ mid-range, an 8″ mid-woofer and a 22″ monster subwoofer to form a “pulsating sphere.” They placed all four drivers on the same axis, Cabasse is able ... More About: Sphere , Speakers
How To Build A Parabolic WiFi Booster
2007-10-22 11:00:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0uYtm-b3O 4 Gadgets, Hardware Bits, Technical Thoughts, The Wired Geek, VideosShare This More About: Wifi , Build , Booster , Arab
Xbox 360 Sales Top Wii Sales
2007-10-20 09:13:00 According to September 2007 hardware sales compiled by NPD, the X360 topped Nintendo’s Wii, then followed DS and others. The following is the breakdown. Xbox 360–528,000 Wii–501,000 DS–496,000 PSP–285,000 PS2–215,000 PS3–119,000 There’s a big difference between the Xbox 360 and PS3 sales. But Sony has shown good profit this time. Mostly there will be good improvement in sales ... More About: Sales
A New Multimedia Phone From Sony Ericsson- W54S
2007-10-18 10:07:00 SE recently introduced a new mobile phone for the KDDI operator- W54S. It has the following dimensions: 50×106×19.1 mm and weighs just 145g. It will sport the following features: Main display: widescreen 2.8?, OLED, 240×400 pixels Main display: LED, 7×7 matrix Camera: 3.24-megapixel with auto focus Connectivity: Bluetooth (stereo support), IrDA (IrSimple) Memory: 800 MB expandable with microSD cards 3D games Mobile ... More About: Multimedia , Phone , Sony Ericsson , Sony , Ericsson
AMD unveils trio of new ATI TV Wonders
More articles from this author:2007-10-15 17:02:00 Looking up to freshen there presence in the market, ATi launches a slew of brand new….nope no graphics cards, its the opposite three new ATI TV Wonder (TV tuner cards). First up is the Wonder 650 Combo USB, which includes two TV tuners to pickup ordinary analog TV signal with OTA HDTV signals ... More About: Wonders , Trio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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