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Guide to a Windows Overhaul

If you’ve always hated how windows works then this guide is for you.
Very few people are content with how their operating system looks and feels which is why there are so many programs that give users the ability to customize their computers. After all, who likes having is computer look and feel like the [...]

[ More ] March 31st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tips and Tricks |

Open docx files without Word 2007

If you were able to read my post on taming word 2007 to save files in .doc instead of .docx before using it to save anything, you probably won’t need this but chances are you didn’t. Either that or you’ve had experienced trying to open a .docx file on a version of Word that [...]

[ More ] March 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tips and Tricks |

Vista SP 1: What’s new?

With the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft hopes to remove the bad after taste that early adopters have been suffering from by delivering improvements to the Operating System.  While a lot of features of Vista are a real treat, most of the quirks of the OS are still a major pain [...]

[ More ] March 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Software |

Firefox 3 Beta 4: Looking good so far

Firefox 3 Beta 4 has been available for the available for some time now and I’ve been playing with it since release. Here’s a short list of the updates included in the new release:

Full page zoom - Works like in IE 7 and Opera, you can now increase or decrease the size of all the [...]

[ More ] March 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Net-topics |

Windows Games on Linux: PlayOnLinux

One of the core limitations of having grown up around Windows is that you get used to what’s available on the Platform and at the top of that long list is Games. Yes, very few casual gamers would switch to Linux because:
1. Very few of the popular titles have Linux-Native ports
2. Many [...]

[ More ] March 14th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tips and Tricks |

Spinpoint M6; a 500GB wonder

Standing at just 9.5mm, Samsung’s Spinpoint M6 hard drive may be slim but it packs an astounding 500 GB capacity. Another world first from the Korean Electronics Giant.
Official specs for this small wonder are as follows:

500 GB
5400 rpm
8MB cache
3.0Gbps SATA interface

The new Spinpoint drive is small enough to easily fit most existing laptop hard drive [...]

[ More ] March 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Gizmos and Gadgets |

IE 8 Beta 1: Did Microsoft do it right?

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for free download on their downloads site. Note that this release is still in beta and is aimed directly at Web site developers, but on it’s free for anyone to try it out. And I assure you, if you’re sick of Internet Explorer killing how your [...]

[ More ] March 7th, 2008 | 5 Comments | Posted in Net-topics |

Here comes big brother, EEE PC 900

Asus has created quite a storm when it first released the EEE PC 700 last year. The 7″ wonder broke new grounds and created a new and abundant market for UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs). It’s cheap, it’s light and it’s actually useful.
Banking on the little guy’s popularity, Asus is set to release the [...]

[ More ] March 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Notebooks |

Taming Office 2007: Save in .doc

To many, the changes and additions to Office 2007 are welcome options but to most, they’re annoyances. Top on the list of Office 2007 annoyances are the default save option. Office 2007 uses a newer set of file formats which are not compatible to older versions of the Office Suite (unless you download [...]

[ More ] March 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Tips and Tricks |

Heat Powered Fans?

MSI Taiwan is pushing an amazing concept. Heat powered fans.
While it’s still in the testing stage, the prototype you see in the picture is a working concept design (means it’s an actual working prototype). If you’ve jumped on the power saving bandwagon then the Stirling Engine Theory is something you should look forward [...]

[ More ] March 2nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Net-topics |