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Live Mesh Screenshots for Mac and Update for Windows now available

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

first look at the Mac client for Live Mesh, so now if you’ve got some electro-diversity in your home ecosphere, you can drag & drop, share & push all your files to your other machines just like the I’m a PC folks. If you’re already a Live Mesh user, this will be a familiar look for you, although some of the UI has been tweaked to conform with Mac norms. If you’re dying to get your Mesh on your Mac, head over to mesh.com and sign-up, so that you’ll be ready... Read more »

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Windows 7 to use DirectX 10.1, 50 percent less memory per window

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

Our colleagues here managed to get a nice photo of a Windows 7 presentation where the big giant talked about GPU usage in Windows 7. One of the most interesting things was the official confirmation that Windows 7 will use DirectX 10.1 API, something that works well in ATI’s advantage. It doesn’t look that DirectX 11 will be ready to launch together with Windows 7 and it will probably come later even though there might be some DirectX 11 hardware to launch in 2009. DirectX 10.1 will help Windows... Read more »

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Google SMS Channels: Send SMS Text Messages to your Group for Free

Posted by admin October 27, 2008

Google India has just introduced a new product called Google SMS Channels that lets you subscribe to news alerts, blog updates and other kinds of information like horoscopes, jokes, stocks or even cricket scores via SMS text messages. If you are based in India and like to subscribe to this site on your mobile phone via SMS, please join the Digital Inspiration SMS channel on Google. Thanks Amit Somani. Google SMS Channels, which seems to have lot in common with SMS Gupshup, is free both for content... Read more »

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Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs

Posted by admin October 27, 2008

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft’s launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software. The “Windows Genuine Advantage” program, which turns the user’s screen black if the installed software fails a validation test, is Microsoft’s latest weapon in its war on piracy in China, where the vast majority of 200 million computer users are believed to be using counterfeit software,... Read more »

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Terrorist ‘tweets’? US Army warns of Twitter dangers

Posted by admin October 27, 2008

WASHINGTON: A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools. The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by militants. The posting of the report on the FAS site was reported Friday by Wired magazine contributing... Read more »

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Windows 7 Beta Is on the Horizon, Forget XP SP3 and Vista SP1

Posted by admin September 1, 2008

The first Beta of Windows 7 is on the horizon, and in this context it’s right about time to look beyond Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The next iteration of the Windows client has been a palpable presence only through the Milestone 1 build dropped at the end of 2007, with the Redmond company gagging all details on the operating system and its development process. At the same time, with the evolution of Vista’s successor toward the first Beta stage, Microsoft... Read more »

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The Perfect Installation of Windows XP

Posted by admin June 20, 2008

Introduction: Before you begin For this guide, you will need Windows XP, Acronis True Image, and a bootable partitioning program. This guide focuses primarily on making partitions of the harddrive, installing essential programs like antivirus, antispyware, along with free alternatives to commercial programs while making incremental backups to preserve progress. Throughout the steps, you will be advised to make backups of the main partition using Acronis True Image. You can use whatever backup program... Read more »

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Increase Your P2P Download Speeds

Posted by admin June 20, 2008

This guide is meant to explain how to increase your speeds when using p2p applications and still be allowed to browse the the Internet, with just a small slowdown. First off, I’d like to recommend to everyone: µTorrent for large new files – http://www.utorrent.com/ eMule for rare files – http://www.emule-project.net/ cabos for media files – http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/ They all use very little resources and are spyware/adware free. µTorrent Quick Tips – Official FAQ Speed... Read more »

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Fixing registry problems via system restore when windows won’t boot.

Posted by admin June 20, 2008

Everybody knows about system restore, how you can use it to restore your system back to a particular date when all was well. What happens when windows does not boot, because of a problem with the registry? Everybody’s first thought is either performing a repair installation of windows or formatting and reinstalling. Before going that drastic there is one Hail Mary you can attempt before giving up all hope. To do this you need a copy of bartpe (a version of windows that you can boot off a CD. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder... Read more »

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Optimize XP for Dual Core A Guide

Posted by admin June 20, 2008

I thought i would create a little guide about optimizing dual core for Windows XP. As i just got one (core 2), I was doing research on how to make XP run as fast as possible with my new CPU. As many probably know that Windows XP does support dual core processors but it doesn’t really optimize the operating system for it, nor does it really take advantage of the extra speed. But with a few steps, you can make sure you get the most of your multi core setups (as well as the Pentium 4′s with... Read more »

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