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Windows 7 has finally arrived!
Windows 7 was officially released to the public on October 22, 2009. I’ve been fortunate to have been running it since its beta release back in February. Since then I have formed a personal and professional opinion about the new OS from Microsoft and I have to say that they seem to have finally gotten [...]
Rumor: iPhone to Get a Premium App Store | Gadget Lab from W
As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers’ kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week, there could be some changes to the company’s App Store too. read more | digg story
Moving from a windows mobile world to the iphone
For years I have been using a windows mobile device for my emails and web browsing. I started off initially with the AT&T 8125 which was a mobile device with a slide out keyboard. This phone I liked but then as technology progressed it was upgraded to the 8525 model which had a faster processor. [...]
Trouble with Service Pack 3? Here’s some tips that might help
Disable AV software It seems that some antivirus (AV) software causes the SP3 install tohang, while the installer seems fine with others. Disable AV softwarebefore beginning the install process. Uninstall beta/RC versions of SP3 It’s a good idea to get rid of these earlier versions. Ifyou’re having problems removing them, try ininstalling previousversions through Safe [...]
Toshiba Preps 128GB Solid-State Notebook Drive
Toshiba this week said it plans before April to ship a 128 GB solid-state drive that will appear first in Toshiba notebooks sold in Japan. The drive, which has no moving parts, achieves the unusually high capacity at a lower cost than most SSDs through the use of multi-level cell NAND flash technology. read more [...]
Vista SP1 officially released
Looks like all those rumors yesterday were true — Microsoft has just posted up the official standalone version of Vista SP1 read more | digg story
Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera
Benchmarks show that Firefox 3 uses less memory than Internet Explorer 7 and Opera. A number of significant fixes and improvements have brought down the open-source browser’s memory footprint and could make it a more viable choice in mobile environments. read more | digg story
It’s official: HD DVD is dead, the format war over
Toshiba just made a statements saying, “It will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.” Finally. read more | digg story
Microsoft posts new Windows XP SP3 build, RC2 to the public
Two weeks after it last handed a new build of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to several thousand invitation-only testers, Microsoft Corp. today posted that version for public downloading. Want to try it out? Here’s how: Uninstall RC1 if you have that first, download the reg patch from http://tinyurl.com/2mflo7 , then run windows update [...]
Wanna protect Windows from Hackers?…Set NO Password !!
I didn’t know about this…and its actually recommended by Microsoft. Your Windows XP computer is more safe if you don’t set any password at all than using some weak password like “abc123″ which can be easily guessed by hackers. read more | digg story