Windows PC
Video Demo of Windows 7 Desktop
A new YouTube video just surfaced showing few new features of the upcoming Windows 7 for desktop. Unfortunately there is no easy way to slow down the video to understand each features, but you can however get some ideas..
[Via Windows7news]
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A new YouTube video just surfaced showing few new features of the upcoming Windows 7 for desktop. Unfortunately there is no easy way to slow down the video to understand each features, but you can however get some ideas..
[Via Windows7news]
Foxmarks Beta Available for Firefox 3
Foxmarks Beta is available for Firefox 3. Foxmarks is a Firefox extension - not only it uploads your bookmarks on your account (http://my.foxmarks.com) on the Web for easy access from any computer, Foxmarks also synchronizes them to your other computers as well.
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Foxmarks Beta is available for Firefox 3. Foxmarks is a Firefox extension - not only it uploads your bookmarks on your account (http://my.foxmarks.com) on the Web for easy access from any computer, Foxmarks also synchronizes them to your other computers as well.
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Cheap Microsoft Office for Starving Students
Microsoft is offering a huge discount of over 90% on the Microsoft Office Ultimate (for a mere $60 instead of $600). The caveat is you need to provide an .edu email address and carry at least a 0.5-credit course load. If you are qualified, go to www.theultimatesteal.com.
The 91-percent-off deal ends May 16th at 11:59 [...]
Microsoft is offering a huge discount of over 90% on the Microsoft Office Ultimate (for a mere $60 instead of $600). The caveat is you need to provide an .edu email address and carry at least a 0.5-credit course load. If you are qualified, go to www.theultimatesteal.com.
The 91-percent-off deal ends May 16th at 11:59 p.m., and Microsoft has full details for the offer at www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx. [via NYT]
When One Webcam is Not Enough
It is common that computer user might have multi sessions of Instant messaging clients, while most of them support video chat, only one client can use the Webcam at a particular instant. But that can be changed with the new freeware ManyCam.
ManyCam is an utility that creates a “virtual” Webcam, which replicates your currently [...]
It is common that computer user might have multi sessions of Instant messaging clients, while most of them support video chat, only one client can use the Webcam at a particular instant. But that can be changed with the new freeware ManyCam.
ManyCam is an utility that creates a “virtual” Webcam, which replicates your currently installed camera. It then lets multiple applications access the video stream without conflict.
Once you’ve installed it, you need to set ManyCam as the primary input for program that you want to use. The program comes with some fun features such background customization, overlaid fun cartoon eyes, movement tracking.. Download HERE! (thanks Scott B.)
PicLens Now Support YouTube Video Wall
PicLens, a Firefox plug-in that can display Google/Flickr/DeviantArt image search result with a wall of animated full-screen 3D experience.
Cooliris just launched the new PicLens v.1.6.3 with YouTube compatibility. The plug-in is compatible with Firefox up to the latest beta 3.
PicLens’ 3D YouTube search can be accessed direct from the video site, as well as via [...]
PicLens, a Firefox plug-in that can display Google/Flickr/DeviantArt image search result with a wall of animated full-screen 3D experience.
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Cooliris just launched the new PicLens v.1.6.3 with YouTube compatibility. The plug-in is compatible with Firefox up to the latest beta 3. PicLens’ 3D YouTube search can be accessed direct from the video site, as well as via the PicLens button in your browser toolbar. The selected video can play in full screen or in Piclens screen. Read more at Cooliris blog! |
I installed and tried the new version. I can not seem to find the Piclens toolbar button from YouTube site as above indicated.
The only way to activate the YouTube function is to go Google image search first then hover the mouse on any image search result, click on the little gray arrow on bottom left, this takes me to the Piclens screen, from there, open the top right search window to select YouTube.
Please let me know if it works for you!
Update: Actually it is easier than I initially thought. The PicLens button is located on top right corner of the Firefox browser. Just click that blue arrow to launch Piclens screen
2 Great Free Utilities: CCleaner and PC Decrapifier
Give the Feng Shui feel to your new (and not so new) PC with 2 great simple cleaning utilities:
PC Decrpifier: Remove all the bloatware packages that you find on a new PC you buy. The utility is a simple executable that doesn’t even require installation. The version 1.9.1 has just been released. Some of [...]
Give the Feng Shui feel to your new (and not so new) PC with 2 great simple cleaning utilities:
PC Decrpifier: Remove all the bloatware packages that you find on a new PC you buy. The utility is a simple executable that doesn’t even require installation. The version 1.9.1 has just been released. Some of the newly detected apps are: Norton 360, Microsoft Office 2007 Trial and Activation Assistant, Quickbooks Financial Center, Napster, Memeo nt Games (again!) and Symantec LiveUpdate.
- CCleaner: Quickly get back easily few hundreds MB of your hard drive. The new version adds support for the Firefox 3 beta plus performance improvements and bug fixes. CCleaner scans your PC for unnecessary temporary and log files, cookies, memory dumps, etc.
Harmony Media Player with 3-D CoverFlow Album Art
We assume you have iTunes program installed on your Windows Vista PC. Harmony is a media player that extracts from iTunes library (presumably located in the My Music folder). Harmony uses the 3D capability of Windows Vista to exhibit an unique 3-D CoverFlow style album art. As bonus, Harmony uses Amazon API to get all [...]
We assume you have iTunes program installed on your Windows Vista PC. Harmony is a media player that extracts from iTunes library (presumably located in the My Music folder). Harmony uses the 3D capability of Windows Vista to exhibit an unique 3-D CoverFlow style album art. As bonus, Harmony uses Amazon API to get all your missing album arts for you!
The media player uses Windows media player technology. Files based on MPEG-4 (.m4a) or Apple’s music format (.aac) will be displayed by the application but not playable. To play these files in Harmony, try the media player plugin (free) from Corban.
Harmony via LifeHacker
Windows XP SP3 Released
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has finally released. The 300MB update is available in Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish. Links HERE! [courtesy gHacks].
The Windows Auto Update will be released shortly.
This is a cumulative release that includes SP1 and SP3 along with over 1000 fixes and performance improvements. Read the [...]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has finally released. The 300MB update is available in Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish. Links HERE! [courtesy gHacks].
The Windows Auto Update will be released shortly.
This is a cumulative release that includes SP1 and SP3 along with over 1000 fixes and performance improvements. Read the SP3 overview HERE!
SugarSync A Real Sweet Deal for Cross-Platform Synchronization
Interaction with computer is almost part of our daily life. The more we are involved with computers, the more we depend on our digital contents. To make it more resilient and universally accessible should be major considerations.
The new cross-platform product SugarSync seems to answer almost these 2 considerations and more. The product emphasizes single user [...]
Interaction with computer is almost part of our daily life. The more we are involved with computers, the more we depend on our digital contents. To make it more resilient and universally accessible should be major considerations.
The new cross-platform product SugarSync seems to answer almost these 2 considerations and more. The product emphasizes single user data management. If you count on collaboration, other manual considerations might apply.
Information Resiliency:
There are two possible failures of data: one is a logical failure such accidentally override a document with erroneous data. The other one is the media failure such hard drive crash.
Windows XP / Vista Service Pack News
After the initial release targeting only 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Japanese and German. Microsoft has just released the Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) for all 36 supported languages. Here are the 32-bit and 64-bit download links of Windows Vista SP1. [Thanks Bernard Y.]
In a related news for Windows XP users: NeoWin reports [...]
After the initial release targeting only 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Japanese and German. Microsoft has just released the Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) for all 36 supported languages. Here are the 32-bit and 64-bit download links of Windows Vista SP1. [Thanks Bernard Y.]
In a related news for Windows XP users: NeoWin reports unofficially: the internal schedule for the release of Windows/XP SP3 (read the overview HERE!)
- April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
- April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers
- April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center
- June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates
