Tag: Computer
Tech-buzz.net have just shared details of a new torrent extension for Firefox caled FoxTorrent, that has been leaked by Redswoosh. FoxTorrent does all the usual things we have come to expect from a torrent service. However it has one feauture that I think many people will find useful. It can play streamable media (e.g. .WMV, .MOV, .MP3) files as your torrent downloads and can download torrents at a greater speed by using BitTorrent and Redswoosh at the same time. Read More»
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To use your iPod as a drive, hard drive or flash drive, depends on your iPod, to store and transfer data files on check this steps below.
To put music files on your iPod, use iTunes. Keep in mind that you can’t see the songs that iTunes copies to your iPod in the “Finder” or “My Computer”.
Using your iPod as a drive:
1. Connect your iPod to a computer.
2. Open iTunes.(if it doesn’t open itself)
3. Click the iPod icon in the Source pane.
4. Click the Summary tab.
5. For most iPod models (excluding iPod shuffle): Select “Enable disk use” or “Manually manage songs and playlists”. Either of them will allow you to use iPod as a drive. If you choose “Manually manage songs and playlists”, iTunes won’t automatically update iPod with the iTunes library. If you want iTunes to automatically update your iPod, choose “Enable disk use”. Read More»
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ARLINGTON, Va.–Simply booting up a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop can tell people sniffing wireless network traffic a lot about your computer and about you. Soon after a computer powers up, it starts looking for wireless networks and network services. Even if the wireless hardware is then shut-off, a snoop may already have caught interesting data.
Much more information can be plucked out of the air if the computer is connected to an access point, in particular an access point without security. “You’re leaking all kinds of information that an attacker can use,” David Maynor, chief technology officer at Errata Security, said Thursday in a presentation at the Black Hat DC event here. “If the government was taking this information from you, people would be up in arms. Yet you’re leaking this voluntarily using your laptop at the airport.” Read More»
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Michael Dell could prove that “Dell 2.0″ is more than a marketing throwaway by buying rival Acer, according to a leading Wall Street analyst. Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi today laid out a plan for Dell to revive its fortunes by purchasing Acer - a relatively cheap target with a $4bn market cap.
Such a move would give Dell broader access to Asian and European customers, a stronger notebook line and a massive indirect sales channel. Of course, Dell would have to give up on everything it holds dear by swallowing its pride along with Acer. Dell 1.0 rose to the top of the computer kingdom via the lean, mean “Direct Model.” Read More»
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February 26, 2007 by
Jason
Now that Vista is officially out, many of you are dying to run out and buy it. I know that many will upgrade without first checking system requirements or system compatibility. This article is for you. When you try to install Vista, you may quickly find out that something will need to be upgraded. Most likely it will be RAM, video or both.
First we will look at memory. I am talking about system memory or RAM. Before we go further, my associate says I need to write about something more important. That is the peripherals, things like mice, cameras, scanners, printers. For most of these, you will find that there are no Vista compatible drivers available. The chain stores are going to be pushing Vista systems, but be patient and wait for the hardware to catch up. Here is where you will do better talking with your small neighborhood tech shops to find out if your computer will work with Vista. Read More»
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February 26, 2007 by
Jason Windows Vista has loads of new backup features such as previous versions of your documents and system state points that are part of System Restore. All of these features are turned on by default and offer you a great deal of backup protection. However, you pay a big price in disk space. Every once in a while when your system is stable and you need to free up some disk space, it is a good idea to clear all of these previous versions of your files and System Restore points from your computer. This is a very easy way to free up a few gigabytes of space across all of your hard drives.
To get started, just follow these steps:
1. Click on the Start Button and key in disk cleanup and hit Enter.
2. Select Files from all users on this computer.
3. Select the drive you want to clean.
4. On the More Options tab, click on Clean Up under System Restore and Shadow Copies.
5. Hit Delete on the confirmation screen.
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February 24, 2007 by
Jason Installing Quicken on Vista can be quite frustrating for people. A client of mine installed the software and was unable to get Quicken to open up and could not uninstall it. The trick is that you need to run the install as Administrator or you will run into problems. First lets go through the steps to install Quicken:
1. Insert your Quicken install disc. Click Cancel when the installation prompt appears.
2. Go to Computer (click the Start button and go to Computer).
3. Right-click the Quicken CD and select Open.
4. Right-click install.exe.
5. Select Run as Administrator.
6. If the UAC prompt appears, click Allow. Read More»
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February 18, 2007 by
Jason Often this number is set too high. But in some circumstances it is set too low. Depending on if the program is doing a lot of calculations in the background the computer may think that it is timed out. To prevent this increase the value of the timeout in the registry.
Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Select HungAppTimeout from the list on the right.
Right on it and select Modify.
Change the value to the new timeout value.
Reboot your computer.
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February 18, 2007 by
Jason 1: Start > Right Click on My Computer and select properties.
2: Click on the “Advanced” tab
3: See the “Perfomance” section? Click “Settings”
4: Disable all or some of the following:
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February 16, 2007 by
Jason
Does it ever seem as if the little squirrels inside your computer aren’t racing fast enough on their conveyor belt? Yeah, we’ve been there, too. Memory-hogging start-up programs, a hard drive that has not been defragged since a Democrat was in the White House, and that one nasty spyware app—all of them can really bog down Microsoft Windows XP. These days, even novices know about tweaking MSConfig, defragging, and installing Ad-Aware. Short of a complete reinstall or upgrading to Windows Vista, I have a few unusual methods that help give my PC a new zest for life.
We’ll start by killing memory-hungry processes; they’re the major speed-sucking culprit in Windows XP. Processes include applications, network services, and DLL (dynamic link library) files that control file access. Sysinternals’ free Process Explorer utility helps you see what is running on your system and lets you kill any processes that are slowing Windows XP to a crawl.
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