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Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II Released
Creative Unveiled its Award Winning Gigaworks Series New Model – The best audio performance with improved bass
Fill your room with vibrant audio from the GigaWorks T40 Series II speakers, the enhanced model of the award-winning GigaWorksT40.
The new GigaWorks T40 Series II propels audio enjoyment into the next level of acoustic fidelity. There’s no need for a physical sub woofer as the...
The All New Sony Signature Limited Edition at $1999
If you are ready to get excited check out some of VAIO Signature Collection site and see which VAIO suits your fancy. SonyStyle blogger Gina shared some deets about each model’s uniqueness. And as Chris predicted in one of the posts, we will see a VAIO outfitted in Crocodile skin (not a real one of course) in the form of VAIO CS390 model. Sony US is making some significant progress in offering more...
Windows 7 Perfomance and Productivity Tips
Find bottlenecks
From what we’ve seen so far Windows 7 is already performing better than Vista, but if your PC seems sluggish then it’s now much easier to uncover the bottleneck. Click Start, type RESMON and press Enter to launch the Resource Monitor, then click the CPU, Memory, Disk or Network tabs. Windows 7 will immediately show which processes are hogging the most system resources.
The...
Useful Windows 7 Enhancements
Hiding the Windows Live Messenger icon
If you use Windows Live Messenger a lot, you’ll have noticed that the icon now resides on the taskbar, where you can easily change status and quickly send an IM to someone. If you prefer to keep Windows Live Messenger in the system tray, where it’s been for previous releases, just close Windows Live Messenger, edit the shortcut properties and set the...
Windows 7 Interface tweaks
Right-click everything
At first glance Windows 7 bears a striking resemblance to Vista, but there’s an easy way to begin spotting the differences – just right-click things.
Right-click an empty part of the desktop, for instance, and you’ll find a menu entry to set your screen resolution. No need to go browsing through the display settings any more.
Right-click the Explorer icon on...
Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets
1. Problem Steps Recorder
As the local PC guru you’re probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what’s going on. It’s frustrating, but Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 will include an excellent new solution in the Problem Steps Recorder.
When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7...
System Specifications for Vista
Microsoft has just released the new system specifications that you will need to run Windows Vista. They have broken down the specifications in two separate categories:
* Vista Capable PC’s
* Premium Ready PC’s
The specifications are as follows:
Vista Capable PC’s Minimum Requirements:
* 800 MHz Intel-compatible processor
* 512MB of RAM
* DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor
Premium...
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc (also known as Blu-ray or BD) is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the standard DVD format. Its main uses are for storing high-definition video, PlayStation 3 games, and other data, with up to 25 GB per single layered, and 50 GB per dual layered disc. The disc has the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs.
The name Blu-ray Disc derives from the blue-violet...
Slow startup and shut down for your PC? Tips on how to quick it
According to Microsoft, Windows XP was designed to boot up in 30 seconds, and if you add several additional services, this can take up to a minute. The time taken usually depends on additional functionalities you add to your system. The time of startup and shutdown also depend on the speed of your CPU and also the speed of your hard drive.
I know many people who have to deal with slow startups and...
Speeding up Microsoft XP
1. Disable Indexing Services
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your...
