Sunday, August 30, 2009

Video: Three critical issues to consider before upgrading to Windows 7 | TR Dojo | TechRepublic.com

Video: Three critical issues to consider before upgrading to Windows 7

Date: August 10th, 2009
Author: Bill Detwiler

IT professionals can already download Windows 7 through Microsoft's TechNet or MSDN, and the retail release will take place on October 22. Now is the time to determine how the new Microsoft operating system will affect your organization. As I explain in this TR Dojo video, IT departments should consider hardware requirements, upgrade paths, and driver compatibility before rolling out Windows 7.

Go there watch video...

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=903&tag=nl.e099

Don

Friday, August 28, 2009

Best free Online backup sites

Last Update: Wed, 08/05/2009 - 09:37 — Keyur

Do you want to back up your data ? I can help you with that. if you have some important data in your computer like documents, photos, music and videos etc.. you should back up these data regularly to avoid data loss due to hardware failure and system failure.. External storage device is an option to back up your data but you will have to spend some money for that. I can suggest some good free alternatives to that.. even if you have external drive you should back up your data at some online secure site so you can assess your data anywhere.

LogMeIn remote computer access beefs up free service

WindowsMacby Brad Linder (RSS feed) Aug 28th 2009 at 9:00AM
LogMeIn Free beta
LogMeIn provides a suite of free and commercial applications that let
you remotely log onto your PC or Mac from any machine with a web
browser. But there are a few drawbacks. While you really can use pretty
much any web browser, you'll have better results with Internet Explorer
or Firefox because those applications can handle an ActiveX control or
plugin. If you're using a different browser, your remote session may
look more like a slideshow than a live view of your remote computer.

Don

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Free Downloadable 330 Page Guide to Building Web Sites

Like freeware? Then why not become a software reviewer for Gizmo's Freeware.
Last Update: Wed, 08/26/2009 - 21:23 — gizmo.richards

Here's another exclusive offer to Gizmo's Freeware readers.

Robert Schifreen, the well known UK IT commentator and security
specialist has just completed a 330 page PDF book on how to create web
sites and applications with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL.

Here's how he describes it:

Don

3D Lunar Lander - Time Waster

Time Wasterby Jason Clarke (RSS feed) Aug 27th 2009 at 12:00PM

3D Lunar Lander

Well, we're a little late given that the 40th anniversary of the Apollo
11 lunar landing has passed, but this version of Lunar Lander is just
too cool to pass up. Grant wrote about the classic versions of Lunar
Lander last month, and though this one is certainly inspired by the same
event, the implementation is just a tad different.

To play this 3D version of Lunar Lander you will need the Google Earth
plug-in for your browser (don't worry, if you don't have it the page
will automatically prompt you to install it). This version of Lunar
Lander attempts to simulate the landing that Neil Armstrong performed on
Apollo 11. The game is rendered in 3D using Google Earth's moon mapping
capability, and your view is from outside the lunar landing module.

Go there...
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/27/3d-lunar-lander-time-waster/

Don

It's not a good week to be a BitTorrent tracker

by Brad Linder (RSS feed) Aug 26th 2009 at 5:00PM
mininova
A few days ago Swedish authorities shut down popular BitTorent tracker
The Pirate Bay. It wasn't long before the site was up and running again
in true Pirate fashion. But it's not just The Pirate Bay that's in
trouble these days.

Go there...

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/26/its-not-a-good-week-to-be-a-bittorrent-tracker/

Don

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Get Windows 7 Professional Free By Attending Launch Event (US Only)

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Last Update: Wed, 08/19/2009 - 23:11 — rhiannon

Attend the free event, take home Windows 7

Microsoft is launching Windows 7 by hosting free events in major cities in the USA.
Sign up for an event in a city near you, attend the event, and receive Windows 7 Professional.
To register, click on the Attend An Event Near You link at the site, pick a city and follow the directions to register.

Go there...

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/get-windows-7-professional-free-attending-launch-event-us-only.htm

Don

10 Windows XP services you should never disable | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

This is informative and helpful. Except I disagree with #10 about Automatic Updates, because many people are running XP on older systems with small hard drives that just don't have the space for the large updates that MS puts out and some people are still on a DialUP Internet connection. These older systems while they run like a Top on XP, begin to slow down after too many Windows Updates.

10 Windows XP services you should never disable

Date: August 20th, 2009
Author: Scott Lowe

Disabling certain Windows XP services can enhance performance and security - but it's essential to know which ones you can safely turn off. Scott Lowe identifies 10 critical services and explains why they should be left alone.

There are dozens of guides out there that help you determine which services you can safely disable on your Windows XP desktop. Disabling unnecessary services can improve system performance and overall system security, as the system's attack surface is reduced. However, these lists rarely indicate which services you should not disable. All of the services that run on a Window system serve a specific purpose and many of the services are critical to the proper and expected functioning of the desktop computing environment. In this article, you'll learn about 10 critical Windows XP services you shouldn't disable (and why).

Read more...

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=960&tag=nl.e101

Don

Process Hacker is Task Manager on steroids

by Adam Maras (RSS feed) Aug 25th 2009 at 5:00PM

The inner geek in all of us is constantly curious about what exactly is going on under the hood of our computer; the trusty ol' Task Manager is usually pretty good at letting us keep an eye on things. Sometimes, however, said inner geek needs a little bit more control over their not-always-well-oiled machine.

Process Hacker is an open source application that incorporates all of Task Manager's features while adding a plethora of other functions, charts, and options. Included in Process Hacker's features are things such as a tree view to see where active processes came from, detailed graphs displaying each process's resource usage and statistics, and (my personal favorite) over a dozen different ways to kill a process.

Read more...
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/25/process-hacker-is-task-manager-on-steroids/

Don

Single can mini fridge - Hack a Day

Can't you just see one of these in your center console, in your car;)

Single can mini fridge - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/08/25/single-can-mini-fridge/

Sunday, August 23, 2009

YouTube - undergroundfilm's Channel

YouTube - undergroundfilm's Channel
Looks good:) Haven't watched it all yet...

http://www.youtube.com/undergroundfilm

How to fix Flash video performance in Firefox

WindowsMacLinuxby Jason Clarke (RSS feed) Aug 22nd 2009 at 3:00PM

Fixing flash video playback in FirefoxDo YouTube and other Flash-based
videos stutter when you view them in Firefox, but work fine in other
browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari? This appears to be
a problem that affects both the Windows and Mac versions of Firefox, and
the problem (surprisingly enough) turns out not to be Flash - it's
Firefox's session restore feature.
Go there...
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/22/how-to-fix-flash-video-performance-in-firefox/

How to Fix Annoying YouTube Jumpiness in Firefox
By Adam Pash, 11:30 AM on Fri Aug 21 2009, 34,270 views
Instructions...
http://lifehacker.com/5342636/

Don

Friday, August 21, 2009

Song Sergeant whips your music library into shape

Macby Jay Hathaway (RSS feed) Aug 21st 2009 at 4:00PM

Song Sergeant is an OS X app that cleans up problems with your iTunes
library. Duplicate songs, orphaned files in your iTunes folders, and
missing songs are no match for Song Sergeant. It scans and fixes your
library, allowing you to manually decide what to do about each
individual file, or just taking quick, ruthless automagical action if
you prefer.

If you don't make any manual decisions, and just let Song Sergeant make
every change it suggests, your library will probably end up
significantly tidier than before. Where Song Sergeant really shines is
in the details, though, like the clever way it handles duplicates. Song
Sergeant treats song metadata and audio separately, so when you have a
duplicate, you can keep the audio from one file and the song info from
the other.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Les Paul, Guitar and Studio Innovator, Passes at 94

08.13.2009

By Clive Young.

New York (August 13, 2009)--Guitar legend, studio innovator, 1950s hitmaker, musical impresario. Les Paul, who was all these things and more, died today from complications due to pneumonia. While best known as the creator of the famed Gibson solid-body electric guitar that bears his name, Paul is equally revered as the inventor behind multitrack recording, phasing, delay effects, overdubs and more.

Read more

http://www.prosoundnews.com/article/23612

Don

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