Vista Suffers another Setback

The popularity of Windows XP is still making things difficult for Vista. Now Vista has again suffered a major setback, with Lenovo (Olympic 2008′ official sponsor) installing XP on it’s machines to run the Olympic Games’ vital PC-related tasks. Vista will only be used in internet lounges set up for athletes to use during the games. Yang Yuanqing, chairman of Lenovo said, “the Olympic Games require mature, stable technologies and it’s not a place to try new technologies because of the size and importance of the event. Everything must work... Read The Rest →

Use any USB Disk for Readyboost

Windows Vista, has a wonderful feature called ReadyBoost. You can use flash memory devices, such as universal serial bus (USB) flash drives, to improve performance of Vista without having to add additional memory (RAM). The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache i.e. memory that the OS can access more quickly than it accesses data on the hard disk, simply because USB drives are a tad faster than Hard Disks. However, not all USB flash drives are supported to use ReadyBoost. In order for USB drive to be... Read The Rest →

Install Leopard on your PC

If you are one of those die hard Mac OS X fans but you can’t afford to buy a Mac like me, then you might want to install Mac OSX Leopard on your existing PC. This can be quite complicated and even I find it really complicated.. If you want to try it out then go ahead and read this ultra long tutorial on how you can install Leopard on your PC. Dual boot OSX Leopard with Vista on Intel/AMD! Please note that installing Leopard is illegal and i would... Read The Rest →

15 Must Have iTunes Addons

iTunes is a popular media player from Apple. Eventhough there aren’t many addons for iTunes out there, so i thought i should go on a search mode and try and find something useful. And the result is right in front of you. Must have iTunes addons for both Windows and Mac Users.. So go ahead and try this plugins today.. For Mac OS X Synergy This program puts iTunes in the menu bar for easy access to controls such as fast-forward, skip, and play. People who listen to iTunes while... Read The Rest →

Visual Task Tips – Shell Enhancement

What is Visual Task Tips? Visual Task Tips is a lightweight shell enhancement utility. It provides thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar, as seen in Microsoft Windows Vista. NOTE: Windows XP is required to run Visual Task Tips. Simple : Visual Task Tips is a simple utility. Just download and install it. Useful :By using Visual Task Tips you can significantly increase your productivity. Free :Visual Task Tips is absolutely free for non-commercial use. Here is a screenshot of Visual Task Tips in action :

A Cool Way to Have Flickr on your Desktop

Flickr is by far the most popular photo sharing web app today. With over a million photos, browsing Flickr is the best way to pass your time. What else than having Random Flickr Photos appear as your screensaver on your Windows PC. Yes and we have Slickr that makes your screensavers come alive. Slickr is a free and open source application that brings the ever so awesome “Flickr” galleries to, yes..your desktop!

16 Windows Freeware that you Didn't Know About

Windows remains largely popular today only because of the vast amount of free softwares that are available for it. There are a lot of freeware that most people are not aware of, so I thought i should share all of them with you all. Feel free to comment if you think i have missed something great and you would like it to be added. I am not going to tell about the stuff that every kid knows like Firefox etc. but rather focus on the lesser known ones. Here you... Read The Rest →

Download Windows XP SP3 Beta Now

By now you should have come to know that Windows XP Service Pack has been released for beta testers. If you want to download the Beta release of the Service Pack follow the instructions given below : This is the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3180. Think of it more as a pre-beta build of SP3 than an actuall beta build. Full Build tag is: 5.1.2600.3180 (xpsp.070718-2058)

10 Softwares that'll free you from Microsoft's evil Hands

Honestly Windows Sucks but most of the users all over the world have to use Windows today because they don’t really have an alternative, Linux is still a little difficult to use and Mac’s are extremely pricey when compared to PC’s loaded with Windows. Here are some free software that are extremely good alternatives to the ones that are built into Windows. Remember free software doesn’t necessarily equate to bad software. Most of these softwares are extremely popular. Mozilla Firefox The holy grail of web browsers being cross platform, open... Read The Rest →

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