Windows
Zonbu: This Is What Linspire Should Have Been
Ubuntu and Linspire better be on alert: Zonbu is on the way. Earlier today Chris received the Zonbu "Green PC" as part of a special beta program. The Zonbox is a small, noiseless machine running a customer Linux distribution. As Chris put it, "this is what Linspire should have been." Zonbu says "being green doesn’t [...]
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Speed Up Windows XP With Software
I’m very happy to report that Thomas Reimann and his crew have released a new version of CachemanXP (and are apparently working on a Cacheman for Vista, too – which I can’t wait to see). Here’s what’s new in this version: Improved Dual Core processor support (Intel and AMD). Several new Cache settings and Tweaks. [...]
CaptureScreen v1.2.2692
There are a million and one reasons why you need a good screen capturing program. Maybe you want to save a document what is on your screen. Maybe you want to get a graphic, or just share your desktop layout with friends. No mater what the reason is, I have a good solution for you: [...]
Beengo
As anyone who’s even spent just a couple of minutes on the Internet knows, this thing that we call the World Wide Web is a fantastic resource for sharing information and knowledge with other people. The social aspect of things has been played up a lot over the past year or so, and there’s a [...]
A Double-Dose Of Disinfection? Doubtful!
Last week I mentioned that while I try to be a tutor primarily, the territory comes with conditions. I spend much of my time doing minor hardware repair and peripheral installation with a healthy dose of software cleanup thrown in to keep me off balance. This week I’ve been hit with several seemingly non-tutoring issues [...]
Putting A Face On An Outlook 2007 Contact
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could open a contact in Outlook and see a picture of them along with all the other contact information? It’s probably not a necessity but it can be kind of fun. If you’re using Outlook 2007, you can assign a picture to a contact and it is very simple [...]
Hide E-mail Alerts In Outlook 2007
E-mail alerts can be annoying, if not embarrassing, if they appear in the middle of a PowerPoint presentation. In Outlook 2007, a desktop alert will appear above the system tray on your desktop when a new e-mail message arrives. The alert will include the subject of the e-mail as well as the sender’s name. So [...]
I Sing A Song Of Circuitpence
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Downloading YouTube Videos
So, I’ve been exchanging emails with the author of YouTubeDownload. He just sent me the link to the latest revision, which does even more for people who want to download videos from YouTube. Chances are, you’re already using a tool or online (Web) service to download and transcode for you – but I was looking [...]
