2008 March

With these files, selected by PC World’s editors, create a very personalized desktop that will help you work faster and have more fun using your PC.

WindowBlinds
Give your PC a personal touch with this shell enhancement.

Vista Start Menu
Juice up the Windows Vista Start menu and make it more useful.

xplorer2 Lite
Compare directories side by side with this […]

In the decade since the Global Political Crisis, mankind has entered its second golden age with plans to further expand its presence in the Galaxy.
But all plans for a prosperous future have crashed with the abrupt appearance of a hostile alien fleet that is destroying everything in its path!
Prepare yourself for some alien […]

Occasionally I’ll look back on the Web site reviews that I’ve written here at Lockergnome to see if I’ve missed writing about an important Web site. Whenever I take the time to review what I’ve covered, I always find a couple of sites that I personally love that have somehow slipped through the cracks. It’s […]

Irish Gnomie Barry (aka Basement) writes:
Hey Chris,
I’ve been following your videos for a while and have only thought of mailing just now; wasn’t sure if you had a video on this topic.
I’m very busy with college and do most of my work on my MacBook, which I purchased in September. It has developed a little […]

Songbird is a media browser and Web player built from Firefox, VLC Player, and SQLite. Songbird is Open Source and supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions. Version 0.5 includes new device API with initial MTP device support add-on, improved shuffle algorithm, extensible Library Views, improved RSS playlists support, and other bug-fixes.
This is technically a beta version, […]

A Lockergnome reader recently submitted a question asking how to add a mathematical equation into a Word document. Some people think this is accomplished using the Character Map; however, this is not the case.
Word includes over 150 mathematical symbols that you can insert into your document to build equations. To add a mathematical equation […]

Sony’s RCD-W500C is a feature-laden, modestly priced alternative for the home audio enthusiast requiring a good-sounding CD changer and a cost-effective solution for consolidating a record and tape collection.
The RCD-W500C is a dual deck 5-CD changer and CD recorder housed in a handsome chassis offering very nice display graphics and 24-bit converters. This is a […]

Catch a boatload of fishy fun in this original arcade challenge!
Load up the RV and crisscross the country in a series of tournaments that will put your angling prowess to the test. Catch fish to earn points and climb to the top of the rankings in the amateur, pro, and elite circuits! But watch […]

eMailaya is a lightweight email client that allows you multiple accounts, backup files, mail drive, and RSS, all in one small file. Supports working with DiskOnKey.
[1.71M] [WinNT/2k/XP/Vista] [FREE]

If I had to choose between beer and wine, beer would win every single time because I just haven’t developed a taste for wine at this point in my life. I’ve tried a few different wines, but so far there hasn’t been one that really hit the spot for me. I may be uneducated about […]

How long should a hard drive last and are the new solid state drives going to be more reliable? –Peter
Today’s hard drives are faster, store more information, and are more reliable than ever before, but just like any other electronic devices, they have the possibility of failing.
Current hard drives are designed to run non-stop for […]

Gnomie Mikey (mxjf in our chat room) writes:
I have been watching your videos for a long time and have been subscribed to your YouTube channel since around October. I have noticed that you and Ponzi have quite a few laptops, and I thought this would be appropriate.
Around February 2008, I decided I wanted a laptop. […]

One way that you can track when a PowerPoint presentation was created is to add the date and time to the presentation. When the date and time is added, it will appear along the bottom of the slide. You can add the date and time to a single slide or to all slides in a […]

Logitech’s Noise Canceling Headphones offer significant reduction of outside noise so you can focus on your music, which is faithfully reproduced by 40mm neodymium drivers.
If you’d like to isolate yourself without music, simply detach the six foot cable and enjoy the silence. The headphones also include an airplane adapter so you can enjoy that in-flight […]

It’s time for a Slingo vacation!
Take off to the beautiful Hawaiian Islands with some brand new tricks, game modes, power-ups and more for another great Slingo adventure! Lie on the beach and order up some Slingo Tricks like Summon Joker and Pattern Match. Dive deep to a Coral Reef and discover Platinum Coins and […]

8Start Launcher is a skinnable, portable, innovative application launcher and tree notes. It’s a whole new way of launching programs and files, making your desktop clean and accessing/sharing notes fast and easy. Starting programs from shortcuts on the desktop and start menu is an obsolete and cumbersome process. Now it is made precise with categorization […]

All you have to do is look at services like Flickr and YouTube to see that people are creating more content than ever before. Now that technology makes it easy for us to record what we see, a lot of us can be found recording anything and everything. Many times we freely upload and share […]

Gnomie techmarshal from our chat room writes:
Hey Chris,
I’m not new to your live feed, but I am new to the chat room. My handle is techmarshal and I thought I would send you this top five list. So here it goes…

Get rid of the programs that you never use or have just forgotten about. These […]

When you create a PowerPoint presentation, you can hide certain slides to customize the presentation for different audiences. For example, you may have a slide containing a high level of detail that you want to hide when presenting to a specific audience.
To hide slides in a PowerPoint 2007 in presentation:

In the pane that contains […]

One of the advantages of using the Public folder is that it can simplify file sharing on your network. It eliminates the need for you to have to share individual folders. For example, if you have a folder called MyFolder on your computer that you want to share with users, all you have to do […]