Windows
Three Gnomie Recommendations
Gnomie Kim Monroe writes in with “three programs I find extremely useful and couldn’t do without”: Launchy (Open Source) is really beautiful. It uses a very minimal amount of system resources (4 MB) and it indexes everything in your HDD just like Vista’s own indexing system.Whatever you can’t find through it can be added through [...]
Geeks Make The World Go ‘Round
We finally surpassed 7500 members on Geeks! I can’t believe it happened in such a short amount of time. I want to take this opportunity to first thank all of you — the members — who have made this site what it is. Special thanks go out to all of the admins who have worked [...]
Amazon’s Halloween Costume Blowout
It’s just not Halloween without witches, vampires, faeries, and zombies. Whether you decide to be a devil or an angel this year, playing tricks or getting treats, you’ll find your look in Amazon’s selection of classic costumes. Or maybe you’d like to fight for truth, justice, and large bags of candy? Choose your hero from [...]
SanDisk Introduces The Sansa slotMusic Player
Tired of the never-ending financial doom and gloom tales in today’s headlines? Let music relieve your mental meltdown — whether it’s through the tried-and-true iPod, or this format, which I predict is going to have a lifespan shorter than that of David Caruso’s movie career: SanDisk Corporation, a leading seller of MP3 players and flash [...]
ekkoTV
When I want to talk to someone, I usually either give them a phone call or send them an e-mail. I hardly ever use instant messaging, and I don’t even remember the last time that I was involved in a video chat. There’s no shortage of ways to communicate with people online, and depending on [...]
Count Geekula Vants Your Blooooog!
7,538 members is the current count on our community site, Geeks! The main question we have is: Where are you? Join us! Here’s some of the stuff being talked about there today: Forum Threads XM Artist Confidential for Weird Al Yankovic Should Chris be exterminated for not knowing what a remote control Dalek is? Can [...]
Disable Task Manager Through The Registry
Certain tools in Vista can be used to maliciously or innocently wreak havoc on a computer. Although such tools are useful in specific situations, you may want to disable access to some of these tools to prevent unwanted changes to your computer. Task Manager is one such tool that can produce negative results, such as [...]
Need A Passport By Tomorrow?
Whether you’re fleeing economic turmoil and cashing in your Swiss bank account or taking advantage of last minute travel bargains, you might not have the three months it can take to wait for Uncle Sam to grant you a passport through his usual channels. How does tomorrow sound? Get a U.S. Passport online in 24 [...]
Guitarati
How does music make you feel? I’ve only known one person in my life who didn’t have any interest in listening to music. It didn’t matter what type of music it was, they just didn’t enjoy listening to it. I couldn’t believe it when I first found this out, and it still strikes me as [...]
Is Netvibes Your iGoogle Alternative?
Gnomie Ben Davis writes: Hey Chris, Through a quick Google search for widget engines I found this Web site called Netvibes. The site acts as an information hub designed to be your homepage, much like iGoogle. Unlike iGoogle however, Netvibes has many unique features, and in my opinion, this makes it much better than iGoogle. [...]
