Archive for March, 2011

While there’s no question that the iPhone experience can be greatly improved by a few choice accessories — a cool speaker dock and a snazzy case, for example — there are companies out there that have taken the concept to the extreme. Here we take a light-hearted look at some totally unnecessary iPhone accessories that [...]

There are three types of gamers in this world the casual gamer, the serious gamer and the dedicated gamer. The casual gamer – Sees a game trailer on the net or sees a great looking front cover on the shelf of the gaming store and thinks ‘That looks ok, I’ll have a go at that’. [...]

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Season of the Witch’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘TRON: Legacy’. ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ completes the top three. Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer 1 (5) Season of the Witch 5.5 / trailer 2 (1) TRON: Legacy [...]

Now I saw this classic picture and I thought I needed to share it, maybe not for the reasons you think. Now I agree this picture IS a classic picture of a true union of brilliant brains, however I must point out that these hair cuts must not be allowed to become popular again.  

Get Ready for Windows 8

Posted: March 16, 2011 in Windows
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Just as you were getting comfortable with Windows 7, it looks like Windows 8 is coming in the next two years. In a post celebrating the one-year anniversary of Windows 7 — the fastest selling OS in history — Microsoft’s Dutch Web site briefly mentioned the construction and release of its successor:   “Microsoft is [...]

The applications below may do more than just allow you to voice chat—many also allow you to call telephone numbers or video chat. We are evaluating these apps based on their user friendliness and quality of audio. On to our contenders! Fring The only exclusively mobile app on our list, Fring is a cross-platform app [...]

On the heels of its push to dissuade users from using Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft has announced the launch date of Internet Explorer 9. In a blog post, Ryan Gavin, Microsoft senior director of Internet Explorer business and marketing, said the next version of the company’s Web browser will be officially released Monday, March 14, [...]

Anonymous declares war on Louis Vuitton.

Scroll on any Window

Posted: March 8, 2011 in Downloads, free stuff, Windows
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WizMouse is a free and lightweight Windows application that enables a simple but effective trick: the ability to scroll the contents of a window that is under your mouse cursor without shifting the focus to that window. It may not seem like much, at first glance, but the ability to scroll a window without having [...]

A friend of mine the other day installed some nasty piece of grayware that seemed to take over her machine, after she dropped off her laptop and I cleaned it all up for her I thought I’d post this article to help others in removing grayware with System restore. From Microsoft’s site under Using Windows [...]