Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by admin Photobie is an Image Editing software with most features similar to Photoshop plus advanced screen capture and photo frame editing features. With photobie screen capture you can prepare presentation very simply. Photobie has simple user interface. Furthermore, if you have MS Word and other software that create specific graphics or art fonts, then with Photo...

Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by admin ICQ is a revolutionary, user-friendly Internet tool that informs you who´s on-line at any time and enables you to contact them at will. No longer will you search in vain for friends & associates on the net. ICQ does the searching for you, alerting you in real time when friends & colleagues sign on. You can chat, send messages, files and URL´s, play g...

Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by admin Do you use Windows Media Player 11 or 12 as your default media player? Today, we’re going to show you how to add some handy new features and enhancements with the Windows Media Player Plus third party plug-in. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Installation and Setup Download and install Media Player Plus! (link below). You’ll need to close out of Windows Media P...

Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by admin Microsoft's Brandon Leblanc defends Windows security despite reports from Google employees. Although Microsoft VP of corporate communications Frank X. Shaw already had his moment in the spotlight with Google-related comments on Twitter, Windows communications manager Brandon LeBlanc came out and updated his Windows corporate blog with his view--a retaliation of...

Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by admin Would it be any surprise if Google launched the Chrome operating system this October? As if on cue in light of recent talk that Google is kicking Windows to the curb, the search giant plans to release its Chrome operating system this fall. According to Google, the open-source software will be free and available to the general public. In a world that's relied he...

Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 by admin Adobe Systems has debuted a reader application for tablet computers based on input from Wired magazine, the first to use the format. Adobe's David Burkett said users of InDesign CS5 will be "well on your way" to producing digital publications. The Wired Reader app takes a while to download the first 520-megabyte digital version. Hoping to marry the design an...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Symantec is working on a Norton Everywhere initiative to put its security software on non-PC devices. Symantec wants to keep viruses off devices from smartphones to digital cameras, and Norton Everywhere allows removing data from a lost handset. Symantec has partnered with HTC to develop software for Android and Windows Mobile. Anyone who has lost a cell phone ...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Former hacker Marc Maiffret, who exposed the vulnerability used by the Code Red worm 10 years ago, says Microsoft's security model is solid. Now a security expert, Maiffret says that platforms like Apple and Windows Mobile have been less-often attacked because their market share is relatively small and hackers like to go after the big fish. There's no safe place ...

Published on Thursday, May 27, 2010 by admin If you are moving from Vista to Windows 7, you might miss the Sidebar which was introduced in Vista. Today we take a look at a couple options for getting a Sidebar back in Windows 7. Copy Files from Vista Note: In this example we are using 32-bit versions of Vista and Windows 7. Make sure you are logged in with Administrator credentials. If you have a Vist...

Published on Thursday, May 27, 2010 by admin Apple fan-boys and -girls, rejoice. The iCorporation is now worth more than the dreaded Microsoft. But don’t get too excited: Bill Gates’ gang has a few ideas to get back in the game, and some bloggers claim that Google, whose Android is outselling the iPhone, “has leapfrogged” Apple in terms of innovation. (Steve Jobs responds to that accusation w...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin The Add Font dialog has been a faithful ally to Windows users for years. I remember dragging the Real Wild West fonts to Fonts folder via Control panel, never tough. For lazy leg like me, the easier the better. Windows 7 haven't compromised the inheritance except that you got something easier to crack the nut. I Buck up! [ad#300x250_image_ads] Windows 7 has made...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin XP has some popular power toys that makes it ace. More often than not you must have used the Open Command Prompt Here in XP. Next used the graphical shell to access the file systems. Then the context menu to open the command prompt at current working directory. Windows 7 ( Vista also) offers a simple trick to make things easier. Let's see Its fairly simple. Just pr...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin Windows 7 includes the option to calibrate your display. Calibrating your display ensures that the colors are displayed correctly on your monitor. You can control factors such as gamma, adjust brightness and contrast and color balance. The wizard is very simple to use and each step has detailed instructions and steps to achieve correct color representation. [ad#300...

Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin A new malware is making the round on Internet specifically targeting Windows operating system users. The malware attacks Windows users on the core of the system – activation. The malware is a Trojan horse or randomware that pretends to be a Windows Activation program, and it locks up Windows with claims that user is running a pirated version of Windows although it�...

Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin There may come a time when you want to digitize your priceless old pictures, or need to scan a receipts and documents for your company. Today we look at how to scan a picture or document in Windows 7. Scanning Your Document [ad#300x250_image_ads] In this example we’re using an HP PSC 1500 All-In-One printer connected to a Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit syste...

Published on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by admin Computers are like pets – they need care. We all want our computer to be fast, efficient, and responsive, but when it starts slowing down, most people just get mad at it. Well, don’t. Just give it some good care. The maintenance tips in this article will help you make your XP computer faster, safer, and more stable. Reduce recycle bin size Nowadays hard d...

Published on Monday, May 17, 2010 by admin I'm glad to write to you about Skype 5.0 Beta 1 for Windows. In this release we have introduced one of the most requested features over the time - Group Video Calling. You can make up to 5-way group video calls in this release. Also in addition to introduction of group video calling we have re-designed the call view. The new call view is focusing on the ongoi...

Published on Sunday, May 16, 2010 by admin If you’re experiencing slow shutdowns and log offs on your Windows XP, this trick will help you. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Instead of accessing the shutdown menu via Start->Turn Off Computer, open the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Press “Shut Down” at the top of the Task Manager and choose what you want your Windows XP to do: Stand By ...

Published on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by admin TagScanner is a multifunction program for organizing and managing your music collection. It can edit tags of mostly state-of-the-art audio formats, rename files based on the tag information, generate tag information from filenames, and perform any transformations of the text from tags and filenames. Also you may get album info via online databases like freedb o...

Published on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by admin Whether you are doing graphics/web design work or just taking screenshots, it’s often very difficult to move the mouse precisely enough to select pixels the way you’d like, so I went looking for a solution. There’s a number of methods you can use, from configuring the default mouse settings, to enabling Mouse Keys to move the mouse pointer with the keyboard, ...

Published on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by admin It’s been a while since anyone treated Mac OS X as a first-tier gaming platform, so when Valve announced that they would be bringing their Steam service and the Source engine to the Mac, it was big news. After a roughly 2 month beta period for the Mac versions of Steam and the Source engine, yesterday Valve finally released the first wave of their Mac gaming efforts...

Published on Friday, May 14, 2010 by admin By default, when you click on a link to a web page, Vista will automatically use the Internet Explorer. If you want it to use some other program like Firefox: [ad#300x250_image_ads] Go to the Control Panel \ Programs \ Default Programs Click on Set your default programs Select the Web Browser you want to use Click on Choose defaults for this program ...

Published on Friday, May 14, 2010 by admin File indexing is a Windows service that like many others, is totally useless – unless you do a lot of searching on your computer. As most users don’t, it’s a good idea to disable it to speed up actions like opening and closing files and folders on your Windows XP. [ad#300x250_image_ads] To disable the Indexing Service: Go to “My Computer” and right ...

Published on Friday, May 14, 2010 by admin Microsoft has released its Office 2010 suite of business applications to manufacturing. Software Assurance downloads of Office 2010 will begin April 27, and beta testers have judged it an improvement over the current Office version. Microsoft Office 2010 is expected in stores in June. Web versions will compete with Google's free online apps. Microsoft Relevant Pr...