January 10th, 2010
It was recently discovered that both Windows Vista (32 Bit only) and Windows 7 contain what is usually referred to as a virtual Easter egg in the form of a GodMode, which is a collection of all tools found in Windows from one location. You can think of it as one of those tweaking software which normally one would pay to use!
To access this feature one needs to create a new folder called:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
and once that is done all that needs to do be done done is to click on it.
Note: DO NOT try this on Vista 64 Bit! It has been reported that GodMode screws up 64 Bit Vista!
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December 28th, 2009
According StatCounter Global Statistics, Firefox 3.5 is currently the world’s most popular web browser. It must be noted that this refers exclusively to version 3.5 of Firefox. If one had to take all versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer, one will find that the latter still has the largest market share .
To check the statistics for yourself or to check the ones for your country click here:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200811-200912-bar
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December 26th, 2009
Intel just announced their next generation Atom CPUs for the netbook and low-end notebook/desktop markets. The new Atoms are the following:
- Atom N450 Single-core processor for netbooks, combined with a new low-power chipset: the NM10 Express
- Atom D410 Single-core processor for low-end notebooks/desktops, also combined with the new low-power chipset: the NM10 Express
- Atom D510 Dual-core processor, also for low-end notebooks/desktops, and also combined with a new low-power chipset: the NM10 Express
All Atoms still run at 1.66 GHz (same speed as current Atoms) but they include an integrated graphics chip and memory controller.
For more information on the new Atoms click here: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2009/20091221comp_sm.htm
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December 23rd, 2009
According StatCounter Global Statistics, Windows XP is still the world’s most popular operating system. This is indeed remarkable for an o/s which is 8 years old! On the other hand this is not good news for Microsoft because despite all the hype surrouning Windows 7, their latest o/s still lags behind XP, Vista and MacOS X.
To check the statistics for yourself or to check the ones for your country click here:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-200811-200912-bar
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December 18th, 2009
A lot of people still don’t know that Windows 7 ships with a new version of DirectX, which is now in its 11th incarnation. Most probably the reason behind this lack of awarness is the fact that until recently there were no graphic chipsets which took advantage of this latest technology. However, recently ATI released the Radeon™ HD 5700 which is the first GPU which fully supports DirectX 11. On the other hand Nvidia is a bit late this time and will release a new GeForce which supports DirectX 11 in Q1 2010.
For more information on DirectX technology click here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/DirectX-frequently-asked-questions
For more information on DirectX 11 click here: http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/aboutGFW/pages/directx.aspx
For more information on the Radeon™ HD 5700 series click here:
http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/products/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-5000/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5700-series.aspx
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December 14th, 2009
Mozilla will soon release a mobile version of the popular Firefox browser and this will initially be available for the Nokia N900. Later on it will be also released for the iPhone, Blackberry, Motorola and for Palm devices. A version is also being planned for Windows Mobile.
For more information on Firefox Mobile click here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile
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December 12th, 2009
On the 10th of December, EURid (registrar of the .eu domain) has officialy opened registration for domains in Greek and Cyrillic alphabets. Of course the former applies to Greek speaking users only but the latter applies to a number of related (but distinct) languages such as Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukranian and other Cyrillic based languages. It must be noted that for the time being only the labels on the left of the domain name (that is left to .com, .net, etc …) can be registered in non-Latin alphabets; the possibility to also register the top-level domain (like the country codes) will be added later.
For a list of registrars who can register .eu domains (in all alphabets) click here:
http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/registrar-list
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December 10th, 2009
The 3rd of December marked the 15th birthday of the Playstation. In fact the original Playstation (PSX), was released in Japan on December the 3rd, 1994. In the rest of the world it was released one year later and it was a complete success wherever it was released. Although the specs of the original machine are of course inferior when compared to the latest incarnation (the PS 3), the advantage of this is the possibility to have it emulated on other platforms including Windows. Those of you who are still interested in the machine that started it all will find the following two links useful.
To view the 15th anniversery presentation click here: http://www.scei.co.jp/PS15th
To download and try the different emulators of the original Playstation click here: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx
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November 29th, 2009
Even though netbooks are certainly a great innovation, and many manufacturers (big and small) have released many different models in the past two years, all of them used to include graphics powered by Intel. Now, as you might all know very well, Intel are very good for CPUs but not so good as regards Graphic chipsets. Fortunately, Nvidia are providing an alternative even though Intel is making it technically very difficult for Nvidia to penetrate in their netbook market. At the moment Nvidia have two graphic chipsets for the netbook market and these are the ION and the ION LE with the only difference being that the former supports DirectX 10 whereas the latter does not. However, someone at MyHPMini discovered how to enable DirectX 10 on the ION LE!
For more information on the ION click here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/sff_ion.html
For more information on the ION LE hack click here: http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2571
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November 23rd, 2009
Google are working on a new mainstream O/S, after having already delivered Android for the mobile phone market. The new O/S will be called ‘Chrome’ like Google’s web browser, and will be based on web technologies. However, the new O/S is not expected to be suitable for everyone because for instance photo, video and 3D editing will not be possible. Chrome O/S will basically be an interface to experience the Web, efficiently and securely!
For more official information click here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
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