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Quicktips – How to configure automatic login in WinXP

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Here’s a quick tip which is useful for many users who are the only people logging into their machines. If you find yourself with an XP machine that’s constantly asking you for a password and you want to skip this step (say on a laptop) then this tip is for you! To get to the [...]

The answer to making Quicktime a useful media player

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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I found this article on macosxhints.com, which talks about a third-party codec pack called Perian, which enables Quicktime to playback: “Divx, XviD, FLV, AVI, MS-MPEG4 v1, MS-MPEG4 v2, MS-MPEG4 v3, DivX 3.11 alpha, 3ivX, Sorenson H.263, Flash Screen Video, Truemotion VP6, and these formats when they are inside an AVI file — h.264, mpeg4, AAC, [...]

Speeding Up WinXP in many ways

Friday, September 22, 2006

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While crusing the web, I happened upon an informative site that gives you WinXP users ways to get your productivity time back or time spent with loved ones (if you have them/want them).Â : – ) Link to this wonderful article here.

Speed Up Network Share Viewing in Windows XP

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

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Tired of having to wait thirty seconds before you can browse a networked share folder in Network Neighborhood?Â I know it’s frustrated me many a time having to wait for results when it seems like it shouldn’t take forever.Â Well, I found the following solution here which eliminates the wait and explains why it happens [...]

Sudowin – The app to make Windows Limited User Accounts Useable?

Friday, July 21, 2006

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While wandering around the net, I came across what looks to be a great little application called sudowin. In Linux, you can run a program with temporarily elevated priviliges using the sudo command. Using sudo4win, you can get the same functionality in Windows.

Firefox ext. for Verizon Wireless Users – See how many minutes you’ve used!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

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I found this cool little Firefox extension that allows you to see how many of your peak and off-peak minutes you’ve used so far in the current billing cycle.

Tired of swearing at things in Terminals? Use Screen!

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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I know I am. I’m constantly running things remotely connected to my OS X and Linux boxes from my Powerbook, only to realize it’s 5:00 already or that I have to go to someone’s office and bring my laptop. I just recently became aware of the great unix app, screen, which allows you to run [...]

osx.iusethis.com A Cool OS X Application Tracking Website

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

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While surfing Arstechnica this afternoon, I came across this great website that tracks OS X applications and shows popular OS X apps by users. It tracks new releases of applications and you can specify to see new releases only. Check it out here.

Linkydink – Microsoft Scraps WinFS as a Standalone Product…..but we might see it in SQL Server!

Monday, June 26, 2006

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Microsoft has decided that Vista isn’t good enough to be blessed with WinFS.Â Chock it up to 7 or so OS’es that were supposed to have WinFS technology when they were released.Â Full article with all the details written by Arstechnica can be found here.

Linkydink – MySpace Sued For Negligence?

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

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MySpace, the popular social networking site that everyone and their mother (literally) is a member,Â is currently being sued by a 14-year old girl and her mother after the daughter met an older (approx. 19 year-old guy) through the site and was later sexually assaulted.Â Article can be found here.

Linkydink – Alky brings Windows Executables to OS X and Linux

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

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Found an interesting program called alky which claims to be able to convert Windows executables to a Mac OS X or Linux library. Link here. Update:Â Alky is still in development and is actually looking for programmers.Â See link for details arsgeeks!

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