Archive for January 27th, 2010

Enter the iPad

So the wait is finally over, Apple have today unveiled the iPad, a slightly less than A4 sized tablet computer with a 9.7” multi-touch display. The device will sell for between $499 and $829 (no word on UK or Euro pricing yet) and they say it’s for watching films, playing games and surfing online

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Retro Virus comes back to hit hard disk MBR

ESET reports the Windows-borne Zimuse as a retro oddity because it attacks a hard disk master boot record (MBR) of any attached drive its finds, a technique common in viruses from nearly 20 years… For more visit The Windows Club

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Windows7 – Themes – The Single Warrior

This is the second of a series of themes on Warrior Art.

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Desktop Search Tool Puggle

Windows users have the choice between several desktop search tools. Windows Search for instance comes preinstalled with the operating system

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Recover Corrupt Word Documents [Windows]

A corrupt Word document can mean potential disaster especially in a business environment. But there are other situations where an unreadable Word document can cause lots of problems for the owner of the file. One possible option to recover the text information of the Word document is to open it in a text editor like Notepad

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Add Network Location or any non-indexed locations to Windows 7 Libraries

Windows 7 libraries are a very useful feature. Unfortunately you cannot add certain locations like  network locations and other non-indexed locations to it easily. You can always do so using the..

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How to Remove Start Orb Button in Windows 7 or Vista

For those of you who dont like the start orb and want to do away with it, you now have two easy ways to do it. Download No Start Orb for Win7 and use it.

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feature: Windows 7′s XP Mode: what it is, how it works, who it’s for

The bespoke line-of-business application is a common feature of the corporate world, and a thing that has been instrumental in cementing Windows as the corporate desktop OS standard. These applications—I’ve worked on a few myself—are typically crummy affairs. The foundation of such applications is typically some combination of Visual Basic 6 and obsolete versions of Access and Excel.

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Another Example of Microsoft Surface Touch Operations with E*Sponder

Microsoft and E*Sponder, a software development company that focuses on emergency management response, are working together to provide police agencies crowd and safety control. The E*Sponder Software, called  Mapping, works with Windows7 to leverage multi-touch capabilities to manipulate graphical maps and displays using hand gestures

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Windows 7 Utilities: CSMenu (if you want the classic-style menu back)

Do you miss the old start button classic-menu style? Me neither, but for those who do…CSMenu. One of the things that I often like to post about are simple, small programs and utilities that I or friends of mine have found and have shared that have made my life easier.

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