Archive for August, 2011

DiscFit, Optimize File Arrangements Before Disc Burning

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Have you ever tried to burn a large number of files and folders to a set of discs? Then you might have run into difficulties arranging the files and folders into a fashion to burn them on the least number of discs. The problem here is that this usually meant lots of file and folder juggling to pack files on each disc that come near the maximum available capacity.

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Windows Phone Connector v2.0 for Mac Released

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Mac users have an updated software companion for their Windows Phone 7.5 devices now that the Windows Phone Connector for Mac has been updated to v2.0. Unfortunately, for Mac users the Zune PC client is not available for their OS, so Microsoft created the Windows Phone Connector to handle the tasks of moving media to and from the device.

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Stay away from Kaamil Mahmoud on Facebook!

The malware analyst team of Emsisoft has detected a new wave of fake Facebook emails leading to malware contaminated websites – and being careless could infect your computer with  the Zbot… For more visit The Windows Club.

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Windows 8 to offfer Metro UI as well as the Desktop experience

There were some Windows users who were really worried about Windows 8 offering a Metro style UI only, seeing all the images on the Internet. Well there is good news for all. Windows 8 will offer the…

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Using RoboCopy

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Copying files is one of those core operations you are bound to perform in your daily interaction with a PC. It doesn’t matter if you’re using a basic file or a sophisticated one

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Microsoft lampoons VMware in a video

You may have enjoyed the Gmail Man video released by Microsoft meant to poke fun at Gmail.

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Samsung Unveils A New Windows 7 Slate

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Samsung has unveiled a brand new Windows 7 slate over at IFA in Berlin, the Samsung Slate PC Series 7. Among other announcements the new slate offers user a dock which enables the slate device to become a PC as well. The Windows 7 slate is 12.7mm in thickness and features an 11.6 inch 16:9 screen and packs an Intel i5 chip with the option of an i3 or Pentium version

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Outpost Internet Security Suite 7.5 Giveaway

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Agnitum, the company that is developing the security software Outpost, recently ran a promotion where users could “swap” their existing commercial antivirus solution against Outpost’s Internet Security Suite free of charge. We have covered that promotion in detail, mainly because it was a unique marketing idea that we did not see before on the Internet.

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