Entries from June 2007

Where To Buy SD Cards

June 12th, 2007 · No Comments

If you are looking for a SD Card for your electronic device, buy.com is a place to consider making your purchase. Being one of the largest online stores means they can bring you a large selection of SD Cards to choose from. SD Cards are appropriate for many devices, from cell phones to digital cameras.
The [...]

Tags: Memory Card

Vista Tip - Display Keyboard Shortcuts

June 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Using the keyboard to help navigate your computer can be areal time saver. Unfortunately, Windows XP and Vista by default turn off permanently underlined shortcut keys, which is a handy way of using the keyboard quicker to access menu shortcuts using the “Alt” key. These can be turned on, but the ability to do so [...]

Tags: Vista Tip · Windows Vista

Gadget Blog For Weird Things

June 11th, 2007 · No Comments

There is no question that there has been an explosion in the number of blogs recently. These new blogs are on every subject imaginable, including weird things. I freely admit to being something of a geek myself, so finding blogs that are covering interesting or weird things is of a personal interest to me. [...]

Tags: Gadget · Web

Vista Tip - Command Line Or PowerShell as Administrator

June 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is a handy Windows Vista tip to allow you to administer Vista from the command line more easily. Create a new or copy a shortcut to either the command prompt or the new PowerShell on your desktop. Right click it for the options menu, then select the “Shortcut” tab if it is not already. [...]

Tags: Vista Tip · Windows Vista

Religious Zealots Vs Free Speech Online

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Please put your “Irony Detectors” in a safe place before reading further. They just might explode. If you believe in free speech online, read further.
India, like many nations in the world, has many deeply religious groups. Often times, these groups believe they have a monopoly on morality, to the extent that they believe theirs is [...]

Tags: Opinion · Security · Web

Vista Tip - Installing Program As Administrator

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I mentioned that I would share some tips as I discovered them from my recent migration from Windows XP to Vista. When I was trying to install some of my favorite utilities, I was noticing some of them not working correctly. I scoured the internet regarding this and came up with a solution. Normally in [...]

Tags: Vista Tip · Windows Vista

Migrating to Windows Vista

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I finally decided to install Windows Vista on my computer. I installed it last night, and am already noticing some differences from Windows XP that have me wondering why Microsoft would make these changes. One that jumps out at me is the renaming of “Add and Remove Programs” to “Programs and Features”. I found no [...]

Tags: Computer · Windows Vista

Gates And Jobs At D5 Conference Video Available

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Call me a geek, but I was happy to learn that the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussion that happened at the D5 Conference yesterday is available for download at iTunes. There are video and audio versions for download, and the video one is downloading as I type this.
The influence that these two have had [...]

Tags: Apple · Business · Microsoft · Tech Industry

Plasma TV & Home Theater Installation

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Installation of home theatre components is getting more and more complicated. Gone are the days of needing only to worry about 1 or 2 types of connections between components. Not to mention, the components themselves are getting more and more varied. Certainly one of the easiest ways to deal with this is to hire [...]

Tags: Business · Multimedia

BBC Uses Photosynth For Virtual Tours

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Remember that Photosynth tech preview that drew quite a bit of attention? Well, now the BBC has released a collection of Photosynth virtual tours to go along with their ‘How We Built Britain’ TV show. The portal to a variety of Photosynth virtual tours is available here. The screen shot above is me checking out [...]

Tags: Internet Explorer · Microsoft · Multimedia · Web