Windows 8 Installation – A Screenshot Gallery
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Geek Fact for March 2nd
In 1983, Compact Disc recording developed by Philips and Sony introduced to the US and European markets. The CD ushered in a shift from analog to digital in the music industry and spawned new digital technologies, including CD-Rom and DVD. Learn more at http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/press/20070816_25th_anniversary_cd.wpd
How To: Install Windows 8 in a Virtual Machine
** This is a lengthy post with lots of pictures which are clickable to view full size. Following the included steps should take approximately 30 minutes, but well worth it! Your CPU must have virtualization support, which most newer CPU’s do but it may have
uRex Video Converter Platinum – giveaway for everyone
uRex is currently running a St. Patricks Day giveaway for its Video Converter Platinum software. The software would normally sell for $39.95 and the giveaway is open to everyone: Professional video converting solution providing abundant formats with excellent quality. uRex Video Converter Platinum offers a
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Geek Fact for March 1st
In 1924, Deke (Donald) Slayton, NASA astronaut and Chief of Flight Operations at Johnson Space Center, was born. Mr. Slayton was named one of the Mercury astronauts in 1959 and was originally scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission but was relieved of this assignment
BufferZone Pro: Yet another virtual environment software
We recently introduced you to Toolwiz TimeFreeze, which provides an on-demand type virtual environment in which to safely install, run and test software. Trustware’s BufferZone Pro provides similar functionality except on a permanent basis – and despite including “Pro” in the name it is free.
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview (formerly know as Beta) is Live!
Today marks a turning point in Microsoft’s history. A new operating system. A new interface. A new direction, so to speak. Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system has just been released for you to try as what is called a “Consumer Preview”. It is a chance
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Geek Fact for February 29th
In 1968, the first pulsar (CP 1919) was discovered by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge. A neutron star is made up of a very compact core, which is left when massive stars explode. Pulsars are the beams of radiation that emit from a neutron star as
Box is giving new Android users 50gb of free cloud storage
Now through March 23, box (the other cloud storage solution) will be allocating 50 gigabytes of cloud storage space to anyone who downloads and installs the app from the Android Marketplace (sorry iOS users, it appears box has already offered this deal to you before,
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Geek Fact for February 28th
In 1956, Jay Forrester was issued a patent for computer core memory. Jay Forrester invented core memory in 1949. It became the dominant form of computer memory in the 1950s, and remained in use until the late 1970s. Learn more at http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blforrester.htm
How To: Prevent taskbar icon stacking in Win 7
Whenever you open multiple instances of the same application in Windows 7 it will stack the Taskbar icons one behind the other with no textual indication. So, in order to switch between instances, you need to hover the mouse cursor over the icon to reveal
A tale of an iPad – short but not so sweet!
Seems to be my time for new devices. I recently wrote about my experiences purchasing an eReader for the bride and now it’s the turn of the iPad. My eldest son got a brand new iPad 2 from Santa so he has given me his
Geek Fact for February 27th
In 1998, Apple announced that it was discontinuing further development of the Newton operating system and Newton OS-based products. The MessagePad was the first in a series of Newton devices. A collaborative effort by Apple and Sharp, it weighed 1.4 lbs, had 640 KB of
Download cerberus before March 1 to get Android anti-theft protection free for life
Jim tipped me off to this great promotion, so we should all be thanking him. He has a gift when it comes to finding free stuff! In celebration of adding its 100,000th user Cerberus is giving away its anti-theft program until March 1st. As our
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