Vista SP1 highlights – Reasons to upgrade to SP1
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that SP1 for Vista is now available on computers at retail stores. Meaning that SP1 has been finalized. As most of us know SP1 was available months ago. We have spent some time reading the 55 pages of documentation and here are the reasons you should update:
Improve in the speed of adding [...]
Windows Vista SP1 (release candidate) now available
We told you about the registry hack that made it possible to download SP1 and now it is now publicly available. Here it is only 11 months over due. On Microsoft’s website you can download a document listing “notable changes”, which includes improvements in application compatibility, hardware ecosystem support, reliability, performance / power consumption, security, [...]
DeskUNPDF Pro: Professional but Over-Priced
DeskUNPDF Pro is a PDF converter. It can covert office documents, pictures, and much more to PDF format. There are already free converters available, some we like are Primopdf, and doPDF. They are easy to use and get the job done.
The thing that the free ones do not do is convert PDF files to other [...]
Download Windows XP SP3 with a registry hack
Last month we wrote an article telling you how to download Vista SP1 using a registry hack. Now a new registry hack for Windows XP is available. This hack will let Windows XP users download Service Pack 3.
The SP3 is not scheduled for release until next year so it is not recommended that you download [...]
Mozilla officially releases Firefox 3 beta 1
Mozilla has finally given us the beta release of Firefox 3. Not like the pre-beta release a couple of weeks ago.
The only differences between this beta and that pre-release version are that the Firefox team has fixed more bugs. The rest of it is the same.
New in Beta 1:
Updates to the Gecko rendering engine which [...]
Office Accounting Express 2008 Released
Microsoft has just released a new version of its Office Accounting software, they are offering free and paid versions. Office Accounting 2008 retails for $199, however the less featured Office Accounting Express 2008 is available to download for free.
Users that own a small business, might want to buy the retail version that includes support for [...]
Safari 3 Windows Hack for Faster Surfing
Making Safari faster is very simple:
OPEN: C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.resources
Open up Defaults.plist (Using Wordpad) add the following line at the end:
<key>WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay</key>
<real>0.25</real>
Thats it! Enjoy.
Firefox 3 beta is almost ready
Mozilla plans on releasing Mac, Linux, and Windows versions of Firefox but not quite yet. This morning a digg user found Firefox 3 beta on Mozilla’s server. Now Mozilla has blocked access to it with a nice thank you message. We managed to download it in time to try it out.
Many of you won’t notice [...]
Mythbuntu 7.10 released
Ubuntu comes in all kinds. There is a Ubuntu that is made for slower systems, Edubuntu for kids and teachers, and Kubuntu with those who prefer Windows-like interface.
At its core, Mythbuntu is Ubuntu without many add-ons like OpenOffice.org, Evolution, or desktop effects. Mythbuntu is all about media. The application ships with the XFCE4 lightweight desktop, [...]
Leopard Install on PC Using Hack
Before Mac Leopard, it was not easy to install Mac software on a PC. Mac operating system is not made to run on Intel processors. But now that Apple is releasing Intel-based Macs, you can install Windows on a Mac, and with a little bit of hard work and license-breaking, you can install OS X [...]







