Archive for September, 2009

News: New iMac rumors keeping getting new hints.

September 30th, 2009

The rumors of the iMacs getting refreshed soon maybe true. Why?

Well apple is stopping production, so there running on stock.

Apple support is telling you to wait.

On top of that there due for a refresh. So check back to see any news. Until then wait a few weeks!

Microsoft Zune HD, vs Apple iPod Touch

September 29th, 2009

Watch CNET TV’s video on their comparison of the Zune HD against the iPod Touch!

How To: Check your website/blog status anywhere

September 29th, 2009

Watch Tekzillas video on how to check to see if your blog is down. Is myblogworking.com can check to see if your WordPress blog is self-hosted or not, if you have super cache enabled.

It can check your RSS feeds, and http headers.

You can even post to twitter on your blogs status!

It also checks your feed/blogs 304 if modified response.

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News: Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 is out.

September 29th, 2009

The final version for us all is now out here.

There is a  install, scan, and 1 other video to help.

While you are doing that why not check out my review of it here.

Source Link.

News: Microsoft Confirms MSE to launch for tuesday.

September 28th, 2009

Microsoft has confirmed that its free anti-virus app will launch on Tuesday, September 2009.

This comes after just 1 week of the email stating its close to being done.

This will officially replace windows live onecare.

More Info

Source Link.

News: Apple Says 2 billion app downloads, and 85000 apps.

September 28th, 2009

Apple has announced that it has passed 2 billion app downloads from the itunes app store, and that they have passed 85,000 apps!

This makes it not only the most popular app store in the world, but also the largest.

It looks like the app store is still gaining huge momentum.

The blackberry app world, the plam pre app store, and others still want to get that high but cannot reach the amount of downloads, users, apps.

Very nicely done icon smile News: Apple Says 2 billion app downloads, and 85000 apps. .

Source Link.

News:Download CCleaner 2.24.1010

September 28th, 2009

Change Log:

- Added support for Firefox 3.6.
- Added file search history cleaning for Windows 7.
- Improved Opera 10 cleaning.
- Reduced temp folder cleaning delay to 24 hours.
- Several bugs fixed to better support Windows 7.
- Added winapp2.ini filter support to detailed results view.
- Improved 64-bit support for Registry Cleaner.
- Fixed minor bug in Uninstall Tool.
- Fixed minor bug in System Restore Tool.
- Minor interface bugs fixed.
- Minor display bugs fixed.

Download it here.

Find a flickr url by its photo

September 28th, 2009

Watch Tekzillas video on how to find a flickr photo by its URL.

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The Burning Question: Is Windows 7 the fix/better then vista?

September 27th, 2009
Simply: Yes.

Why?

  1. Superfetch has been tamed. It no longer forces memory full for cache unnecessarily.
  2. UAC has been tamed. It shows less my defult, and is now customizable.
  3. Indexing has been tamed. It also doesn’t disk hog like in vista.
  4. Its faster, and lighter. Its no longer as slow as it use to be.
  5. Its still vista, but worked over.
  6. Much less amount of errors. Since W7 is based on vista’s code base application compatibility is very high.
  7. Device stage. Now your os is like a mac, you don’t need drivers windows 7 will fetch them and create a mini “stage” for them. This is really easy device management.
  8. DX11 the lighter, and much stronger direct x 11 is included.
  9. Your browser is your choice. (For those in europe). If your in the EU you can pick your browser off the bat.
  10. The sidebar is gone. Gadgets are now just desktop based and not sidebar based (like yahoo widgets).
  11. Its cheaper. $120 to upgrade, $220 to start fresh (home premium).
  12. It has a new tabbed task bar.
  13. It has aero shake. (Shake a open window to hide or show the rest).
  14. Its fully aero, even the taskbar now is covered in glass.
windows 7 ss1 hh The Burning Question: Is Windows 7 the fix/better then vista?
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So in my opinion windows 7 is the fix for windows vista/what vista should have been. Very nice job microsoft, very proud to see that you listened to us. Thank you.
See the windows 7 tour videos! Note: It requires silverlight.

News: The Twitter Malware Issue Is Getting Worse.

September 26th, 2009

Security company’s are now saying on a scale of 1 to 10 the alert level for malware on twitter is 7.

Trend Micro and Kaspersky both are saying that twitter related malware is on the rise.

Everything from fake codec malware, to fake antivirus pages, to job scams.

Why?

All because twitter uses url shrinking. Unless you have an addon installed you cannot see the page until you land on it.

So be careful of the trends, as some urls can be harmful to your computer.

Stay safe.

Source Link, and videos.