Category: Info. Tech.
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PC Fastlane- Computer Help and PC Performance Tips – 10 Unknown Windows Freeware Applications You Should Know About
PC Fastlane- Computer Help and PC Performance Tips – 10 Unknown Windows Freeware Applications You Should Know About Yet another funky list of various applications that could be handy for people stuck on windows! Top ten lists are always fun!
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DVB on the Mac (Digital TV)
DVB on the Mac Digital TV can be handy to have on a laptop – this link is my resource to finding the USB tuners available that work with Apple Macintoshes, could be a handy resource for other people also. M
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Do you Uno? (gui.interacto.net – Home)
gui.interacto.net – Home Why might you like Uno? To answer that allow me to ask a question – Do you ever find the differing interface styles or theming in Mac OS X somewhat irritating. This program will retheme most applications within OS X to the Tiger (10.4) default (Plastik I think the Linux people have…
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Xgrid@Stanford
Xgrid@Stanford Got a Mac? Want to assist the people of Stanford with their computing resource needs? You can – the link will take you to their instructions that will allow you to participate in their Xgrid cluster! Being a small part of a big computer seems like a nice idea every now and then, after…
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digg – A super easy way to backup your protected DVDs!
digg – A super easy way to backup your protected DVDs! Every now and then it is worth keeping track of various programs that may be useful in backing up media. Especially as media like DVDs and CDs have a finite life span. M
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Microsoft puts Virtual PC on free download
MICROSOFT IS now offering its operating-system virtualisation tool for Windows, Virtual PC 2004 (SP1 release), for free.The software firm also announced that the forthcoming Virtual PC 2007 for Vista will also be freely downloadable. Finally a legitimate, easy way to run multiple operating systems on top of XP. A good opportunity to have your x86…
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HOWTO: Hoary ClearType-like fonts – Ubuntu Support Forums
HOWTO: Hoary ClearType-like fonts – Ubuntu Support Forums If you are an Ubuntu user this guide (specifically targetted towards users of “Hoary”) will provide a useful starting point in making your font’s seem less jarring when you boot into your linux machine coming from Windows (or MacOS).
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Raging Menace – MenuMeters (MacOS X)
Raging Menace – MenuMeters Handy little system bar menu meters that help you see how your mac is performing at any given moment. Useful to watch and see if you have an app that is thrashing any of the common IO subsystems, or if you’re just obsessive compulsive and like to know what’s going on…
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Apple – iLife – Tutorials – iLife ?06 Multimedia Tutorials
Apple – iLife – Tutorials – iLife ?06 Multimedia Tutorials Apple have on their website some useful guides to help make the most of their software. If you like me don’t have the time to learn every intricate detail of the ever useful iLife suite I highly reccomend giving them a quick read, to help…
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PuTTY – Registry Location for its settings
PuTTY is a handy little program, sometimes however you might like to change the background colours for multiple saved sessions, it can often be easier doing this in the registry, rather than via the GUI. The path you’ll need is “My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions\” Colour2 is the “Default Background”.