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One Simple Tech: How to Really Speed Up Computer

2009-08-19T15:00:00.000+10:00

One Simple Tech: How to Really Speed Up Computer

MySpace Marketing and SEO Guide

2009-08-19T12:26:00.000+10:00

This page is intended to show up some ways in which MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) can be used by any webmaster to bring traffic and customers to its site. The MySpace generation brought some changes to the marketing scene - while conventional marketing and link exchange solutions are never going to fade out, new opportunities arise when millions of people gather in one place. That's the case of MySpace. Here are some facts:

MySpace has a Google PageRank of 8 (many user pages also have PR themselves)
According to Alexa, MySpace is the 6th most popular site on the entire web
In June 2006, MySpace had 75 million users, 15 million daily unique logins, was growing by a massive 240,000 new users per day, and was generating nearly 30 billion monthly page views (that's 10,593 page views per second)
In September 2006 MySpace had more than 100 million users

An entire niche was created around the myspace revolution with everything a MySpace user could want. For example, if anyone wants to have a better looking profile page, he can search for layouts sites like this MySpace Layouts site. Now, with so much traffic and so many people, it's clear that this can be an opportunity. To obvious thing to do: create an account, build a targeted friends network, communicate with them and promote your products or services. Well, let's refine this idea a little: building such a list by hand is impractical because of time consideration. And you probably (I'd say hopefully) have better things to do.

As a side note, there are various so called 'whore trains' - services that promise they will bring friends to your account. My advice: don't use them! They only bring you friends that signed up for the same service and those persons are more than certain just looking to gather a large amount of people to send messages to - you want real people as your friends.

You actually have more than one option: you can buy an already made account (the downside is that you don't have an accurate control over the friends added) for which the price depends on how many friends it has - the usual price is $10/1000 friends. Or you can hire someone to build an account from scratch based on your needs (e.g. you only want friends from with ages between 20 and 30 years from the US) - here the price is around $15/1000 friends. Or finally, you can just use a message sending service: persons who own MySpace accounts send bulletins (bulletins are just messages that are sent to all your friends with a single click) to all their friends on behalf of you - the price is somewhere around $0.5/1000 friends.

The key to success is to carefully choose the text of your message and more important, the title text because everyone sees first the title and only if they click it they can look at the entire message. So you'll need a hook there - my advice is to just make it look natural. You have to be sneaky in a way: if it looks like advertising your friends will just feel cheated and ignore the message.

What can you write in the bulletin body? Almost anything: you can use full HTML and CSS which means links, images and pretty much anything that can appear on a web page (no javascript, iframes or other mechanisms that may allow javascript injection for obvious security reasons).

From my experience, the click-through rate for these kinds of messages is around 1-2%. That means, for example, that if you submit the bulletin to 10.000 people (at a regular cost of $5 if you choose to use someone else's account) you can expect to receive 100 - 200 visits to your site (I presume anyone who promotes something will have a link to the site in the message). This brings you to a cost of 2.5 - 5 cents/visit. That's not bad at all! Now, traffic is something, but targeted traffic is the king - so if you get good friends you have no excuse of not recovering your investment.

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How to Avoid Mistakes in SEO

2009-08-19T12:14:00.000+10:00

There are lots of guides out there which will help you improve your SEO skills, but,they also help you understand what you should avoid doing. Here, in this article, we will find out some of the top search engine optimization mistakes.

1. Ignoring the Keywords: This is one of the most common mistakes most people do when building a website/blog. What this will do is..to end you up creating a site with keywords that nobody searches on the web or you could create a site with most searched (competitive) keywords on the net which will make you wait forever to see any results. So, you should do a quick research on the keywords that most people search...You can use the Google Adwords tool to check whether the keywords you choose have a good amount of searches per month. Also, type your keywords in google search and make sure that you feel confident reaching the first page.

2. Spamming the Keywords: Some people create web pages just repeating the keywords hundreds of times or blending the font text color with the background color (hidden text)..but, this won't help you increase your search engine rankings. Also, remember that you are making the content for your visitors, not just for the search engines. Don't repeat the keyword too many times in the article...it doesn't sound right when you read it back.

3. Javascript Menus: Now a days, lot of people are using Javascript menus for navigation,but search engines can't read javascript.So, you have to build your site accordingly and make sure that the search engines and visitors to your site can quickly navigate the pages. You should consider building an xml/html sitemap, so that all your links are easily crawl-able by the search engines.

4. Bad Linking: You have to be careful on the outgoing links. Linking to irrelevant sites (bad neighborhoods),and sites that have been penalized by Google can seriously effect your own rankings. Also, make sure that you don't have too many outgoing links on a single page. According to Google Webmaster tools, you shouldn't have more than 100 outgoing links on a single web page.

5. Forgetting about Off site optimization: Lot of people optimize their site well, but they forget about off site optimization...ie, building good and quality back-links from relevant sites. It is a good way to increase your search engine rankings quickly... Get links from strong sites with your main keywords in the anchor text. Build back-links by submitting articles, participating in related forums,etc.

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How to Submit Blog URL to Search Engine

2009-08-19T06:24:00.000+10:00

How do you get incoming Traffic?

Well, this is a vast topic which I won't be discussing now, but if you want to get a good Traffic quickly, Submitting your blog to search engine is the good point. For submitting your blog to search engine just follow these link below. It will submit your blog URL to more 40 Major Search Engines automatically and free.

1. http://www.submitexpress.com

2. http://mypagerank.net

3. http://freewebsubmission.com

4. http://www.sitesubmiturl.com

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2009-08-18T00:57:00.000+10:00

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Knowing Who Was Cheated Your Articles

2009-08-10T12:27:00.000+10:00

Sometimes we make grumble to our self, angry because our article was cheated by someone. To know that, I found the address who tells it. It’s quite easy to do, you don’t need to sign up, just click the "GO" button, waiting for a moments and the address who was cheated your article is appeared.

But unfortunately for the free version we can only know just for a few, so we can not find out all the cheater who was cheat our blog. To check it here are the address http://www.copyscape.com

Lets find out who was cheated your blog!

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How to Remove Blogspot Navbar

2009-08-10T12:24:00.000+10:00

Many Blogger prefer to remove the navbar. just for note, if you wanna monetize your blog with google adsense, don’t remove the navbar before you got confirmation from google adsense. Usually Google adsense WILL REJECT the blog without navbar. But after you registered and got confirmation you can do it. Here are the procedures how to remove blogspot navbar.

1. Go to your blogger dashboard > Edit HTML 2. add below HTML code as specified in below picture 3. Finish Note: If you want enable your navbar again just remove that code and click save.

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How to Start Adsense at your Blog

2009-08-10T08:41:00.000+10:00

AdSense is an advertising program run by Google. Webmasters who decide to take part in it add a special Java script to their blogs that allows AdSense to display ads on the blog it is installed in. The ads come from advertisers who have subscribed to the AdWords program and placed there their own ads. Then AdSense program places them at the AdSense blog that seem to be the most appropriate. The advertisers pay either per each click on their ad or per thousand impressions (thousand people who have opened your website with the ad on it). A fraction of the price they pay goes to you - the website/blog owner. Google acts only as an intermediary and editor, it is neither the source nor the real provider of any ads. How Google knows what adverts to display on your site? Everything begins within the AdWords program. When advertisers create their ads, they also choose key phrases that are relevant to their ads. Build a Blog: while you can put AdSense ads on virtually any blog, in 99% of cases you won’t make any real money out of it. In order to start a real AdSense that will become a steady income stream, you have to remember about:

Popularity - check what people look for on the Internet and build your site around one of the most popular topics. Use Wordtracker or Nichebot and take a look at the most often searched keywords to get some ideas.

Relevant content - AdSense is not an artificial intelligence and certainly not a mind reader. You have to put a lot of content that speaks about the blogs topic AND USE THE KEY PHRASES! Otherwise you risk that some ads may miss your website and you get others that are irrelevant to your blog. This may greatly decrease the click-through ratio. A tip: do not use the content you can find on the Internet, even if it is marked public domain - Google loves fresh unpublished articles.

Proper ad placement - most people who browse the website look at the upper left corner of screen first, then at the mid-upper part and lower left and only lastly at the lower right part of screen. Make sure that you can place your ads where people look first - this increases the chance they click on them.

Registration process: registration process is very simple and, what’s even more important, free. Go to www.google.com/adsense and complete the registration form. Just remember that you have to add the provided script to your website before you get any ads displayed!

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How to Improve Blog Rank in Google

2009-08-10T06:18:00.000+10:00

In this post I wanna explain about How to improve your blog rank in Google Rank. Get a top rank in Google are so hard, we have to know a good niche, keywords and optimizing template. with top rank in Google so we can achieve more traffic and visitors and more visitors is more money. The procedure below is a little step but give a big advantages for your blog rank in Google. The procedure 'how to Improve your rank in Google' are:

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard > layout > Edit HTML 2. Find The code 3. Replace with this Code 4. Save Template The result are not appear in a day but with this step, it will improve your rank in Google, because all of your post are optimized.

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5 Must Have Add-Ons for a Blogger Blog

2009-08-08T06:31:00.001+10:00

When you first sign up for a blog on a site like Blogger, there is a wide variety of options made available that allow you to reach out to your readers. From customizable templates to imbedded videos, audio and advertising, the new blogger seemingly has the world at his or her fingertips. That warm and fuzzy feeling eventually starts to wear off though as new ideas pop up that may not be immediately covered by Blogger's built-in features.

Luckily, Blogger and essentially any other blogging platform allows its writers to add any number of open source add-ons to their blogs for enhanced features and interaction with readers.

AdSense

The single greatest thing you can do for your blog is turn it into a profitable outlet for your daily writing. Google's very own AdSense add-on is one of the easiest and most effective ways to do this. The best part is that it is incredibly easy to add AdSense to your blog through the interface provided by Google in Blogger.
All you need to do is sign up for an AdSense account using the same login ID you currently use for Blogger. Go to the template page of Blogger where you will find a visual layout of your site. Click on any of the "Add a Page Element" links on the page and you will be asked how big you would like your ads to be, how many to place, and what background colors they will have. It is quick and easy and integrates directly into your account.

Templates

The templates page is a great place to find and make a great deal of changes to your blog, the best and most visible impressive add-on being a new template. The code for your template can be located here, within the Template tag of your blog settings. To change your template, all you need to do is find a new one that you like and copy the code.

While Blogger comes with a couple dozens templates already installed, there are thousands more options available almost anywhere you look on the Internet. So, despite what Blogger may want your site to look like, you can make almost any changes you want, assuming you can find someone who has built a template to match your desired look.

Subscribe to Comments - by email

This simple add-on can be found within Blogger's own Buzz page, the company blog that announces new changes and updates to their website and services. To find it, look for it just below your list of blogs on your dashboard.
This new add-on makes it easy for you to stay in the conversation loop after you comment on a post. Blogger now gives you the opportunity to receive an email every time someone comments on the same post. This way, if you ask a question of the post author, you will get instant notification of their response without having to check back on their blog. To use this feature you will need to have a Google account which will insure that someone else can't provide your email causing your to receive email that you didn't request.
Amazon Widgets

Another great way to make a few dollars from your writing, Amazon widgets allow you install links to products on Amazon that your readers may be interested in buying. Sign up for a free Associates account with Amazon and you can then install these widgets with your own Associate ID number and get commission for any sales made through your site. It is a great way to make relevant ads on your site linked to posts you have written.

Bookmarking Buttons (Digg, Delicious, Facebook, etc)

These are almost required in today's age of social bookmarking and networking. By default, the only way a reader can interact with you on your blog is through the commenting feature. However, you can install simple button links on your site to services like Digg and Delicious where they can bookmark your posts and share them with millions of other social bookmarkers. To add these buttons to your page, visit the websites for Digg or Delicious and search for buttons and links after signing up for a new account. They install easily within the code of your template (which these sites will guide you through doing).

There are countless additions you can make to your Blogger blog through widgets and third party applications. When someone has an idea, someone else has probably already created an application to serve that idea. The best way to find new widgets is to search Google for "Blogger Widgets" or "Blogger addons" and search through the listings provided. You can do wonders with your blog with the right resources.

How to Really Speed Up Computer

2009-08-05T08:52:00.000+10:00

When I was buying my laptop all I had in mind was performance. I wanted to have core2duo, 2 Gb of ram, discrete graphic card and Vista operating system. I thought with that specs, especially with core2duo, my laptop would fly with speed. And finally when I got it I had a terrible experience. Laptop was sooooooo slow like it was running celeron processor! I knew Vista was not the fastest operating system but I tweaked it and removed all unnecessary applications and services…. but performance was not much better. Which component was causing this?

I knew processor was fast and it could not be the bottleneck because task manager showed utilization between 5-15%. Ram could not be guilty for there were 2 Gigabytes. Maybe video card. Not a chance because nvidia 8400 gt was deffinitely capable of running vista. Than there were too options left. Operating system or hard drive. Vista was definitely partialy guilty but not that much. If the code was badly written-with many turning instead of less coding lines, processor would probably take the burden and utilize more. But it did not. It was merely working. So the only thing that remained was hard drive. And I was right.

Do not take me wrong processor is important, but by far the slowest computer part is HDD. So I went for it and bought new faster 7200 rpm hard drive. Than I noticed much faster performance and application launch time. And I remembered a sentence I read somewhere: “computer is that fast as the slowest component inside”. And the slowest part was Hdd. Processor is much much faster, ram approximately 30 times faster than hdd, video card has multi processor-core, but Hdd…. that fellow is slow.

I also find misleading hdd vendor information where thay state that e.g. hard drive can sequentially read or write at a rate of 100 Mb/s. Yeah, but what about in real world. Divide that number by 10 or at least by 5 and now you get the real picture. Most of hdd-s can boot for example xp operating system at a rate between 7-10 Mb/s. Now this is not 100 Mb/s is it? Not at all.

So the next time I am going to buy laptop, I will definitely have in mind fast drive, probably solid state drive and not quad-core processor. Nowadays everyone(e.g.intel and other banchmarking companies) emphasizes the importanance of cpu and tries to convince us that new cpu with fater fsb and second-data level cashe is going to make miracles in speed and that we definitely need it……Well that is all good but with slow hard drive it will not make much difference. Cpu will be taking “vacation” anyway if it does not get enough and fast all the data to work on. Just imagine ferrari on traffic-jammed highway. It can not go any faster than a truck can, right?

So if you want to speed up computer, my advice is to invest your money in faster hard drive or even SSD drive instead in cpu. You will be surprised how much faster your computer can be. I was! Please also take in account that this is general guidance in most every-day situation, when you also meet basic hardware requirements for certain operating system. If you are an advanced user it makes sense to upgrade cpu and ram as well but still not that much as upgrading HDD.

Ways to Block Pop Up Ads

2009-08-02T09:15:00.000+10:00

Advertisers are constantly looking for any way to draw attention to their products. Although typical banner ads are still used heavily, they now seem to be almost invisible to the average web surfer. Pop ups and other intrusive types of advertising are now used to thrust an ad in your face that you have no choice but to at least acknowledge. Regardless of the nature of the ad, pop ups are a nuisance, and there are now many options available for keeping them off of your computer screen all together.

1. Internet Explorer on Windows XP with SP2

The release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP brought about a few significant changes to the operating system. One of the most noticeable was the addition of a pop up blocker to Internet Explorer. The pop up blocker is integrated into the browser and can be customized by browsing to the “Tools” tab at the top of the program. Like many pop up blocker applications, personal preferences can be set to allow/block pop ups from certain sites, as well as providing customization for how the user is alerted to the fact that a pop up has been blocked. For those using Windows XP, upgrading to Service Pack 2 is an excellent idea for your system’s security as a whole, but specifically for the additional convenience of an integrated pop up blocker. For those with a Microsoft operating system other than XP, sorry, this is not available for you.

2. Alternative Web Browsers

There are other choices for web browsers available, and many have included a pop up blocker long before Microsoft decided to include one with Internet Explorer. The Mozilla Firefox browser version 1.0 was officially released on November 9th. This browser has already received a great deal of acclaim and has become quite popular as an alternative to Internet Explorer.

Firefox is a highly customizable web browsing application that includes an effective pop up blocker, tabbed browsing, and many other features not found in Internet Explorer. Crazy Browser is another option that was released in 2002, which is not as much an alternative browser, as it is a skin for Internet Explorer. In order for Crazy Browser to run, a system must have Internet Explorer 5 (or greater) installed, as well as Windows 95 (or greater) installed as the operating system. The Crazy Browser application then takes the base functionality of Internet Explorer and adds features similar to Firefox, such as the pop up blocker and tabbed browsing.

3. Browser Tool Bars

A growing trend is for websites to offer a downloadable toolbar for use with Internet Explorer. Many of these toolbars offer unique features intended to enhance the user’s web browsing experience in different ways, but they generally also include a pop up blocker. Although there are toolbars available from dozens of websites, Google, MSN, and Yahoo are some of the more reputable names with one available. The installation of these toolbars is quick and easy, and the most difficult part may be reading the fine print in the license agreements. Although these toolbars may do an excellent job blocking pop ups, they may also be retrieving data on your web surfing / search habits. If you feel a toolbar may be the right solution for you, stick with one from a trusted name, and just be sure to read the fine print.

4. Pop Up Blocker Software

Stand alone pop up blocking software is available from dozens, if not hundreds, of different sources. With various interfaces, and prices ranging from free to $30 (and higher), choosing one can be a difficult task. Many of the programs that are not available for free do come with a free trial download, so you can at least get a sense of whether the program is right for you before committing. Some of the options in this category include STOPzilla, Secure IE, Zero Popup and Pop Swatter, to name a few. The main drawback to this type of pop up blocking solution is that you now have another independent application running on your computer. Although they are generally not resource intensive, why run a program to do something that can be handled by one that is already running anyway? Additionally, with so many reliable solutions available to eliminate pop ups for free, spending money on one is hard to justify. Along with a dedicated pop up blocker, another recommended tact for eliminating pop-ups is eliminating spyware on your computer system. Some pop-up programs use accompanying spyware to target pop ups specifically to you and your web surfing habits. Excellent, free programs for eliminating spyware of all type is Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy.

5. Internet Access Software from Select ISPs

Some ISPs (Internet Service Providers) now incorporate a pop up blocker with the software they provide to subscribers for accessing the internet. Earthlink, Optimum Online, and AOL are just a few of the larger providers that add value to their packages by adding a pop up blocker. Bundling this functionality with the ISPs base software definitely makes things easy for the subscriber, as there may be no need to find one elsewhere. In general, these blockers are effective, but are not the most feature rich and may have limited options for customization by the end user. One draw back with ISP provided pop up blockers is that some only work with their service. So, if you ever switch to a new provider, you’ll need to be prepared to switch to a new pop up blocker as well.

Final Words

Pop ups are a fact of life on the internet, but that does not mean you need to put up with them. Among the five general solutions presented above, there are literally hundreds of options available for eliminating the clutter of pop up ads, allowing you to enjoy only the content you intended to see.

Alternatives to Google Adsense

2009-08-01T13:53:00.000+10:00

Google AdSense is the current leader in content-sensitive web-based marketing. Webmasters can place Google AdSense JavaScript code on their web pages in order to allow Google's servers to show context sensitive advertisements (Google Adwords). The left hand side of this page shows an example of a Google AdSense skyscraper displaying a text or image ad.

Google's terms and conditions are very strict such that many web publishers cannot use Adsense adverts on their sites. They are either denied from joining the Google AdSense program, or in a situation that is becoming more and more common do not wish to do business with Google. A number of publishers are also finding their Adsense accounts are being disabled for reasons that are completely beyond their control. The problem is that most of the alternatives to Google's Adsense are pretty useless. Most of the good ones (such as doubleclick) are only interested in very large volume customers and so are not interested in the little guy with his blog who wants to earn a small income on the side. For this reason I have compiled my Top 10 alternatives to Google's Adsense that are ideal for the small time publisher.

If you are a advertiser then you may be interested in these best alternatives to adwords.

Has your adsense account been disabled? Then try these top 10 alternatives:

AdBrite
Clicksor
Bidvertiser
Chitika
AdToll
Exit Junction
Yahoo Publisher Network
Target Point
Fastclick
ClickThruTraffic

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One Simple Tech’s Favorite Links

2009-08-01T09:35:00.000+10:00

Blogs:

MagicStix - Personal Blog of MagicStix

One Simple Tech - Computer News, Reviews and Guides

The Forex Site - The Foreign Exchange

Your IT Zone - Information Technology News, Tutorials, Tips and Tricks

One Tech Site - Technology News, Reviews and Guides

Your Tech Spot - Computer News, Reviews and Guides

Your Tech Guide - Technology News, Reviews and Guides

The Computer Sight - Networking Technology

Myspace:

MagicStix – Personal Page of MagicStix

Indonesia Network – Indonesian Online

Guam Network – People From Guam

Japan Network – Japanese Directory

NCL America – Norwegian Cruise Lines Crews

How to Start a Blog - Easy Tips

2009-07-17T14:03:00.000+10:00

Pick A Niche

What are you going to write about? Well, what are you good in? Now, if this subject is one that you have a good amount of knowledge about and is an area of interest to lots of people (find out by going to Google's keyword external tool and entering the keyword or phrase-over 15,000 searches/month minimum is a good area of interest), then you've found your niche (pronounced neesh).

Blog Platform

Do you want a free or paid blog? Decide soon, because you have a group of hungry people waiting for information on their favorite subject from a fresh source-why can't it be you?

A free blog is hosted for free by it's host, like blogspot and wordpress. They own the blog that you start with them, so if you violate any of their rules, then they can shut you down for whatever reason. Be careful avout what you write!

A paid blog is hosted by a host you select and pay, usually monthly. It's not too expensive, usually around $10/month. However, you've got the freedom to put what you want on it, including different types of content, such as videos, podcasts along with articles.

Write Often

Google, the search engine king, will list your blog and make it easier to find if you submit posts at least 2-3 times a week.

Write articles, post videos or audio podcasts to your blog on a regular basis in order to get repeat visitors who can develop a loyal following and refer it to others, thereby growing the number of daily visitors to your blog.

Stay Current

Spice up your blog and really attract visitors and business prospects by keeping up with and reporting the most current news in your niche.

Visitors will realize that you're the go-to place for news about that niche. This will attract more visitors to your blog like bees to honey.

Answer Comments

Let visitors who comment realize that your blog is a living breathing thing by responding often to their comments.

This energizes them and encourages them to return, for you're giving them helpful feedback and making them feel special-because they are.

Conclusion

Starting a blog is a wise decision. As your business' hub, prospects can connect with you easier and may become followers as well as customers.

Just make sure that you pick a niche you're knowledgeable in and is either free or paid,depending on your level of flexibility. Make sure to: write often to get indexed and noticed by Google, stay current to establish your blog as the go-to blog; and finally, keep open the lines of communication by replying to readers' comments.

There you have it: an easy 5 tips on how to start a blog. Now, get started!

Things to Consider When Buying a Laptop Computer

2009-07-16T10:14:00.000+10:00

Purchasing a laptop is a large investment, and one that can be complicated by all of the options, manufacturers, and technical mumbo-jumbo that needs to be sifted through. Before you spend a lot of money on a laptop, it is important to spend a little time considering some basics that may affect the decision-making process. This Tech Tip will take a look at five of the innumerous things worth considering when buying a laptop computer.

Ergonomics

If you are going to be spending any significant amount of time working on this laptop computer, you’re going to want to be comfortable. A well-designed interface is essential for comfort, as well as good health. Carpal tunnel syndrome or tendonitis may be some of the more common conditions associated with extended computer usage, and selecting the most comfortable laptop may help avoid them all together.

The keyboards on laptops generally feature compressed layouts with smaller keys, which may place a strain on hands and wrists as users try to adapt to these miniature arrangements. Generally speaking, the larger the laptop, the larger the keyboard, as they are usually designed to span the entire width of the unit.
Most laptops use either a touchpad or tracking pointer (knob) as a replacement for a mouse. These may be adequate for occasional use, but even the best designs can become frustrating and uncomfortable when used extensively. Plus, when used for game play or other applications where precise motion is critical, they just don’t cut it.

Purchasing a separate mouse may be the best bet, as it allows you to place your arm in a more familiar (and comfortable) position, as well as providing something that may fit your hand much better. Notebook mice are available in a wired or wireless version, and generally feature a slightly smaller footprint than your typical mouse.

Connectivity

Being able to connect to common devices is just as important on laptops as it is on desktops, but being able to add these connections down the road is not as easy on a laptop. Upgrades aren’t as easy on laptops due to the basic design, so make sure what you need is included up front.

Wireless networking is almost a must-have feature on laptops now. The cord has been severed to every other shackle confining you to your desk; don’t let network connectivity hold you back. Wireless networking adapters are available as upgrades via either PCMCIA cards or USB adapters, but many now offer it onboard, hidden inside the system’s housing. Integrated wireless is the best option if available, as it requires fewer accessories to carry and to configure, and leaves those expansion ports open for other uses.

USB 2.0 may be the most common peripheral connection, and many laptops may still come with just one port. That’s fine if you don’t mind carrying around a USB hub, but the more you have to carry, the less mobile you are. A good example of the importance of USB is that many people decide they want to use a separate mouse for ergonomic reasons, and generally it will connect via USB. On a laptop with just one port, you now have to juggle the use of the mouse with connecting anything else, like a digital camera, MP3 player, or an external hard drive.

Firewire may not be as popular as USB, and as such, it doesn’t show up at all on many computer systems, regardless of whether they are desktops or laptops. Having this connection may not be necessary for everyone, but for those who want it, keep in mind that its inclusion on any particular laptop is not a given.

Bluetooth is another type of connectivity you may want in a laptop, but its popularity has yet to really catch up to its hype. More and more consumer electronics devices are starting feature Bluetooth technology, but for general computer applications, it may be more trouble than it is worth.

Power Management

If you are going to use a laptop as it was intended, away from your desk, you’re going to want it to provide as much battery life as possible. The first step is to shop around for a unit that offers the best battery life possible, and then seek out independent reviews to verify this performance. A good laptop should be able to run for four hours or more on a full charge, and as the technology advances, finding units that can double this time isn’t unrealistic.

The operating system on most laptops will allow for the hardware to be configured to utilize the battery as efficiently as possible. It is just up to the user to navigate their way to these tabs and set things like the display to turn off, hard drives to power down, or even the processor to slow down when it isn’t needed to run full speed. Not all processors can provide this speed throttling, but finding a system with a Mobile Pentium/Celeron or Centrino processor may be your best bet to ensure this capability.

Another way to ensure extended life away from a power outlet is to just add a second battery. Although you can obviously carry a charged spare in your bag, some laptops allow for two batteries to be installed at once, with one generally replacing the optical disk drive.

Size / Weight

All laptop computers are not created equal, and the size and weight of the various models reflect that. Some may weigh more than others due to the quantity of components included, but it may also be due to the quality of the components. Larger displays, multiple hard drives, and other integrated components will all contribute to the weight of a laptop. The largest single source of weight in a laptop may be the battery, and systems with two batteries as described above, should be expected to be much heavier.

No laptop may be considered heavy in the grand scheme of things, but just a few pounds more may be noticeable if you regularly have to lug it through a busy airport or across a large college campus. Geeks.com may not provided the exact weight of each laptop they carry, but they do provide a shipping weight for each, which is a good approximation of what the laptop and various accessories will weigh when loaded into your carrying bag.

The overall size of a laptop is generally governed by the size of the display included. You may have seen the commercial where Yao Ming (7’5” basketball player) and Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) compare their laptops with 12 inch and 17 inch monitors. It is an excellent demonstration of the range of sizes available in laptop computers, and how the various sizes may be appropriate for different users. Those seeking a replacement for their desktop computer may insist on a 17” display, while those seeking to minimize size and weight in the name of portability may be willing to select a laptop with a smaller display.

Future Proof

Basically, purchase as much laptop as you can afford, so that a year or two down the road you may be less likely to need a replacement.
Processors in a laptop are generally not upgradeable, or at least quite difficult to upgrade, so picking something with marginally adequate speed for today’s needs will no doubt be obsolete sooner than you might expect. Desktop computers generally offer the convenience of having their processors (and other components) upgraded, making it less of an issue, but it is important to plan ahead with laptops, or to plan on buying another one in a few years.

The graphics processor is another integrated feature that should be considered before making a purchase, as there is no upgrading. Many laptops may offer somewhat basic graphics intended for good 2D display and 3D displays that may be hit or miss as far as the quality is concerned. In general, laptops were never intended for 3D gaming, but things are changing and many manufacturers now offer higher performance graphics solutions that can rival many desktop computers. ATI is well known for their high performance graphics products, and offer the Mobility Radeon X series of graphics processors based on their popular desktop solutions.

Laptop memory is less of a bottleneck, as it is readily available and can be upgraded rather easily. That said, many notebooks offer a base configuration of memory that may not be adequate for your particular needs. It is suggested that a Windows XP system have a minimum of 256MB of memory, and you may find that this is what is offered on many systems. 512MB is the recommended amount of memory for smooth operation on Windows XP, and many users with more intensive applications to run may insist on 1024MB. If you intend to run serious business applications or want to play some modern 3D games, it may be worth having that base 256MB upgraded before the laptop ships to you.

Final Words

Picking a laptop computer will probably be more involved than reviewing five simple steps, but you have to start somewhere! Each of these steps will hopefully guide other decisions and make the process less frustrating, while also leading to the selection of the best laptop possible.

Information on Installing Windows XP

2009-07-16T09:00:00.000+10:00

In this Tech Tip, I will give you some information about installing Microsoft Windows XP on your computer. Most Windows XP products including Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition install the same way. If you are using an older version of Windows, or even one of the other versions of Windows XP, the steps will probably be a bit different.

If you are currently using an older version of Windows, such as Windows 98, we highly recommend that you back up all your files to another drive and do a clean install by reformatting your hard drive and installing Windows XP as a full install rather than as an upgrade. Often, upgrade installations don’t run as well as full, “clean” installations. For this Tech Tip, we will assume that you are installing Windows XP on a new computer that has never had Windows on it.

Before you start, ensure that your hardware is correctly installed, then place your Windows CD into the CD or DVD drive on your computer and reboot your system. If you don’t have your BIOS set to boot from CD before your hard drive, you will likely encounter problems. However you can go into the BIOS by pressing the appropriate key when prompted during the POST (Power On Self Test). Typically, you will press the “delete” key, but this can vary from one motherboard and BIOS to another.

Once you are in the BIOS settings, look for the boot sequence tabs. Each motherboard vendor usually has a different BIOS set up. Check your motherboard owner’s manual for more information if you can’t find the boot settings menu. Once you have modified the BIOS settings, save them, exit the BIOS and reboot. If the boot sequence is correct, you should see the screen reading “Windows is preparing for installation”.

After the software has copied the required files to your computer, you will be asked if you want to install Windows -- click “enter” to begin the actual install process. The next screen you see will be the End-User License Agreement (EULA). You can’t begin the installation without accepting the EULA. Follow the prompts to either accept or decline.

As you will see, the EULA is quite long and most likely hasn’t been read since the Microsoft attorneys drafted it. In a nutshell, it says you won’t pirate the operating system (OS). If you decline, you will not be able to continue with the installation.

After you accept the EULA, you will be taken to a screen that asks you to choose your file system. Your options are NTFS (New Technology File System) or FAT32 (File Allocation Table 32). FAT32 is the older file system used with Windows 98. NTFS is the preferred choice for a Windows XP installation and our recommendation. The NTFS file system has improved functionality for security and data integrity and was first introduced in the Windows NT operating system. Choose the file system for your installation and press “F” to begin the formatting and installation. If you had any data on the hard drive you are using, it will be lost at this point. However, if you took our advice earlier and backed up your files, you should be okay.

If you are using a SATA (Serial ATA) hard drive, you will get an error message and will need to start the install process over. Keep an eye out for the message at the bottom of the screen that prompts you to “press F6 to install a third-party driver”. At that time, go ahead and press F6 and follow the prompts to install the SATA (or RAID) driver. This is the point where that “optional” floppy drive comes in handy since the only way to install drivers in this screen is via floppy disk. Place the floppy with the correct drivers for your SATA or RAID array into your floppy drive to install the drivers. After the drivers are installed, you are ready to move on.

Once the format is successful, the Windows installation process automatically installs the required files and reboots when needed. After a couple of reboots you will be asked to activate Windows by choosing a user name and a password. Windows activation is the process of enabling unrestricted use of Windows via your Internet connection with the Microsoft servers. If you don’t complete activation during the initial loading, Windows will shut down after 30 days and you won’t be able to use it. But don’t worry -- you do have 30 days to activate it after the first time it runs.

There are very few motherboards utilizing a network (RJ45) jack for broadband connection that do not require drivers to operate. If the network jack on your motherboard requires drivers and you use a broadband connection to access the internet, you won’t be able to use the internet to activate Windows until you install the drivers on your hard drive. If you are connecting via dial-up, you will need to make sure the drivers for your modem are installed before activating. If you don’t have an internet connection just yet, your Windows software paperwork should have come with a number you can call to activate. Once the drivers are installed, you will be able to select “Activate Windows” in the Start menu to complete with Windows activation process.

After a fresh install, the icons for some of the familiar Windows components like “My Computer”, “My Documents” and others will not be on your desktop. If you want to add them, simply right click your mouse in a vacant space on the Windows desktop. Select “properties”, then “desktop”, then choose “customize desktop” at the bottom of that window. You will see check boxes for the common desktop icons there as well as the checkbox for the clean desktop wizard. Once you choose the icons you want on the desktop, select “apply” and close the window. Your icons should now be on your desktop.

After you have activated Windows, you will be ready to begin installing other programs. Installing Windows XP isn’t as daunting as it seems to be at first glance. Simply follow these instructions and the onscreen prompts and you will be fine. If at any point you get stuck on the install process, you can refer back to this tip, or the myriad of other online resources for installing Windows XP. Happy computing!

Securing Your Wireless Network

2009-07-16T08:10:00.000+10:00

A home wireless network is an easy and convenient way to share an Internet connection and other resources among the computers in your home. While a couple of people that I know leave their wireless networks available to anyone and everyone, most of us want to keep our home wireless networks private. If you're looking at wireless home networking for the first time, you may want to review these previous Tech Tips on wireless networking.

The core of your wireless network is the router. By carrying out some easy-to-do configuration on your router, you can ensure that only the people who you want to have access to your network will be able to.

Note: The procedures in this Tech Tip for configuring a router are for a Linksys WRT54GS router. You'll probably have to modify the specific instructions if you're using a router from another vendor, but the concepts are the same.

Passwords on Your Router

You configure most routers using a Web browser. When connect to the router, you need to log in. Every router has a default password, like admin. As this article points out, most people don't bother to change that password. Doing that is simple, though.

Log into your router. Then, click Administration > Management. Enter a password in the Router Password and Re-enter to confirm fields. You should rotate this password regularly. I generally do it every two weeks to a month. If you need to create a strong and secure password, then check out the Strong Password Generator Web site.

Locking Down MAC Addresses

All ethernet adapters, which enable users to access a network, each have a unique 12-digit identifier called a MAC address. MAC is short for Media Access Control, and it's a way for the network to ensure that a computer is allowed to access a network. Most routers allow you to specify which MAC addresses are allowed to connect to your network.

How do you find a MAC address? If you're using a computer with a wireless card, you can find the MAC address by flipping the card over and looking for a block of characters like this: 00:A0:C9:14:C8:29.

If, on the other hand, your computer has a built-in wireless card, and the MAC address isn't on the sticker on the bottom, you can use the tools on the system to find the MAC address. In Windows, click Start > Run. In the Run dialog box, type cmd and then click OK. This opens a command prompt. At the command prompt, type ipconfig /all. Look for the section Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection. Your MAC address is the third entry, beside the heading Physical Address.

On a Mac running OS X, do this: select About this Mac from the Apple menu. On the dialog box that appears, click More Info. Then, select Network from the menu on the side of the dialog box. Look for the Wireless Address setting.

Now that you have the MAC address, you can enter it into your router. Select Wireless > MAC Address > Wireless Mac Filter. Then, click Enable. Click the Permit only PCs listed to access the wireless network option, and then click the Edit MAC Filter List button.

Type the MAC addresses, one to a field, in this dialog box. Then, click Save Settings.

The beauty of using this method is that you can give friends or guests access to your network and then easily remove their access privileges later on.

Encryption

If you want to keep your data safe, encryption is a must. Encryption not only enables authorized users to securely access your network, but it also ensures that their data is kept safe from prying eyes. Most routers give you a choice of two encryption schemes: Wireless Protected Access (WPA) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). Of the two, WPA is the more secure option.

WPA uses a password to encrypt data and to restrict access to your network. When someone tries to access your network for the first time, they'll have to enter the password.

Add or change the password by selecting Wireless > Wireless Security. Select Pre-Shared Key from the Security Mode dropdown list. Then, enter your passphrase in the WPA Shared Key field and click Save Settings.

As with the router password, it's a good idea to rotate your password frequently. Once again, the Strong Password Generator Web site comes in handy.

Enabling the Firewall

A firewall on your computer can help keep unwanted visitors out. The same applies to the firewall on a wireless router. And a router firewall is easy to set up. To do so, click Security >Firewall. Then, click the Firewall Protection: Enable option. Also, click the Block Anonymous Internet Requests option. This will ensure that any unsolicited attempts to access your router will be denied.

Keep in mind, though, that some cable Internet providers (like mine) don't play nicely with router firewalls. You might find that your connection gets intermittently dropped or you lose it all together.

Other Things You Can Do

All routers are identified by a Service Set Identifier (SSID). This is just the name of your network. Every router comes with a default SSID (mine was ÒlinksysÓ). People use the SSID to identify your network. And malicious users can use the SSID to break into your wireless network. So, you should change your router's SSID. Do this by selecting Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings. Enter a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) field.

To make it easy for others to jump aboard your wireless network, routers by default broadcast their SSIDs to the world. Once again, malicious users can take advantage of this information to jump on or take control of your wireless network. You can do this by clicking the Wireless SSID Broadcast: Disable option on the Basic Wireless Settings screen.

As I mentioned earlier, you log into your router using a Web browser. You can do this either from the computer directly connected to the router, or from anywhere on the Web. Being able to remotely administer your router can be useful, but it also opens the door to someone else logging on and gaining control of your router. You can disable remote administration by selecting Administration > Management and then selecting the Remote Administration: Disable option.

If, on the other hand, you really want to enable secure remote administration of your router click Administration > Management. Then, select the Remote Administration: Enable and Use https options. Selecting the Use https option creates a secure connection to your router from a browser.

Conclusion

Adding a bit of security to your wireless network is easy and doesn't take a lot of time. That said, one of the people who I talked to while researching this TechTip commented that no matter how well you secure your wireless network, there will always be someone who can break in. But, that's true for any other kinds of security, too. If someone is determined enough, a deadbolt on your door won't stop them from entering your home. However, the fact that you've put some security in place will put off most people trying to illegally use or hijack your wireless network, and that alone is worth the effort.

Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP

2009-07-15T12:20:00.000+10:00

Error reporting, what is it and why does Microsoft want you to have it on? Basically whenever your computer crashes Win XP makes a little report of what went wrong and then sends it to Microsoft so they can improve the Windows Operating System. Generally it sounds like a nice idea, but do you really want to be sending reports about your computer to Microsoft? I personally don't and they allow you to shut off this feature. Here's how you do it:

Open your control panel
Click on Performance and Maintenance
Then click on System
Go to the Advance Tab
Click on the Error Reporting button at the bottom
Select Disable Error Reporting
Click the "But notify me when a critical error occurs"
Click Ok Twice.

You can leave out step 7, but I like my operating system to tell me when its had a major error, mainly because I can look up the cause of the error and hopefully find a solution to it on the net or at Microsoft. There you have it, error reporting to Microsoft is off and you don't have to worry about sending a report to Bill Gates.

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Ways to Back Up Your Data

2009-07-15T09:40:00.000+10:00

The data on your hard drive is the most critical item inside your computer, and the only item which can not be replaced. It may be an unwanted hassle and expense to replace a defective memory module, monitor, or processor, but there is no replacing data once lost.

In addition to the possibility of a simple hard drive failure, the threat of internet borne worms and viruses has become an increasing risk to data loss or corruption. Although you may not be able to provide absolute protection to your hard drive, there are various ways that you can ensure that the data on your hard drive is protected. Five methods of backing up your data are summarized below.

1. USB Flash Drives

Although I am not recommending that flash drives be used for the actual data storage, they are a convenient means of transferring data from one computer to another. Important files can be quickly loaded onto a device such as the MINIDISK-512-DGRY-CS USB 2.0 Flash Drive, and transported to another computer for safe keeping. Installation and operation is extremely simple, and other than perhaps having to install a software driver, the use of a USB flash drive is a matter of having an available USB port on your computer. Just about every computer produced over the last several years has USB ports included, with more modern systems supporting the USB 2.0 standard. USB 2.0 allows for data transfer rates of up to 480 MB/s, which is a tremendous improvement over the original USB speed limit of 12 MB/s, and allows a user to fill their drives with data in a relatively short period of time.

Although the storage capacity of flash drives has increased greatly over the last year or so, users are still limited to common sizes of 512MB and 1GB. Mass storage is obviously not an option, but even 512MB may be enough to backup your "My Documents" folder, several albums of MP3s, or other important files to be stored elsewhere.

2. CD and DVD Writers/Re-Writers

The falling prices of CD and DVD writers/re-writers have made them a staple of just about every modern computer. These devices can typically be found installed in a computer case, but external devices supporting USB 2.0 or Firewire are available for greater flexibility and ease of installation.

A combination drive, such as the NU Technology DBW-521, will provide the user a high speed CD reader/writer, as well as a DVD reader, for under $40. The extremely low price of the drive (and the blank media) makes for an inexpensive means of creating data backups, and the re-writable media increases the convenience by allowing the same disc to be erased and reused many times. The main limitation of using a CD writer for data backups is that the discs are generally limited to a capacity of 700MB per disc. Not nearly enough for a full backup, but adequate for archiving key files.

The popularity of DVD writers/re-writers has surged thanks to dropping prices, and they are pushing the stand alone CD burner towards extinction. DVD media affords the user far more storage capacity than a CD, and DVD burners can generally burn CDs as wells as DVDs. The recent availability of double layer DVD burners, such as the Sony DW-D22A-DO-N, represents a large boost in the capacity of writable DVDs, taking the previous limit of 4.7GB per disc and nearly doubling it to 8.5GB.

With proper storage, CD/DVD media can provide long term storage that can not be jeopardized by hardware failure. The data on a CD or DVD can easily be read by just about any computer, making it a good choice for archiving files that aren't excessively large.

3. External Hard Drives

As the name might imply, external hard drives are generally the same type of drive you might find inside your system, but housed in a smaller, external enclosure of its own. The enclosure will feature at least one data interface (such as Firewire, USB, or Ethernet), and the capacity is only limited by the size of hard drives presently available and the user's budget.

The Ximeta NetDisk is an example of an external hard drive that provides a user the option of connecting an additional 80GB, 120GB, or 160GB of storage to their system by using either a USB 2.0 or Ethernet connection. Installation for such a device is rather simple, and may involve the installation of some basic software, as well as making the necessary connections between the computer and the external enclosure.

The capacity of external hard drives makes them ideal for backing up large volumes of data, and many of these devices simplify the process by including software (or hardware) features to automate the backup.

For example, some Seagate External drives feature a "one-button" backup option right on the case.In addition to being a convenient method of backing up large volumes of files locally, most external hard drives are compact enough to be portable. The inclusion of a common data transfer interface, such as USB, allows an external hard drive to be connected to just about any modern computer for data transfer, or for more than one computer to share the external hard drive as a back up.

4. Additional Hard Drives

By simply adding an additional hard drive to you system, you can protect yourself from data loss by copying it from your primary drive to your secondary drive. The installation of a second hard drive isn't difficult, but does require a basic understanding of the inner working of a computer, which may scare off some users. We do offer a "how-to" section on our site for many tasks such as installing a hard drive into a computer system.

To take the installation of a second hard drive to another level of security and reliability, the hard drives may be installed in a RAID array. RAID stands for a Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks, and can be configured in several manners. A thorough discussion of RAID and all of its variations would be an article all by itself, but what may be of interest to this discussion is what is known as RAID 1. A RAID 1 array requires two hard drives of equal size to be installed on a RAID controller, which will then mirror one drive to the other in real time. Many motherboards now come with RAID controllers onboard, but the addition of a PCI slot controller card, such as the Silicon Image Sil0680, is an inexpensive purchase that will add RAID to any system. With a RAID 1 array in place, if one hard drive should ever fail, the system won't miss a best by continuing to run on the remaining good drive, and alert the user that one drive may need to be replaced.

5. Online Storage

Online services, such as Xdrive and Windows Live’s Skydrive, allow users to upload their files to a server for safe keeping. Although it may be convenient to have the data available wherever an internet connection is available, there are a few limitations.

The services generally charge a monthly fee relative to the amount of storage space required. At Xdrive, for example, 5GB of storage costs $9.95 per month, which can quickly add up to more than one would spend on any of the other options discussed. While Skydrive offers 25GB of free online space.

Security is supposed to be very tight on these services, but no matter how secure it may seem, it is still just a password keeping prying eyes from your potentially sensitive documents.

The speed of your internet connection will also weigh heavily on the convenience of your backup, and no matter what type of connection you have; it can't compete with local data transfer rates.

Final Words

Although not a comprehensive list of options available for backing up your data, the five items listed provide some simple and relatively affordable means to ensure that your data is not lost. Data loss is an extremely frustrating and potentially costly situation, but one that can be avoided.

Fantastic “How-to” Sites

2009-07-15T07:07:00.000+10:00

Introduction

There's always something that you need to know how-to do. And need to know in a hurry. Things like replacing an oil filter, making the perfect turkey, planting an exotic plant, or replacing the hard drive on your desktop computer.

It used to be that if you wanted to learn how-to do something, you either needed to check a book or a videotape, or begged a friend or a family member for help. Not any more. You can, at a basic level (and sometimes beyond), get a grasp of a subject using the Web. And I'm not talking about random blog posts or Wikipedia, either.

There are a number of dedicated how-to Web sites that will tell and show you just about everything you need to know. Sometimes even more than that. A word of caution: these sites can be addictive. Use them wisely.

eHow.com The site bills itself as teaching you "How-to Do Just About Anything". And that's not too far from the truth. The site contains dozens of categories, and within each one are subcategories that have hundreds to thousands of articles in them. Like what? The computer electronics section covers topics like cheap digital cameras, GPS, satellite radio, and televisions. That section alone has close to 8,500 how-to articles!

The articles at eHow are short. I glanced through a few dozen of them, and the longest procedure was 11 steps. Each step only contained a short sentence or two. Talk about a quick hit of information.

How to Do Things.com Like eHow, How to Do Things.com contains a number of categories, each with several subcategories. Although it's not as comprehensive as eHow, this site does have a lot to offer on a variety of topics.

The articles at How to Do Things.com are more like entries in a traditional user guide or article. Instead of eHow's quick points, you get longer descriptions and a bit more narrative. You also get a few more photos and illustrations as well. Because of this, it'll take you a little longer to get the information that you need, but you might just get a slightly better grounding in a topic.

FindHow.com isn't a a how-to Web site in the strictest sense. It calls itself the "How-To Search Engine"; but it's more of a meta site. FindHow is a collection of links to how-to information all around the Web. For example, if you're looking for information on how-to study more effectively, you can find a link to the CliffsNotes Web site here. Or, if you want to learn how-to make a pinwheel, you'll find links to articles at Canadian Living magazine, Martha Stewart's Web site, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

If you can't find it anywhere else, then you can probably find it at FindHow.

WikiHow.com combines the short instructions that you find at eHow with photos that illustrate some or all of the steps in a procedure. Note that not all task have photos, at least not yet. Each step in the procedure is brief, and you can click the photos to get a larger, clearer version. Many of the articles include additional tips and cautions as well.

Some of the articles on the site (like the one on tying a slip knot) also include short videos. The number of videos are limited, but they are useful.

Going back to eHow for a moment, the site has a small but growing section of how-to videos. You can also request a video, and it might just get made. It might take a while, though.

Instructables The site has an interesting mix of content that has a heavy DIY and geeky edge to it. But the content rarely talks down to you or goes over your head. Everything is clearly explained in words, pictures, and video. And you can download a lot of the content -- both as a video and as a PDF file that you can read on your computer or print.

And Instructables doesn't take itself too seriously. In addition to sections like Tech and Green, it has one called Offbeat. What's in there? Instructions on how-to make a spinning bow tie, how-to do guerilla gardening, and (my favorite) how-to build a soda bottle rocket.

Wonder How-to on the other hand, is completely video. This site is both a repository of how-to videos and a collection of links to videos on the wider Web. There are literally tens of thousands of videos available through Wonder How-to on topics ranging from sports to foreign languages to personal finance to magic and parlour tricks.

The videos at Wonder How-to are quite good quality, and range in length from a few seconds to several minutes. Users can grade the videos from an A+ to an F. While I usually don't pay much attention to ratings on Web sites, the ones here are generally fair and accurate.

MAKE Magazine is a print publication that's devoted to do-it-yourself technology projects. The magazine's Web presence is nothing to sneeze at either. The Web site contains a number of video podcasts that take you step by step through projects in the magazine. Some of the projects are interesting, like making a speaker out of a styrofoam picnic plate.

The site also has a blog, which posts interesting videos and links to projects that technology DIY enthusiasts have come up with. Even if you're not into building wild gadgets on your own, you should check out the site for the novelty factor.

Wirewize Even techies sometimes have a hard time setting up home entertainment systems. That’s where Wirewize comes to the rescue. As you've probably guessed, the site helps you not only figure out how to connect your home entertainment devices, but also helps you choose the best cables to do the job.

All you need to do is tell the site what components you have, and it will return a list of the proper cables and guide you through the connection process with clear photos. Wirewize also includes a good generic support section that educates you about consumer electronics and jacks and plugs, as well as offering you guides that will help you set up various types of speakers. The site also offers live support. But to access that support, and the bulk of the information on the site you have to register.

Conclusion

No matter what you need to learn how-to do, there's a Web site out there with information that can help you. You don't have to be an expert to learn from these sites, either. And if you are, there's a chance that you'll learn even more from them.

Five Reasons Why Microsoft’s BING Outshines Google

2009-07-15T06:42:00.000+10:00

On June 3, 2009 Microsoft officially unveiled its latest incarnation of the search engine: Bing! Yes, Bing, as in cherry, as in Crosby as in BING! I found it! Bing is not so much a search engine as it is a “decision engine”. Bing is what Google was 10 years ago, fresh, innovative, and (dare I say it) cool. But how does it stack up to the behemoth of the search engine world? Pretty well actually, and with this Tech Tip I’ll give you FIVE reasons why Bing outshines Google!

ONE - It’s all about the results baby!

Face it, why do more people today use Google than any other search engine out there? In a word, results – pertinent results to what you’re looking for. However, sometimes to get the results you want, you have to wade through a lot of chaff. It's analogous to dumping a waste can of papers onto the floor and searching for one tiny scrap. With Bing, you get “enhanced results” – what I mean by that is that you get intelligently organized results quickly and efficiently. With many of the search results, you can hover over the right-hand side and get a pop-up window with more information on that particular result. However, along with these results you also will find that you have a plethora of refinement tools to drill down to exactly what you’re looking for. These refinement tools brings us to reason Two.

TWO – The silver platter – that cool left-hand navigation pane

Under the heading of “how could something so simple and elegant be so powerful,” you can now add Bing’s left-hand navigation pane. This pane saves you so many steps in searches that in a short time you’ll wonder how you lived without it. With it, you get your search results categorized, possible related searches, a “reference” pulled from Wikipedia (if one exists), a quick link to images and videos as well your search history - all in one convenient package. Speaking of images and videos, let’s take a look at reasons Three and Four.

THREE and FOUR – Images and Videos done right

Every search engine can search images and videos, and they can mostly come up with what you want – but many times the presentation leaves a lot to be desired. With Bing you get image and video results on steroids. For instance, with the image results it is actually possible to just continually scroll down (instead of hitting next, next, next), and the next set of images are dynamically loaded (they call this the “infinite scroll” feature). Also, with the image results you get some really cool filters (in that nifty left-hand navigation pane) that filter not just by size, but by layout, color, type and “people” (very cool). Hover over an image, and you can also get an option to “show similar images.”

The videos are cool in that if you hover over the video, it starts playing a snippet of it right in the search result box (some have complained about this, but the content filter is set to “moderate safe” by default – turn it off and you see that same kind of “results” you’d see on any other video search engine (just without the auto-playing snippet part)). The videos too have easy to use filters in the left-hand navigation pane such as length, screen size, resolution and source just as the images have. Click on a video and a larger version of it pops to the top of the results page giving you the option to watch it right there, or go to the actual website. It is actually this and other little things that really make Bing shine. Speaking of little things, this brings us to reason Five.

FIVE – The little things

There are so many little cool things that come along with Bing that it is hard to know where to start. From “instant answers” where you can literally type in “traffic” and get your local traffic, to its Local Search (which runs circles around other local search features I’ve seen on other search engines), you'll be amazed at the usefulness of the Local Search features where you can not only find what you’re looking for, but can get one-click directions and a bird's eye view. It seems the folks at Microsoft sat down and decided to do the search engine right – or rather decided to bring the search engine, rather, decision engine into the 21st century. All this and I haven’t even touched on the travel or shopping features of Bing. For more information, I’d really recommend checking out Bing’s product guide at http://www.discoverbing.com/.

Final Words

Really, the more you play around with Bing, the more you’ll love it. Now, I know that some of you are thinking that Google fulfills all your search needs and that “Bing is just there to be there” so why bother checking it out. To this I say, “give it a try” (or as Microsoft would say, “Bing and decide”), and you too will find out why Microsoft’s Bing will outshine Google.

How to Boost Your Blog Traffic

2009-07-14T09:33:00.001+10:00

A Step by Step Guide

Many first time bloggers automatically assume that once their blog is setup and they put a few posts on it, they will get some hits and regular readers. Unfortunately, this is not true. You won't get any traffic if no one knows about your blog.If you are blogging just for fun then that is ok but if you are into making some money out of your blog then i suppose this is not what you would want.
In order to boost traffic to your blog you need to make it visible to the users. You need to advertise your site over the internet. You need to get it indexed into major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. You need it to get your blog submitted to various free online directories. You need to increase your blog ranking in various search engines. In this article i will guide both the bloggers and webmasters through all the necessary steps required to drive more traffic to their site.

Blog Layout and Style

Before you start posting contents into you blog, you should first spend some time to decide on the layout and style of your blog as this very important to make your visitors stay on your blog for at least sometime and also to make your visitors come back to your blog repeatedly. Most web users are instantly turned off by tacky site designs or extreme neon colors. I know I won't stay at a website too long if the layout or navigation annoys me. The goal is to have a unique blog, different than all the other weblogs on the net. The one thing I really stress to others is making it easy for your readers to contact you. It shouldn't take a reader more than a click, if any, to find your email address or a contact form. This makes the reader feel like someone actually runs and cares about the website. An about page is also a great asset to have on a personal site or blog. The more a reader knows about you, the more they trust your content.

Blog Content

Your blog's usability goes hand in hand with its content.you. The content of your blog decides traffic to your blog to a great extent. You can specialize in a niche subject as long as you have an idea of how many people might be interested in that subject. If you do well with your niche subject matter, you could get some crazy traffic for being the only decent blog online with that type of content. On the other hand you could have widely used content, such as some aspect of technology, but add your own twist with your opinion or comparing/contrasting from other tech analysts. People won't go to your site to read something they could have read on CNET or Tom's Hardware, they want a unique take on it. If you learn anything from this article, I hope its that reblogging is a very bad thing. The one thing to kill your traffic is having identical content to another several hundred blogs. Finding out what your content should be is a key element of your blog's identity, the type of image your blog will ultimately emit and the traffic your blog will finally generate.
Now that you have created a blog with a nice eye-catching layout and style and posted in some unique and interesting content, its time for you to get you blog some visibility. Below I have discussed some of the important ways you can do it.

The major search engines like Google, MSN, Yahoo, and Ask, all offer direct submission to their search directories, but I wouldn't advise using them. For example, Google has a page where you can simply submit your webpage address for indexing, yet they tend to place your request in a holding position, sometimes for months, while you are waiting for their posting of your website. Sure this is a free service but do you really have the time to wait while business is passing you by? You could pay for search engine submissions but if you can do it for free, why would you opt for that cost needlessly?
There are some very simple and much faster means of getting your site indexed with the big boy search engines that you will find much more satisfying and a lot less stressful as far as playing the waiting game. Just follow some very easy steps that will get your site indexed quickly:

Do not submit directly to the search engines. I repeat do not do this, unless you want to wait and wait and wait.
Type into your favorite search engine free search engine directory lists, then look for directories that have at least a PR3 rating. The PR3 is the rating that is currently assigned to a webpage that is considered active and receives a fair amount of traffic.
Submit your website or web pages into the proper categories, you want your website to be among similar topics to gain more direct traffic seekers once you are indexed.
Use a text link containing keywords or phrase rather than just your URL to better describe your website. This will further assist the search engines by indexing your site in the best location.

Technorati is Your Best Friend

Technorati is one of the best traffic providers for bloggers. It makes your blog much easier to find when people search by technorati tags. Technorati is also a large blog ranking engine. Based on the number of links to your blog from various websites, your blog is given a rank. The higher your rank the easier your blog is to find when people search for things. A higher rank gives your blog greater credibility in technorati. If you don't already have a technorati account, get one.

Blog Rings/Networks

Submitting your website to a blog network or blog ring is another excellent way to get more readers. There are many of these networks but the one that I use is BlogTopSites.com. BlogTopSites is a blog ranking website that makes your blog easier to find and search for as well. Make sure you select an appropriate category to post your blog in. If you are not careful, you'll find yourself in the same pool with some heavy hitting blogs and your ranking will be fairly puny. For WordPress users, you can join Blogs Of The Day by simply installing their plug-in, which uploads your blog stats directly to them.

Burn that Feed

By now you may have a few extra readers, but how can you help them come back? Many blog users will immediately scan the page for an RSS feed if they like your content. Most blogs, such as WordPress, already have RSS feeds integrated for entries and comments. Using the default feeds may suffice, but you won't have any idea about how many people you will be catering to. The FeedBurner service will take your feed and reproduce it on their fast servers while tracking reader statistics. I highly recommend signing up for the service and letting them burn your feed.

Backlinks are the Key

A backlink is basically a link to you, your work or your site that has nothing to do with your site. For example, if a visitor to your blog is very impressed with one of your post or article or finds your post very informative and want to share it with others, he may create a link to one of your post or the whole blog and post it in his blog or website, this is a back link.

Back links are critical in attracting traffic because they play a Huge role in search engine ranking. The more places that link to your work, the higher ranking you will have. That is why many big named companies pay people to link to them.
Now the important questions is how to get more and more back links linked to your articles. Well you can try these few things to create back links for free:

Submit to Directories. Listing your work with directories is a great way to get back links.
The Buddy System. Ask your friends or family to link to your site. Even if their content isn't totally related.
Locate Sites. You can use the internet to search for other site owners, authors and bloggers with your same content and ask if they would like to link to you.

Getting To Know Your Readers

The next step is tracking your visitors, seeing where they came from, what they saw, and how they left. You will be able to easily assess what content your readers appreciate the most and concentrate on that aspect of your blog. Most webhosts include some type of stats monitoring applications such as the Urchin suite.

Final Thoughts

If you post guides or reviews on your blog that you think many people can benefit or learn from, I suggest posting a link on del.icio.us or Digg. If your page gets on the front page of Digg or on del.icio.us popular, you're set. Many tech websites have an email address for tips. If you think your content is worthy, try sending them an email with your article. You never know, they might post it. Even if they do not have a tips line, a polite email to the editor-in-chief or webmaster could do the trick. Even at the lowest level you will establish some rapport between that company or person, which may help you out in the future.

In addition, holding a contest can greatly boost traffic. Even if it is for a small thing such as a WordPress golden ticket, you will be amazed at how many people find out about it. You can establish a relationship with some of your readers, and they might link to your blog on theirs. Commenting on other blogs can also earn you a few hits if you put down your URL.

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How to Boost Your Blog Traffic

2009-07-14T09:33:00.000+10:00

A Step by Step Guide

Blog Layout and Style

Blog Content

Your blog's usability goes hand in hand with its content.you. The content of your blog decides traffic to your blog to a great extent. You can specialize in a niche subject as long as you have an idea of how many people might be interested in that subject. If you do well with your niche subject matter, you could get some crazy traffic for being the only decent blog online with that type of content. On the other hand you could have widely used content, such as some aspect of technology, but add your own twist with your opinion or comparing/contrasting from other tech analysts. People won't go to your site to read something they could have read on CNET or Tom's Hardware, they want a unique take on it. If you learn anything from this article, I hope its that reblogging is a very bad thing. The one thing to kill your traffic is having identical content to another several hundred blogs. Finding out what your content should be is a key element of your blog's identity, the type of image your blog will ultimately emit and the traffic your blog will finally generate.
Now that you have created a blog with a nice eye-catching layout and style and posted in some unique and interesting content, its time for you to get you blog some visibility. Below I have discussed some of the important ways you can do it.

The major search engines like Google, MSN, Yahoo, and Ask, all offer direct submission to their search directories, but I wouldn't advise using them. For example, Google has a page where you can simply submit your webpage address for indexing, yet they tend to place your request in a holding position, sometimes for months, while you are waiting for their posting of your website. Sure this is a free service but do you really have the time to wait while business is passing you by? You could pay for search engine submissions but if you can do it for free, why would you opt for that cost needlessly?
There are some very simple and much faster means of getting your site indexed with the big boy search engines that you will find much more satisfying and a lot less stressful as far as playing the waiting game. Just follow some very easy steps that will get your site indexed quickly:

Do not submit directly to the search engines. I repeat do not do this, unless you want to wait and wait and wait.
Type into your favorite search engine free search engine directory lists, then look for directories that have at least a PR3 rating. The PR3 is the rating that is currently assigned to a webpage that is considered active and receives a fair amount of traffic.
Submit your website or web pages into the proper categories, you want your website to be among similar topics to gain more direct traffic seekers once you are indexed.
Use a text link containing keywords or phrase rather than just your URL to better describe your website. This will further assist the search engines by indexing your site in the best location.

Technorati is Your Best Friend

Blog Rings/Networks

Burn that Feed

Backlinks are the Key

A back link is basically a link to you, your work or your site that has nothing to do with your site. For example, if a visitor to your blog is very impressed with one of your post or article or finds your post very informative and want to share it with others, he may create a link to one of your post or the whole blog and post it in his blog or website, this is a back link.

Submit to Directories. Listing your work with directories is a great way to get back links.
The Buddy System. Ask your friends or family to link to your site. Even if their content isn't totally related.
Locate Sites. You can use the internet to search for other site owners, authors and bloggers with your same content and ask if they would like to link to you.

Getting To Know Your Readers

Final Thoughts

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What is Google Adsense?

2009-07-13T15:26:00.000+10:00

AdSense is Google's program for placing its AdWords ads on non-Google websites such as this one.
AdSense lets website owners like you and me make money easily and fast without even selling anything. In fact you can often start earning in under 24 hours and when you get paid, it is Google that sends you a check!

Example: Your IT Zone - Computer News, Tutorials, Tips and Tricks

Promoting Your Blog as Advised by Google

2009-07-13T13:30:00.000+10:00

This is in no way a science or guarantee; it's simply a few suggestions with which many bloggers have found success.

Set your blog to Send Pings. When this setting is activated, your blog will be included in various "recently updated" lists on the web as well as other blog-related services.

Activate Your Navbar. Do this and you might start to see the effects right away! One of the features on the Blogger Navbar is a button called NextBlog - click it to visit the next Navbar-enabled blog.

Install Email This Post. If you use Email This Post on your blog, people will be able to forward your posts to friends. This may not have an immediate impact on your site stats but it enables others to publicize your blog for you.

Turn on Post Pages. By publishing every post as its very own web page with Post Pages, you ensure that your entries are way more link-able and more attractive to search engines.

Turn on your site feed. When people subscribe to your site feed in their newsreaders, they're very likely going to read your post.

Add your blog to Blogger's listings. When you add your blog to our listings it shows up in Nextblog, Recently Updated, and other places. It's like opting-in to traffic.

Write quality content and do it well. If your "style" is bad writing, worse grammar, no punctuation, and an ugly design, that might be okay for a niche crowd. But the idea here is to achieve mass appeal, so fix yourself up a bit.

Publish regular updates. Simple: the more you blog, the more traffic you'll get.

Think of your audience. A good way to build an audience is to speak to one in particular. When you keep your audience in mind, your writing gains focus. Focus goes a long way toward repeat visitors.

Keep search engines in mind. There are a few things you can do to make your blog more search engine friendly. Use post titles and post page archiving. This will automatically give each of your post pages an intelligent name based on the title of your post. Also, try to be descriptive when you blog. A well crafted post about something very specific can end up very near the top results of a search.

Keep your posts and paragraphs short. Strive for succinct posts that pump pertinent new information into the blogosphere and move on. Keep it short and sweet so visitors can pop in, read up, and click on.

Put your blog URL in your email signature. Think of how many forwarded emails you've seen in your day, and just imagine the possibilities.

Sumbit your address to blog search sites and directories. People look for blog content at Technorati every day, are you on their list? You should be. Submit your blog's url to Technorati, Daypop, Blogdex, Popdex, and any other site of that ilk you come across.

Link to other blogs. Links are the currency of the blogosphere and it takes money to make money so start linking.

Install a blogroll. It's a very simple yet effective social networking scheme and it has the same result as a simple link if not stronger: traffic! So if you don't have one yet, sign up for a blogroll and get that link-list going.

Be an active commenter. This is in the same vein as linking. Most comment systems also provide a way for you to leave a link back to your blog which begs a visit at the very least. So if you feel inspired, leave a comment or two in your blog travels. It behooves you.

Enable Following on your blog. Following a is a great way to keep your friends updated on the latest activity on your blog. New blogs will have this blog feature enabled by default, but for older blogs you will have to enable it from the Layout | Page Elements tab.

Source:

Google Help › Blogger Help › Share Your Blog › Team Blogs, Authors, and Readers › Getting Started › Promoting Your Blog

URL:

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42377

How to Remove Ads from Windows Live Messenger Without Patches

2009-07-13T10:38:00.000+10:00

In this post presenting a different solution, suitable for those who do not use Internet Explorer as your Web browser instead preferring other browsers (Firefox, Opera?).
Windows Live Messenger displays ads using Internet Explorer: So the idea is to intervene on IE settings to prevent the appearance of ads (especially troublesome dynamic enlarge passandoci above with the mouse pointer), but I can not exclude that with this trick not even be displayed banners static.
You just open Internet Explorer, go to Tools menu-Internet Options Security set to “High” level of protection of the Internet.

Click on Apply and OK and close Internet Explorer.
When this is done, log Windows Live Messenger and riconnettetelo: the ad should see a banner all white, or you get the banner following standards:

Enable Polygamy in Yahoo Messenger 8 and 9 Without Patches

2009-07-13T08:01:00.000+10:00

Here’s how to enable polygamy (multiple user logins at the same computer).

Click start button and select Run and then type regedit to open the registry editor.
In the registry editor navigate yourself to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test
In the right-pane look for a DWORD entry called Plural, In yahoo messenger 8.x this will not exist, but in Yahoo messenger 9 this will exist and will have a default value of 2.
Create the DWORD entry Plural if it doesn’t exist, or modify it if it already exists, change the value to 1.

Now you can have polygamy without any patches!

Windows 7 System Requirements

2009-07-11T18:42:00.000+10:00

System requirements for Windows 7 aren’t any great mystery, but now we’re getting a much better idea of what it’ll say on the retail box. According to early tests, Windows 7 performs better than Windows Vista on the same hardware.

1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
16 GB of available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver

For reference, Windows Vista’s system requirements are:

1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
512 MB of RAM (for Home Basic); 1 GB of RAM for all other versions
15 GB of available disk space
Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory (for Home Basic); 128 MB of graphics memory plus WDDM support for all other versions

Features Included in Windows 7

2009-07-11T18:11:00.000+10:00

Major changes

Kernel. Windows 7 will feature an evolved kernel and underpinnings when compared to its previous-generation predecessors, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008. While it's unclear whether the "MinWin" kernel that Microsoft demonstrated in 2007 will be included with Windows 7, it is quite likely that the OS will include parallel processing capabilities, which will be implemented as .NET Framework 4.0 APIs.

Virtualization. With Windows Server 2008 now shipping with hypervisor-based virtualization capabilities, it's obvious that this technology will be making its way to the Windows client as well. Will it happen in time for Windows 7? Yes, it probably will. But Windows 7 will natively support the VHD virtual hard drive format utilized by Virtual PC and Hyper-V regardless.

Sensors. Windows 7 will include context-aware application support via a new "sensors" facility. One example: A location sensor can tell "where" your PC is and compatible applications can act accordingly. Applications can use sensor information to offer customized and enhanced services, according to Microsoft's documentation. Because of the privacy implications of sensors, this feature is opt-in and highly configurable.

User Account Control improvements. Windows Vista's most reviled feature is being completely overhauled to be more customizable. Four settings will be available:

1. Never notify (least secure). The user is not notified when a program tries to install software or make changes to the computer. The user is not notified when they make changes to Windows settings or when programs try to do so.

2. Only notify me when programs try to make changes to my computer. The user is not notified when a program tries to install software or make changes to the computer. The user is not notified when they make changes to Windows settings. However, the user is notified when programs try to make changes to the computer, including Windows settings.

3. Always notify me. The user is notified when a program tries to install software or make changes to the computer. The user is also notified when they make changes to Windows settings or when programs try to do so.

4. Always notify me and wait for my response (most secure). The user is notified when a program tries to install software or make changes to the computer. The user is also notified when they make changes to Windows settings or when programs try to do so.

Improved "Day One Experience." Microsoft wants Windows 7 to be useable and exciting "out of the box," and it's improving the experiencing of running this new OS for the first time. This will include an even more streamlined Setup routine and a thoroughly overhauled user interface.

Scenic application user interface. Microsoft has created a new application UI, codenamed Scenic, that will give Windows 7 applications a new and consistent, but customizable, look and feel.

Libraries. Special shell folders (Documents, Pictures, Music, and so on) are being renamed to Libraries. Note, however, that WinFS will not be implemented in Windows 7 and these locations will still occur within the normal shell namespace.

Tweaked Explorer. Windows Explorer is being updated again with a number of new features, including a resizable search box, a simpler new toolbar (with none of the color-coding found in Windows Vista), and a new icon view style called Content. This Content view style is most likely a preview mode for images and other rich content.

Accelerators for Windows. Based on the Accelerators feature from Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 Accelerators provide a way for learning more about selected text, optionally using voice control. Here's how it works: Anywhere in the Windows 7 UI, you can select text and speak commands through a microphone, or, right-click and choose from a list of options. Supported Accelerators include "Blog with Windows Live Spaces," "Define with Encarta," "Email with Live Mail," "Map with Live Maps," "Search with Live Search," and "Translate with Windows Live." Default voice shortcuts include such things as "Add to Calendar," "Blog," "Email," "Find People," "Go There," "Search," "Share," and many others.

Multi-touch. Windows 7 will include integrated support for multi-touch displays and support the "Surface" multi-touch technologies. This is an evolution of the Tablet PC and touch technologies supported by previous Windows versions.

Fewer bundled applications, more control over those applications that are installed. Thanks to antitrust lawsuits from around the world, Microsoft is moving more applications out of Windows and making them optional installs through the Windows Live service. Windows 7 will no longer include Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery, or Windows Movie Maker. However, Microsoft is also adding end-user (and admin) support for full system customization, so you can control which applications are and are not installed in the OS. Finally.

No more Sidebar. Microsoft is removing Windows Sidebar from Windows 7, but the Windows Gadgets infrastructure remains and will be expanded. In Windows 7, Gadgets can only be viewed on the desktop. As such, the Gadget Gallery found in Windows Sidebar will be globally available and renamed to Desktop Gadget Gallery.

Windows Solution Center. Microsoft is replacing Windows Security Center with a new utility called Windows Solution Center. In addition to monitoring Windows Firewall, Automatic Updating, virus and spyware protection, Internet security settings, and User Account Control, Windows Solution Center will also monitor PC maintenance, backup, troubleshooting, Network Access Protection (NAP), and more.

HomeGroup networking. Microsoft had tried to get its "Castle" networking scheme into Windows Vista, but the feature will finally appear in Windows 7 as HomeGroup. Essentially a combination of workgroup networking with file and media sharing, HomeGroup makes it easier to create a home network where PCs share pictures, music, videos, documents, printers, and other resources with each other.

Minor changes

Internet Explorer 8. Windows 7 will include the latest version of Microsoft's Web browser.

Windows Media Player 12. Windows 7 will include a new version of Windows Media Player.

Windows Media Center. Windows 7 will include a new version of Windows Media Center.

Microsoft Paint. Windows 7 will include a dramatically improved version of Microsoft Paint, the most dramatic upgrade to this software since the first versions of Windows

Microsoft WordPad. WordPad gets the Scenic ribbon treatment in Windows 7 and becomes a full-feature word processor again.

Calculator. The Calculator utility gets a surprisingly hefty upgrade in Windows 7, with many new modes including normal, scientific, duration between two periods, add or subtract a period of time, gas mileage, lease estimation, mortgage estimation, unit conversion, and more.

Windows PowerShell V2 and Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). Windows 7 will be the first client version of Windows to include the Windows PowerShell, a .NET-based scripting environment, out of the box. It will also include an Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) for PowerShell.

Windows Credentials. Windows 7 will include a system for managing the online IDs, logons, and passwords that you must manage for all of the Web sites you visit. Dubbed Windows Credentials, this feature utilizes a KeyRing for storing online credentials and a Credential Manager user interface. These settings can be backed up to and restored from a secure online vault.

Display Settings. Windows 7 will make it easier to work with multiple monitors.

More granular DPI Scaling control panel. In Windows Vista, it was possible to choose between the default scale (96 DPI) and a larger scale (120 DPI), or use a Custom DPI scale to configure scaling between 100 and 200 percent. In Windows 7, this system is simplified to include presets for Smaller (100 percent), Medium (125 percent), and Larger (150 percent).

Aero themes. Windows 7 will make it easier to match custom Aero window settings with background images, colors, and sounds via a new set of custom Windows themes. You will also be able to create your own themes. (Windows 7 will also support the Windows Basic and Windows Classic themes from Windows Vista.)

Wallpapers. Windows 7 will include new wallpaper background images.

Biometric control panel. Windows 7 will natively support biometric devices like fingerprint readers.

Games Explorer. Windows 7 will include an updated version of the Games Explorer and will now optionally scan for game updates and notify the user when they're available. You will also be able to manually look for individual game updates by right-clicking the game's icon in Games Explorer and choosing "Scan for Update."

ClearType Text Tuner. Windows 7 will include a ClearType Text Tuner for fine-tuning the quality of text through the operating system.

Windows Mobile Device Center. Previously a free, separate download, Windows Mobile Device Center will be included with Windows 7.

Workspaces. Windows 7 will support multiple virtual desktops, or workspaces, which are managed via a new Workspaces Center.

Troubleshooting control panel. A new Troubleshooting control panel provides a central location for troubleshooting applications, devices, networks, printing, the display, sound, performance, and other Windows features.

Minor tweaks and improvements all around. Virtually no end user functionality in Windows is untouched, with minor tweaks and improvements to everything from the Start Menu, desktop, and taskbar to Windows Update.

Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

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There are plenty more Windows 7 tricks up floating around. Leave a comment and keep expanding this list!

Windows key + Left: docks current window to the left side of the screen.
Windows key + Right: docks current window to the right side of the screen.
Windows key + Up: maximizes and/or restores foreground window.
Windows key + Down: minimizes active window.
If you want a more Vista-esque taskbar rather than the superbar (why anyone would revert is beyond me), right-click the Taskbar, go to Properties, check the ‘Use small icons’ option, then change the “Taskbar Buttons” option to ‘Never combine.’
Windows 7 now burns ISO files themselves instead of making users grapple with third-party applications.
For those lucky people with a multi-monitor setup, Windows + SHIFT + Left (or Right) will shift a window from monitor to monitor.
Gone is the “Add Font” dialog. It’s been replaced with a much nicer system. Download a font and double-click it (you’ll be greeted with the familar font window, but you should notice it now has a ‘Install’ button).
Windows 7 now includes Gabriola. This is an elaborate display typeface that takes advantage of OpenType layout to create a variety of stylistic sets.
If you press Windows + 1, it will create a new instance of the first icon in the task bar. This is handy if you do a lot of coding and need to open several instances of a program.
If you right-click on a Taskbar icon, it brings up the much talked about Jump List. However, the same can be done by clicking with the left mouse button and dragging the icon “out” (so to speak). This was specifically designed for touch-enabled computers, such as your lovely HP TouchSmart PC.
To run a program as an Administrator, it’s now as easy as holding CTRL + SHIFT when you open the application.
With Windows 7, you can now create a ‘System Repair Disc.’ This is a CD bootable version of Windows 7 that includes the command prompt and a suite of system tools. Very handy for those really tough spots (which, with this still in beta, could be just around the corner). To get to this, simply open the Start Menu and type: “system repair disc” in the search field.

How To Make A YouTube Video Plays Automatically?

2009-07-10T20:29:00.000+10:00

First, start by copying the embed code underneath the YouTube video's pane.

Now, after placing it in your profile's editor, erase everything in the code that comes before "<embed>" and after "</embed>".

Next, click inside the url in the code, which is in quotation marks, & between the last character of the url & the closing quotation, type

&autoplay=1

That will make it play automatically

The Difference Between DVD and Blu-ray

2009-07-10T13:50:00.000+10:00

Blu-ray has finally won the high definition format war, but that is just the beginning. There is a lot of confusion out there among the general public about the difference between DVD and Blu-ray discs. Although Blu-ray discs look exactly the same as DVDs in size and shape there are many differences between the media, including storage capacity, laser technology, disc construction, image resolution and player compatibility.

Storage Capacity
Storage capacity is measured in gigabytes (GB), like computers and iPods. The more GB the disc has more information it can hold.

DVD- Single layer DVDs can store about 4.7 GB of data, which is about two hours worth of movie. These are commonly referred to as DVD-5s. Double layer DVDs, or DVD-9s, can store twice the amount of data at 8.7 GB. This equals about four hours of movie, or one “Lord of the Rings” movie.
Blu-ray- Single layer Blu-ray discs store approximately 25 GB of data, this equals about two hours of high definition information or 13 hours of standard definition information. Double layer Blu-ray discs can hold about 50 GB equaling about four and a half hours of high definition information or 26 hours in standard definition. Potentially you could put all three “Lord of the Rings” movies on one double layer Blu-ray disc.

Laser Technology
Lasers are used in both media to read the information stored on the disc. As the disc spins the laser reads the information and transfers both picture and sound to the television.

DVD- DVD players use a red laser at 650nm wave length to read DVD discs. As the disc spins the laser reads the information encoded on the media and produces an image and sound on your television.
Blu-ray- Like the name suggests Blu-ray players use a blue laser to read the stored information. Blue laser wavelengths are shorter than the red at 405nm and are about two and a half times smaller in diameter than red lasers. This allows for closer and more precise reading of information stored on the disc.

Disc Construction
Physically, Blu-ray and DVD discs are identical. Both media have grooves or pits on their bottom layer than enables the laser to penetrate through and read the stored information.

DVD- Since DVDs are read with a red laser the grooves on its underside need to be wide enough to accommodate the larger wavelength. Because the grooves are so far apart only 4.7 GB of information can be stored on each layer of the disc. DVDs also include a protective layer designed to resist scratching.
Blu-ray- The grooves on a Blu-ray disc are much thinner and closer together because the blue laser used to read the disc has a shorter wave length and is two and a half times thinner than the red laser. This allows the Blu-ray disc to squeeze almost five times as many grooves on to a disc exactly the same size as a DVD. Blu-ray also includes a protective layer to prevent scratches. This protective layer is physically thinner than the one on a DVD, but it has a hard coating that makes it more scratch resistant.

Image Resolution
Image resolution is measured by the number of vertical lines times the number of horizontal lines of light in a picture. It is represented by the number of horizontal lines going across the screen like 480, 720 or 1080. The higher the number the higher the resolution and more detailed the picture.

DVD- Almost all DVDs have a standard definition resolution of 480 or enhanced definition resolution of 520. These resolutions look great on a standard “tube” TV utilizing all available pixels on the screen. However, if blown up to accommodate a widescreen HDTV the picture may look grainy. Although a DVD can store high definition data it would only fit about 30 minutes maximum.
Blu-ray- Blu-ray was designed for high definition 1080 display. Since they can store 25 GB of data you can fit an entire HD movie on a single layer disc. Blu-ray currently has the best image resolution on the market and looks great on HDTVs. Blu-ray discs are one of the few signal sources that displays in 1080, not even HD cable or satellite companies can claim that yet.

Player Compatibility
Some of us are still recovering from the VHS to DVD format switch of almost 10 years ago, slowly upgrading our VHS collections to DVD. Now, there is a new, better format on the horizon and many are still skeptical. However, you’ll be happy to hear that all Blu-ray players support DVDs.

DVD Players- Blu-ray discs cannot and will not play in a standard DVD player, because the red laser used in DVD players is too large to read the tiny grooves in a Blu-ray disc.
Blu-ray Players- All Blu-ray players currently on the market (including the Playstation 3) are backwards compatible and will still play standard DVDs. However, the DVD image displayed, while still decent, will not be high definition quality like a Blu-ray disc.

Fear not technophobes, the transition from DVD to Blu-ray will be relatively painless once the price of Blu-ray players starts to come down. With the exception of storage capacity perhaps the best thing Blu-ray has going for it is its higher image resolution and compatibility with standard DVDs. To find the Blu-ray player that fits your budget see our Blu-ray DVD players review.

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Customize Vista OEM Logo and Information

2009-07-10T10:04:00.000+10:00

Usually OEM manufacturers add their logo and Information to OEM manufactured PCs, so maybe you want to get rid of it or want to customize it or even maybe you want to add your info instead of the OEM info? well here is a neat little trick for you to customize the OEM logo and information found on System Properties Applet on Vista.

Select a new logo to change, this file should be 120×120 pixels and in BMP format because if its larger it will be re sampled and may produce undesirable effects.
Click Start button and select Run, and type regedit.
When the Registry editor is open, navigate to the following loacation:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ OEMInformation
If you do not find this, then your OEM info is missing and you need to create it.
Follow this table to create a set of values

Now you can customize to your hearts? delight.
To change the logo, change the path to your new bmp file. Better to have it in C drive.
You can change other info like Manufacturer, supporthours, supportphone, etc.
After all customizations exit the registry editor.
Now go to your System Properties and see the changes for yourself.

Free search engine guide for Bloggers

2009-07-09T15:42:00.000+10:00

This post is for new and average bloggers. To get more traffic to a blog , one need higher search engine ranking. And if you need simple guide for search engine optimization (SEO) here it is . It starts from choosing the domain name ( blog name /website name).First you have to decide for which keyword or keywords you need higher ranking in search engines. Suppose your name is Krish, and you want higher ranking for keyword 'Blog Income' ,then rather than choosing your domain name as krish.blogspot.com, choose blog-income.blogspot.com. You can have your blog on blogspot (blogger) or word press or other. After choosing domain name (blog name), choose relevant title matching to your keyword. So in our example rather than choosing Krish's Blog, you can choose 'Increase Blog Income'. Do not have more than 2-3 word for domain name,in case of blogspot blog.

So to make this guide simpler, I will tell you where you should use keyword on your blog.
Please do not edit your old titles for optimization.

Try to use your desired keyword in ( it should look natural use and not look as to inflate search engine ranking):

Blog name (Domain name)
Title of blog
Description of blog
Title of post
Body of post ( matter within post)
Labels / Categories
In ALT "keyword "of Images/Pictures in the post ( if images are there)
Select this image and give it hyperlink pointing to your post.
Try to get backlinks (link to your blog on other blogs)from other blog with anchor text as your keyword.
In our example 'Blog Income' pointing to your blog.Some precautions need to be taken for backlinks , I will write more about it later.
As search engine gives importance to text link as well as Image link to your blog , please go for picture link also, with proper ALT tag and TITLE tag.
Do not submit your blog to search engines (?) , it is better that search engine spider /crawler finds your blog . So leave your blog name here in comment , I will try to get it in search engines within 3 - 4 days.
Submit your blog in Yahoo directory , Google directory and top blog directories in relevant category.
Read Google search engine guidelines

How do you speed up computer performance?

2009-07-09T11:04:00.000+10:00

There are several things you can do to increase the "speed" of your computer. I will mention that you do upgrade your RAM as you do not have sufficient memory for Vista. You need at least 1GB but I recommend 2GB.

Clean up the disk. Uninstall unneeded programs (especially those that run at startup and/or put something in the system tray), run Disk Cleanup, and defragment the drive. This is a good first step that will almost always take a few seconds off boot time and application loads for any computer.
Stomp auto-starting programs. Click Start > Run and type "msconfig" at the prompt. Click the Startup tab and look at all that junk that loads when you launch your PC. Do you really need "Adobe Reader Speed Launch"? Probably not. Turn off anything else that looks useless, but be careful not to disable your anti-virus and important system components.
Run a full anti-virus and anti-spyware scan. I would recommend using AVG Free Anti-virus, Spybot - Search and Destroy spyware remover and Ad-aware spyware remover. These programs are all free.
Clean up the registry. CCleaner, available at http://www.ccleaner.com is free and worth running. It will also remove unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

Those are the easy and free things you can do. If your computer is still slow you need to move on to the bigger guns.

Upgrade RAM. This is the one killer trick that will make almost any computer run faster. With an older PC, you will rarely have enough RAM to run today's memory-hogging operating systems and applications, and adding a high-capacity stick or two of quality RAM will give you a quick speed boost. Adding RAM is fairly simple, even for a novice, and you should be able to do the job in 5 or 10 minutes.You can run a free test at http://www.crucial.com and find out what kind of RAM (memory) your computer needs.
Reinstall Windows. If the above tricks haven't helped, it may be time to wipe the slate clean and start again, reformatting your hard drive, reinstalling your applications, and restoring your data files from a backup. You'd be surprised how much more responsive a freshly reinstalled Windows system can be, as you've wiped out years of temp files, garbled registry entries, old versions of software programs that have been upgraded repeatedly, and all sorts of other electronic junk. Reinstalling is easy if you have the "recovery disk" that came with your PC, and only a bit more involved if you're using a retail copy of Windows XP. Just be sure you back up everything you want to take with you before you pull the trigger!
Upgrade your hard drive. This is a more complicated solution, but if you're reinstalling Windows (per the prior tip) you might consider upgrading to a bigger and possibly faster hard drive, too. Hard disk storage is a performance bottleneck on every machine, and magnetic disks degrade over time. Some performance issues could be caused by a failing hard drive, even, and upgrading to a new model could really put some zip back in your system. As a bonus, you can use the original hard drive for backups or occasional storage, if you put it in an enclosure.

Hike Your Windows Vista Experience Rating

2009-07-08T16:45:00.000+10:00

1. Open up Windows Explorer & Browse to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore.

2.Right Click on the most recently created XML file there & click on properties.

3.Click on the Security Tab & then on the Edit Button.

4.Click on Add & enter the user name that you log in using . click OK.

5.Select the entered ID & check the checkbox Full Control & click OK.

6. Click on YES for any confirmation Windows that may popup.Finally , click OK.

7. Open Wordpad from Start>All Program> Accessories> Wordpad.

8.Click on File>Open & Browse to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore. Select All files as the type of files Using the drop down menu & select the XML file & Click OK.

9. Under the section, Make changes to the scores given. These are the changes we made to strike the totally extraordinary scores.

10. Save the file & Restart the performance information & tools in the control panel.

Disabe IPv6 in Windoes Vista

2009-07-08T11:38:00.000+10:00

Have you ever wondered why your torrents are slow and you are experiencing low torrent download rates?

well the answer for that is, Its because of IPv6, a new tachnology which impreoves the speed a lot if you are connected to a VERY High speedcorporate lan, but since if you are a home user,you would want to disble it and get more juice out of your internet connection.

Simply use browse to this location in your registry editor (Start–> Run–> regedit)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters

Create a new key which exactly spells like this “DisabledComponents” (without quotations)

and modify its binary data with the following hex value: FF

If you are curious what each bit of the DWORD does, here you go:
Disable all tunnel interfaces:
0×1

Disable 6to4:
0×2

Disable ISATAP:
0×4

Disable Teredo:
0×8

Disable Teredo and 6to4:
0xA

Disable all LAN and PPP interfaces:
0×10

Disable all LAN, PPP, and tunnel interfaces:
0×11

Prefer IPv4 over IPv6:
0×20

Disable IPv6 over all interfaces and prefer IPv4 to IPv6:
0xFF (this is what the above RegKey does)

Using Msconfig to Shut Off Auto-Start Programs

2009-07-05T17:03:00.000+10:00

So you want to speed up your booting process, well here's a tip for you to shut off those programs that start in your system tray when you first turn on your computer. There are a few reasons why you would want to do this:

Speed up your boot time
The system tray programs won't be running in the background taking up your processor speed
Don't you just hate it when a program does that without your permission, grrrr, I mean, really!

Here's the quickest and easiest way to shut off those annoying programs. Here are the steps:

Click Start
Go to Run
Type in the box “msconfig” It will open this Window.

Click on the Startup tab at the top, this will show a listing of programs that auto start when your computer is first booted. If you uncheck the box the program will no longer auto start and sit in your system tray when you boot. You'll need to reboot before this takes effect.

There are some programs that you definitely want to launch when you launch your computer, like your Antivirus software, your firewall, and things like that. Programs like MSN, Realplayer, Nero, Games, and things like that, I would uncheck, unless you really like or use those programs. They takes lots of system resources (RAM).

Another way to do this would be to go to the program that is in your system tray and you can find the settings to remove them from the auto start, most programs have this listed in the properties section, just another way you can do this. Right click and go to properties, sometimes these setting are buried in the program, so the way above is just a quicker way of doing it.

How to Fix The Kernel32.dll Error

2009-07-05T15:52:00.000+10:00

The Kernel32.dll file handles memory management, input/output operations, and interrupts. When you start Windows, Kernel32.dll is loaded into a protected memory space so that other programs do not take over that memory space.

On occasion, you may receive an invalid page fault (IPF) error message. This error message occurs when a program tries to access the Kernel32.dll protected memory space. Occasionally, the error message is caused by one particular program, and other times the error message is provoked by multiple files and programs.

If the problem results from running one program, the program needs to be replaced. If the problem occurs when you access multiple files and programs, the damage is likely caused by damaged hardware.

You may want to clean boot the computer to help you identify the particular third-party memory-resident software. Note that programs that are not memory-resident can also cause IPF error messages.

The following conditions can cause Kernel32.dll error messages:

Damaged swap file
File allocation damage
Damaged password list
Damaged or incorrect version of the Kernel32.dll file
Damaged registry
Hardware, hot CPU, over clocking, broken power supply, RF noise, ground bounce, or bad hard disk controller
BIOS settings for Wait states, RAM timing, or other BIOS settings
Third-party software that is damaged or incorrectly installed
.dll files that are saved to the desktop
Non-existent or broken Temp folder
A control panel (.cpl) file is damaged
Incorrect or damaged hardware driver
Incorrectly installed printer drivers or HP Jetadmin drivers
Damaged Java Machine
Damaged .log files
Damaged entries in the History folder
Incompatible or damaged dynamic link library files
Viruses
Damaged or incorrect Msinfo32.exe file
Low disk space
Viruses or Malware

More on the possible causes:

Bad memory modules:

You can test your memory modules by inserting the command: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:ON into your Config.sys file. You can use the System Configuration Utility:

Select Start>> Run and type: msconfig [Enter]
Next, select the Config.sys tab and add the HIMEM.SYS line (above) by pressing the New button.
Windows will tell you to reboot your computer.
Watch your screen for a message; "HIMEM has detected unreliable memory at address xx:xxxxxx" which will certainly indicate that there's a memory problem.

Note: Memory problems may not immediately surface from the result of this test. It may take many reboots or even a few days for the above message to appear.

CPU, bus speed or multiplier overclocking.
Graphic acceleration set too high:

Select Control Panel > System, then select the Performance tab, click the Graphics button. Turn down Hardware acceleration by moving the slider a notch to the left, reboot, try again.

Bad or outdated drivers, especially video drivers:

Check with your card manufacturer for an updated set of drivers. Video drivers are updated constantly, it pays to have the latest release, especially if you find yourself having problems with Internet Explorer.

What to do if you have Kernel32.dll IPF ("Invalid Page Fault") error?
This error occurs when an application tries to access kernel32.dll's protected memory space. It may be one particular program or application, or multiple files and applications. Most kernel32.dll errors are NOT caused by a corruption of the kernel32.dll module.
If the error seems to arise when activating a certain program, application or device, you should try uninstalling and re-installing that program, application or device.
If you frequently receive Invalid Page Fault in Kernel32.dll Errors from different drivers (Explorer, Guide.exe, Msgsrv32, Commgr32, Mprexe and others), it is possible that a damaged password list file is the culprit. Try re-creating your password list file:

In Windows Explorer select your \Windows folder
Press F3. This will bring up the Find: All Files window
In the 'Named' box type: *.pwl
Click Find Now
When a list of found files is displayed, select Edit> Select All> Press Delete on your keyboard
Exit the Find window and restart Windows

Note: This procedure will cause you to lose all of your saved passwords. Be sure to write them down before deleting so that you can re-insert them as needed.

Internet Speed Secret

2009-07-05T12:46:00.000+10:00

Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc To get it back: Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to: Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default." So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well

Make Your Own Yahoo Messenger Offline Installer

2009-07-03T16:28:00.000+10:00

In this post.I’m going to show you how to make a yahoo messenger offline installer. it is not always easy to install yahoo messenger because of its online installation.

Download yahoo messenger online installer from the official site.
Before installation. start > run > %temp%

the adress bar should have text like this

C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp but the word ADMIN in my url may vary according to the user name.

keep watching that folder for any newly created folder. probably the installer will be in one of them.
Start installation normally (be careful, you may not want to set default home page and search engine to yahoo or install yahoo toolbar. you may have to disable these options then).
Now when installation reaches 100% as fast as possible take a copy of that 14+ MB file anywhere else. this is your offline installer.

If you are too lazy to do this or want to take the easy way and just download it. Here is your installer from fileppo.com or use a made one

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