When you try to install Windows PowerShell 1.0 in Windows Vista which has EFS (Encrypting File System) disabled or turned off, you may encounter an error message prompted in “Windows Update Standalone Installer” dialog box: Installer encountered an error: 0x8007177f . This machine is disabled for file encryption.
Have you ever bought or sold something through the Internet? There’s no marketplace like eBay – the world is literally at your fingertip. You can cut great deals in eBay though it is also a haven for the conman and criminal. There are some precautions you can take to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of scams in Internet trading.
Windows XP has reserved 10% of total hard disk capacity for the Recycle Bin by default. Ten percent might be considered very huge if based on today’s huge hard disks. For instance, on a 100GB hard disk, 10% works out to be 10GB. A total of 10GB reserved space for Recycle Bin might be too huge.
Windows PowerShell 1.0, which will be included as part of Windows Server 2008, is a new task-based command-line shell and scripting language to help system administrator, power users or IT professionals to manage, control and automate system administration of Windows operating system and its applications so that the process is done effectively and productively. Windows PowerShell features a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 […]
Have you feel tired with an influx of chargers or wires that flood your room or your home? The Chargepod which desiged by Callpod can lets you juice up half a dozen small devices simultaneously without the mess of wires involving six different chargers. In addition, you can charges up to 6 devices at the same time with the sleek and lightweight multicharger device, Chargepod.
The latest advanced operating system from Microsoft, Windows Vista, not only feature a very much beautified graphical user interface and improved security, there are also plenty of under-the-hood enhancements and new utilities. Here’s a list of new executables that has been added to Windows Vista that you may find useful. Of course, the list may not be comprehensive, and the executables can be functions, programs, […]
For Unix-like or Linux system users, symbolic link is a common feature in use almost daily. Symbolic link (aka soft link) or symlink as it often shortened to, is a special type of file or file-system object that serves as a reference or points to another file, UNC or directory, known as target. In Windows Vista, symlinks feature has been added to NTFS filesystem and […]
Last week, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history, purchasing Seattle-based interactive ad firm aQuantive for $6 billion in what it describes is the next step in the evolution of its ad network. aQuantive is the holding company for several online ad firms including Atlas, DRIVEpm and Avenue A/Razorfish, one of the largest interactive ad agencies. The deal is the latest in a string […]
Rumors about social networking site Bebo being for sale come up every few months. First it was British Telecom for $550 million in July 2006 (TechCrunch started that one), then the Financial Times reported they were in talks with Viacom a month later. Now, The UK’s Telegraph is reporting that Yahoo is looking, and may pay as much as $1 billion. Yahoo would have bid […]
Here’s a YouTube video showing off a new Apple TV plug-in called “A Series of Tubes.” The plug-in allows you to browse YouTube videos on your Apple TV. Sure, the Flash encoded YouTube videos look like crap on a HDTV. YouTube doesn’t even look good when stretched out to its default 480 x 360, let alone 640 x 480 or HD. But YouTube does have […]
A hacker’s main objective is to compromise the targeted computer, network, or application. The hacker starts off with little information and ends up with a detailed map into the system. There are five steps which hackers follow to hack into a system:
South Korea’s LG Philips LCD announced that it has developed the world’s first A4-sized colour e-paper – a paper-thin and bendable viewing panel, following upon its black and white display of the same size a year ago. The e-paper can be viewed from up to a 180-degree angle, meaning images will remain crisp even though the display is twisted around.
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