Windows Live Messenger (formerly named MSN Messenger, and colloquially referred to as simply MSN) is a popular and important communication tool nowadays especially for youngsters. Many people are addicted to this communication medium and might feel uncomfortable if they don’t log on to their MSN. If you are one of the MSN addicts and cannot live without MSN, an easy way to treat your MSN […]
Finally the long waited Sling Player application, the famous TV streaming service has arrived in iPhone Application Store. However, it is quite disappointing that there are some restrictions that iPhone users can only use Sling Player to do media streaming in local Wi-Fi networks but not the AT&T 3G cellular network, as differs from the pre-release version earlier.
Nowadays, hard disk storage space is so huge that nobody bothers to find out what it is used for. But if you would like to know what is your hard disk composition, Space Sniffer can map it out for you in simple Treemap visualization layout so that users can clearly perceive an aerial view of the hard disk content.
Color combination is an important element in photography art. Effective color combination may be taken for granted but colors which clash will jar the nerves and offend the senses. With sophisticated photo editor, artists or photo enthusiasts can filter or apply different color effects to make a photo more outstanding and attractive. Of course some technical skills are needed while using this professional photo editor. […]
Microsoft intends to release Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview to invited guests who register to sign up for Office 2010 CTP Program only by July 2009. Office 2010 was previously known by codename Office 14 (taken cue from its version), and wrongly assume to be Office 2009. The setup installer of both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (x64) Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 (TP 1) has […]
Virtualization takes a turn towards better experience in Windows 7, with the inclusion of Windows Virtual PC (WVP) and Windows XP Mode (XPM) or Virtual Windows XP (VXP). The main highlight of the new features in Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode is seamless virtual application mode, where applications can run in Windows 7 host native desktop as though they’re running locally by utilizing […]
In Windows 7, user cannot pin a Computer, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, Games, Recycle Bin or any folder and drive root to Windows Taskbar directly, with the exception of Control Panel. If user attempts to drag and drop the shortcut to a folder to Task Bar, it can’t be dropped into Taskbar with forbidden icon, or been shown option to “Pin […]
When user right clicks on Control Panel in Start Menu, there is not “Pin To Taskbar” right click contextual menu item available that allows user to pin the Control Panel to Windows 7 Taskbar. Drag and drop the Control Panel shortcut to Taskbar on Windows 7 to pin Control Panel folder on Taskbar does not work either.
Previous we mentioned about USB FireWall that protects your PC from being infected by any autorun programs once USB drive is inserted into USB port. Now there is another similar freeware, named as Autorun Eater that is able to monitor and detect malicious autorun file to prevent malware infections through USB or portable hard drives.
Just barely a week after Microsoft officially made available Windows 7 RC download with the build version of 7100 publicly, a newer build of Windows 7 has been compiled by Microsoft and released to internal testers. And of course, the Windows 7 build 7127, which is post-Release Candidate build on the RTM-branch of Windows 7 operating system development tree has also been leaked to BitTorrent […]
Federated search is a useful feature which allows users to search remote data sources from within Windows Explorer and to interact with that remote data from within Windows Explorer. Microsoft has included this feature in its new Windows 7 using OpenSearch technologies. To explain better the Federated Search features and to showcase the developers how to take advantage of this new feature and build a […]
Microsoft Office 14 codename has been officially named as Microsoft Office 2010. Microsoft Office 2010 will be the first release of Office series of productivity suite that will be shipping in 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) version, when it’s due for retail consumers in the first half of 2010.
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