Microsoft had made available publicly Windows Vista SP2 RC and Windows Server 2008 RC (Release Candidate), which is same piece of update files for both client and server operating system and has the file build version of 6002.16670.090130-1715 earlier this year. At the time, the Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 RTM is in the final stage of development and is […]
Microsoft Office 2007, officially known as 2007 Microsoft Office System Suite or Server, has received two service packs (Office 2007 SP1 and Office 2007 SP2) up till now. Service packs contain important stability, reliability, performance and security improvements, and include all updates released till service pack is finalized.
Windows 7 has included several hidden regional themes which target different geographical areas. Include in theme is country-specific regional wallpapers that feature beautiful tourist attractions, landscapes and sceneries of the countries. Microsoft has included 6 desktop background wallpapers from each country. As many as 20 countries have been made available with the release of Windows 7 RC, making up a total of 120 wallpapers.
A group of researchers in University of East Anglia has developed a new technology that can be used to read lip motions and identify which specific languages are being spoken by individual accurately. Some of the common languages that can be recognized include English, Mandarin, German, French, Russian, Italian and many more that make it suitable to be used across different regions without limitation.
Generally the video clips downloaded from most video sharing sites are in flash video format with the FLV extension. Flash video is viewable via Adobe Flash Player, web browser or via some media player programs. Users who want to watch or edit the downloaded clips in flash video format via their Apple’s QuickTime player either in the Windows OS or Mac OS X need to […]
In view of the popularity of vehicle entertainment in today’s automotive industry, some manufacturers do see the needs to have higher bandwidth transmission protocol that are specifically designed to deliver full media streaming while on the road. Just recently, Fujitsu Micro has announced the new controller IC (integrated circuit) for this purpose. Named as MB88395, it is claimed to be the world’s first 1394 automotive […]
Occasionally users may face sharing violation whereby users are not allowed to delete files or folders from the computer due to the files being in use or accessed by running programs or a folder that store the files being accessed/opened by other users or programs. It could be quite a frustrating experience especially if users need to delete the files urgently. Seeing these messages prompted […]
Previously we mentioned about the Hawkscope that allows fast access to files and folders, but if you would like to have additional capability to be able to launch any favorite program from system menu besides opening shortcuts or folders, here is an alternative free software utility that you can consider. Named as Appetizer, it is a tiny and neat application launcher that can be easily […]
There are various software utilities that allow users to display some of their nicely captured photos as desktop background but in case they are not tiny enough, you may want to try this small foot print but yet highly configurable freeware utility. Named as ThetaWall, it allows users to selectively display any image as desktop screen or screen saver at predefined intervals suitable to be […]
With the availability of video sharing sites like YouTube, Metacafe, Google Videos, Myspace, Blip.tv, Faltu.tv, Dailymotion, etc, users can easily find some good and relevant video clips or music files for their work, leisure or other purposes. Many users especially the non-tech savvy type always have problems to download the video clips or music they find from these video sharing sites. They might think it […]
Sending and transferring large files is never an easy job and the process becomes impossible when your internet connection is slow and keeps getting disconnected. It makes you mad especially when the intended recipient keeps calling you to request for the file urgently. To transfer large files, there are various ways to do it. If your email account imposes restriction on the maximum upload and […]
Both 32-bit and 64-bit (x86 and x64) versions of Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) have been leaked, and available for immediate free download. This is probably the fastest leak of an internal build of Windows 7, just within 2 days after the build 7100 RC been finalized and compiled. The source from Malaysia also stated that Windows 7 RC will carry the build version of […]
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