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Category: Windows

  • An Update is Available for Your Computer [comic]

    Stickycomics has a cartoon up showing the attitude difference between Windows, Mac and Linux users when it comes to system updates.  The cartoon (below) is funny but I am not sure I agree with all of it.  I will admit that I hate Windows updates just because I don’t like restarting my computer, but I…

  • How to maximize desktop space in Windows [video]

    The crew over at Tekzilla has posted another helpful video about how to maximize the desktop space in Windows using an app called WinMaximumize.  Check out the video below to find out all of the details and see how you can benefit from maximizing the desktop space in Windows.

  • NES emulator on Windows Phone 7! But Microsoft says no way.

    After just a couple of hours of work, a man by the name of Matt Bettcher took the SharpNES open source NES emulator and ported it to Windows Phone 7.  As you can see in the video below, it seems to run good but a little slow although Bettcher is optimistic that optimizations can be…

  • How to attach notes to any file or website in Windows

    The awesome folks over at Tekzilla have posted yet another amazing tip that I thought I would share with you guys.  If you are like me, you always have notepad or some equivalent software running in the background for taking notes as you browse the web or do work or whatever.  As the video shows,…

  • Buy the Windows 7 Family Pack, get a free Cisco router

    Thanks to a promoted tweet on Twitter, I found out that Microsoft is selling the Windows 7 Family Pack for $150 plus you get a free Cisco router.  I thought this would be something worth passing on to you guys as $150 for 3 installs of Windows 7 and a Cisco router is a fantastic…

  • Give your apps more resources for better performance [video]

    If you are constantly finding yourself looking to squeeze out more performance on the program you are using, this tip might just be for you (assuming you use Windows).  One of the best ways to get more performance on an app that you are using is to adjust the priority of the process in the…