Article Archive for January 2008
OMG! According to reports, a US spy satellite which has lost power and propulsion is weeks or even months away from hitting Earth. The officials said that the satellite which no longer can be controlled …
On 25th of January, Greek police have arrested a man suspected of selling corporate secrets from France’s Dassault Group, including data on weapons systems.
Many software today want to run some of their components at all times, whether the programs are being used or not. These components will be inserted into Windows Startup System so that they can be …
Three weeks ago, Warner has announced that it will drop its support of the HD DVD format, and will begin releasing its next generation titles on Blu-ray exclusively.
In the wake of this announcement, many retailers …
On 16th of January, Apple introduced the world’s thinnest notebook case for the world’s thinnest laptop!
It has been given a name by Apple, the “Manila Case” which is adapting perfectly to the Macbook Air shape.
Source: …
On 15th of January, Apple rolls out super-slim laptop – the Macbook Air which is ultimately thin with 0.16 inches thick at the bottom and 0.76 inches on the top. It’s even thin enough to …
On 8th of January, Apple introduced the fastest Mac ever with new 8 processor cores. Eight-core processing power was once only top-of-the-line. Now it comes standard. Apple claims the new Mac Pro is the fastest …
Sometimes you may notice that your computer systems are running slow, many programs stop responding halfway, or your CPU usage for the system process approaches 100 percent. At this rate, you should check your hard …
What is Defragmentation? Why Should you do it?
The Meaning of Defragmentation:
“Defragmentation” is a term used for the process of scanning the file system and reducing the amount of fragmentation in file systems.
If you wish to know more about computer viruses, you may want to read this – “Introduction To Computer Viruses”.
Some Hints and Tips on how to avoid virus infections:
Tip 1 :
The most common viruses can …
Up to now, there are still many people do not know what is a computer virus. Therefore, I write this article to let you have a better understanding of computer viruses.
What is a computer virus?
A …
With the improvement of technology, USB 3.0 will be released soon !!
Intel and other companies have formed a group to release the USB 3.0 specification in the first half of 2008.
According to Pat Gelsinger, general …
By using CoreTemp, you can monitor your CPU temperature whenever you want.
The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual core in a each processor in your system.
CoreTemp support only certain …
The New PSP Slim and Lite launched 3 months ago is now selling for just RM799.
(FREE Game & Pouch for a limited time only!)
The PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system is the first truly integrated portable entertainment …
Having lag with your current graphic card while playing high-graphic games?
Nvidia is introducing the High-End graphic card NVIDIA Quadro® FX 3700 graphics board, best-of-class solution for CAD, DCC, and visualization professionals, offers new levels of …
A trick that you would not like to miss.
Use pendrive to give your PC an extra cache of memory to help increase speed by using the Windows ReadyBoost feature.
The things you need:
>> Spare USB flash …
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