Category Archives: Windows
Today Zune realised the new Zune 4.0 software. Here are my initial impressions…. (this is by no means a full review) I like: The new Zune mini player (Zune 1.0 had one and it was one of the best things about the program, but for some reason they got rid of it in Zune 2.o, [...]
Hal 9000(Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer)…Microsoft’s Project NatalThey both track your body movements and use your voice. They both even can reconogise you… scary.
08
December
Written by Nathan Schloss.
Posted in: Anouncements, Computers, Cool, Gaming, Hardware, Internet, Life, Stuff, Windows, Windows Live, Xbox 360, Zune
During the past few days you may have been thinking, “Why has Nate not made any new posts”. Well dear readers, I recently made the mistake of buying an Xbox 360 have spend much of my free time on it. Below is my gamer card. Put your gamertag here too.
28
October
Written by Nathan Schloss.
Posted in: Anouncements, Computers, Cool, Gaming, Hardware, Life, Programming, Software, Stuff, Updates, Windows
About 3 weeks ago I got around to bulding a new computer for myself. I have yet to post its specs… that is until now: More details about my computer Component Details Subscore Base score Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz 5.6 5.6 Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB [...]
Want to piss off your friends? Here is my list of the top five keyboard shortcuts to use on people. (these will only work on Windows computers) 1) Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow — This key-command will rotate your monitor 180 degrees, it can be very funny to watch someone go to login to a computer and find [...]
Apple has long been known for its amazing business practices (It was hard to type that without laughing). However in a bazaar turn of events today it seems like Apple is stealing a business practice that has long been one of Microsoft’s flagship practices. Even since the Zune 30gb was released Microsoft has always given away [...]
I know what you must be thinking… “Is it really that time of year all ready!!?!?!?”. Well I have some news for you, IT IS! Yes that is right today is Bill Gates Day! And with today being Bill’s last day in office I thought of no better way to celebrate it than to put [...]
If you are ever on the Internet and come across a piece of software called “Vista OSX V3″, ”Vista OSX Transformation Pack”, or something like that then don’t, I repeat DO NOT install it. According to Microsoft (via windows defender) it comes with a Trojan virus. Also, it is not possible to remove it and it does [...]
While IE8 has some really neat features, I had a few problems with the beta. My main problem was how it rendered pages. Many pages that worked correctly on IE7 have extra spaces between lines and have messed up tables. Also my other problem was that when ever I tired to open a page from [...]
I just downloaded the beta of IE 8. Expect my initial reactions in a day or so.
Hi all, I have safely landed in Israel and will be there for the next FOUR months. More updates to come. (I have had almost no breaks since I landed). Here is a picture of my computer in Israel to hold you over until I get time to put more up.
I just removed my last.fm infro from the “about me” page and replaced it with my zune social card! I’d like to see itunes release something like that.
I know that this is old, but I just found about this, so I’ll post it. It seems that Apple shipped a few Ipods with known viruses and then blamed it on microsoft, “we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses”. I have no clue why they are pissed at microsoft for something [...]
Well the Zune wins again, a popular mac fanboy site called ”applematters” has written a article on why the zune kills the ipod. The post is at http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/why-the-zune-will-outdo-the-ipod-111/ , alot of the mac fanatics’ comments are funny. Also some of the pages from the Zune 2.0 tech support traning manuel have been leaked, you can see them here.
Set to be released on November 13, the new 2nd generation Zunes (Zune 2) will have many new features. They are going to have remote live TV recording, podcasts, a new GUI(graphical user interface), wireless syncing, and a lot more. Well normal one would expect Microsoft to not care about their old devices since they now have [...]
Aren’t you tired of your mobile communications device (aka. your cell phone) not containing enough Harry Potter? Well if you receive the new harry potter DVD which is set to be released on December 11 then you may be able to put the latest Harry Potter movie on your device. According to Jim Wuthrich, Warner senior [...]
Here are 2 easy steps to making vista boot faster. The first thing that you can do is to make your background a solid color. To do this: 1) right click on your desktop 2) select personalise and then desktop background 3) go to solid colors and pick a color The other was to make vista [...]
15
September
Written by Nathan Schloss.
Posted in: Computers, Email, Gmail, Internet, Life, Linux, Mac, Programming, Software, Websites, Windows
Gmail pwns btw…..
SongBird is a multi media player for Windows, Mac, and Linux. So far it has worked perfectly for me and it looks like the best option for all systems. It also has Ipod support and a built in Mozilla based web browser, so it is a good replacement for ITunes. SongBird on Linux Mint: