Year: 2011

How to Fix a Slow Windows 7 Computer in Minutes

Windows 7 from Microsoft had made a great impact with its cool features and interactive Graphic User Interface (GUI). It has avenged the RAM issues of Windows Vista by using lesser RAM space for GUI attributes and the speed troubles of Windows XP by intelligently utilizing RAM usage. However, like its successors, when the hard […]

Isn’t It About Time Microsoft Announced Some Exclusives?

LittleBigPlanet 2 [review] kicks off Sony’s PS3 exclusive push for 2011 in a matter of days now, and it’s going to be swiftly followed by the wonderful Killzone 3 [hands-on].  These two games alone will keep many gamers busy for a good few months – the former especially. But that’s not all that’s lined up […]

Microsoft Surface 2 is real and it looks amazing

Microsoft’s eternal Surface project that never seems to actually reach the consumers whose lives it has the potential to revolutionize has hit version two, and today at CES Microsoft gave it a public outing. The second incarnation runs on Windows 7 and has some very impressive hardware inside to make it leaps and bounds better […]

Microsoft 70-523 C SHARP

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Microsoft Lowering Prices on Older Xboxes

Microsoft apparently held a media roundtable Monday night after its Xbox press event, confirming that it will eventually phase out its existing models in favor of the new “slim” model. My colleague Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat reported: “The new Xbox 360 with a 250-gigabyte hard drive and the smaller black design will sell for $299,” […]

Passware Warns of Microsoft Risk

Password-recovery experts at Passware warned Friday that the security of Microsoft’s Bitlocker whole-disk encryption is seriously compromised on a computer configured to use sleep mode. The same is true of the open-source TrueCrypt whole-disk encryption tool. The company’s Passware Kit Forensic 1.03 can “decrypt hard disks encrypted with BitLocker or TrueCrypt in a matter of […]

Apple Ipad To Be Available On Walmart Shopping Stores

After the mega success of Apple’s popular Tablet device iPad, it seems that the Cupertino based Tech Giant is targeting the Holidays gift market for the sale of its device. With the display of this iDevice in stores across the US at Target and BestBuy, Apple is aiming for other super stores as well. On […]

The Real MCTS/MCITP 70-620 Prep Kit

This exam is designed to validate proficieny supporting Windows Vista client. This MCTS Certification will fulfill the Windows Vista Technology Specialist requirements of 70-620 Exam. The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Vista credential is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large companies. The […]

Find Out What’s Not Working in Windows 7

You may have problems with hardware you don’t even know about. Here’s a way to check for these and correct them. I recently had to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a friend’s laptop. Easy, right? Boot from the installer disk, and let Windows download all the appropriate drivers. Best online Microsoft MCTS […]

Tip: Resizing Photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery

A colleague recently needed to both crop images to a square aspect ratio and resize them down to thumbnail size. At first glance, Windows Live Photo Gallery, the free downloadable image editor for Windows 7 and Vista, seemed to offer no help. But a little peering into the app showed it was completely up to […]

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