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Ask Bill Gates

Ever wanted ask one of the world’s most recognized people your burning questions on Office, Windows, Halo and Microsoft in general? Here’s your chance. Bill Gates has agreed to take questions from


Vista vulnerable to old viruses

Vista vulnerable to old viruses

I found some rumors awhile back that there were some laptops with pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium comes laden with a virus. A friend email a picture to confirm that. The


Choosing a programming language

Although it’s probably the first thing that would-be programmers should consider, sometimes, choosing which programming language to learn or focus on is a daunting task. As a newbie, you might be looking for the


Microsoft’s Virtual Earth

Microsoft’s Virtual Earth

Microsoft?s Stephen Lawler gives a brief tour of Google Earth’s future competitor, Virtual Earth. A short rendezvous through its hyperreal 3D cityscapes reveals a staggering amount of detail into focus. Even at the


Apple to "brick" unlocked Iphones

Ars Technica seems to have inside information on this possibility and is suggesting that rather than just make the phones re-locked, Apple are planning to “brick” unlocked iPhones as a lesson to hackers with


How much storage is enough?

How much storage is enough?

A 250 GB hard drive is more than enough capacity for any normal PC enthusiast. That’s quite a bit of storage to hold your installed programs, music, pictures, videos etc. If you


Chris Brogan’s 100 Blog topics for YOU

Still getting eaten by a writer’s block and is your blog becoming stale and sour? Fortunately for you, Chris Brogan has posted a list of 100 interesting topics for YOU to blog about.


Vista SP1 Details

Vista SP1 Details

APC Magazine was able to get a copy and install service pack 1 beta for Windows Vista. Not unlike the usually patch which are standalone, the update comes fully integrated with a


Google Presentation goes live

Google Apps just celebrated it’s Suite completion with the release of it’s presentation application. At a quick glance, Google Presentation looks and feels like a bare bones of an online presentation tool and


USB 3.0 in 2008

Intel and several other big names plan to release a new version of the Universal Serial Bus technology in the early half of 2008. Intel said a revamp of the current technology will


Relieving weekend boredom

Weekends are always the slowest days for me because there’s little to do and all my problems seem to popup at said time. Good thing I stumbled into Everyday Weekender. I found his topics


Free invites for Yahoo! Mash

Yahoo! has just launch it’s new web 2.0 social networking utility called Yahoo Mash. Mash accounts are only available through Invites and viewing of profiles require that you login to an existing Yahoo! account.  The


Freelancing vs Corporate Programming

If you ever decide to take up a career on programming, then there’s only two paths that you can take, becoming freelance and or taking up a job at a certain company.


Tabbed Browsing for Windows Explorer

Tabbed Browsing for Windows Explorer

Tabbed browsing has become more of a phenomenon more than a convenience. They minimize desktop clutter and eliminates the need of having to Alt+Tab your way around a long list of open windows.


Microsoft Stealth Windows Update confirmed

There have been rumors in the tech world about the sudden update of some windows machines without permission from their respective owners. It has been said that even with automatic updates turned off,


Blogger Play launched on Blogger.com

Blogger Play launched on Blogger.com

A new feature has been added to Blogger.com‘s interface. Dubiously (yes, the name is quite far from it’s use) named Blogger Play, it draws images from public and listed blogger hosted blogs


Save time with RSS

For internet-going people, frequenting to their favorite websites is fun, informative and to say the least, time consuming. Checking for updates on 20-50 sites is a daunting task that can take anywhere from an


Turn your XP to a Vista clone

While some people aren’t overly enthusiastic about Redmond’s new OS and we see rants and complaints about it every day. What most people don’t know is that Vista has several features that make it


Samsung’s Ultra Smart F700

Samsung’s newest mobile in their line up is Ultra Smart F700?is dubbed the iPhone killer. The F700 features unrivaled design and brings a superior range of multimedia experiences to


Wikipedia deletes Shoutwire

Wikipedia deletes Shoutwire

The popular social news site get?s it?s entry deleted from Wikipedia?s pages. Even with a huge user base and it’s relative popularity, someone at wikipedia , Jaranda, deemed thought the site as


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