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bustatech Just found a nice page: http://gnoted.com/70-fantastic-windows-7-tips-tricks-for-better-functionality/ where you can find lots of tips and tricks for Windows 7, and one of them looks very interesting.
I believe most of the Windows 7 user do have program pinned to the taskbar, and for me, I have Windows Media Player (music), Google Mail (email), and Google Chrome (internet browser).
For those who never heard about supercapacitor, you can check for more info about supercapacitor here. Supercapacitor is basically a capacitor with very high capacity, and the capacity rating is normally around few Farads. With the “super” capacity, it basically can store a lot of charge, and I am going to use the “super” capacity to store charges for a 5mm LED. Let’s see how long will the 5mm LED last.
X-Combat had won the first place for the MMU RCW 2010! Below are some videos during the competition:
I just bought a mouse for my sister, its a Logitech M100 wired mouse. After testing on that mouse (its quite a nice mouse with 1000-dpi), this idea comes to me, why not I reduce the length of the wire to perfectly fit my usage? Sometimes the length of the wire for mouse do fit the usage of some consumer but some will find it too long or too short. For example, if you are using a laptop, where you have a USB port at the side of your laptop, I am sure you will find the length of wire for normal mouse is too long for your usage. So, under this step-by-step guide, I am going to teach you on how to reduce the length of wire for your mouse.
The image of the mouse, with the box.
For those who never heard of Combat Robot or Robot Wars, Combat Robot is basically a competition where Robot are made to fight each other, and the one that successfully destroy the opponent will be considered as winner. The video above is a good example of the competition. For more detail about Combat Robot please proceed to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_robot
Have you ever face problem trying to send out an exe file, either using email (Gmail, Yahoo Mail) or chat program (Google Talk, MSN Live Messenger)? Most of the email provider like Gmail, prevent the user to send out exe file, even if you zip the exe file.
The “RED” message pop out after I click the Send button. “WebcamViewer V1.0.zip contains an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this type of file. Your message has been moved back to Drafts.”
Received a step-by-step guide from a friend, about how to find out the gender of your PC. It is quite interesting, and I decide to share it here, and hope you can have atry.
So, the first step is to open “Notepad” from start menu, Start > All Programs > Accessories > Notepad.
Now, paste the following text to the notepad: CreateObject(“SAPI.SpVoice”).Speak”I Love You”
If you ever use Window XP + Webcam, you probably know that you can view the webcam under My Computer, without any application or webcam software.
Recently Apple launch Iphone 4, and one thing that Iphone 4 did great is the HD video recording with its 5MP camera. It also comes with the movie editing software, iMovie, which is well known in Mac, now available for Iphone 4.
This movie, Apply of My Eye, is totally shot and edited using only Iphone 4, which also prove that this Iphone 4 is really an all-in-one movie tool. For me, the quality of the video is really great, for a phone, the 720p resolution, nice lighting, and all … Enjoy the movie!
This idea of Google TV is really impressing. For me, combining the TV and internet is a great way to enhance the TV in living room. In fact, people had started to put a PC in living room that serve as the HTPC (Home Theater PC). For me, the problem of HTPC is you will need to have a mouse and keyboard at your living room, which make the HTPC look more like a PC than a Home Theater system. One thing very important in HTPC is the user interface, where user can easily navigate through all the menus, settings, and how a remote (either IR remote, or wireless radio remote) can easily control the whole HTPC that you don’t need a keyboard and mouse. So, let’s wait and see how Google TV will or will not conquer the living room.