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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is no longer supported, upgrade or download update

As of July 12th, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is no longer supported. Means you wont get any more Microsoft security updates. Update to Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) or upgrade to Windows 7 which is the fastest selling operating system in history. Visit this end of support page on Windows.com to learn more about [...]

12th.7.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: ,    Category: Computers

Onboard high definition audio chips HD realtek intel and creative sound blaster comparison

Onboard audio chips sampling rate introduced Creative Sound Blaster AC’97 from 16-bit/44.1kHz 1997 16-bit/48Khz 2001 Audigy HD ( High Definition Audio,  HD Realtek audio etc) from 24-bit/48kHz from 24-bit/96kHz 2005 X-Fi from 24-bit/192kHz 2002 Audigy 2 Intel HD from 32-bit/192kHz 2004 Sampling frequency most of Mp3 music, CDs is 44.1 kHz. DVD 48kHz references wikipedia [...]

28th.6.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags:    Category: Computers

Why new Full HD TV does not look good and how to fix this problem

The number, size and shape of pixels on Full HD screen optimized for maximum resolution 1920×1080. Ideally, incoming source should much the display’s native resolution. Upscaling splits source pixels unevenly. Standard definition is 720×576. 1920/720 = 2.66 …  is not even. That is why standard definition DVD, Foxtel, Digital Free to Air does not look [...]

25th.5.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags:    Category: TVs

Free Microsoft Antivirus review – download now

It is called Microsoft Security Essentials and it has been around since 2009, succeeding Windows Live One Care. Positives: It is free and easy to use. It is faster than other paid antiviruses. It is good for low-end computers with little memory or slow processors such as netbooks and laptops under $400. Negatives: It does [...]

9th.4.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: ,    Category: Computers

Google name its Android products after desserts

Honeycomb – Google’s unofficial name for its new Google Android operating system. just as all Android operating systems is named after dessert. Google put these sugary names in alphabetical order: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb. Why? Desert names associated with sweet pleasant sensations and naturally people develop warm feelings and trust towards these trade [...]

23rd.2.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: , ,    Category: Mobiles

Is coffee the real cure for a hangover?

Heavy drinkers might cure their hangover with a cup of coffee and a painkiller ….best time to take them would be about 4 hours after drinking…

25th.1.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags:    Category: Uncategorized

Enhanced Google E-mail Security for Apps

Administrators for Google Apps can now enable digital signing of those messages, which helps recipients verify that the messages came from a known, vetted sender,.. It is about Google apps – Google applications for domains (web sites).

25th.1.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: , ,    Category: Computers

How to speed up internet. Why do you need NBN? Slow Internet ? Just remove Skype toolbar!

Your Internet may be up to 300 times slower just because you have Firefox and Skype installed on your PC ….The current shipping version of the Skype Toolbar is one of the top crashers of Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13. To fix it you can unistall Skype Toolbar from Add remove programs in Control Panel or Open [...]

20th.1.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: , , ,    Category: Computers

Internet Explorer 0day accidentally leaked to Chinese hackers

Details concerning a potentially serious security vulnerability in fully patched versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have been leaked to people in China, a researcher warned over the weekend…..The bug leads to arbitrary crashes in the EIP, or extended instruction pointer, of machines running the Microsoft browser…

4th.1.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: ,    Category: Computers

GSM Mobile network cracked by hackers

Security researchers have shown that the network used to make 80 per cent of the world’s phone calls is vulnerable to hacking, building on work demonstrated in previous years. Read on

3rd.1.2011 by DimitriR  No Comments Tags: , ,    Category: Computers