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In the beginning there was the computer.  And God said c:\> Let there be light! Enter user id. c:\> God Enter password. c:\> Omniscient Password incorrect.  Try again. c:\> Omnipotent Password incorrect.  Try again. c:\> Technocrat And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Sunday, March 1. c:\> Let there be light! Unrecognizable command.  Try again. c:\> Create light Done c:\> Run heaven and earth And God created Day and Night. And God saw there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Sunday, March 1. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Monday, March 2. c:\> Let there be firmament in the midst of water and light Unrecognizable command.  Try again. c:\> Create firmament Done. c:\> Run firmament And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Monday, March 2. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM,...

Each month, Steam collects data about what kinds of computer hardware our customers are using. The survey is incredibly helpful for us as game developers in that it ensures that we're making good decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make. Making these survey results public also allows people to compare their own current hardware setup to that of the community as a whole. Link: View the Survey Results

I recently got a chance to play with a Apple Macintosh PowerBook and I have noticed that while everything else is so smooth and cool, Adobe Flash Player (previously known as Macromedia Flash) performs poorly on both Firefox and Safari. After researching the Internet, I came to the conclusion that there is no real solution to this problem. However, there are some measures you can take to minimize the problem. Set your power options to run your Mac at Better Performance or at least Normal . Other options reduce the processor speed drastically, affecting Flash Player’s performance. Update your Safari and Mac OS X with the latest updates and upgrades. To do this, click the Apple Logo in menu bar and select Software Update . Update your Firefox with latest version if you use Firefox. Update your Flash player by visiting this link which is Apple’s official page for downloading and installing Flash player. (Don’t ask me why, but somehow going through the Apple site seemed ...

I found a nice website with a large file extension list, and all the details that go with each extension. It is:   www.file-extensions.org It has easy-to-understand description and a legibly given list of associated applications. You can quickly search by extension, or view common and most popular file extensions. You can also check out the extension categories such as audio and music files, multimedia, graphic and image file types. This makes it a great place to discover new software that are associated with the extension category you are interested in.

Are you looking for a feature-rich free image editor software that is also portable? Look no further, because we have Photofiltre. It is powerful. It’s a freeware for non-commercial use. And it can be made portable in a few simple steps. Not only that, there are some features that Photofiltre gives that I even couldn’t get in Paint.NET. Two such features I discovered are: Complete control of placement of the photo on a sheet of paper while printing, including automatic centering and original size (according to dpi). Paint.NET only gives us a choice of templates and does not give good control over how you want the photo to be placed on the paper. “Paste Special > Assemble” which makes it easy to stitch images together. I used to do this in Paint.NET the hard way, but with Photofiltre, it’s as easy as cake. Paint.NET remains my primary image editing freeware as Photofiltre has a steeper learning curve compared to the earlier. But Photofiltre serves as a secondary editor...

You must have seen that the Internet Explorer’s Tabbed Browsing Settings dialog box has an option called “Let Internet Explorer decide how pop-ups should open” which is explained best by the quote below Basically what this will do is open any pop-up without size or other restrictions in a new tab, the rest will open in a new window. For users experienced with tabbed browsing this is typically the best option, as it allows most windows to open in tabs, but allows pop-up style windows to open in a new window. [Source: IEBlog: Your Tab Settings… ] However users of Firefox will find that such an option does not exist in the Firefox’s Options or Preferences dialog. The closest option that is there would be “New pages should be opened in: (a) a new window (b) a new tab” but this option does not make the distinction between pop-up style windows and normal windows. There is a hidden preference in Firefox which will make this distinction. It is browser.link.open_newwindow.restrict...

For those who have used previous versions of Windows (up to XP), you may have grown accustomed to being able to quickly open the Network Connections folder. It's the folder that displays all your dial-up connections, Local Area connections, 1394 connections and Wireless connections. Someone in the Windows Vista development team was smart enough to decide to bury this folder, thinking the new Windows users won't need to have immediate access to this folder because of the new "Connect To" wizard and the "Network and Sharing Center." How wrong of them! I definitely prefer to see things in the Network Connections folder and hate it that I have to open the "Connect To" wizard, then the "Network and Sharing Center" and finally the "Network Connections" folder. If you're like me, you'd want to create a shortcut somewhere. Here are four methods: If you just want a quick and dirty solution, simply create a shortcut to ...