Indie(independently developed) games generally don’t become extremely popular because of their rather limited budget and small-scale advertising. Last year, two very big indie games changed things around. Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Minecraft. Both have been huge hits, with Minecraft having sold 1.15 million + licenses currently, and it’s still in beta. Read more...
Permalink: How To: Easily Set Up a Private Minecraft Beta Server
Whether you’ve got kids, pets that love to lay on your keyboard, or just enjoy your security and privacy, it’s always a good idea to lock your computer when you’re away. Windows + L is a great shortcut for locking your computer, but it has one downside: you can’t see anything that’s happening while it’s locked. ClearLock is a free application that locks your Windows desktop without hiding it. Read more...
Permalink: Use ClearLock to Lock Your Windows Desktop Without Hiding It
Microsoft advertisement has taken a U-turn ever since Windows 7 launched. There ads have meaning now and actually make sense to the average consumer. They show off why you should use the product and what its benefits are. The latest round of commercials from Microsoft does just that; show off the wonderful features of digitally connected devices and services in Microsoft’s ecosystem. Read more...
Permalink: Microsoft’s New Commercials Promote Windows Phone 7 and Windows Live Services
<Date: 2011-01-15>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7>
Even before it could be released to the OEM manufacturing partners of Microsoft who always get the code before the official release to start integration process, the final RTM version of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Service Pack 1) have been leaked in the wild and are now available all over the internet. The rumors were hinting at SP1 release on January 18th, however it appears both the Service Packs can be grabbed right now. Read more...
Permalink: Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1) Final RTM Leaked All Over The Internet!
<Date: 2011-01-07>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Phone 7>
This is a pleasant surprise for us Windows Phone 7 users. Flickr has announced an upcoming app for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 that easily puts the iPhone version and the non-existent iPad version to shame. It makes great use of panoramic UI, home screen tiles and the interactive UX of Windows Phone 7 which just can’t be matched by any other platform out there at the moment. We just hope the performance is on par with the native apps in Windows Phone 7. Read more...
Permalink: Flickr App for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 Coming Soon
Angry Birds is taking over the world! It is now available on the most popular operating system in the world, Windows. Rovia have used Intel’s AppUp store, an app store for netbooks, to launch Angry Birds. For a price of $4.99, you can get started playing Angry Birds on your PC right now. Read more...
Permalink: Angry Birds Now Available for Windows via Intel AppUp Store!
<Date: 2011-01-05>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: Chrome OS, Google, OS X, Windows 7>
It came with no surprise when Google Cr-48, the first ever Chrome OS laptop was found running Ubuntu a couple of weeks ago as reported by engadget. Well, it sure doesn’t end there does it? It now appears that hackers have successfully managed to install and run Windows 7 as well as Mac OS X Snow Leopard on the Cr-48. It is believed that Google built Cr-48 with “hacking in mind” but running Windows 7 and Mac OS X full on, wasn’t on the menu for sure! Read more...
Permalink: Google Cr-48 Chrome OS Laptop Runs Windows 7 & Mac OS X Snow Leopard! [VIDEO]
<Date: 2010-12-16>
<Author: Ollie>
<Category: Microsoft, Windows 7>
Microsoft has released a new plug-in that lets Firefox take advantage of Windows 7′s native H.264 support. Firefox at the moment doesn’t support H.264 but Windows 7 does. The plug-in scans for HTML5 video tags and passes the video to the Windows Media Player plug-in for playback. Read more...
Permalink: Microsoft Releases New Plug-in To Enable H.264 Support in Firefox on Windows 7
<Date: 2010-12-16>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Apple, iTunes, OS X, Windows 7, Windows Vista>
Apple have released an update to iTunes, version 10.1.1 which contains a few important bug fixes. I haven’t faced any of these issues but it’s always good to stay up to date just to be safe. The update is really small, just 39.4 MB as compared to the huge updates we normally get for iTunes. Read more...
Permalink: iTunes 10.1.1 Released with a Number of Bug Fixes for Mac and Windows
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<Date: 2010-11-13>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Apple, Microsoft, Windows 7>
While Apple has always been the one pointing out the PC platform as somehow outdated then Mac is, with all the viruses, slow downs (available on Mac too as an unadvertised feature) and such issues (Mac has other issues too), Microsoft has almost always replied in a nice manner. Keeping in line with the tradition, Microsoft have aired a new Windows 7 commercial on YouTube which shows Mac and PC taking a flight together.
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Permalink: Microsoft Nicely Points Out Mac’s Lack of Blu-ray Playback in New Windows 7 Ad
