Category: Windows Vista
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CPU, DRAM memory: Buy now!
After several months telling you about the plumeting prices of CPU processors and DRAM memory, I have to inform you that the industry signals are changing. AMD and Intel are kicking prices down a last time in July before the rush that will only happen at the end of the year (with the arrival of…
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Integrate GNU-Emacs into Windows
Installing the GNU-Emacs text editor under Windows could not be simpler: Uncompress all files in a directory Run the ADDPM.exe program But there is still a little improvement to add if you want additional comfort. Everywhere I install this program, I want to ensure that I can open any file with GNU-Emacs just by right-clicking…
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FileHamster: Better than backup
It’s often (but not often enough) repeated: data backup is a critical element of the security of your data. Too often, we frget about it because of a lack of tools easy enough to support it without significant user involvement. Here comes the main advantage of the excellent freeware tool for Windows: FileHamster from Mogware.…
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The Windows upgrade
An upgrade maybe painful: Vista as a fakir chair. Source: Ctrl-Alt-Del.
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FreeMeter: to keep tabs on your connection
FreeMeter is a small Windows utility displaying a graph showing your network/Internet usage. Simply, tidy, you can try it.
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Intel/AMD, at war again
July will be another month of price wars for Intel and AMD (after a very bumpy April). Both announced that they would shoot prices down once again in July trying to grab a larger market share (for AMD) or trying to asphyxiate the competition (for Intel). AMD will start at the beginning of the month.…
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Disk defragmenting on the cheap
HardwareLogic offers to go much further than the usual defragmentation offered in standard by Microsoft. In a detailled article, they describe the use of Contig (a Microsoft tool with an indigent command-line interface) and Power Defragmenter GUI (a software application that provides exactly the right human-readable interface for the previous one). Two free tools that…
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UltraMon, dream utility of multi-monitor for Windows
Windows has supporting multi-monitor desktops for quite a long time. However, this could easily improved as many users noticed. UltraMon is bringing a masterful solution to this situation. Plenty of little improvements in terms of Intelligent task bar extended to all monitors Management of screen savers Management of desktop backgrounds Additional window icons If you…
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DirectX 9 or DirectX 10?
There are many computer gamers who wonder whether they should switch to the newest PC game technology standard from Microsoft. The question is not without merit. As a matter of fact, according to grpahics card manufacturers (starting with AMD-ATI and nVidia) and Microsoft, DirectX 10 brings a lot of major improvements to video quality. But…