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Out With Windows Media Player, In With VLC Player

July 20, 2008 · Filed Under Software · 1 Comment 

Maybe you have never heard of VLC (Video Lan Client) Player or maybe you have and never tried it. Well, get ready to throw out tired old Window’s Media Player and trade it for VLC Player. VLC offers a ton of features and is easy to use with a basic interface that anyone can understand. [...]


Dell Offering Ubuntu Option

July 20, 2008 · Filed Under News, Software · 2 Comments 

I never thought this day would come but always hoped that it would. Dell has officially started shipping a PC and 2 laptops with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed. What a milestone, the largest PC manufacturer in the world has started offering Linux on their systems. The prices are not too bad either, considering that the systems [...]


Ubuntu: Converting MP3’s to Wav’s

June 17, 2008 · Filed Under Software · 1 Comment 

I was trying to figure out an easy way to to convert mp3’s to wav’s the other day on my Ubuntu install and I would like to share what I done. First off I have to give credit to Thund3rstruck on the Ubuntu Forums for creating the script.
Step 1:
Open up your favorite text editor and [...]


Top 10: Most Pirated Software

June 3, 2008 · Filed Under Contests, Software · 21 Comments 

This is a list of the most commonly pirated software according to the most recent report from The Software & Information Industry Association or SIIA.

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus
Adobe Acrobat
Symantec PC Anywhere
Adobe PhotoShop
Autodesk AutoCAD
Adobe DreamWeaver
Roxio Easy CD/DVD Creator
Roxio Toast Titanium
Ipswitch WS_FTP
Nero Ultra Edition

Honestly I thought that Photoshop would be number one and Nero not far under that. [...]


Keeping Your Windows Install Fresh

May 19, 2008 · Filed Under Software · 8 Comments 

I have ran various versions of windows since Windows 3.11. In that time I have always experience a feeling of windows being bogged down and running slower over time. I’m sure you have had that same experience also. Therefore I’m writing this post to give you a few tips to keep everything fresh and running [...]


Update: Leopard on your PC

May 18, 2008 · Filed Under Software · Comment 

Currently I still can’t get sound on my Leopard install. I have tried alot of suggestions I found around the web and nothing seems to work. Of course, leopard is not meant to be run on a pc let alone a AMD based pc. So really I don’t use my leopard install much because [...]


Linux Desktop on USB Thumb Drive

May 16, 2008 · Filed Under Software · Comment 

Fedora 9 has made it possible to put a working linux desktop on a thumb drive. No previous install of linux on your hard drive is required. Just 3 steps and boom, you have linux on your thumb drive. How awesome is that? You don’t even lose the data on your thumb drive. All you [...]


OS X Leopard on your PC

April 24, 2008 · Filed Under Software · 3 Comments 

Ok, here we go…. how would you like to run OS X on your pc? Don’t think it’s possible? Think again! I remember a few years ago I had tried this but the only way to make it work was with a virtual machine. I hadn’t thought much about it lately, kind of let the [...]


Must have dvd apps

March 23, 2008 · Filed Under Software · 1 Comment 

If you want to convert avi’s or other video formats to DVD and then burn them, I have two must have apps you need to get. These are not free but they are the best apps for this task. I use these all the time and you can’t beat them for ease of use and [...]


Firefox 3 Beta

March 23, 2008 · Filed Under Software · Comment 

Long awaited new version of Firefox is finally on its way. The biggest improvement? Less memory usage! This is most deffinately the fastest version of Firefox yet. A few new features to the interface including new button, upgraded location bar. Go download it for yourself and check out what we have to look forward to [...]


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