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There are few tweaks in registry where you can make your Windows shutdown faster. Windows by default is set to clear your page file and wait for every opened applications to closed properly. When there are many files to be cleared in your page file and you’ve got some unresponsive applications at shutdown time, you may find yourself waiting for Windows to do its job for quite a while. Fortunately, you can tweak these stuff at the Windows Registry easily. Continue Reading »

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If one thing to be voted as the best innovation of 2009, I wouldn’t miss my vote on Opera Unite. Why wouldn’t anyone thought of this idea earlier? It was simply brilliant and amazing. File sharing, web server, media streaming all in one package, and the best is, you don’t have to be a network specialist to setup all these in under 5minutes. On top of that, it supports every platform (mobile version is in development) as it brilliantly uses the vast availability of HTTP. Continue Reading »

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Ever had any experience of your laptop or mobile phone’s battery went dead in the misdt of emergency? You can’t blame the manufacturer for bundling such battery as you should have know the battery life-per charge for your phone or laptop. If you’ve charged the battery fully and it doesn’t last as long as before, something was wrong with the battery. Unfortunately, you can’t do much for the battery already as oxidation occurred (or worst, corrosion) in the battery’s internal. However, there are some simple steps to prolong your new battery, if you decide to get a new one. Continue Reading »

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There is a constant misconception that overclock is unsafe. The fact? I give it a yes and no. Yes it is unsafe if you do it in extreme, like over heat and over volt for a long period. It is safe as long as you stay within the limit of your hardware. Safe or not, there are people out there willing to do insanely high overclock like the one Continue Reading »

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Ever wonder why shared files on other computer on your network took a while to load when you opened up your “My Network place”? This is actually a bug which resides in Windows since Windows 2000 version and stays till Windows XP. Windows look for any Scheduled Task on remote computer and this is what cause the delay. Fortunately, this bug is easy to rectify as you only need to delete a key in the registry. Here’s how. Continue Reading »

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Gone are the days when 1GB of RAM and 400MHz of speed were considered to be a luxury specifications for a PC. 1GB RAM used to cost RM300-400(USD 115) 4-5years back, depending on the RAM timings and brand. Paired it with an AMD Athlon FX-55(best processor at that time) and you’ve got yourself a very fast PC. Fast forward to present time, suddenly this 1GB DDR 400MHZ RAM and FX-55 pairing seems better suited for word processing and your mum’s daily recipe on youtube. The fastest processor was just being dethrone last week when intel releases Core i7 975 Extreme to replace the 965 Extreme. Continue Reading »

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You’ve got tonnes of high quality video files and high bit rate mp3 files in your computer, and you can’t find a media player just good enough to play all of them. So, you resort with the default player in your Windows, the Windows Media Player. The next thing is, you started to curse Microsoft for not having all the codecs installed for the beautifully designed Media Player. And then Windows recommend you to follow the steps to get the codes, so you follow without questions and install the codecs one by one. Why all the hassles when you can get a better media player? And guess what, it’s free! Continue Reading »

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There is a leaked video showing an interview with director of hardware marketing at Sony. There are not much details revealed about PSP Go, but just some features enough to entice mobile gamers. Continue Reading »

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