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Computer hardware don’t like heat. You have seen server rooms being fitted with large air conditioner to cold the stack of computer servers at cold temperature. This is to ensure the hardware doesn’t overheat. And overheat will cause the hardware failed to run properly. I’ve seen many of my friend’s PC stop working because of overheat. Normally due to the incorrect way of applying thermal paste on the CPU. From what I have seen, most PC shop owners doesn’t know the correct way of applying thermal paste (at least in this country) which is a saddening fact.

Well, there is a utility which can monitor the temperature of your PC. It monitors the CPU, graphic card, hard drive and chipset temperature. You can help yourself by saving the trip and bucks to the computer shop, by identifying the failing hardware yourself. Continue Reading »

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If your PC is getting slower, booting which took over 5minutes or more, opening applications become as sluggish as ever, this is a sign that your PC is not well maintained. Defrag your hard drive is a well known maintenance method to make your hard drive to access data faster. But one thing that many people overlooked is the Windows registry. Your Windows registry builds up lots of junk entries overtime. Things like uninstalling applications, registry hacks, incomplete installations, or even some incomplete downloads from the internet can cause the registry to piled up overtime. Fortunately, there are registry cleaner utilities which can help you to optimize and clean your registry with junk entries, but at a cost as it doesn’t comes free. Continue Reading »

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USB thumdrive or pendrive some might call it, is a very innovative product in this decade. Its small size and high capacity means the demise of floppy drive. Having a thumbdrive is convenient for storing your pictures, documents, mp3, videos and you can bring it along to anywhere in your pocket. Thumbdrive can actually do more than just storing data, you can even install an OS (operating system) with it. Well, that’s an article for other time. I’m going to talk about creating a USB bootable thumbdrive in a simple way. Forget the countless steps you have to follow on other guides, creating a bootable USB drive is as simple as format the drive only, with a correct utility of course. Continue Reading »

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N97 in potrait and landscape mode

Nokia did its first touch screen phone few months back with its 5800 XM. It’s a budget phone I would say. Packed with a bunch of features at a decent price tag, it was a hit among young people. Problems were reported many. A month or two later, many were selling this phone as second hand. The phone was ugly. The UI (user interface) and the phone itself is not very beautifully designed. I wouldn’t recommend this phone if you’re the flashy type. Nokia made a move to introduce the first N-series touch screen a month ago. It was called N97. Design wise, it was better than 5800 XM of course. Touted as a miniature PC on your palm. It claimed to feature computer-like features and very internet friendly too. Nice to hear from a marketing term, lets dig out more of this phone. Continue Reading »

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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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