Tag Archives: windows

Are you sure you want to delete WINDOWS?!

Posted on Wednesday 4 February 2009 by

Last night I tried to empty my Recycle Bin in Windows XP, which in itself was a little odd given that the icon said it had items in it, but opening it revealed … nothing. I decided to try to … Continue reading →

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Windows 7

Posted on Saturday 27 September 2008 by

Catching up with news on the CustomPC website and there’s an interesting article entitled: Microsoft strips email and photo apps from Windows 7. Next version of Windows will come without the clutter of extra software as standard, although you’ll be … Continue reading →

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XP Tweak Guide and AVG

Posted on Saturday 17 May 2008 by

Nice to see that the excellent TweakGuides Tweaking Companions for Windows XP and Vista by Koroush Ghazi have been updated. Included in the update is advice on installing AVG Free 8.0 (antivirus software). What’s not included is the switch to … Continue reading →

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Synergy

Posted on Sunday 4 May 2008 by

Synergy is a pretty cool piece of software, that I’m sure I blogged about ages ago at the Other Place™. Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its … Continue reading →

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Create Web 2.0 icons

Posted on Friday 2 May 2008 by

Axialis IconWorkshop is great for creating Web 2.0 icons. I liked it so much I bought the … software.

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RocketDock

Posted on Thursday 1 May 2008 by

RocketDock looks quite cool. Assuming that you want that Mac-like interface dock thingy on your Windows desktop. Which I don’t. But you might.

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Perfect posture software

Posted on Saturday 22 March 2008 by

Spotted a review in PCPlus magazine for PostureMinder Home Edition for Windows. It’s an application that reminds you of the benefits of good posture while using your PC. A nice idea but is anyone really going to spend £30 to … Continue reading →

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Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows upgrade?

Posted on Thursday 17 January 2008 by

Today I upgraded to the latest version of Safari for Windows, version 3.0.4 Beta. Unfortunately, for some reason it’s completely unusable. I can’t read any of the menus, and the displayed web pages are corrupt. I guess that’s what “beta” … Continue reading →

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