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To showcase the new touch technologies in Windows 7, Microsoft created the Windows 7 Touch pack originally just for OEM manufactures to ship with new computers with integrated touch hardware, the touch is now available to the public. Included are six programs that range from fun touch enabled programs to mini games.
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Published 61 days ago in Windows XP Performance Tweaks
If your computer has some RAM to spare, RAM drives are perfect for increasing the performance of any application that must read and write a lot of data. Using a special kernel mode driver along with system memory, a temporary RAM drive can be created that is significantly faster than traditional storage. Spindle based hard drives found in almost every computer have a maximum read and write speed of around 100 MB per second. The performances of RAM drives are only limited by the speed of the memory and chipset. That results in read and writes speeds well above 1 GB per second and on high end systems much faster.
Published 67 days ago in Windows 7 User Interface Tweaks
Taskbar Meters expand the Windows 7 taskbar beyond the static icon and dynamically update to show the utilization of system resources. Made up of three separate programs, Taskbar Meters show CPU usage, disk IO and memory utilization.
Published 75 days ago in Windows XP Internet & Network Tweaks
By default
Internet Explorer stores a user’s temporary internet files within a user
profile typically located under C:\Users or C:\Documents and Settings. This setting can be easily be changed within Internet Explorer.
Here is a quick time saver that I use all the time: Hold down the Shift key and right click on any folder in Windows 7 and select Open command window here. A command prompt will open with the current directory set automatically.
Check your local weather conditions and forecast right on the taskbar in Windows 7 with WeatherBar. Start up the free utility and the application icon and background will indicate the current conditions. Right click on the icon to show the jump list and see the forecast for the next few days.
Published 96 days ago in Windows XP User Interface Tweaks
Aero Snap is one of the best features in Windows 7 because it makes managing Windows much easier. Now users of Windows Vista and XP can join in the fun with the help of AquaSnap by Nurgo Software. The free utility expands on the features offered by Microsoft’s Aero Snap by allowing users to not only snap windows on both sides of the screen, but also in corners and add multi-monitor support.
Microsoft Corp. today announced record third-quarter revenue of $14.50 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2010, a 6% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.17 billion, $4.01 billion and $0.45 per share, which represented increases of 17%, 35% and 36%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.
Published 100 days ago in Windows Mobile News
The mother of all Dell leaks just dropped into our laps, and the absolute highlight has to be the Lightning, a Windows Phone 7 portrait slider. That's right -- a portrait slider. The renders on these slides look slick as hell, but they're no match for the spec sheet, which looks even better: 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, WVGA 4.
Alt+Tab Tuner makes it easy to customize the size and layout of the thumbnails on the native Alt+Tab window switcher in Windows 7. Slide the settings to the perfect value and click Apply. Make sure to enable the Autorestart Explorer check box for instant results. Otherwise you will have to reboot your computer.