Archive for September, 2008
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Computer Clock Running Too Fast or Too Slow?
Is the time running too fast or too slow on your Windows XP computer? If so there’s a good chance the Windows Time Service (which keeps your computer time accurate) is broken. Fixing it is just a matter of restarting the service but you need to get your hands dirty and enter some terminal commands. [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in tutorial, windows by brett
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Disable Windows Update Restart
This tutorial explains how to stop Windows Update from automatically restarting your computer. By default Windows XP’s Automatic Update feature is set to “Automatic” so that windows automatically downloads and installs updates. This is good as it keeps your operating system fully patched and secure, however windows will constantly nag you to restart your computer. [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in tutorial, windows by brett
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Spore Spawns Discontent and Piracy
The DRM monster is on the loose again, with the release of Will Wrights long awaited SPORE. Users are so unhappy with SPOREs included Digital Rights Management (DRM), they are downloading pirated torrents of the game in record numbers making it the most pirated game ever. Add to this an appalling one star user rating [...]
No Comments » - Posted in gaming, news, opinion by brett
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Facebook is going to clear facebook accounts if
I just received this on my Facebook Superwall titled “Facebook is going to clear facebook accounts if ..”
We all know that Facebook is an extraordinary social network where you can talk to friends, find old friends, and so much more.
The Facebook team is well aware that Facebook is getting over populated due to [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in facebook, internet, news, opinion by brett
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
New Facebook Forced on Users
Many sites are reporting user discontent over the forced introduction of New Facebook, with gearfuse describing it as horrible, atrocious and completely cluttered. Based the response to the discontinuation of network pages I’m not surprised. There’s even a “Petition Against the New Facebook” which currently has 478,670 1,610,451 members and can be signed here.
The [...]
No Comments » - Posted in facebook, internet, news by brett
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
The early Apple II was notorious for that
This rec.puzzles newsgroup post made me laugh. I don’t read rec.puzzles or newsgroups in general, but this is completely out of place in rec.puzzles. He has stuffed so many technical terms into two paragraphs it’s just laughable. I really don’t know how much truth to what he is saying because I have never [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in apple, humor, internet by brett
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – The Arnisee Switzerland
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of The Arnisee Switzerland. Click image to view full size [668KB 1920×1200]
3 Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Digg Sixty Percent Inaccurate?
As of 5 minutes ago nine out of fifteen stories on the front page or digg.com have been reported as inaccurate by diggers. That is sixty percent of all the stories on the front page at the moment. When I logged on I was confronted with so many potentially inaccurate stories I just had to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in digg, opinion, politics by brett
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Enable or Disable Number Lock at Startup
This tutorial explains how to enable or disable Keyboard Number Lock each time your computer starts.
Have you ever entered a phone number via the numeric keypad only to discover nothing has appeared? The most likely cause is Number Lock (or Num Lock as it us usually labeled) is disabled, and it’s a simple matter of [...]
