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Update now
Wireless LAN Products – Download Windows* Software for Intel? PRO/Wireless Network Connection. A bunch of sites say the new Intel wifi software finally fixes various problems like connection drops and so forth. They are right. My new VAIO works perfectly with it. And if you don’t have an OEM who updates you the generic Intel…
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H.264 in .MP4 files
Talk about an arcane topic. I can’t believe that Windows is so complicated when it comes to playback! Anyway, the new iPod expects its video in H.264 format. Videola produces this in a .MP4 file, but how do you play this back on the PC to check it. Well, the easy way is to use…
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Wallpaper Changer
Now that I’ve got Nostalgia as my screensaver, next thing is to change the desktop wallpaper automatically too. Again, there are bunch of free utilities: * “Microsoft Powertoys”:http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/312. Before the era of activation keys (I just had Office die and we had to call up because the nVidia driver rearranged the CD-ROMS on my machine.…
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Cool Screensavers
Freeware Home – Desktop … Cosmetic Tools … Screen Saver Tools. The Mac has a really cool Ken Burns like screen saver. There is also a video screen saver that Microsoft has, but it requires validation and is a pain to load. So what’s free and good: * 4View Screen Saver. This create tiled images…
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nVidia new drivers 81.xx and 6.7x
Tong Family Blog: nVidia Driver Install. The newest drivers for nForce4 and also for the latest 7800GTX are apparently real performance boosters. Big recommendation over at Anandtech to update. You can get these from “nVidia”:http://nvidia.com It is tricky to do this, follow the instructions noted. You need Driver cleaner to do this so you make…
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Dual Core Performance
AMDZone :: The real #1 source for AMD news, reviews, and info. Est 1998.. Both AMD and Intel as well as nVidia and ATI have been busy. The latest nVidia drivers post version 80.xx support dual core improvements as do ATI drivers 5.13 and later. The performance improvement isn’t large as most games are graphics…
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Got an extra X2 lying around…
AnandTech: Mid-Range to High-End Buyer’s Guide, January 2006. If you have an extra X2 lying around, then it is a shame not to use it. It was from my blown DFI LanParty board. In any case, Anand was nice enough to write a January guide for the best motherboards and things.
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Bike Stand
!>http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tech/reviews/ultimate_pro_elite/Ultimate_Pro_Elite_full_viewtn.jpg! www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis. Phil got one last week and I’m amazed at how good a truly nice a stable one can be. This ones is the Ultimate Pro Elite for $250 list, but the knock-off from “Performance”:http://www.performancebike.com/shop/Profile.cfm?SKU=19982&item=40-2198&slitrk=search&slisearch=true is just $140 right now. It is a nice one. The main thing being that it…
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Rebates Galore
Now that you’ve bought all that loot, get your rebates. Manufacturers lover ebates because 70% of the time, folks don’t do the work to fill it in. Even when you do, about half of mine get rejected, so here is this seasons. * 1310-1DT.pdf (application/pdf Object). $50 off LCD monitors from HP.
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PowderWatch Northwest
SkiWashington.Com. It is very hard to see *all* the resorts and to know where they are in terms of snow and so forth. Plus where the “webcams”:http://www.skiwashington.com/webcams.php are as well. Also,there is a “powder alert”