Posted in Gadgets, Guides, Photos on Jul 27th, 2007 No Comments »
TrackID™ is a handy function in most of the newer and higher end Sony Ericsson mobile phones nowadays, allowing you to record a few seconds of a song and get track, artist and album information sent to your phone in seconds.
As I personally think it’s an interesting feature that is still unaware by many [...]
Posted in Guides, Software, Windows on Jul 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
User Account Control (UAC) is a feature introduced in Windows Vista to improve the security of Windows by limiting applications to standard user privileges until an administrator authorizes an increase in privilege level.
If you’re annoyed by the UAC notifications that prompt up every time you execute an EXE file or run a program even though [...]
Posted in Guides, Internet, Recommendations, Software on Apr 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve posted a mini-tutorial in spherebox about configuration of VNC - a remote control software that allows you to conveniently control one workstation remotely from another, either over a LAN environment or Internet.
Click here to read more
Posted in Guides, Software, Windows on Mar 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
After switching to Windows Vista, everything has been pretty good except that whenever I want to play video file via my favorite lightweight media player - MPC, the eye-catching Aero effect had to be dropped. Meaning to say, there will be no flip3D, no transparent window, nothing.
However, thanks to dattebayo’s workaround here, it is still [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Guides, Hardware, Recommendations on Feb 10th, 2007 No Comments »
800X600 belongs to last century, 1024X768 is so yesterday, 1280X1024 is the standard, and 1680X1050 is the future (you know I’m talking about display resolution right? LOL) Anyways, I’m using neither of them, but 1440X900.
I’ve got my LG’s L194WT Widescreen monitor. With 19″, 5ms response time, 2000:1 digital fine contrast and DVI support at the [...]
Posted in Craps, Guides, Jokes, Software, Windows on Feb 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
I’ve just tried out the Vista’s Speech Recognition this morning. Setting up was pretty easy, I just had to configure the microphone, learn basic commands and dictation by taking a speech tutorial (which was pretty long but impressive) - and voila! I can now control my computer with my voice rather than Keyboard/Mouse!
I then ordered [...]
Posted in Guides, Internet, Software on Jan 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
If you’re one of the victims suffering ultra slow access to international websites due to the Taiwan earthquake, don’t be frustrated.
While many opt to get their ass off the computer chair, using proxy can be one of the workarounds while the issue is being rectified.
I’ve written a guide on how to configure proxy in the [...]
Posted in Guides, Recommendations, Software on Dec 13th, 2006 No Comments »
Instead of working hard, you’ve to work smart too. You just have to be amazed with how many hours could be saved if you were to choose the right tools to do the right things.
There are some useful and lightweight applications that I always use to improve productivity and keep my job fun. Here’s the [...]
Posted in Guides, Internet, Recommendations, Software on Nov 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Are you a victim of suspected TMnet’s P2P traffic throttling recently? Are you suffering ultra-low download speed at 5KB/s while you used to get 100KB/s before? I’m one of the victims, even my favourite µTorrent gives me fluctuating download speed that will never exceed 15KB/s, that’s really disappointing.
But recently in Lowyat.net discussion forum, UNDERGROUND suggested [...]
Posted in Guides, Recommendations, Software, Windows on Nov 28th, 2006 2 Comments »
Feeling sinful while using non-legal copy of software? Reluctant to pay for expensive license fee? While copyright is meant to be respected, not everyone (especially students) can afford buying expensive software.
But don’t worry, there’s always freeware alternative for you (err…at least for non-commercial use). I’m going to list out several categories here, and in each [...]
