Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

News about PC Gaming Reviews issue #8

Friday, October 21st, 2011

iPhone 4S Review (Video) - mobilesyrup.com 10/21/2011 Stuff.co.nziPhone 4S Review (Video)MobileSyrup.comThat is, until you open a game, load a heavy web page or heavily tax the processor in any number of ways. Apple claims the SGX 543MP2 GPU inside the A

Edit menu.lst From Windows

Friday, December 10th, 2010

If you want to try and edit your Ubuntu linux files from Windows, such as menu.lst you can try using Ext2Read to view your ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions and save files onto Windows.  This handy little program (no install needed) read my Ubuntu partition just fine from Windows 7 64bit install.  I'm ...

UXTheme Multi-patcher: Patch More Windows Versions

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

With this updated UXTheme Multi-patcher, you can replace the uxtheme files and start using custom Visual Styles for your system. Here are the supported versions from the Softpedia website;

Surf the Web In-Game

Monday, March 8th, 2010

With PLAYXPERT, created by former Xfire users, you can download a variety of widgets that work seamlessly with the games that are supported.  The widgets include a web browser, TeamSpeak, Diagnostics Tool and more.  They even have a Twitter widget in case you want to brag to the world about ...

Winamp Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker Plugin

Friday, March 5th, 2010

With the VL Sound 5.1 Winamp plug-in for Windows 7 and Vista you can get your surround sound 5.1 speaker setup working perfectly.  All the other plug-ins I tried made the sound terrible, or you had to pay for them.  This is completely free and actually makes the sound BETTER. ...

Convert animated GIF to animated PNG

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

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Easy Upgrade to Adobe Air 2.0 Beta

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

With the release of Adobe Air 2.0 beta, you can easily upgrade to the latest version without a lot of hassle.  All you have to do is download the installer and it will update your current version to 2.0.   Here's a list of new features, aimed a lot towards the ...

Check and download updates for your PC

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

With this handy little tool from FileHippo.com you can check and then download updates for software that is currently installed on your PC.  The small program scans your computer for installed software and then brings up a website with links to the newest versions.  With a few clicks you can ...

Patch Windows XP SP3 to use StyleXP Visual Styles

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

With this patch you will be able to skin your Windows XP SP3  system without the use of third party software such as WindowBlinds or Style XP, but you will be able to use Style XP themes.  This makes for much faster boot-up times and less resource usage, ...

EVGA GeForce 9500 GT – Mini Review

Friday, October 24th, 2008

 I just bought the EVGA GeForce 9500 GT video card from Amazon and so far I'm quite impressed.  For a budget video card it is quite capable of running many of the newer games, even if they do have to be set on low to medium settings [Keep ...