Following up on our original guide to creating Windows USB installation media, we've addressed some of the feedback around tools, specifically Rufus and the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool.
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Following up on our guides on creating Windows 10 USB install media, we go a step further, walking you through a non-destructive Windows 10 installation using virtual hard disks (VHDs).
Do you love customizing your Windows desktop? If you do, you'll love this trick! By default, Windows 7 includes several locations to choose pictures and desktop backgrounds from, such as Windows Desktop Backgrounds, Pictures Library,...
Let your CD or DVD automatically open your documents or display a menu when your disk is inserted into the user's computer. Create autorun disks in a few clicks, no design or programming required! All...
Former Vice President Al Gore created the Internet... you know, that thing Senator Ted Stevens explained as series of tubes... but it's probably not one of the Internets used by President George W. Bush. Well,...
In what seems to be a move just for the heck of it, Procter & Gamble Co. and NBC Universal announced Monday that they have formed a partnership to launch an online site for dog...
Canada's telecommunications regulator has laid out new rules for a national do-not-call list. Under existing rules, consumers have to register separately to be on the "do not call" list of each individual telemarketer but in...
At Waseda University, three scientists by the names of Hiroyuki Nishide, Hiroaki Konishi and Takeo Suga have developed a new polymer-based 200 nanometres thick rechargeable battery that incorporates a high charge/discharge capacity, yet it is...
Thanks to Fred Derf for submitting this to the Front Page. Worldwide video game producer and distributor Ubisoft is expanding its Quebec operations. The plan is to increase from the current 1,600 employees in Quebec...
Ask Linux users what they find most annoying about Linux, and many will complain about device drivers. While the vast majority of PC components and peripherals work with Linux, some don't work at all, and...
The person who actually created the "Zune" name is getting no credit at all. Zune is on everyone's lips these days, be it in a context of criticism or... Let's be fair, there is no...
Easy Macro Recorder is a handy utility that makes your computers automatically do work for you. It records all operation of mouse and keystrokes and saves them as macros, then Easy Macro Recorder can play...
Researchers at Brown University in the US have created a prototype rechargeable battery that is as thin as a plastic transparency and as powerful as 100 alkaline batteries. The plastic battery, created by engineers Tayhas...
Visual Subst is a small tool which allows you to associate the most accessed directories with virtual drives. It uses the same API like console 'subst' utility, but makes it easier to manage virtual drives...
Google enhanced its Google Maps application to include coupons that businesses can create and display free of charge. The new service, announced yesterday, allows a business to fill out a form on Google's Web site...
A new game development platform from Microsoft allows anyone to create games for its Xbox 360 console, the company said on Monday. Typically, console games are designed by large studios that must pay...
One of the more eagerly awaited features of Office 2007, the ability to save files in PDF, will now have to be downloaded separately. The exact reasons for this are unclear but it seems that...
A group of self-titled "political activists" in Massachusetts has started an aggressive campaign to get browser users to switch from Microsoft's Internet Explorer to Mozilla's Firefox. Taking advantage of a new program by Google, the...
ATI Technologies, one of the world's largest suppliers of graphics processors, has unveiled its first DirectX 10 software development kit that provides programmers examples of DirectX 10 code and samples to allow them to start...
Thanks go to tommy_vercetti for posting the news that DivX has been updated with dual core support. This from the DivX website: Today, we're excited to announce that the...
To celebrate their 5th Anniversary, the guys over at DivX are giving away licensed copies of their Create bundle for Windows. This includes both the DivX Pro 6 Encoder and the professional player. Usually DivX...
Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on Tuesday it would establish 1,000 WiFi hotspots in Japan by the end of 2005 where owners of its DS portable game machines can play games with others online for free....
The Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Create DVD Update enables increased reliability when creating a video DVD using recorded TV files (.dvr-ms). This update has the greatest impact for users who create DVDs using...
Here at NVIDIA's Editor's Day event today, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang addressed questions about the company's plans for a possible second spin of its popular but ill-fated SoundStorm audio solution. Apparently, a reprise of SoundStorm...
Thanks Powerless for this heads up from The Register. Since its introduction almost two years ago, the fashionable and expensive iPod gadget has earned a reputation as a music hoard for selfish yuppies. But...
What comes as a disappointing decision by the Bush administration is that there are no immediate plans to create a national do-not-spam list. One of the reasons that impacted this decision was the fear that...
Hundreds of area technophiles joined laptops Saturday in an attempt to create a computing force on par with the world's most powerful supercomputers. The experiment organized by researchers at the University of San Francisco was...
Today's Economic news reports that Intel and Toppoly have together developed LCD panels that will only draw three watts. The move is a breakthrough for Intel and the rest of us, because one of the...
Scientists said on Wednesday they had created a new form of matter and predicted it could help lead to the next generation of superconductors for use in electricity generation, more efficient trains and countless other...
Jeez... is it only me that actually bought and actually like the 'cube??? Japanese game maker Nintendo on Thursday said sales of its GameCube video game console spiked after a price cut...
Two global operating system giants have teamed to put a prettier face on everyday electronics. U.S.-based software giant Microsoft has teamed with Japanese non-profit group T-Engine Forum to develop a "two-in-one" operating...
If you've never seen the original 1969 film "The Italian Job" it's a blast! Rent it if you can! Michael Cane starred in the tale of a bunch...
The newest issue of Computer Games magazine reveals in a brief article that Battle Realms developer Liquid Entertainment will be the developer for The War of the Rings, the upcoming RTS game from Vivendi Universal's...
If you install Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows XP and then use the System Restore feature to restore Windows to a state before the installation of the service pack, you may experience the following...
Thanks Geronimo for this. In late May, DreamWorks' new animated film "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" will hit theaters and mark a major milestone for the studio, as well as for the Open Source community...
Japanese developer Enterbrain has officially announced the next game in the RPG Maker series for the Sony PlayStation 2--the game is titled RPG School 5 in Japan. For the first time, the series moves into...
