Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 17th 2010 | no comments
“PC or console?!”- that`s the question, that appeared in the mind of a gamer, after reading a piece of article, in which one of Bioware`s designer affirms that PC is perfect for games. A quite courageous statement, if we take in account the fact that at this moment, interactive online systems of gaming such as Onlive, are on top.
Daniel Erickson made this shocking affirmation, [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
The easiest way to block websites on Mozilla Firefox is free to use an addon called blocks. It blocks sites that were added to its black list can be used to block and any links that lead to blocked sites. Blocks is also password protected to prevent changing settings and use by others.
Instructions:
1. Open Firefox, click on Tools and then click Addons. Click on the Get [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
The simplistic design for very low load and high speed navigation, Chrome has gained greatly in popularity. If you passed on having Chrome, learn how to manage your bookmarks.
Instructions:
1. To add a site to bookmark, you just need to press the star in front of the address. It will appear on the screen a window through which you can modify or create a new folder name.
2. [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
What Mac OS X version is installed on your Mac?
When you ask different things about Mac and Mac OS X is very useful to know what operating system is installed on them. If the computer is bought new from the store all Mac are delivered with Snow Leopard but when you buy one from second hand the situation changes.
Finding what version of Mac OS X is installed on your computer is not [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
Even though there are many things that you can not do on a Mac and you can do on a PC and the other way, you will find out what are the options you have when clicking right on a Mac. You can right click on both PC and MAC, although the standard mouse from MAC has only one button.
Instructions:
1. You can right click by pressing Control and mouse button.
2. If you right click [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 17th 2010 | no comments
“Microsoft prepares a secret game project”- that`s the famous headline in the majority of game reviews this week. Personally, I don`t see the big deal in this demarche. Microsoft has been struggling for a quite long period to surpass the traditional game companies or the eternal rival named Apple, it`s quite natural and logic to plan a new plan of making more profit and gaining the [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
How can you format your hard drive in Windows XP?
After installing a new hard disk on your computer, you must format it to work correctly. Fortunately, Windows XP has an integrated application that allows you to do this and more. You can create partitions on that hard, depending on preference.
Instructions:
1. Click the Start button and choose Control Panel. In the window that [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | 2 comments
How can you keep your computer updated?
There are 2 instruments that work in order to keep the computer updated with the most recent Microsoft updates: Windows Update and Automatic Updates. Those two are complementary.
Windows Update is an interactive web site that offers the possibility for you to be daily updated with the latest improvements of security, performance and of your [...]
Posted in: How To by Razvan Radu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
What is Adware?
An adware is actually an advertisement that appears on the computer screen with a banner or a new page. Clicking on it brings advertising revenue that it displays. Unlike malware and spyware, adware are loaded into the computer user's permission.
How is adware malicious?
Usually they are loaded into the computer during a normal Internet browsing. Programmers [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 17th 2010 | one comment
Did you think that only clothes and jewels can be cut off during at the end of a season?! Well, even games can go through the reduction process, fact that will certainly be delight you. For instance, at the end of June, a company as Capcom developed an interesting marketing strategy: for 72 hours some games were offered with almost 70& off. If you are a dedicated gamer, you have to [...]
Posted in: Reviews by Loredana Sava | July 17th 2010 | no comments
If you have ever used a text editing software application like Word for Windows for example, you certainly know that the latest versions have extended clipboard features. That means that whenever you select a text or only a part of a text with your mouse or by any other method, it will allow the copied text to stay on the clipboard that appears in the right part of the editing software [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 17th 2010 | one comment
Not only the game industry has some troubles due to the global crisis, but even the game magazines themselves are hardly surviving in this context. One concrete and sad example is that of “PC Zone ”, a pioneer and reputed specialized magazine from UK, which had to close its printed edition.
The ending of “PC Zone” is quite a mystery. All the reviews, that I read on this [...]
Posted in: Technology News by Iohana Georgescu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
With the Mandriva Linux 2010.1 release not so long ago it is now time to introduce the latest version of another popular operating system. The openSuse Project has recently announced the release of the latest version of openSuse that comes with support for 32-bit and 64-bit systems. As always the Linux-based operating system delivers KDE, Gnome and Xfce desktop environments and on top of [...]
Posted in: Technology News by Iohana Georgescu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
Problems with the iPhone 4? Well, you’ll be pleased to hear that users from the US won’t be the only ones sharing those problems, as Apple has announced that by the end of July the controversial phone will be launched in several other countries as well. Next in line to complain about the reception issues and get a free casing to solve it include people from : Canada, Australia, New [...]
Posted in: Technology News by Iohana Georgescu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
What is there left to say about the iPhone 4? The reception issues most users have been claiming through the past few weeks turn the iPhone 4 into a pretty bad choice if you’re looking to buy a new device of this type. The attitude Apple has had during its latest event dedicated to these problems iPhone 4 users are facing, makes you stay away from Apple as a manufacturer in general. [...]
Posted in: Technology News by Iohana Georgescu | July 17th 2010 | no comments
Back in the day, when Windows Mobile phones were somewhat rare, and mobile phones didn’t really come with smart operating systems; the best thing you could get was a phone running Symbian. Ever since the appearance of the iOS and Android, Symbian has become less impressive, and its users may have the same opinion on Symbian that they had on basic phone menus years ago. It also [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 16th 2010 | no comments
Yes, it`s a true, a company from games industry spent more than $100 millions dollars for the creation of its latest product…Can you guess which is that generous company and the title of the game?!
The keys to this impressing investment are Blizzard and “Starcraft II”, one of the games that we have been discussing lately. Why did Blizzard choose “Starcraft” as money [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 16th 2010 | no comments
We are facing an economical global crisis, don`t think that the game industry has managed to stay untouched. Usually, game companies don`t make public their profits, but you can see that there`s a fight down from the way people buy products (less than last year) and from the reduced number of copies officially released on the market.
The general method in commerce, during [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 16th 2010 | no comments
I couldn`t believe, when I read this piece of news! In my whole activity of journalist I have been informed about decadence, bankruptcy and violence. “Great Gatsby” was one of the novel, that delighted my adolescence and sincerely, I was shocked in a positive way to see that somebody thought of making a game after F. Scoot Fitzgerald`s novel. I`m waiting hardly to see a game inspired [...]
Posted in: Reviews by Loredana Sava | July 16th 2010 | no comments
Have you ever tried to capture an entire web page? OK, if you have, now I will ask you the next question: Have you succeeded? I seriously doubt that. Normally, when we want to copy a certain web page we can do this and capture the whole image only if the web page is very small and compatible with the format of an A4 sheet of paper. But when it is longer, with many articles being [...]
Posted in: Reviews by Loredana Sava | July 16th 2010 | no comments
When working for a powerful company or for a very important sector in a certain field - like military or police department or even in advertising and trade, it is very important to keep all your files away from other people's eyes. This can be dangerous because people often have bad intentions and always want to find out what the competition thinks or wants to launch on the market. That [...]
Posted in: Uncategorized by Iohana Georgescu | July 15th 2010 | no comments
As nice as it may be, many people are having doubts regarding buying an iPhone 4 right now. The antenna issues were initially thought to be caused by faulty software. On Monday Consumer Reports revealed their conclusion. After testing the iPhone 4 it turned out that the reception problems were indeed caused by a bad antenna design. Holding the phone in the sensitive area resulted in a [...]
Posted in: Technology News by Iohana Georgescu | July 15th 2010 | no comments
The Thinkpad X301 might soon become a mere memory for consumers since reports seem to point that Lenovo is going to withdraw this product from the market. While for the rest of the world it’s not a set deal yet, and Lenovo hasn’t made an official statement regarding this action, on the Chinese market, the X301 should disappear by the end of 2010. The newer and perhaps better T410 [...]
Posted in: Reviews by Loredana Sava | July 15th 2010 | no comments
If you want your business to be known and people to find out about it, you must certainly do something top edit a catalog. These catalogs not only show the available items for sale or that you can order, their prices, but also represent a good way of advertising it. So if you are in the trade business or tourism or even industry, you must hire somebody to edit such a catalog of [...]
Posted in: Games by Denisa Chirita | July 15th 2010 | no comments
To my shame, I didn`t play until now “Starcraft ” and my friends promise me severe “punishments”, unless I do it soon. The first thing that bothered me about this total success signed Blizzard was the pessimistic tone of the plot. “Starcraft” series don`t differ that much of “Matrix” idea: the humanity is assaulted by aliens or robots and there`s just one last hope left [...]
Posted in: Download by Loredana Sava | July 15th 2010 | no comments
I remember the time when I had my first stereo and I wanted to record some nice music, but the only source was the TV set, so I recorded music by placing the stereo next to the TV's speakers while some people played it on screen. It makes me laugh now , but that's the way things used to be. Now , with the Internet and the computer, there's a software application for almost anything. So [...]
Posted in: Reviews by Loredana Sava | July 15th 2010 | one comment
I am sure all of you know how to read, each in their own language and even in some other languages. But there are some times when you would rather listen to the text in front of you being read out loud - for various reasons. The best reason of all is when the person in question is blind and can't read any other texts than Braille texts. But the new technology allows them to hear the text [...]
