Bobi's IT tumblelog

Ballmer sells windows1.0

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:04 +0100

Ballmer sells windows1.0

Windows 7 Boot from VHD

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:53 +0100

Windows 7 Boot from VHD:

Part 1 Create/Mount VHD files in Windows 7
Part 2 Boot from VHD in Windows 7
Part 3 Boot from VHD in Windows Vista

The UK’s premier beatboxers performing live at the Google...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:34 +0100

The UK’s premier beatboxers performing live at the Google offices in London. Nathan “Flutebox” Lee and Beardyman @ Google, London

Windows Explorer has stopped working :)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:44:25 +0200

Windows Explorer has stopped working :)

Glocal Conference '09 Summary

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:56:00 +0200

http://glocalconference.com

http://glocalconference.com/live

http://komunikacii.net/10/20/web20-nastan

Mac or PC

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:24:29 +0200

Mac or PC

DELL Adamo XPS only 9.99mm thin

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:22:23 +0200

DELL Adamo XPS only 9.99mm thin

10 Coolest Laptops

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:18:30 +0200

10 Coolest Laptops

Go green(er) with Windows 7 and powercfg -energy

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:49:36 +0200

Windows 7 has a new power management debugging option built into powercfg.exe that can be used to expose potential power hogging drivers and configuration issues that could be eating away at your battery life and driving up your power bill.

As the description states, it is best to run while the system is idle, much like the WinSat “Windows Experience Index” process.

Running powercfg -energy, you end up with results like this:

Enabling tracing for 60 seconds…
Observing system behavior…
Analyzing trace data…
Analysis complete.

Energy efficiency problems were found.

21 Errors
17 Warnings
10 Informational

Using the default options, a file called energy-report.html will be created in the current directory from which powercfg.exe execute and gives you a snapshot of your system energy consumption over a 60 second period.

My laptop’s report during idle was not particularly interesting, so here is an example of energy-report.html while my system was under light load with the usual devices I have plugged in my docking station. I seem to have many Suspend unfriendly USB devices.

Using PowerCfg to Evaluate System Energy Efficiency: PowerCfg.docx

HP Web Jetadmin software

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:44:17 +0200

Count on powerful web-based print management that’s fast, easy, and reliable. Install, configure, troubleshoot, and manage both HP and non-HP networked print devices. New features include advanced configuration and maintenance capabilities and more robust alerting and reporting functions. Improve productivity and reduce operation costs with an award-winning, industry-leading print management solution. HP Web Jetadmin 10.2 delivers improvements in speed, ease of use, and reliability. Retain your existing HP Web Jetadmin configuration with automated, built in backup and restore features

http://h20338.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cache/332262-0-0-225-121.html

Disk2vhd v1.0

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:41:22 +0200

Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

FF Addon: TinEye Reverse Image Search 0.6

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:19:44 +0200

FF Addon: TinEye Reverse Image Search 0.6:

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. The plugin adds a right-click menu item that allows you to search for an image to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions.

Introducing Sandboxie

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:07:39 +0200

Tired of dealing with rogue software, spyware and malware? Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.

Benefits of the Isolated Sandbox:

Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxie means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don’t leak into Windows.
Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can’t break out of the sandbox and can’t infect your real system.
Windows Stays Lean: Prevent wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.

http://www.sandboxie.com/

Interview with Web Usability Guru, Jakob Nielsen

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:54:35 +0200

Interview with Web Usability Guru, Jakob Nielsen:

In this article, we’ll be focusing on web usability and more specifically, on the views of world renowned usability expert, Jakob Nielsen.

Flickr Now Supports OpenStreetMap Tags

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:51:00 +0200

Flickr Now Supports OpenStreetMap Tags:

Flickr just announced support for OpenStreetMap, the wiki-like mapping service that allows users to create and edit maps. Starting today, photos that are tagged with an OpenStreetMap node ID will include a link to OpenStreetMap (OSM) right underneath the photo. OSM assigns a random number to objects on its maps and Flickr can now read this number and also extract additional data about places from the OSM database. In addition, Flickr also announced that it will now support venue ID tags for the increasingly popular Foursquare service.

Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their...

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:33:00 +0200

Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

The Beginner's Guide to Tricking Out Your WordPress Blog - Blogs - Lifehacker

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:49:27 +0200

The Beginner's Guide to Tricking Out Your WordPress Blog - Blogs - Lifehacker:

You took the leap and installed WordPress to host your own blog because you want complete control over how it looks and works. Now, it’s time to power it up, lock it down, and make your blog…

Newbie guide to WordPress SEO

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:16:46 +0200

Newbie guide to WordPress SEO:

Setting up a new WordPress blog is usually a mystery for many users as they are immediately faced with hundreds of options and possible plugins. But the truth is that only a few steps are involved…

History of communication

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:38:27 +0200

History of communication

10 Geekiest Panties

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:22:46 +0200

10 Geekiest Panties