“Speed up External USB Hard Drives in Windows Vista” outlines a quick, easy trick that you can use to make your stationary USB drive a little faster: “If you have an external hard drive that is always plugged into your computer, you can enable write caching to speed up performance significantly when writing to the disk.” Be [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Speed Up Your USB Drive in Windows Vista
Sunday, April 29, 2007Where to Find Cheap Electronics Online
Electronics are expensive, especially in retail chain stores, so it’s no wonder that virtual shops are always popping up to offer products at an added savings and convenience. For the smart shopper who’s willing to take a little extra risk, some great deals on second-hand products can be found both online and off. Jeffrey over [...]
Recover Files From Your Mac’s Browser Cache with File Juicer
Saturday, April 28, 2007File Juicer allows you to access the files stored in most web browsers’ caches, including Safari and Firefox. This may prove particularly useful for web developers who accidentally overwrite an image, HTML, or CSS file and don’t want to start over from scratch. Many of these browsers keep cached files in proprietary cache file [...]
E-mail Tip: The Difference Between To:, CC:, and BCC:
Ever wonder what those other fields in your e-mail client are exactly for? I’m talking about CC: and BCC:, in addition to the To: field. All three of those fields are very different from each other, and each one is intended for a very specific purpose. Productivity blog Lifehack.org explains the difference: “To: Add contacts who [...]
Weekly Software Roundup: April 27th, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007CaffeineDon’t let your Mac fall asleep. File JuicerExtract files embedded within other files on your Mac. Flip4MacPlay embedded Windows Media Video on your Mac. JigglerKeep your Mac awake by automatically jiggling the mouse pointer. Paint.NETA free Windows alternative to Photoshop. Windows Desktop SearchSearch every file on your Windows PC, including your e-mail. Every Friday, we cover the week’s picks from our [...]
Featured Product: SanDisk 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Memory Card
The SanDisk 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash memory card is a fine storage unit for your DSLR camera. The card holds 2GB of data, and writes at a speed of 20 MB per second. The 2 gigabyte version of the SanDisk Extreme III CF card is a good size choice for storing your digital photos. With [...]
Waiting for FiOS Availability? Don’t Trust Verizon.com – Call Verizon
Scott Hanselman recently upgraded to FiOS, and reports that the FiOS availability checking on Verizon.com is not dependable. To find out if FiOS is available in your area, you should call up Verizon and talk to a human being. “TIP: A Verizon Employee confirmed to me that the online database and an internal database of “Is [...]
Get Plastered with Your Nintendo Wii
Thursday, April 26, 2007Wiiaredrunk.com is a Digg-style site that specializes in drinking games for Nintendo Wii games. Most games apply to Wii Sports, and Warioware Smooth Moves. It’s not regularly updated, but with 12 games posted at the moment, there’s enough to keep you and your Wii-playing drinking buddies busy for a while. With games like “drunken boxing” and [...]
First Windows Vista Service Pack may Arrive in Q4 2007
According to the Download Squad, Intel CEO Paul Otellini may have spilled the beans on the release schedule for Windows Vista SP1. “But someone forgot to send the memo to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, who made some comments regarding Vista Service Pace 1 during a financial presentation this week. Responding to a question about how enterprise [...]
DIY Posters From Your Own Digital Photos
Printing your posters from your digital photos at home with Block Posters is as easy at 1, 2, 3… literally. Block Posters lets you upload a digital photo, and then sends it back as a multi-page PDF with a portion of your photo on each page.
