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Proc-Shot

Proc-Shot is a program intended to help you keep track of all your running processes. Many programs that you install will add to your list of running processes. So knowing what processes are running at any given time will help you manage your system. In fact, rogue programs often add processes and it is important that you have a way to identify these troublesome processes. Also, there may be processes that are running that you don’t need for your day-to-day computer use and it may be necessary to kill some unneeded processes to free up resources.


With Proc-Shot you can look at all the processes that are running and learn more about them. Also, you can compare the current processes with the processes that were running at some earlier point in time.

  • Freeware and Portable
  • Simple user interface
  • Compare your process list over time
  • Supports annotation
August 31, 2008 - 2:47 PM No Comments

Battery Bar


BatteryBar is a simple, straight-forward, battery meter that displays your battery status in your taskbar.

When you’re running on battery, BatteryBar shows the percentage bar in green (> 40%), yellow (25-40%), or red (< 25%). The bar displays the time left on your battery in Hours:Minutes

When charging, the percentage bar is shown in blue to indicate charging, and the estimated time to full charge is shown. The bar turns black and shows “On A/C” when fully charged.

For those who do not want to use the default bar, u can try this on your lappie.

August 29, 2008 - 11:51 PM No Comments

FileHamster


FileHamster provides real-time backup and archiving of your files while you work. It enables you to monitor specific files on your hard drive and automatically create incremental backups whenever those files are modified. It also enables you to store notes about the changes that have been made, allowing you to quickly locate a specific revision or provide a detailed account of the work you’ve done on a project.


August 28, 2008 - 10:11 PM Comments (2)

Internet Explorer 8 Beta


IE 8 is Microsoft next version of new internet explorer. According to Microsoft, IE8 will features with privacy envelope that privatizing the browsing to combat malwares. A Beta 1 targeted for web designers and developers was released to the general public on March 2008. A Beta 2 targeted for all consumers is scheduled to be released in August 2008, and available for download from Microsoft’s website by 28 August, 2008. The final version is scheduled to be released in 2008. Various of security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, CSS, and Ajax support are its priorities for IE8, along with significantly better support of web standards than its predecessor. As a result of better standards compliance, IE8 will break compatibility with web pages that were designed around the bugs and quirks of previous versions.

August 28, 2008 - 12:30 AM No Comments

Ferrari F430 Spyder

Last week i’ve attended training at HQ Shah Alam, where i stayed 2 nights at the Sri Accapella Serviced Apartment.

Down the parking bay, i saw a lot of fancy cars around. Such as  Lamborgini, Porsche Carrera, Lexus and the famous Ferrari F430 Spyder.


Specifications:

Brakes & Tires:
Brakes F/R:     ABS, vented disc/vented disc
Driveline:     Rear Wheel Drive
Tires F-R:     225/35 ZR19 – 285/35 ZR19

Engine:
Displacement cu in (cc):     263 (4308)
Power bhp (kW) at RPM:     490(360) / 8500
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM:     343(465) / 5250
Type:     V8

Exterior Dimensions & Weight:
Length × Width × Height in:     177.6 × 75.7 × 48.6
Weight lb (kg):     3351 (1520)

Performance:
Acceleration 0-62 mph s:     4.1
Top Speed mph (km/h):     >193 (>310)

I wonder when can i own one?  haha…

August 26, 2008 - 4:55 PM No Comments

Pazera Free MOV to AVI Converter


Pazera is a free video converter which converts QuickTime movies (MOV, QT) into AVI or MPEG. This application allows you to set many parameters used by encoder: audio and video codec, audio and video bitrate, fps, sampling frequency, resolution and other.

Features:

  • Conversion from MOV and QT to AVI or MPG.
  • Decoding the most important audio and video codecs used in MOV files: H.261, H.263, H.264, AAC, MP3 etc.
  • Supported video codecs: XviD, DivX 3, H.264, WMV, MPEG4-FFmpeg, S-Mpeg 4 v. 2, Motion JPEG (MJPEG), HuffYUV.
  • Supported audio codecs: MP3 (Lame), MP2, AC3, AAC, WMA, PCM 16-bit.
  • Generating video files compatible with the MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD) standard.
August 25, 2008 - 9:31 PM No Comments

Install WordPress on hosting using DirectAdmin

For those user that having own hosting, famous wordpress blogging platform can be easily installed by few clicks if hosting is running Cpanel using Fantastico. But for DirectAdmin control panel, user need to manually setup everything.

Here is my way to install wordpress on my DirectAdmin V.1.3.2 using registered new domain from co.cc.

Login to your Direct Admins control panel, add in your domain name as add on domain by clicking “add another domain”

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August 22, 2008 - 10:51 PM No Comments

Digsby

digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Other than that, it also serve as email notification to your Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, IMAP, and POP accounts.


I’ve tried my msn account, email account and facebook account. All working.

August 19, 2008 - 11:36 PM Comment (1)

AMD Puma Platform

Puma is a new mobile/laptop platform from AMD, not sport wear.

AMD Puma consists of three ingredients:- The new Turion X2 / Turion X2 Ultra mobile processorsAMD M780G (RS780M) mobile chipset and 802.11a/b/g/n compliant Wi-Fi chip from third party vendors.

Although AMD’s mobile processors have already been using the 65nm manufacturing process since mid 2007 with the ‘Tyler’ core, those were still using the old architecture that was prevalent since 2006 when the Turion 64 X2 first came to light. Despite the major core updates, the processor will still bank on existing marketing nomenclature and continue the Turion naming scheme.


Hardwares Components:



August 18, 2008 - 12:26 PM No Comments

Create Own Program to Clear System Junk Files

We can easily create own program to clear system junk files. What we need to do is open a notepad, type as below and save as .bat file.

@echo off
echo Deleting Junk Files……
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.tmp
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*._mp
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.log
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.gid
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.chk
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.old
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\recycled\*.*
del /f /s /q %windir%\*.bak
del /f /s /q %windir%\prefetch\*.*
rd /s /q %windir%\temp & md %windir%\temp
del /f /q %userprofile%\cookies\*.*
del /f /q %userprofile%\recent\*.*
del /f /s /q “%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.*”
del /f /s /q “%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp\*.*”
del /f /s /q “%userprofile%\recent\*.*”
echo Junk Files Deleted!
echo. & pause

* The bold sentences can be replaced by your own sentences.


Once finish, just double click the file to run it.

August 16, 2008 - 7:53 PM No Comments

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