What is Urge? Let's just say that the record industry now wants you to by there music videos. Say What? You got that right. It's only supportable by PC users now but hopefully they will shoot for iPod and Mac users so that they can try to make a profit. I hope for them that they fail because what's the point selling content that you can already get via television for free. Can someone please tell these people to let it go and try to profit elsewhere.
8/8/06
8/7/06
GameTap
Like to play over 500 arcade and console games. Well it's going to cost you at least $9.95 a month and as a bonus you'll also get GameTap Tv which broadcast game content. Seeing is believing.
8/6/06
Dual TV
Now you can turn your PC into a personal DVR. Easy hookup and it also comes with an antenna to pickup analog and digital TV. The only thing bad about it is that it's only in Europe only. But hopefully it will come our way soon.
8/5/06
Search engines for your Cell phone
Using your phone to browse the web. Then these search engines might help you narrow down your searches.
Consumer Search
Drink Mix
Astrology On the Go
Consumer Search
Drink Mix
Astrology On the Go
8/4/06
Dummies for bittorrent
If your curious how bittorrent works but don't want to get too technical with it. Rufus is the software you should be looking into. It's a clean interface and makes it easy to understand what you need to do to download files online.
8/3/06
ZipGenius
If your have large files that your trying to send over the internet and keep on getting bounced error messages from your server, Zipgenius is here to save the day.
You have a choice of converting the files to at least twenty different formats. And it solves your solution of sending large files over the net, easily.
You have a choice of converting the files to at least twenty different formats. And it solves your solution of sending large files over the net, easily.
8/2/06
Video on your phone
Thanks to YouTube mobile you can now share video clips from your phone to all your friends without spending a penny. It's a simple as opening an account and sending your video clips via email to your account. It's quick simple and easy.
8/1/06
25 Free Mp3's
Looking for free MP3's well this site will work and you get to keep these MP3's just for trying Emusic. The only problem I have is for how long are these MP3's suppose to last on your hard drive if later on you choose not to stay with Emusic.
7/31/06
Blue Screen of Death
Getting the Blue Screen of Death here are some solutions that hopefully will narrow down the problem to what's going wrong.
After you get the blue screen of death. Take a look and write down the error codes and driver problem that's causing conflict with your personal computer.
Bad Driver
Use the Driver Cleaner to remove the driver you having problems with. Go to Safe Mode by pressing F8 when your computer boots and install the driver cleaner program to remove driver your having problems with.
IDE Cables
Open your computer and check to see if IDE cable are loose. If your still getting an error message for a particular hardware either change the cable.
Memory Test
Download and save on a bootable CD the Memory test software from memtest86. It checks and confirms that the current memory you have installed on your PC is functioning properly and that the memory is good. Make sure you do this test and let the program run over night to get a good reading. Memory sticks do go bad.
Do a system check on your hard drive
by clicking Start -> Run -> type cmd and type chkdsk /f /r and reboot the system if prompted these /f and /r switches fix file system errors.
CPU Caput
Try taking it to a PC repair center to see if your motherboard is not fried or if your processor chip has gone bad. This occurs alot and the few bucks you spend saves you the extra time while your trying to isolate the problem. But this is a last resort if all other methods fail and your PC now will not boot.
PC too hot
You would need a PC monitoring system to check this. Try speedfan to make sure that everything is running at par. PC's should be always running below 60 degrees Celsius at all times.
Overclocking
Check your setting with a suitable standard by using Prime95. Hopefully your setting are stable.
Eventview
If you still are not sure of what the problem is then check out the event viewer in windows. Go to start -> Run -> cmd -> Enter then type in command prompt eventvwr.msc and Enter. The event view log will appear and now all you need to do is view the Application menu. Any error codes can be found via google or microsoft knowledge base.
Known Blue Screen of Death Problems:
Page_fault_in_NonPaged_Area - this is a faulty hardware including RAM (sys vide or L2 cache)
Inaccessible_boot_Device - caused by reconfiguration of jumpers on PATA hard drives, boot sector or incorrect IDE controller drivers, wrong chipset
Video_Driver_Init_Failure - caused by installing the wrong drivers for a videocard or rebooting before driving installation could be complete.
Bad_Pool_Caller -caused by faulty or incompatable hardware driver, particulary when upgrading Windows XP
Pfn_List_Corrupt - caused by defective RAM
Machine_Check_Exception - a bad CPU or a too aggressive overclocked or under powered or faulty power supply
These are just a few tools to help you better understand what's going wrong.
Download Links
Driver Cleaner
Memory Test
Speedfan
Prime95
Google
Microsoft knowledge Base
Event ID Errors
After you get the blue screen of death. Take a look and write down the error codes and driver problem that's causing conflict with your personal computer.
Bad Driver
Use the Driver Cleaner to remove the driver you having problems with. Go to Safe Mode by pressing F8 when your computer boots and install the driver cleaner program to remove driver your having problems with.
IDE Cables
Open your computer and check to see if IDE cable are loose. If your still getting an error message for a particular hardware either change the cable.
Memory Test
Download and save on a bootable CD the Memory test software from memtest86. It checks and confirms that the current memory you have installed on your PC is functioning properly and that the memory is good. Make sure you do this test and let the program run over night to get a good reading. Memory sticks do go bad.
Do a system check on your hard drive
by clicking Start -> Run -> type cmd and type chkdsk /f /r and reboot the system if prompted these /f and /r switches fix file system errors.
CPU Caput
Try taking it to a PC repair center to see if your motherboard is not fried or if your processor chip has gone bad. This occurs alot and the few bucks you spend saves you the extra time while your trying to isolate the problem. But this is a last resort if all other methods fail and your PC now will not boot.
PC too hot
You would need a PC monitoring system to check this. Try speedfan to make sure that everything is running at par. PC's should be always running below 60 degrees Celsius at all times.
Overclocking
Check your setting with a suitable standard by using Prime95. Hopefully your setting are stable.
Eventview
If you still are not sure of what the problem is then check out the event viewer in windows. Go to start -> Run -> cmd -> Enter then type in command prompt eventvwr.msc and Enter. The event view log will appear and now all you need to do is view the Application menu. Any error codes can be found via google or microsoft knowledge base.
Known Blue Screen of Death Problems:
Page_fault_in_NonPaged_Area - this is a faulty hardware including RAM (sys vide or L2 cache)
Inaccessible_boot_Device - caused by reconfiguration of jumpers on PATA hard drives, boot sector or incorrect IDE controller drivers, wrong chipset
Video_Driver_Init_Failure - caused by installing the wrong drivers for a videocard or rebooting before driving installation could be complete.
Bad_Pool_Caller -caused by faulty or incompatable hardware driver, particulary when upgrading Windows XP
Pfn_List_Corrupt - caused by defective RAM
Machine_Check_Exception - a bad CPU or a too aggressive overclocked or under powered or faulty power supply
These are just a few tools to help you better understand what's going wrong.
Download Links
Driver Cleaner
Memory Test
Speedfan
Prime95
Microsoft knowledge Base
Event ID Errors
7/30/06
News, Weather & Sports for Free on your Handheld
Pocket Express is now free for your handheld device. No need to pay extra for service you now can get for free.
7/29/06
LogMeIn for Pocket PC
If you have a Pocket PC and are looking for a convenience software to be able to login to your computer while your away. LogMeIn is for you. It has a subscription service fee, but you can do with out it and go for the basic. This software will get you what you want and take you one step ahead on the things you now can do.
7/28/06
Kazaa to Pay 100 Million
After ongoing lawsuits. Kazaa sadly now has to cough up 100 million dollars to settle it's illegal file swapping downloads and like Napster is being forced on going legit.
You have to give Kazaa credit for surviving longer than Napster. And at least the company can continue and move in a honest direction.
You have to give Kazaa credit for surviving longer than Napster. And at least the company can continue and move in a honest direction.
7/27/06
Private Disk
If security is a main concern for you. You might want to check out Private Disk. It creates a virtual encrypted disk on top of your Windows folder structure. They are highly encrypted and are password protected. It so portable that you can even throw it onto a thumb drive.
7/26/06
Handy Recovery
If your looking for a cheap file recovery software. Look no more for $30- you can easily retrieve a file that was in your system as long as you don't overwrite anything.
7/25/06
Build your own 5.25' bay console
If your building your computer and looking to build a custom bay for your PC. Then this link should be of some use. It's the perfect size to fit in your PC with a few adjustments. These adjustments can be done with a drill, screw gun and hacksaw.
The only important recipe that you need is some extra time.
The only important recipe that you need is some extra time.
7/24/06
Spiceworks
Need the IT software but don't have the money. Well this could be for you.
Spiceworks not only monitors your network but it keeps track of software, patches, low disk space, offline servers and users for free.
The only bad thing is that you'll have to live with the popup ads from there sponsors. Nothing is free but for what it's worth. It's not a bad trade off.
Spiceworks not only monitors your network but it keeps track of software, patches, low disk space, offline servers and users for free.
The only bad thing is that you'll have to live with the popup ads from there sponsors. Nothing is free but for what it's worth. It's not a bad trade off.
7/23/06
How secure is Greenborder
The software aims to keep internet surfers safe. But with all the new spyware out in the market, who knows how long this company will be able to keep it's promise.
Download a free one year license while supplies last.
Free Download until 9/1
Download a free one year license while supplies last.
Free Download until 9/1
7/22/06
Sony shrinks it's USB drive
Sony has miniaturized the thumb drive so that it's very portable. I am glad that these portable devices are going down in price and that people are making good use of flash drives in there daily lives.
7/21/06
Revolutionary Chip
If this company is right, get ready for a new chip that will do more than any other chip in the market. CPU's will no longer need more Memory, video ram or graphic accelerators. I just hope that it will make CPU's in the future less costly and more productive on doing what they suppose to do. Which is entertain individuals.
7/20/06
Win XP Shutdown Utility
If your PC is always on, then this nice Utility should be setup daily so that your operating system functions correctly each day. Rebooting your PC daily can boost your overall PC performance and prevent system slow downs.
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