Web Talk

As you know, one of the most favorite pastime of China Government is to censor those websites and blogs which are considered “harmful” for its politics and status-quo. But what are the websites and the keywords which are censored? What follows is a nice visualisation of  what China consider dangerous for itself and its users.  Continue reading »

How many times has it happened to you to put your computer in sleep mode, accidentally hit or move the mouse and wake it back? Personally speaking it happens to me all the time since I am quite inattentive! So, what follows is a brief tutorial to make sure that nothing is going to wake your PC up once you put it…to bed! Continue reading »

Last year, Microsoft  posted an intersting, complete list of errors in Windows operating systems. Despite the fact that it is reported that this list is meant only for Windows NT systems, you will be able to get these errors in other Windows systems such as XP, Vista and Windows 7. The list is divided in error code, error name and description. It is ordered by error number. Continue reading »

Windows Media Player 12 is the default media player in Windows 7. Basically, it comes with the operating system and you have no choice but use it, like it or not. You can not even decide to uninstall and remove it since there is no uninstall link in the Programs and Features window. What follows is an interesting trick to bypass Windows 7 restriction and remove (or install) WM12! Continue reading »

To tell you the truth I am fully aware that there is an embedded option which lets you hide the Windows Taskbar panel in Windows 7.  But how annoying is to enable it by changing your Windows 7 settings! Here is a simple, free tool which will let you hide the taskbar  by pressing a user-defined hot key. Continue reading »

Windows 7 Application Compatibility List is a mass, impressive Excel-based spreadsheet list of 8465 applications and software designed for Windows 7. For each application you will be able to find: name, version, company name, company home page, what version of Windows 7 the app supports. Continue reading »

Despite  this occurrence is quite rare, sometimes it may happen that some of your Computer LCD screen’s pixels may look dead or apparently burnt. So, if this is your case, don’t despair! Here is a simple software to try before taking the screen to repair! Continue reading »

Microsoft TechNet has recently released a new, interesting Windows 7 guide called Your Guide to Windows 7.  This free guide covers the following topics: Gadgets, Searching, Projector Mode, The new taskbar, Problems step recorder, Peek, Libraries, Windows Shortcut keys, Snap, Windows Troubleshooting & the Action Center. The guide is rather simple and rich of pictures to help you set the amazing Windows 7 options in a safe way.  Continue reading »