You will be a magnet for compliments with the Strawberry Puff Duffel.  A great mix of colors for looking sophisticated.  Pinks and greens are my fave.  The tassel on the handle has Pastry stamped out all around it and if folks miss that they can’t miss the Pastry logo on the bottom right of the duffel.  Keep all your daily gear in this duffel from gym clothes to cellphone and books for the long research assignment you have.  Maybe even some candy for when your day gets stressful, at least a... Read Full Story

You find many tutorials on the Internet about installing fonts that came with Windows Vista in Windows XP. There are literally hundreds of websites that explain how to change the look and feel of Windows XP so that it resembles a Windows Vista Theme but only a handful that tell you how to use and install the Windows Vista Aero cursor set in Windows XP. The easiest way to install the Windows Vista Aero cursor set in Windows XP is to simply download a specially prepared package that comes with... Read Full Story

I’m going to be very interested in watching how the next year or so affects the technology industry. 2009 is slated to be the release of Windows 7, possibly as early as October, maybe a little later. Whatever the case it’s going to be a significant release as Microsoft has to overcome their negative image brought on by Vista, tackle Google head-on with their various online initiatives and hopefully prevent Apple making any more inroads into their consumer sales. The global economy however is... Read Full Story

GBridge is a standalone extension making use of the Google Talk service that supports automatic backups, file synchronization and sharing, remote control, desktop sharing and direct and secure file access across computers. The only requirement being a Google account that is needed because of the use of Google Talk. Functionality depends largely on the way GBridge is used. If the software program is installed on one computer the user can make use of the automatic backup option and chat. The... Read Full Story

Youtube uses a flag system that allows users to report videos as inappropriate which according to Youtube means any violation of the Youtube terms of service. A flagged video will be reviewed by an administrator who has numerous options at hand including setting the flag for age verification which requires users to login before they can view the video. Age verification is pretty basic and anyone who cheated on his birthday can watch the video after logging in. The message that gets displayed... Read Full Story

Mint and chocolate is the perfect combo and makes you think yum all day long.  Not only have they combined mint and chocolate but they threw in a dash of pink on the laces, tongue of the shoes, and there it is again with some stitches along the edge of the sole.    What girl doesn’t need a dash of pink with her wardrobe.  Break off a piece of the Pastry fun with these shoes right away. Read Full Story

Adobe installs a software called Adobe Updater with many of its products. The updater will automatically connect to the Internet to check for updates for the installed Adobe products. Adobe Updater, that’s the name of the application, will be installed in another folder on the system. Most users probably do not mind the regular automatic update checks but some might prefer to update the Adobe software products manually. This is important in business environments where patches are extensively... Read Full Story

Google is pushing their Android operating system on the market and the first mobile phone that has been build on it is the T-Mobile G1 phone. It comes out in a few weeks in the United States and will be exclusively sold by T-Mobile in a deal that looks similar to the one Apple made with AT&T in the United States to sell their iPhone exclusively. There is however one fundamental difference between Apple’s marketing strategy and Google’s. Android is an operating system and several companies are... Read Full Story

Sleep Mode, which is also known ans stand-by, deep sleep and suspend, is a low power mode for electronic devices that saves electronic consumption during that time. Wake Up On Standby is a software program for Microsoft Windows that can return the computer from sleep mode into normal mode, perform tasks and make it go back into sleep mode or perform another shutdown operation afterwards. This tool can be interesting for users who regularly use sleep mode or hibernation instead of turning off... Read Full Story

Networx is the second network monitoring software on review at Ghacks in the last months. It was recently released in version 4 which is compatible to all Windows operating systems since Windows 98 including 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows Server 2008. The network monitoring software can be used to monitor incoming and outgoing bandwidth of selected network adapters and connections. Traffic is shown in graphs and logged in a file for further processing. Reports are... Read Full Story