Until recently, creating a nice professional looking CD or DVD at home was a bit hit and miss. The choices were to either buy a labeling kit or to splash out on an expensive professional printer designed for the task. Happily, times have moved on and there are now lots of options to play with.LabelingThe traditional method for producing a neat looking CD by home users has been the labelling kit. Early versions were both fiddly to use and came with software that was basic to put it kindly. New... Read Full Story

What's the most valuable part of your PC? The monitor? The motherboard perhaps? If you've been using your PC for anything much more than accessing the Internet and playing Online Games now a days, then the chances are that it's your data.If you are not convinced, then just think about it for a moment. How many hours would it take to type in those letters? Your personal accounts? Your share details? The family tree going back to the Norman Conquest? Or worst of all: the kids' homework projects... Read Full Story

When you go to boot your PC, have you got time to make a cuppa before it's finished starting up? There are a few things you can do to speed things up - just follow this checklist:RAMMake sure you have enough RAM installed. Windows 95 and Windows 98 (and SE) need at least 32MB all for themselves, while Windows Me needs 64MB. Both Windows 2000 and Windows XP need 128MB. These are minimum figures, and are required purely to load the operating system.Applications will require more than this - so,... Read Full Story

Startup Sounds are missing:TweakUI/General/Beep on errors (verify that the box is checked). http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.aspRestore Startup and Shutdown Sounds (Line 211)http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htmSystem Sounds are missing:Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_USERS. If it doesn't have a Data entry in the right pane that reads: (value not set), double click (Default) and delete it. If it does, check your HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21 keys... Read Full Story

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. As a Harvard student he founded the online social networking website Facebook with the help of fellow Harvard student and computer science major Andrew McCollum as well as roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He now serves as Facebook's CEO. He is also cited as the world's youngest self-made billionaire.Time Magazine added Zuckerberg as one of The World's Most Influential People of 2008. He... Read Full Story

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The Samsung Omnia HD, set for release later this year, will be a GSM quad-band phone with a set of powerful multimedia features. It will be the first phone to offer 720p HD video recording.Additionally, it will be equipped with an 8 megapixel camera, TouchWiz user interface, GPS receiver, and FM radio.Quick Specs Operating System: Symbian S60 5th EditionScreen Resolution: 3.7" QHD AMOLED Touch ScreenKeyboard Type: On-screenCommunications: Bluetooth, GPRS, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, UMTSMeda Ty... Read Full Story

To start right at the beginning, ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - and it's the "DSL" bit that's the important one. At the very simplest level, ADSL is a digital connection between your PC and the Internet, much like a network card connects your PC to another in your building.Where ADSL differs from the dialup modem or ISDN connection you're probably using now is that it's "always on" - that is to say, there's meant to be no break in the connection - if you click on a URL t... Read Full Story

This describes the steps required to add Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)-supplied drivers to Windows installations. This article only includes drivers that are normally installed during graphical user interface (GUI)-mode Setup or post Setup by normal Plug and Play enumeration. This allows you to pre-load OEM Plug and Play drivers that you can use at a later time when the associated hardware is introduced in the system.This describes how to add OEM Plug and Play drivers in the following... Read Full Story

On the 'general' tab of the 'System Properties' dialog (right click 'My Computer' and select 'Properties') will normally be displayed the manufacturer's logo, company and support information (assuming these have been set up). This note describes how to change this or set net information up from scratch.There are two parts to updating that panel - the graphic and the text information.To create the text information, create a text file named 'OEMINFO.INI', and place it in 'c:\winnt\system32' (or... Read Full Story