In Google Maps, Street View has become increasingly complex, with more features than before. It has now included an extensive collection of photos taken everywhere around the world by users, allowing you to see streets and roads in new perspectives. It also lets you navigate through an unfamiliar area with ease and enhance your understanding [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Platform Review Available
Microsoft has announced that the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Review is available today. The download is for Windows Vista SP2 (32bit or 64bit) or Windows 7 (32bit or 64bit). On Vista, Internet Explorer 8 and Direct 2D (D2D) are also required.
Unlike a beta release, the platform review is very limited in the user interface. Browsing [...]
Paris 26 Gigapixels
This site, a project made by Kolor and photographers Arnaud Frich and Martin Loyer, takes visitors through an interactive virtual tour of the French capital. Easily navigable, people are able to zoom in on different parts of the city, pan around the area, and click on shortcuts to popular hot spots, like the all-too-famous Eiffel [...]
Sony Introduces PS3 Motion Controller – Move
On March 10, Sony officially announced the PlayStation Move controller, which is the finished version of its PS3 motion controller. Similar to that of the Nintendo Wii controller, a camera is used to detect its movement from the position of an orb located at the top of the controller. Also, it has a sub-controller with [...]
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Gadgets
iPad SDK Support for Front Facing Camera, Camera Flash, Zoom and Video Conferencing
In late January, Apple introduced the iPad while making no mention of a camera on either the front or back of the device. Because of this, photos and video chat cannot be used on the iPad, even though there are several indications showing that a camera had been thought of for use. For instance, the [...]
Software
Free Peggle Nights Game for Your Friend
PopCap offers a free Peggle Nights game for the PC or Mac for your friend when you sign up for their Passport membership along with their newsletter subscription. The sign up process is easy, and it only takes a few minutes. You will receive a confirmation email from them after you sign up. Follow the [...]
Windows
How to Fix Password Problems When Connected to a Workgroup Computer in Windows 7
When you try to connect to a workgroup computer from a Windows 7 machine, you might run into problems where your password is not accepted even though you are sure you typed the password correctly. The problem is not that the password is wrong; it has to do with the authentication method. By default, Windows [...]
Mac OS
Directory Utility and NFS Mount on Snow Leopard
You use Directory Utility to join a Mac to an Open Directory in Leopard. It’s convenient because you only need to use one application. When I tried to add a new iMac running Snow Leopard to our Open Directory, I found that there is no Directory Utility in /Applications/Utilities . The utility is hidden in [...]
Windows
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Problem
It has been several years since Microsoft introduced Office 2007. However, a lot of people still do not want to upgrade because of the interface issue. For users who do not want to switch, I install a program called Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats so the Office 2003 users [...]
Promotion
One Free MP3 Download Everyday from VolumeVote
VolumeVote offers one free MP3 download everyday. Each download is available only for a day. You might want to subscribe to their RSS feed so you don’t miss any good song. While you are there, don’t forget to vote for your favorite song on the home page. The top rated song will be available for [...]
Windows
Acrobat Preview and Thumbnails not Working in Windows 7 64bit
I usually do not have preview pane activated in Windows Explorer, so I did not notice the Acrobat preview under Windows 7 64bit is broken. Further investigation shows that not only the preview doesn’t work, the thumbnails do not work either. The issue is actually over 2 years old. It happened ever since Microsoft introduced [...]
blog
Screenshot of Kombitz Version 2
I am planning to use a new theme for the blog. As usual, here is a screenshot of the old kombitz version 2. The new theme is working quite well. It should be done in a day or two.
Software
Any Video Converter – “Can not load output profile data” Error
I got this error when I tried to run Any Video Converter:
Can not load output profile data from the configuration file “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\AnvSoft\Any Video Converter\profiles_v2.xml”, please check the installation and try again later.
I checked the profiles_v2.xml and it’s not in the folder. So, I tried to copy the file from the program folder (C:\Program Files\AnvSoft\Any Video [...]
