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The Windows 7 driver store includes a small collection of drivers for legacy devices, mostly older printers, modems, scanners, infrared ports, PCMCIA controllers, and other oddball devices that don’t use Plug and Play connections. As you might susp…
Written by Jason on December 30th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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My keyboard on my Mini 9 Netbook started having problems so Dell replaced it with a new one.
I then noticed that the new keyboard had a slightly different feel to it and when I i compared the two I found many changes!!!
It seems that this is a new keyboard called the (US-INTL) keyboard
Oh great now I have to relearn typing on this one.. lol it was strange enough the previous time! But hey… I must be adaptable shouldn’t I?
Here are the two keyboards:
The OLD one: 
The NEW one: 
You will notice that some keys do not work!!! like the ~ for example. If you replace the standard US keyboard with the US-International keyboard, you have to follow this process to get the Mini9 to recognize it properly:
1.Shut down the Mini.
2.Disconnect the AC adapter.
3.Hold down the Fn and K keys.
4.Reconnect the AC adapter
5.Release the keys.
6.Now boot and you should be fine.
Written by computerboom on December 29th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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In addition to the performance enhancements built into its latest iteration of the Windows client, Microsoft is offering additional tools for download for customers and partners that want to squeeze all the extra juice from the OS. Case in point, the…
Written by Jason on December 28th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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It might look and feel like Windows XP, it might sport a similar graphical user interface and even be able to run XP software, but fact is that an operating system developed by Rain Forest Wind Guangdong Computer Technology Co., Ltd. is anything else…
Written by Jason on December 28th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Building a gaming rig can be a challenge if your not sure what to get for the games you plan to play or the application software you plan to use. There are several ways at approaching building your power house PC, you can work within a budget and st…
Written by PCWizKid on December 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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In 2009 Microsoft kicked PowerShell up a notch to the next level, a move which coincided with the release of the latest iteration of the Windows client, Windows 7. In this context, July 22nd marked the release to manufacturing of PowerShell 2.0, whil…
Written by Jason on December 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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While the worldwide economy is showing signs of recovery from the financial crisis of the past years, fact is that cost is a key fact to consider when it comes down to the adoption of new technology. Windows 7 makes no exception to this rule, with th…
Written by Jason on December 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Mid-2009 brought with it the first indications that Mozilla was planning a major overhaul of the graphical user interface for the next major iteration of Firefox, namely version 4.0, not 3.6 which is considered only a minor upgrade to v3.5, and not v…
Written by Jason on December 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A guy named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted, stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night. His 4-year-old daughter, Barbara, sat on his lap quietly sobbing. Bobs wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer. Little Barbara couldn’t understand why her mommy could never come home. Barbara looked up into her dads eyes and asked, "Why isn’t Mommy just like everybody else’s Mommy?" Bob’s jaw tightened and his eyes welled with tears. Her question brought waves of grief, but also of anger. It had been the story of Bob’s life. Life always had to be different for Bob. Being small when he was a kid, Bob was often bullied by other boys. He was too little at the time to compete in sports. He was often called names he’d rather not remember.
From childhood, Bob was different and never seemed to fit in. Bob did complete college, married his loving wife and was grateful to get his job as a copywriter at Montgomery Ward during the Great Depression. Then he was blessed with his little girl. But it was all short-lived. Evelyn’s bout with cancer stripped them of all their savings and now Bob and his daughter were forced to live in a two-room apartment in the Chicago slums. Evelyn died just days before Christmas in 1938. Bob struggled to give hope to his child, for whom he couldn’t even afford to buy a Christmas gift. But if he couldn’t buy a gift, he was determined a make one - a storybook!
Bob had created an animal character in his own mind and told the animal’s story to little Barbara to give her comfort and hope. Again and again Bob told the story, embellishing it more with each telling. Who was the character? What was the story all about? The story Bob May created was his own autobiography in fable form. The character he created was a misfit outcast like he was. The name of the character? A little reindeer named Rudolph, with a big shiny nose.
Bob finished the book just in time to give it to his little girl on Christmas Day. But the story doesn’t end there. The general manager of Montgomery Ward caught wind of the little storybook and offered Bob May a nominal fee to purchase the rights to print the book. Wards went on to print Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and distribute it to children visiting Santa Claus in their stores. By 1946 Wards had printed and distributed more than six million copies of Rudolph. That same year, a major publisher wanted to purchase the rights from Wards to print an updated version of the book. In an unprecedented gesture of kindness, the CEO of Wards returned all rights back to Bob May. The book became a best seller. Many toy and marketing deals followed and Bob May, now remarried with a growing family, became wealthy from the story he created to comfort his grieving daughter.
But the story doesn’t end there either. Bob’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, made a song adaptation to Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, it was recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of "White Christmas." The gift of love that Bob May created for his daughter so long ago kept on returning to bless him again and again. And Bob May learned the lesson, just like his dear friend Rudolph, that being different isn’t so bad. In fact, being different can be a blessing!
Merry Christmas!
Written by computerboom on December 25th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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By now, I hope most of you have seen James Cameron’s Avatar movie. And if you’ve seen it in 3D – the way it has to be seen – then you might have a pretty good idea of what a stereoscopic 3D user-interface looks like and would agree with me when I say it will [...]
Written by Long Zheng on December 25th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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