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100+ Nature Wallpapers for your Beloved Desktops

Bob — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:27:10 +0000

In this post we present an amazing collection of wallpapers related to nature. I ran across these the other day and thought it would be nice to pass them on to you guys. I know you’re going enjoy this wonderful and Brilliant collection of Nature Wallpapers. We all love desktop wallpapers to express our feelings or mood. My wife changes her desktop background on a weekly basis, she loves decorating her desktop.

Hopefully, everyone will find something interesting to beautify his or her desktop. We would like to think this wonderful collection will make you and the monitor happy. Enjoy! If you like these please check out our Collection of Best Wallpaper Websites.

Know of a place where we can get free awesome Nature Wallpapers? Tell us about it in the comments please.

C

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The Best Free Apps Worthy of Downloading

Bob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:54:05 +0000

Knowing our 30 Recommended Software Downloads for Free article was now a year old, we decided to give it an upgrade. After we got started I didn’t fully realize just how many applications we had tested throughout the year, and how many had made the cut until I started putting this list together.

When we finished compiling all the notes the list was hugh, after pondering for a week what to cut I decided there was simply to many to cut it back down to 30 software programs. Therefore the upgrade got tossed, and a new article listing what we feel are the best software applications that deserve to be on your machine is here.

We’ve picked out the best free software programs that we could think of, so there’s no need to spend dollars to get quality applications and utility software. Whether you’re looking for free anti-virus software, or free Office software, you’ll find it here. This is not the complete list, so if your favorite got overlooked please tell us about it in the comments.

1. 7-Zip performs all the archiving and extracting power you need, an excellent compression tool.
2. AbiWord a word processor thats compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
3. AdBlock Plus (see also: 50 Recommended Firefox Extensions)
4. Adium an instant messaging app for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
5. Avast! (see also: Best Free Antivirus Software)
6. AVG (see also: AVG 9 Free is Now Available for Download)
7. Audacity is a free sound editing and recording application
8. AutoHotkey a free utility thats unleashes the full potential of your keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
9. Blender (see also: Here’s your Chance to Learn Blender with free e-book)
10. Boxee if you want to get rid of that cable bill this is how you do it
11. CCleaner one of the best file and registry cleanup tools around.
12. CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
13. Defraggler (see also: Seven Best Disk Defragmenters)
14. Digsby manage all your IM, email, and social network accounts from one application.
15. Dropbox is more than just File Syncing
16. Eclipse IDE an open source community, where projects are focused on building an platform.
17. Evernote an sophisticated app for putting notes, thoughts, ideas, all in one place.
18. FileZilla a cross-platform FTP client that supports secure file transfer, and the only one I use.
19. Firefox an excellent free browser that provides a secure and friendly browsing experience.
20. foobar2000 an advanced audio player for the Windows platform
21. Foxit Reader a very nice lightweight alternative to Adobe’s Acrobat PDF reader
22. GIMP this software does most of what Photoshop does except it’s free.
23. Gmail my account gets less spam than any other I use, I love it.
24. Google Chrome another excellent free browser that provides a secure and friendly browsing experience.
25. Google Pack one-stop software package of a wide range of essential PC programs.
26. HandBrake a multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
27. ImgBurn a CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application and supports all windows versions.
28. iTunes this popular desktop media player needs no introduction
29. Juice is an excellent podcasting client.
30. KeePass is free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.
31. Launchy helps you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and your file manager.
32. OpenOffice.org full featured alternative to Microsoft’s office suite, a prized application for sure
33. Opera another excellent free browser that provides a fast secure and friendly browsing experience.
34. MediaMonkey a Media Jukebox, Music Manager, CD Ripper & Converter
35. Media Player Classic supports many different audio and video file formats.
36. Microsoft Security Essentials (see also: Microsoft Security Essentials First Look and Impressive)
37. Mozilla Thunderbird powerful, simple and lightweight email and news application.
38. Notepad++ fully featured text editor that supports around 50 different programming languages.
39. Paint.NET a image and photo editing software for Windows, another excellent Photoshop Alternative
40. PDFCreator can encrypt PDFs and protects you articles from being altered or printed by third parties.
41. Picasa a application that lets you organize and share your digital photos.
42. Pidgin a instant messenger allowing you to use Yahoo IM, AIM, Google talk, MSN and others at one time.
43. PuTTY a free SSH and telnet client for Windows
44. Rainmeter a desktop customization platform, set up a killer desktop without a line of code.
45. Revo Uninstaller a fast and powerful alternative to “Windows Add or Remove Programs” applet!
46. RSSOwl is a solid cross-platform RSS client
47. Skype allows you to make phone calls from your computer
48. SpyBot Search & Destroy a spyware detection and removal program.
49. Songbird (see also: Songbird 1.4.2 Released, Brings New Features)
50. Sumatra PDF is a blazing fast alternative for Adobe Reader and my favorite
51. TeamViewer remote access and remote desktop sharing that works behind any firewall or NAT proxy
52. TeraCopy is one of the best known alternative file copiers on the planet.
53. Transmission is the most popular BitTorrent client for OS X on the planet
54. TrueCrypt open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux
55. Ubuntu (Ubuntu 9.10 ‘Karmic Koala’ Final and Released, and Ubuntu Pocket Guide Available for Free)
56. µTorrent is the most popular BitTorrent P2P application for windows.
57. UltraVNC control another PC remotely via Internet or network
58. VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application that is extremely feature rich
59. VLC is a media player that supports many different audio and video file formats.
60. Winamp this alternative to windows media player has tons of plug-ins and skins.
61. Windows Live Writer software for blog posting and a favorite with many pros
62. WinSCP a free open source SFTP and FTP client for Windows
63. XBMC a complete media center solution for Windows, OSX, Linux, and XBOX

AXLE releases GeForce GT 220 and GeForce 210

Bob — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:54:36 +0000

Both the latest games and 3D applications have stricter requirement on the graphic performance than before and the integrated graphics solution is not powerful enough. AXLE GeForce® GT 220 packs 48 processing cores into a compact power efficient design delivering up to 30x the performance* of Intel integrated solutions.

Get all the video processing power that your digital lifestyle requires. Clean up home video 4x faster and post it on Facebook with the AXLE GeForce® GT 220 or GeForce® 210. Convert your video and put it on your iPod in minutes instead of hours or make your DVDs look like HD. AXLE GeForce® GT220 and GeForce® 210 can playback any Blu Ray Movie with any modern CPU.

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are an essential element of today’s PCs, enabling more visual and more interactive experiences. As a leader in visual computing and the inventor of the GeForce® GPU, NVIDIA® worked closely with Microsoft® on the development of Windows 7 to ensure that its GPUs take full advantage of the great new features and functionality. If you use your PC to enhance photos, watch or edit videos, play games, or if you simply desire a fast and efficient graphical interface, AXLE GeForce® GT220 and GeForce® 210 offers a premium experience with Windows 7.

Applying the new 40nm GPU technology from NVIDIA®, AXLE GeForce® GT 220 and AXLE GeForce® 210 deliver a more advanced level of performance than the predecessors 9500GT and 8400GS. In terms of the number of shaders, GT220 has 50% more than that of 9500GT whereas G210 has 100% more than that of 8400GS. AXLE GeForce® GT 220 comes with 2 versions of memory, 128-bit 1.6GHz DDR3 memory and 800MHz DDR2 memory. The card features NVIDIA® Unified Architecture, NVIDIA CUDA™ technology, Microsoft® Windows 7 support, NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD and NVIDIA PhysX® technologies, HDMI ouput with HD 1080p display support, PCI Express 2.0 support and Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support.

AXLE GeForce® 210, on the other hand, is assembled with 64-bit 1.2GHz DDR3 memory or 800 MHZ DDR2 memory. The additional features embrace NVIDIA® Unified Architecture, NVIDIA® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Architecture, NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD and NVIDIA PhysX® technologies, HDMI output with HD 1080p display support, Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support and PCI Express 2.0 support.

MSI Unveils Big Bang Trinergy P55

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:33:32 +0000

MSI, a leading high-performance mainboard company, unveil its first gaming series mainboards in Intel P55 platform featuring awe-inspiring graphics and audio functionality to offer serious gamers immersive gaming experience.

The state-of-the-art gaming line is inspired by the mighty Big Bang. Unique and innovative, the all-new Big Bang series will deliver the shock and awe of unprecedented experiences and expand into its own collection of galaxies.

The first Big Bang branded mainboard, Trinergy is designed with eye-catching features such as NVIDIA SLI technology and QuantumWave audio processing with the latest THX TruStudio PC and Creative EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 plus exclusive performance boost design from MSI.

Powered by NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor, the Trinergy offers extreme gamers the most powerful graphics-intensive capability up to triple graphics configuration. Aimed at gamers and enthusiasts seeking cinematic enjoyment, QuantumWave audio card is designed to plunge you into the heart of the action, delivering the fullest audio experience for games, music and movies while remaining true to the source.

The Big Bang Trinergy also features cutting-edge 100% Hi-c Cap to maximizing system performance. This supreme component adopted for gaming machines can guarantee server-grade operation stability in an extreme condition. Besides, it is equipped with an external OC Dashboard that gives extreme gamers on-the-fly overclocking to optimize FPS without interrupting your session. If you’re into a little of amateur overclocking, with MSI’s exclusive chip-driven OC Genie, you can enjoy the convenience and hugely improved performance with a simple press of a button.

Big Bang Fuzion

The upcoming Big Bang Fuzion mainboard features the powerful Lucid HYDRA engine, designed to support different Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) within a single system. This provides the first viable alternative to offerings from current graphics card vendors that offer identical multi-GPU specific solutions. It will be revealed before the end of 2009.

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