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The easiest way to get your favorite applications installed and updated!

Okay, for some of us, computer geeks, techies or whatever else they call us, some of our daily chores are installing new applications and of course updating them.

niniteWell, fear no more, this task is like taking a trip to the local park. You don’t have to personally visit the author’s website and download the applications one by one.

For example if you need web browsers like Firefox and Opera, IM Yahoo Messenger, Music player WinAmp, and OpenOffice for your PC. You can use “Ninite” to do the task.

All you have to do is visit ninite’s website at www.ninite.com and choose which applications that you want to include to your ninite installer.
And then what you need to do next is run the ninite installer on the designated PC. That’s it. Quite simple, eh?

To prevent redownloading the same application components over and over again when you’re using ninite to install several PCs, you can use this small config file. Just create a file called “ninite.ini” on your ninite folder (the place you save the ninite exectuable) with the following:

[Cache]
path=<your ninite.exe folder, you can use a writeable network path for this>

Omit the “<” and “>”.’

Okay, hope that helps.

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Help, The Extract Has Gone in My Photoshop CS4!

Your crying for help has been heard. Here’s the solution you need

Those who just transferred their work from previous version of Photoshop into newest CS4 might have been confused that there are several plug-ins and preset that have gone missing. Prominently the function of extract under filters menu that has disappeared along transition from predecessor CS3 to present CS4. Fear no more, these missing plug-ins and presets can be downloaded and installed individually or you may find them in your Goodies folder on your DVD install disc. Read the rest of this entry »

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Best Solution to Keep YouTube on Your Hard Disk

I notice you have been looking into way of keeping your favorite YouTube videos on your beloved hard disk in order to play them again in the future. Actually there is plethora of solutions to choose from, but up to now here is the most straight-forward method available. Read the rest of this entry »

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Gaming Laptop?

The Quest

for a Gaming Laptop…

"Prince of Persia"

Several weeks ago, my friend asked me to recommend a good gaming laptop, that will be able to run modern next-gen 3d games. Most games now require shader 3.0 enabled GPU (graphics processing unit) as a minimum. So, it’s undeniable that one of the most important factor is of course the GPU. Next, your CPU (central processing unit), your memory (random access memory a.k.a RAM), and Hard drive (hard disk drive a.k.a HDD).

  • Graphics

Make sure you go with a dedicated GPU, instead of integrated ones (like Intel GMA solutions). I’m not saying that Intel GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) can’t perform well, they are good with graphics for productivity applications, but when it comes to gaming, it will hurt your heart out. I’ve played “Titan Quest” on Intel GMA X3100 laptop, and *ouch* the frame rate gave me a headache. Apple’s recent “upgrade” in their MacBook line, by switching from Intel GMA to nVidia’s GeForce 9X00M GPU, is a testament to my last statement. One biggest disadvantage of laptop’s GPU is that you can’t simply upgrade it like their CPU counterparts. You can’t just unplug your GPU like you unplug your PCI-Express or AGP (accelerated graphics port) graphics card off your desktop PC motherboard. That’s why it is very important to choose the right dedicated graphics from the start.

nVidia and ATi are the best dedicated graphics provider at the moment, and they have produced graphics solution for laptops. ATi’s Mobility Radeon, nVidia’s GeForce Go are most well-known. I own a ATi X700 Mobility Radeon laptop and got nVidia GeForce 8600GT on my desktop PC, so that makes me neutral to both camps. As for Q4 2008, nVidia’s latest GPU for desktop PCs and laptops are the GeForce 9X00 generation, ATi’s latest is the HD 4XX0 generation, but I haven’t seen laptops with these GPU around. Most comes with HD 3XX0 inside. Read the rest of this entry »

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