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02.9.2010

Kingston SSDNow V series solid state drive 64Gb performance benchmark

This is a lower end 60Gb Solid-state drive. The more expensive drives have significantly faster transfer speeds.
Typical SATA transfer rate performance around the 2048 bye size is 70MB/Sec read and 80MB/Sec write. This SSD drive is showing 92MB/Sec Read and 128MB/Sec write – so 30-50% faster.

01.29.2010

Registrar Specific Instructions for Obtaining Transfer Authorization Code AuthCode

If you want to transfer your .com. .net, .biz, .us, .org or .info domain, you will need to contact your current registrar and request the domain’s Authorization Code (also referred to as an auth code, Authinfo code or an EPP code). An authorization code is usually a 6- to [...]

01.7.2010

CPU Video card Hard drive and System benchmark speed comparison reports

Heres some good sites for component and system benchmarks comparisons
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/
http://www.passmark.com/baselines/index.php
http://www.passmark.com/benchmark-reports/index.htm

09.9.2009

Transfer large files for free

Here’s a great free site for transferring large files to avoid email limits
http://www.transferbigfiles.com/

07.30.2009

Adobe Acrobat PDF opening in Microsoft Word or cannot open PDF

In order to open PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat reader loaded. You can download and install this from http://get.adobe.com/reader/
If you already have Acrobat loaded and when you double-click on a PDF file it is still trying in Word and coming up as garbled text, you have a problem with the file Association.Â
In order [...]

07.28.2009

What video settings to use with camtasia for sharp picture quality in Youtube

Youtube videos allow for widescreen in 16:9 format.  When you upload a video it will play using a 427×240 pixel format.
A lot of screen recording tutorials look crap because the video is uploaded from an orginal 800×600 or higher then reduced to the 427×240 format, causing letterboxing and poor quality. Although this loss of quality is not so [...]

07.28.2009

Create a free ico icon file for your Windows programs with MS Paint

Sometimes you may want to create a specific icon for quick launch or desktop. For example I have website links that I use a number of times a day and wanted a quick launch button for them, but did not want to use and Internet explorer icon.
To create the icon go to start\run and enter [...]

07.26.2009

Adam Ginsberg ebay training workshop in Sydney

 The $20 Million dollar man Adam Ginsberg is in Sydney providing advanced training on building ebay businesses from 25-27th July 2009  at the Menzies hotel.
Brendan King, the CEO of King computer solutions, Silverdata IT and Tilda Communications who has been training at the Sydney event said
“The new template optimizer version 8 beta is a substantial improvement [...]

07.22.2009

Add Command Prompt Here shortcut in the windows explorer menu

If you need to execute a command from a DOS shell and don’t want to manually type your way through the path it’s handy to have a command prompt here available in the Windows Explorer context menu.
This enables you to write click on a particular folder and select command prompt here in order to open [...]

07.10.2009

How to create a VPN Connection on MAC OS X 10.5 Leopard?

This is a step-by-step guide on how to create a VPN Connection on a MAC OS X 10.5 Leopard System.
1. Go to ‘Apple’ –> ‘System Preferences’

2. Select ‘Network‘ from system preferences

3. In ‘Network‘ system preferences, click the ‘+‘ icon on the bottom left cover of window to make a new VPN Conection.

4. As shown in [...]