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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:58:38 +0100

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This excellent video-to-DVD converter is ideal for bringing analogue footage into the digital age.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:58:38 +0100

With companies such as Flip touting affordable digital video cameras that fit in your pocket, it's hard to recall a time when all video cameras were analogue. Have a search in the back of a few cupboards though and you might find the remnants of our analogue history gathering dust - the video of your wedding, which persuades you to keep your redundant VCR in the loft, or some old holiday footage stuck on a camcorder tape that you haven't quite worked out what to do with.

This handy converter from TerraTec will solve all those analogue-to-digital conversion problems. It plugs into the USB port of your computer and is also powered from there, so you don't have to find an adapter. Its two sides have sockets you can plug video sources into: S-video and composite video on one side, and a SCART socket on the other. The only thing you could get wrong is if you fail to flick a switch on the side to select which socket is being used.

Magix's ‘Movies on DVD' comes in the box, which will make short work of transferring the footage from the device to your computer. We found it very simple to use, despite having a few too many features for this particular product - there are options on the first menu, for example, for transferring video footage from digital devices, which you won't be particularly interested in. You can also do some editing after you've captured the video. The only drawback is you'll have to separately convert the video for sharing with services such as YouTube.

If you've got old video kicking around and still have a machine to play it on, this device is a good-value option that should work with most analogue players and will do a decent job of converting your old videos into digital. http://www.terratec.net/en/

Fake google chrome operating system leak

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:43:39 +0100

What may be too good to be true may just be that -- not true at all. In the case of the Google Chrome operating system (OS) leaks that has got some software users excited, it was a case of a disappointing hoax. The hoax may not have been mean-spirited, but for people who have raised expectations because of it, it may just well be. It was a believable fake. How can you not believe that you are looking at the real thing if Google itself has announced the development of an operating system to be appropriately named as Google Chrome? It would not then be a surprise to find updates and news about the Google Chrome OS.

Story from trusted sources

If a trusted Internet source reports something, readers will believe it. What else can you believe over the Internet if trusted sources fail? In the case of the fake Google Chrome leak, this is what happened. Gizmodo, what should have been a trusted site, made readers believe that the OS is available to buy. How else would you interpret a heading like this: "Google OS now Available. Go Get It. Though Gizmodo made good by later publishing an article that clears up the news as fake, it can make believing anything else on the Internet much more difficult. Even Twitter has some published tweets that got some people excited.

The wait for the real Google Chrome OS

The real Google Chrome OS will take time to get through development. This is true for all types of software. The development team needs to carefully remove all sorts of bugs and test the software for user-friendliness. If a company delivers software in no time and is similar in look to other software, it may be accused of making use of existing codes and altering them just a bit. In short, the company will be accused of copyright infringement. Google Chrome OS is right to take its time as it will be contending with other OS powerhouses such as Mac and Microsoft. Google has a lot of catching up to do and yet it can still surprise would-be users if the company plays its cards right.

Google's reaction to the leaks

The site that "leaked" the so-called Google screenshots had put up a disclaimer. The disclaimer stated that Google had nothing to do with the Google OS that the site was featuring. Still, Google disabled the said site. Google is not in a hurry to release the real Google Chrome OS.

What consumers can do

Consumers should not believe everything that they read over the Internet. It is always imperative to check on the accuracy of information especially now that anyone can post and edit articles on the World Wide Web.

Slow Internet Connection?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:12:50 +0100

Having a Slow Internet Connection? Isn't it irritating when suddenly one day your Internet is slowing down or loading slowly. And you have already called your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and said that they have already checked your internet connection on their side and it is perfectly fine.

Here are some Computer Tips on Slow Internet Connection that you can try before calling them:

1. Delete cookie files.
a. From the Start menu, click Internet Explorer.
b. On the toolbar, click Tools, and then click Delete Browsing History.
c. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete Cookies.
d. In the Delete Cookies dialog box, click Yes.

2. Clear History files.
a. From the Start menu, click Internet Explorer.
b. On the toolbar, click Tools, and then click Delete Browsing History.
c. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete History.
d. In the Internet Options dialog box, click Yes.

3. Delete Temporary Internet files.
a. From the Start menu, click Internet Explorer.
b. On the toolbar, click Tools, and then click Delete Browsing History.
c. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete Files.
d. In the Delete Files dialog box, click Yes.

Note: You may complete all of the above steps, plus delete form data and Internet passwords, by clicking the Delete all button in the Delete Browsing History dialog box.

4. Reset Internet Explorer to the default settings.
a. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
b. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset.
c. Click Reset, and then click Close.
d. Click OK twice, and then close Internet Explorer.
e. Re-open Internet Explorer, and then try to browse the Internet.

5. Run and Update your anti-virus and anti-Spyware. Being online in the Internet could make your computer vulnerable to viruses and spywares online so make sure that your anti-virus and anti-spyware is always updated and run them always.

6. If using a dial-up connection, open Device Manager and update modem drivers.

This Computer Tips on Slow Internet Connection is I think the some simplest steps and maybe most of us who are technically inclined knows this steps but based on my experience some of us forgot this basic steps. I do hope this steps would be helpful to all of you.

What is Computer RAM?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:28:57 +0100

RAM stands for Random Access Memory. In common vernacular, the definition of RAM is the type of computer memory that holds running software, parts of your operating system, parts of word processing files as you work on them, etc.

The more RAM you have the more information your computer can quickly access. This is because your computer loads applications, music, graphics, and other files from external storage (CD-ROMs, hard drives, USB flash drives, DVD-ROMs, etc.) into RAM as RAM is accessed much faster than these other storage mechanisms.

Though your RAM is limited, when you work on more applications and files than can normally be fit into RAM, most operating systems perform a mechanism called 'thrashing'. This uses your hard drive as "virtual" memory. Though virtual memory slows down your computer's processing since hard drives are slower to read and write to than RAM, it allows your computer to perform more tasks than if it relied on RAM alone for holding information.

Though RAM is fast, there is a downside. When you turn your computer on and off, information in RAM disappears. This is why you should regularly save open files to your hard drive or other external media; files saved to external media should not get erased whenever you turn your computer off. This is also why it takes so long to boot up modern computers; all of the operating system information has to be reloaded into memory.

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