Category: General

Blizzard wants you to know that merger won’t affect their games

Paul

The recent news of the birth of Activision Blizzard, a merger between Activision and Vivendi Games, has sent a number of forum goers into a panic concerning the status of their beloved games from the two companies. Particularly on the World of Warcraft forums, many are concerned that Activision will litter their pristine fantasy world with in-game advertisements for Axe Body Spray and Red Bull.

Now I know people are worried I’ve got my own concerns over this I hope they don’t do anything like this for any of there games!! Go check out the full story at Joystiq.

Tiny Solar Powered Linux Computer

Paul

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Be kind to the environment with Aleutia’s 4.5 inch solar powered Linux computer, E1. E1 runs on 8 watts of power, has no moving parts and is completely silent. From the picture above, E1 looks like the James Bond of low priced Linux computers. It runs Puppy Linux, comes with an optional solar panel and an optional 10.4 inch monitor. Sadly, E1 carries a $400 price tag and crappy specs (2GB hard drive, 128MB RAM, 200MHz processor). However, E1’s portability and light footprint may be an early glimpse into the future of computing.

The E1 Desktop [via Gadgettastic]
Now who’d want this unless your in the jungle. It still is intriguing to me!!

Manage Your Money with Wesabe Dashboard Widget

Paul

Wesabe-Widget.pngMac OS X only: Previously introduced money management web app, Wesabe, makes it even easier to manage your money with a free dashboard widget. The widget has two views: transactions and accounts. The accounts view (shown above) displays the balance of each account. The transactions view (not shown) displays the most recent 10 transactions. The dashboard widget makes it very easy and convenient to manage your finances at-a-glance. The Wesabe dashboard widget is a free download for Mac OS X only.

Wesabe’s Mac Dashboard Widget [Wheaties for your Wallet]
I thought people would like this little widget for the mac!! I haven’t played with the Mac but I like the Idea of a mac!

Schedule Your Time Machine Backups with TimeMachineScheduler

Paul

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Mac OS X only: Reschedule your Time Machine backup intervals from the default (which backs up once an hour) to a more appropriate schedule to fit your needs–anywhere from every one to twelve hours. Granted, the per-hour backup schedule means you’re that much more likely to have all your data backed up in case you run into a problem, but some people on older systems have reported performance slow-downs when Time Machine is backing up. In those cases, TimeMachineScheduler might be the perfect solution. TimeMachineScheduler is freeware, Mac OS X Leopard only.

TimeMachineScheduler [via Cool OSX Apps]
I thought I should add this link for the mac people who watches this blog!!

Clean Windows Systems on the Go with Revo Uninstaller Portable

Paul

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Windows only: Revo Uninstaller, which Adam declared a must-have Windows app a few months back, has released a new version that can run from a folder on any portable storage device. That gives you the same abilities to quickly, completely wipe programs away and manage auto-started programs on whichever Windows system you’re working on. Other new features in both the installed and portable versions include automatic system restore point creation, an option to start Revo in “Hunter Mode” on startup, and scalable levels (“safe,” “moderate,” and “advanced”) when removing junk files. Revo Uninstaller and its portable version are free downloads for Windows XP, 2000 and Vista systems.

Revo Uninstaller [via Download Squad]
This is great if you have a lot of stuff on a 1 gig mem stick and it can be very useful!