Laptop Info Today

As an avid laptop user, I (like many others) make this same mistake over and over again.

A mistake which over the years have become a very bad habit.

What is it you might wonder?

As seen with many others including myself, we tend to charge our laptop while working on it. In other words, we leave the power plug of the laptop on with the battery of the laptop intact (even though the battery is full !).

This will actually cause the battery to loose its lifespan.

So what’s the best practice or good habit as opposed to the above?

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Though I’m attending a Microsoft Certification course on Windows Server 2008 right now;  some of the items that I’ve learn along the way are very useful for the laptop an desktop users alike.

One thing that I find common in Windows systems alike is when the TCP/IP protocol becomes corrupted, symptoms like your internet connection connecting and reconnecting every few seconds appear.

It is one of the biggest headache for users as the repair function of this network connection did not work. You might see your IP address appears as 0:0:0:0 !

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Hi guys, I have taking quite a lengthy break lately and at the same time I am quite preoccupied with my SharePoint projects at work as well.

Currently, I am still undergoing through my MCITP course  as a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 : Server Administrator certification and to tell you frankly I will posting some information on what I learn which might be useful for laptops and desktop users alike.

Well the whole of last month was quite something really.

Last week,  I received my first Google Adsense cheque; an amount of  SGD$159.51. It is the first cheque I’ve ever  received from Google after close to 3 years blogging.

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The signs are there …. and it’s true.

One of the main reasons softwares are invented are to make, we, users simplified our jobs on the PC and so on. The other aspect it can make us complacent and lazy as well.

When it comes to speech recognition softwares, there’s 2 ways you can think about it …. make it easier or make us lazier.

I was browsing through the internet yesterday and I was in awe when I saw the demo of this software, the “Dragon  Naturally Speaking 10″ speech recognition software.

It actually computes what you say in speech and actually processes commands to the computer via you talking without you actually touching the keyboard.

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It’s been a while (about 2 and a half weeks) since my last post and I would like to thank all my viewers for the overwhelming comments I’ve received ….. Thank You Guys…

Anyway, I have been away for quite a while and didn’t had time to do posting at this blog but now I’m back and hopefully to share new information to kick in everybody’s laptop experience.

Recently I’ve been trying some new stuffs lately at one of it is to change the look of my Windows laptop to match that of Windows 7, the new and upcoming operating system by Microsoft.

Take a look below.

As you can see the taskbar, as compared to the previous version, is a bit wider.

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Can you do that? Do you want to try?

Well this is possible …… it is not as easy as it seems like installing a new WIndows operating system on a new laptop ( not so direct though). But if you are up for the challenge then note down these steps below.

First let’s get the stuffs prepared for this operation (it ain’t going to be a medical room ).

1. A Dell mini-note notebook with at least 16 GB of SSD of hard disk space
2. A retail copy of Mac OSX - don’t use the oem version that comes with the MacBook
3. An  external USB drive
4. The “Type11 BootLoader” at this link here
5. A blank CD to burn your bootloader

After all of the requirements are satisfied, let’s begin the installation process …..

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Netbook (or mini-notebook) sales are on the rise and far becoming the trend for normal users who may use for internet and office applications.

But for gaming? Hey …. that’s too much to ask.

However gamers are finding ways to use mini-notebooks as the new gaming machine. Sounds bizarre but it is true.

Here’s are some advantages I feel gamers may move their games from their desktops or laptops to the trendy item called the mini-notebooks.

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Is it me or the title of this post just don’t make any sense.

Actually there is a new search engine in town and it is called Bing (hey I’m not binging around ).

Microsoft has actually decided to overcome its failure in the Live Search brand with Bing which is proclaimed to outstead Google and Yahoo search engines in future search use.

Why I’m covering this post  you might wonder, as it got nothing to do with laptops? For me, anything that has got to do with the internet has got everything to do with my laptop …. especially with this blog where I got to communicate with you all ….

I’m quite excited to test out the Bing feature (just to see how true Microsoft has evolved in search engine - Live Search is the one I normally avoid as it has just not live up to its expectation).

Here’s how the Bing Search engine looks like below.

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