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Yeah …. it is nearing.

The IT Show 2009 this year will be a Suntec City from 12 till 15 March 2009.

The time - 11pm till 9 pm.

There will be, as per normal, a big crowd expected for this event and once I will be definately be going there to get myself a portable hard disk (my current is loosing space by the minute ) .

I will be covering more of this and of course you can rely on myboxpro.com to bring the mirrors of the latest pricelists for all the gadgets in the show.

Watch this space ……

I received a call from a friend today and he told me he is unable to defragment his laptop.

It came to huge surpise that his laptop is still running Windows 98SE operating system!

WHOA !!!!!

To backtrack to today, it is an operating system most considered extinct and definately want to forget. It’s been 10 years since its release and within that 10 years cycle we have seen Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista came into existence.

The answer to why people are still using Windows 98SE ……  is somewhat a mystery but anyway because it was a friend of mine so I decided to help out.

If you encounter your Windows 98SE laptop having problems with Disk Defragmentation and having an error that says “Defrag004” then you would have to perform a scan disk first before proceeding.

For those who are very familiar with MS-Dos command prompt, type scandisk /all/Autofix .

 Then proceed the defragmentation as per normal. The defragmentation process should run as it is.

I am  currently busy preparing for my exams which is coming this Thursday and to tell you frankly the weekends was full of stress for me.

Anyway apart of me putting too much last minute info to my brain, I also discovered a theraputic method to letting go of all of these unnecessary tensions.

I was taking some break of my revisions yesterday and do some surfing of my laptop.

I was finding solutions on how to relax my brain in circumstances like these till I stumbled upon the Brain Sync website.

What is Brain Sync?

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The answer to the question above is definately no.

But can you install 2 antivirus on one laptop. A definate “YES” except some antivirus from Norton &  McAfee.

This question normally poped out by overally corncerned laptop users and I’m not very surprised by these questions as privacy and security are the main agendas in these questions to be made.

One thing for sure ….. you do not and need not install 2 or more antivirus in your laptop.

But ….

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In the digital downloading world of the internet, there are quite a number of files that we download and one of the most popular files types are in .rar formats.

Contarary to this, the .zip file formats is also popular but you can still able to extract this file from your laptop from your in-built Windows file extraction wizard (that is provided you are using Windows XP or above).  You need not install WinZip (a third party software) and mind you that WinZip is neither FREE either.

WinRAR on the the other hand is not FREE ($29 for one user license) but if you’ve download a .rar file format ….. what can you do?

I received a call yesterday for a friend who is having this problem while using his laptop. Immediately, I recommend him to install 7-Zip, an open-source compression tool that is able to extract a .RAR file format.

There are numerous file compression tool out there and you have to be certain which is the one that suits you.

The 3 most popular FREE file compression softwares to date are Zip Genius, IZArc and 7-Zip. Unfortunately Zip Genius does not support .RAR file formats. Unlike the free ones mentioned, none of them is able to create a .RAR file and the only that you can do it is via WinRAR .

Like many, I wear a pair of glasses most of the time especially when I’m using my trusty old laptop.

With that in mind, it is important for me to take care of my eyes while using the laptop or any computer for that matter as the LCD screens from our laptop emit UV (ultra-violet) and HEV (high energy violet) rays which can harm my eyes even further.

Recently I went to a nearby optical store to get my eyes checked and to my surprise it went 50 degress higher. Like most I do my shopping online and I stumbled upon a site called Zenni Optical. It is a one stop site which has a variety choice of eyeglasses and frames for those people who need glasses like you and me.

Best of all you need not spend a huge sum of money to get the design you want. The cost efficent factor coupled with great eye lenses and good protection for my eyes is more than enough to convince me to make my purchase. 

In fact Zenni Optical is also featured in the recent news article in the NY Times. The article has mentioned Zenni Optical’s low cost frames and how you can see with a clear vision without having a big hole in your pocket.

Check out Zenni Optical eyeglasses  and always take care of your eyes especially if you are spending long hours on your laptop.

Since it is a reality fact that laptop sales increases as compared to desktops, the right posture on how you can use the laptop is very important.

You did not want to end the day with stiff necks and shoulders …. wouldn’t you.

Watch the video below and you can learn on how different methods on using the laptop actually helps you to stay vital throughtout the day.

Being a more of a Windows based user, it is a rarity that I’m covering any MAC stuffs at all on my blog.

Not to undermine any MAC OsX users out there but it’s actually rare that that you see any users carrying a MACBook instead of a Windows based laptop.

Anyway, this is special MAC edition post that I’ve made today and I hope it will be useful for my MAC OsX visitors of this blog. This is a post on the “must have” and  ”good-to-have” applications for those who have MAC OsX on their laptops.

Do note that all the applications I have written below are all available free for download and use.

Let’s get started :-

1. SketchBOX  - This neat application allows you to insert notes to your desktop …. call it a “Note Manager”
2. Tudos - This is a dock expansion for you to store all of your applications.
3. iClockr -  A project and tasks management application.
4. OnyX/Deeper - This is utility tool that will maintain, optimize and personalize your MAC OsX.
5. EverSave - The tool that saves your work during crashes.
6. Burn - A burining application for MAC OSX.
7. AppCleaner -  A small application that allows you to throughly uninstall your unwanted applications.
8.  Carbon Copy Cloner -  A cloning, backup up and synchornize tool for your files.
9. SpotLook - A GUI for your desktop search.
10. Photobook - Facebook photo browser for MAC OsX.
11. FMenu - Facebook evenmt notifier.
12. TwitterPod - Twitter client for MAC OsX.
13. Adium -  Universal Internet Messaging Application
14. Cooloquy - Internet Chat Client.
15. NeoOffice - Office suite for MAC OsX
16. Thunderbird - E-mail application
17. Vienna - RSS/Atom Newsreader
18. Skim - PDF Reader and Note -Taker.
19. iStumbler - Utility to detect Wi-Fi signals.
20. Classic FTP - An easy to use FTP client
21. Firefox 3 - Web browser.
22. Camino - Web browser.
23. Opera - Web browser.
24. Audacity - Sound and audio editing software.
25. QLab - Control audio, video and MIDI 
26. Ultramixer - Professional DJ Software 
27. SimpleSynth - Plug in your MIDI keyboard and play.
28. VLC Media Player - Multimedia player
29. Real Player - Real player for MAC OsX.
30. Jing - Captures images and records video.
31. Frame By Frame - Stop motion movie creation application.
32. Sweet Home 3D - Interior design application software.
33. Blender - 3D content creator software.
34. GIMP - A photoshop alternative and image editor.
35. 7zX - Compression archiever. 
36. UnRarX - Uncompressed RAR files.
37. Perian - Adds all popular video formats for Quicktime.
38. Handbrake - DVD to Mpeg-4 converter
39. Senuti - Transfer iPod songs back to your iMac or MacBook.

This is the list that I can think of at the moment. If you have better suggestions … drop a comment on to this post and share it on this blog.

Hope this lists is sufficient for your needs …. till next post ….