dv-depot.com » Cpu Cycles http://www.dv-depot.com The best in Gadgets & Tech Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:14:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Dell is now taking orders for powerhouse Precision M4500 15.6-inch notebook http://www.dv-depot.com/50972/dell-is-now-taking-orders-for-powerhouse-precision-m4500-15-6-inch-notebook/ http://www.dv-depot.com/50972/dell-is-now-taking-orders-for-powerhouse-precision-m4500-15-6-inch-notebook/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:00:12 +0000 othertech http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=149082 The Dell Precision M4500 is serious. Seriously powerful and expensive that is with the Core i7-920XM Extreme CPU and an Nvidia Quadro FX 1800m GPU along with a max of 16GB of RAM and dual SSD hard drives. But even the base $1,549 model still offers enough power to get most any task done with CPU cycles to spare.]]>
The Dell Precision M4500 is serious. Seriously powerful and expensive that is with the Core i7-920XM Extreme CPU and an Nvidia Quadro FX 1800m GPU along with a max of 16GB of RAM and dual SSD hard drives. But even the base $1,549 model still offers enough power to get most any task done with CPU cycles to spare.

But it’s up to you (and your company’s accounting department) whether you get the extreme power or an affordable workhorse. Either way, Dell is now taking orders and will start shipping out M4500’s on April 20, 2010.


]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/50972/dell-is-now-taking-orders-for-powerhouse-precision-m4500-15-6-inch-notebook/feed/ 0 You Don’t Need to Regularly Reinstall Windows; Here’s Why http://www.dv-depot.com/38649/you-dont-need-to-regularly-reinstall-windows-heres-why/ http://www.dv-depot.com/38649/you-dont-need-to-regularly-reinstall-windows-heres-why/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000 othertech http://Gizmodo-5435523 One of the most persistent myths about Windows is that you need to reinstall the operating system regularly to keep it running at top performance. Let's take a look at the real problem and how to fix it.

Today we're talking about the myth that Windows slows down over time, and how to solve the problem. The reality is that Windows doesn't slow down if you just take care of your PC a little more. Follow these procedures, and you won't have to wonder if spending hours backing up data, installing from disc, and re-installing your essential applications is really necessary.

What Does Slow Windows Down Over Time?

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that your Windows PC will never slow down—because for many people, they almost always do. What actually slows your PC down are too many poorly written applications that stay resident in memory and waste CPU cycles, having too many badly written low-level applications that hook into Windows, or running more than one antivirus application at a time. And of course, if you've run your PC's hard drive out of space, you can hardly blame Windows for that.

If you aren't getting the picture, the problem is usually the person behind the keyboard that installed too many junk applications in the first place. More gently put, it's often that (very well-meaning) person's gradual easing of their safeguards and cleaning regimens as time goes by.

Stop Installing Junk Applications

Installing software should be thought of like feeding your PC. If you constantly feed your PC garbage apps, it's going to get sick and won't be able to run fast anymore. These poorly written applications clutter your drive with unnecessary DLL files, add always-resident Windows services when they don't need to, bloat up your registry, and add useless icons to your system tray that waste even more memory and CPU cycles. Usually you can get away with using a few terrible applications, but as you continue to install more and more of them, your PC will slow down to a crawl.

Be Smarter About What You Do Install

We feature and recommend a lot of software applications around here, but you should keep in mind that we aren't trying to tell you to install every single one of them at the same time-just install the applications that you actually need and you'll generally prevent the dreaded format and reinstall.

Here's a few tips to help you know what applications you should be careful with:

  • Apps that function as an Explorer plug-in, because they directly hook into the shell and any problem will make your entire PC slow or in the worst case, crash repeatedly.
  • Antivirus applications are notorious for slowing your PC down, and you should never, ever, ever use more than one real-time antivirus application at a time. We recommend Microsoft Security Essentials as a free, fast, and awesome antivirus tool.
  • Anything that says it will "Speed Up Your PC" or "Optimize Your RAM" will most likely slow it down, or best case, do nothing at all. Avoid these like the plague.
  • Make sure to install official system drivers from the manufacturer website. Drivers have a huge impact on performance, and you want to have stable, updated drivers.
  • Registry cleaners are a mixed bag, and really aren't going to speed up your PC in most cases. The biggest problem, however, is that too many of the commercial registry cleaners set themselves to run at startup in the system tray, wasting your memory and CPU cycles.
  • You should strongly consider the idea of using portable applications wherever possible, since their self-contained nature means they won't clutter up the rest of your PC with things you don't need.

Keep Your Computer Clean and Trim

Once you've rid yourself of your junk application habit and resolved to only use healthy, useful applications, you'll want to make sure to keep your PC clean of any remaining clutter that doesn't need to be there. You can set up a shortcut to manually run CCleaner silently with the push of a button, but your best bet is to set up CCleaner to run automatically on a schedule, so you don't have to remember to do it.

Since CCleaner is only going to clean up temporary files, you'll still need a good solution for keeping the rest of your PC clean-and Lifehacker's own Belvedere can help you automate your self-cleaning PC or automatically clean up your download folder.

With all of this automated file deletion going on, your hard drive is likely to get a bit fragmented. If you're already running Windows 7 or Vista, automatic defrag comes out of the box and probably shouldn't be messed with, but Windows XP users will need to use Windows Tasks to setup a schedule and automatically defrag their drives.

Use a Virtual Machine or Sandbox to Test Software

If you still want to test out all of the latest software, including apps that look a bit rough around the edges, your best bet is to use a virtual machine to test out anything before putting it onto your primary operating system. You can install all of your software in an XP or Windows 7 VM just like it was a real PC, and with the latest VMWare player releases, you can even enable Windows Aero in a guest VM. If you are new to the idea and need some more help, you should check out our beginner's guide to creating virtual machines in VirtualBox, or Windows 7 users can check out our guide to using XP Mode. If you don't want to go the virtual machine route, Windows XP and Vista users can alternatively use Windows SteadyState to protect their PC and roll back all of the changes on a reboot.

So what about you? Do you always take the reinstall route, or have you devised your own best maintenance practices? Share your experience in the comments.


The How-To Geek reinstalls Windows only every few years and has no speed problems at all. His geeky articles can be found daily here on Lifehacker, How-To Geek, and Twitter.

]]> One of the most persistent myths about Windows is that you need to reinstall the operating system regularly to keep it running at top performance. Let’s take a look at the real problem and how to fix it.

Today we’re talking about the myth that Windows slows down over time, and how to solve the problem. The reality is that Windows doesn’t slow down if you just take care of your PC a little more. Follow these procedures, and you won’t have to wonder if spending hours backing up data, installing from disc, and re-installing your essential applications is really necessary.

What Does Slow Windows Down Over Time?

I’m not going to sit here and tell you that your Windows PC will never slow down—because for many people, they almost always do. What actually slows your PC down are too many poorly written applications that stay resident in memory and waste CPU cycles, having too many badly written low-level applications that hook into Windows, or running more than one antivirus application at a time. And of course, if you’ve run your PC’s hard drive out of space, you can hardly blame Windows for that.

If you aren’t getting the picture, the problem is usually the person behind the keyboard that installed too many junk applications in the first place. More gently put, it’s often that (very well-meaning) person’s gradual easing of their safeguards and cleaning regimens as time goes by.

Stop Installing Junk Applications

Installing software should be thought of like feeding your PC. If you constantly feed your PC garbage apps, it’s going to get sick and won’t be able to run fast anymore. These poorly written applications clutter your drive with unnecessary DLL files, add always-resident Windows services when they don’t need to, bloat up your registry, and add useless icons to your system tray that waste even more memory and CPU cycles. Usually you can get away with using a few terrible applications, but as you continue to install more and more of them, your PC will slow down to a crawl.

Be Smarter About What You Do Install

We feature and recommend a lot of software applications around here, but you should keep in mind that we aren’t trying to tell you to install every single one of them at the same time-just install the applications that you actually need and you’ll generally prevent the dreaded format and reinstall.

Here’s a few tips to help you know what applications you should be careful with:

  • Apps that function as an Explorer plug-in, because they directly hook into the shell and any problem will make your entire PC slow or in the worst case, crash repeatedly.
  • Antivirus applications are notorious for slowing your PC down, and you should never, ever, ever use more than one real-time antivirus application at a time. We recommend Microsoft Security Essentials as a free, fast, and awesome antivirus tool.
  • Anything that says it will “Speed Up Your PC” or “Optimize Your RAM” will most likely slow it down, or best case, do nothing at all. Avoid these like the plague.
  • Make sure to install official system drivers from the manufacturer website. Drivers have a huge impact on performance, and you want to have stable, updated drivers.
  • Registry cleaners are a mixed bag, and really aren’t going to speed up your PC in most cases. The biggest problem, however, is that too many of the commercial registry cleaners set themselves to run at startup in the system tray, wasting your memory and CPU cycles.
  • You should strongly consider the idea of using portable applications wherever possible, since their self-contained nature means they won’t clutter up the rest of your PC with things you don’t need.

Keep Your Computer Clean and Trim

Once you’ve rid yourself of your junk application habit and resolved to only use healthy, useful applications, you’ll want to make sure to keep your PC clean of any remaining clutter that doesn’t need to be there. You can set up a shortcut to manually run CCleaner silently with the push of a button, but your best bet is to set up CCleaner to run automatically on a schedule, so you don’t have to remember to do it.

Since CCleaner is only going to clean up temporary files, you’ll still need a good solution for keeping the rest of your PC clean-and Lifehacker’s own Belvedere can help you automate your self-cleaning PC or automatically clean up your download folder.

With all of this automated file deletion going on, your hard drive is likely to get a bit fragmented. If you’re already running Windows 7 or Vista, automatic defrag comes out of the box and probably shouldn’t be messed with, but Windows XP users will need to use Windows Tasks to setup a schedule and automatically defrag their drives.

Use a Virtual Machine or Sandbox to Test Software

If you still want to test out all of the latest software, including apps that look a bit rough around the edges, your best bet is to use a virtual machine to test out anything before putting it onto your primary operating system. You can install all of your software in an XP or Windows 7 VM just like it was a real PC, and with the latest VMWare player releases, you can even enable Windows Aero in a guest VM. If you are new to the idea and need some more help, you should check out our beginner’s guide to creating virtual machines in VirtualBox, or Windows 7 users can check out our guide to using XP Mode. If you don’t want to go the virtual machine route, Windows XP and Vista users can alternatively use Windows SteadyState to protect their PC and roll back all of the changes on a reboot.

So what about you? Do you always take the reinstall route, or have you devised your own best maintenance practices? Share your experience in the comments.


The How-To Geek reinstalls Windows only every few years and has no speed problems at all. His geeky articles can be found daily here on Lifehacker, How-To Geek, and Twitter.

]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/38649/you-dont-need-to-regularly-reinstall-windows-heres-why/feed/ 0 Flash 10.1: Full Flash for Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids http://www.dv-depot.com/27689/flash-10-1-full-flash-for-everyone-but-iphone-actually-playable-hd-vids/ http://www.dv-depot.com/27689/flash-10-1-full-flash-for-everyone-but-iphone-actually-playable-hd-vids/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:01:59 +0000 othertech http://Gizmodo-5374115 A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. and it'll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news?

Nothing for the iPhone. "Still a closed device and not much progress there," Adobe told us as they gleefully detailed that Flash was invading basically every other smartphone. Also, we gotta wait until mid-2010 for the full rollout.

But, betas for Windows Mobile and WebOS are coming this year, with Android and Symbian early next, meaning you can get your mobile Hulu on before then. BlackBerry will be a bit longer, since RIM just joined Adobe's Open Screen project. Supposedly, Flash won't run like total garbage on phones, either, like Flash Lite. Fingers crossed, guys!

The GPU acceleration for Flash is the real deal, for sure, though—I watched a Star Trek trailer on YouTube HD on an Nvidia Ion-powered HP Mini 311 output to an external monitor, even, and it ran flawlessly. Which, if you've ever tried to play an HD Flash clip, even on full-fledged systems it molests CPU cycles, so just working on a $400 netbook very nearly deserves applause.

Flash 10.1 has a few other tricks too with full support for multitouch, gestures and accelerometer input—meaning it'd be perfect on the iPhone, if Apple would ever let it through. And make no mistake, Apple is the roadblock there, since Adobe said engineering work has continued (10,000 years later). The fact that full Flash will be on basically every single smartphone platform also makes that pretty clear.

If you want to spin that positively (my coffee cup is half-full, after all) the iPhone is now basically the only place you can go to flee from Flash, which basically covers everything like a pulsating squid thing with icky tentacles and stuff, ceaselessly stretching out to ensnare more. There is no escape. Except the iPhone. (Which kinda makes no Flash a feature, right?)

Oh, and the new Adobe AIR—TweetDeck, the NY Times Reader and other software runs on top of it—will slightly be less abominable, gobbling less memory and acting more like a real application, with USB mass storage support, multitouch and gesture input, and p2p powers for stuff like Skype and gaming.

Bottom line, It's a Flashy world, we just live in it.

Adobe Unveils First Full Flash Player for Mobile Devices and PCs

Close to 50 Open Screen Project Participants Support New Browser Runtime for Multiple Platforms

LOS ANGELES - Oct. 5, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices, allowing content created using the Adobe Flash Platform to reach users wherever they are. A public developer beta of the browser-based runtime is expected to be available for Windows® Mobile, Palm® webOS and desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. Public betas for Google® Android™ and Symbian® OS are expected to be available in
early 2010.

In addition, Adobe and RIM announced a joint collaboration to bring Flash Player to Blackberry® smartphones, and Google joined close to 50 other industry players in the Open Screen Project initiative.
Flash Player 10.1 is the first consistent runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and high definition (HD) videos across devices. Using the productive Web programming model of the Flash Platform, the browser-based runtime enables millions of designers and developers to reuse code and assets and reduce the cost of creating, testing and deploying content across different operating systems and browsers. Flash Player 10.1 is easily updateable across all supported platforms to ensure rapid adoption of new innovations that move the Web forward.

The browser-based runtime leverages the power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for accelerated video and graphics while conserving battery life and minimizing resource utilization. New mobile-ready features that take advantage of native device capabilities include support for multi-touch, gestures, mobile input models, accelerometer and screen orientation bringing unprecedented creative control and expressiveness to the mobile browsing experience. Flash Player 10.1 will also take advantage of media delivery with HTTP streaming, including integration of content protection powered by Adobe® Flash® Access 2.0. This effort, code-named Zeri, will be an open format based on industry standards and will
provide content publishers, distributors and partners the tools they need to utilize HTTP infrastructures for high-quality media delivery in Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe® AIR® 2.0 software.

"With Flash Player moving to new mobile platforms, users will be able to experience virtually all Flash technology based Web content and applications wherever they are," said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. "We are excited about the broad collaboration of close to 50 industry leaders in the Open Screen Project and the ongoing collaboration with 19 out of the top 20 handset manufacturers worldwide. It will be great to see first devices ship with full Flash Player in the first half of next year."

"We are excited to join Adobe and other industry leaders in the Open Screen Project," said Sundar Pichai, vice president of Product Management at Google. "This initiative supports our common goal to move the Web forward as a platform and to spur innovation in the industry through technology such as Adobe Flash."

"Adobe Flash technology provides a key experience on new Windows phones, enabling people to enjoy rich Flash based games, videos and other interactive Web content on the go," said Stephanie Ferguson, general manager, Product Management, Microsoft Corp. "We look forward to bringing in the new capabilities of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to the Windows phone browser when it becomes available."

"Motorola is excited to be one of the first handset manufacturers to ship Android based devices with Flash Player support early next year," said Christy Wyatt, vice president of software applications and ecosystem at Motorola. "As the No.1 platform for video on the Web, uncompromised browsing of Flash technology based content is essential for a rich mobile experience and something users expect from Motorola today."

"As a longtime partner of Adobe, and more than 400 million Nokia phones shipped with existing Flash technology to date, we are excited to see Flash Player becoming a reality for mobile phones and other mobile devices," said Purnima Kochikar, vice president, Forum Nokia. "Nokia is excited about full Flash Player coming to devices and we are committed to supporting Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices in 2010."

[Adobe]

]]> A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. and it’ll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news?

Nothing for the iPhone. “Still a closed device and not much progress there,” Adobe told us as they gleefully detailed that Flash was invading basically every other smartphone. Also, we gotta wait until mid-2010 for the full rollout.

But, betas for Windows Mobile and WebOS are coming this year, with Android and Symbian early next, meaning you can get your mobile Hulu on before then. BlackBerry will be a bit longer, since RIM just joined Adobe’s Open Screen project. Supposedly, Flash won’t run like total garbage on phones, either, like Flash Lite. Fingers crossed, guys!

The GPU acceleration for Flash is the real deal, for sure, though—I watched a Star Trek trailer on YouTube HD on an Nvidia Ion-powered HP Mini 311 output to an external monitor, even, and it ran flawlessly. Which, if you’ve ever tried to play an HD Flash clip, even on full-fledged systems it molests CPU cycles, so just working on a $400 netbook very nearly deserves applause.

Flash 10.1 has a few other tricks too with full support for multitouch, gestures and accelerometer input—meaning it’d be perfect on the iPhone, if Apple would ever let it through. And make no mistake, Apple is the roadblock there, since Adobe said engineering work has continued (10,000 years later). The fact that full Flash will be on basically every single smartphone platform also makes that pretty clear.

If you want to spin that positively (my coffee cup is half-full, after all) the iPhone is now basically the only place you can go to flee from Flash, which basically covers everything like a pulsating squid thing with icky tentacles and stuff, ceaselessly stretching out to ensnare more. There is no escape. Except the iPhone. (Which kinda makes no Flash a feature, right?)

Oh, and the new Adobe AIR—TweetDeck, the NY Times Reader and other software runs on top of it—will slightly be less abominable, gobbling less memory and acting more like a real application, with USB mass storage support, multitouch and gesture input, and p2p powers for stuff like Skype and gaming.

Bottom line, It’s a Flashy world, we just live in it.

Adobe Unveils First Full Flash Player for Mobile Devices and PCs

Close to 50 Open Screen Project Participants Support New Browser Runtime for Multiple Platforms

LOS ANGELES – Oct. 5, 2009 – Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices, allowing content created using the Adobe Flash Platform to reach users wherever they are. A public developer beta of the browser-based runtime is expected to be available for Windows® Mobile, Palm® webOS and desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. Public betas for Google® Android™ and Symbian® OS are expected to be available in
early 2010.

In addition, Adobe and RIM announced a joint collaboration to bring Flash Player to Blackberry® smartphones, and Google joined close to 50 other industry players in the Open Screen Project initiative.
Flash Player 10.1 is the first consistent runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and high definition (HD) videos across devices. Using the productive Web programming model of the Flash Platform, the browser-based runtime enables millions of designers and developers to reuse code and assets and reduce the cost of creating, testing and deploying content across different operating systems and browsers. Flash Player 10.1 is easily updateable across all supported platforms to ensure rapid adoption of new innovations that move the Web forward.

The browser-based runtime leverages the power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for accelerated video and graphics while conserving battery life and minimizing resource utilization. New mobile-ready features that take advantage of native device capabilities include support for multi-touch, gestures, mobile input models, accelerometer and screen orientation bringing unprecedented creative control and expressiveness to the mobile browsing experience. Flash Player 10.1 will also take advantage of media delivery with HTTP streaming, including integration of content protection powered by Adobe® Flash® Access 2.0. This effort, code-named Zeri, will be an open format based on industry standards and will
provide content publishers, distributors and partners the tools they need to utilize HTTP infrastructures for high-quality media delivery in Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe® AIR® 2.0 software.

“With Flash Player moving to new mobile platforms, users will be able to experience virtually all Flash technology based Web content and applications wherever they are,” said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “We are excited about the broad collaboration of close to 50 industry leaders in the Open Screen Project and the ongoing collaboration with 19 out of the top 20 handset manufacturers worldwide. It will be great to see first devices ship with full Flash Player in the first half of next year.”

“We are excited to join Adobe and other industry leaders in the Open Screen Project,” said Sundar Pichai, vice president of Product Management at Google. “This initiative supports our common goal to move the Web forward as a platform and to spur innovation in the industry through technology such as Adobe Flash.”

“Adobe Flash technology provides a key experience on new Windows phones, enabling people to enjoy rich Flash based games, videos and other interactive Web content on the go,” said Stephanie Ferguson, general manager, Product Management, Microsoft Corp. “We look forward to bringing in the new capabilities of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to the Windows phone browser when it becomes available.”

“Motorola is excited to be one of the first handset manufacturers to ship Android based devices with Flash Player support early next year,” said Christy Wyatt, vice president of software applications and ecosystem at Motorola. “As the No.1 platform for video on the Web, uncompromised browsing of Flash technology based content is essential for a rich mobile experience and something users expect from Motorola today.”

“As a longtime partner of Adobe, and more than 400 million Nokia phones shipped with existing Flash technology to date, we are excited to see Flash Player becoming a reality for mobile phones and other mobile devices,” said Purnima Kochikar, vice president, Forum Nokia. “Nokia is excited about full Flash Player coming to devices and we are committed to supporting Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices in 2010.”

[Adobe]

]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/27689/flash-10-1-full-flash-for-everyone-but-iphone-actually-playable-hd-vids/feed/ 0 Former Grokster exec involved with The Pirate Bay 2.0, hints at new model http://www.dv-depot.com/19446/former-grokster-exec-involved-with-the-pirate-bay-2-0-hints-at-new-model/ http://www.dv-depot.com/19446/former-grokster-exec-involved-with-the-pirate-bay-2-0-hints-at-new-model/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:00:44 +0000 othertech http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=101267 The former president of Grokster, Wayne Rosso, just dropped a little hint regarding The Pirate Bay 2.0. Mr. Rosso, writing on The Music Void, said that he's been contacted by Hans Pandeya, the CEO of the company that's poised to buy The Pirate Bay for nearly $8 million. What's the big deal?]]> tpb20

The former president of Grokster, Wayne Rosso, just dropped a little hint regarding The Pirate Bay 2.0. Mr. Rosso, writing on The Music Void, said that he’s been contacted by Hans Pandeya, the CEO of the company that’s poised to buy The Pirate Bay for nearly $8 million. What’s the big deal?

I draw your attention to these few sentences:

At first I was still a little fuzzy about what Hans was trying to accomplish. But after several long conversations I now get it. And it is pretty ingenious. I’m calling this new model “resource supported”. In short, the more computer resources the user contributes to The Pirate Bay, the more his content consumption is subsidized. I won’t drill down any further due to commercial confidentiality, but it can actually work. And if it does, it will be huge.

So, you donate CPU cycles and/or bandwidth—I have bandwidth to spare—and you get a content subsidy? What, drop the price of New_Album by $2 for every gigabyte you contribute to the cause? That’s how I interpret that, but who knows what’s going on.

Besides, if you’re still using public BitTorrent trackers… well, you shouldn’t be.

Though I’d love to be proven wrong here. More choice, legitimate or otherwise, is always fine by me.

Man I’m great at Photoshop.


]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/19446/former-grokster-exec-involved-with-the-pirate-bay-2-0-hints-at-new-model/feed/ 0 Full PC Scan-How can I Get a Full PC Scan? http://www.dv-depot.com/18306/full-pc-scan-how-can-i-get-a-full-pc-scan/ http://www.dv-depot.com/18306/full-pc-scan-how-can-i-get-a-full-pc-scan/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:56:52 +0000 techgeek http://www.dv-depot.com/18306/full-pc-scan-how-can-i-get-a-full-pc-scan/ The full PC scan is very necessary for the health of a PC and is highly recommended.
A full PC scan helps in various ways. It is necessary to ensure the following three aspects i.e. the internet protection, the spy ware protection and the mal ware protection. The internet protection implies that you are safe from the reach of the hackers and malicious software that might be sent to you through emails etc. the hackers try to intrude by various ways. They can install malicious soft wares on your PC, by remotely accessing it. The registry ages with time and also gets bigger with use. It gets filled with unused, obsolete and duplicate files. The presence of such files makes the registry stale and it also wastes the otherwise useful memory of the computer. The scan program should indicate if any such files are present in the registry. The scan program should also thoroughly look thoroughly at the different components of the operating system. If an operating system is not being used optimally it too consumes a lot of useful memory and also eats up the CPU cycles, which results in a slow PC. The scan program should also be able to scan the online content, whether it is the text and attachment of an email or the content of a website. Also, It should immediately report if a pop up has a potential threat to the PC security.The full PC scan is always emphasized upon because these days there are many partial PC scan programs available. These scans are popularly known as the protection scans, clean up scans and the tune up scans. Usually they are advertised and marketed in such a way that they promise to indicate all of the problems with the PC. But usually they do not achieve the purpose. Actually many mal wares and Trojan horses are being marketed and sold as the scan and/or fix programs. When they are sold the manufacturer is usually after your money. Their program once downloaded sits in your computer as a good for nothing dormant program. That is why I highly recommend that one should download a free program at least for scanning purposes. Afterwards if anything is found that can not be managed with free fixing software then you can always buy a premium scan and fix program.
So if you are looking for a useful Full PC Scan, try Registry Easy. I am using it at my home and office PCs and it has generated great results.

]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/18306/full-pc-scan-how-can-i-get-a-full-pc-scan/feed/ 0 Full PC Scan-How Does a Full PC Scan Keeps your Computer Secure http://www.dv-depot.com/18298/full-pc-scan-how-does-a-full-pc-scan-keeps-your-computer-secure/ http://www.dv-depot.com/18298/full-pc-scan-how-does-a-full-pc-scan-keeps-your-computer-secure/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:47:22 +0000 techgeek http://www.dv-depot.com/18298/full-pc-scan-how-does-a-full-pc-scan-keeps-your-computer-secure/ A full PC scan is responsible for the up keep of the health of different PC areas and components’ so getting one is very necessary.
You can get a full PC scan in two ways. Either you can buy the software from the market or you can download it from the internet. It is also a notable fact that some scanning programs are also available for free. The free programs are usually available at the internet only. Many people are of the view that the free scanning programs are no good. But I completely disagree. The registry ages with time and also gets bigger with use. It gets filled with unused, obsolete and duplicate files. The presence of such files makes the registry stale and it also wastes the otherwise useful memory of the computer. The scan program should indicate if any such files are present in the registry. The scan program should also thoroughly look thoroughly at the different components of the operating system. If an operating system is not being used optimally it too consumes a lot of useful memory and also eats up the CPU cycles, which results in a slow PC. The scan program should also be able to scan the online content, whether it is the text and attachment of an email or the content of a website. Also, It should immediately report if a pop up has a potential threat to the PC security.The full PC scan should also ensure the spy ware and the mal ware protection. The purpose of the spy ware is, as the name suggests, keeping a check on your activities. It does not matter if you are online or offline; the spy ware software will record each of your activity. An example of the spy ware is the Key Logger software. This is because the protection scan only offers internet security. It points out only if there are problems related to hacker threats or email attachment threats. The clean up scans are generally limited to the scanning of the registry of the PC only. That is why I highly recommend that one should download a free program at least for scanning purposes. Afterwards if anything is found that can not be managed with free fixing software then you can always buy a premium scan and fix program.
So if you are looking for a Full PC Scan you can try the Registry Easy. I have found it extremely beneficial.

]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/18298/full-pc-scan-how-does-a-full-pc-scan-keeps-your-computer-secure/feed/ 0 Only the Nvidia 9400M works with Snow Leopard’s h.264 acceleration http://www.dv-depot.com/12441/only-the-nvidia-9400m-works-with-snow-leopard%e2%80%99s-h264-acceleration/ http://www.dv-depot.com/12441/only-the-nvidia-9400m-works-with-snow-leopard%e2%80%99s-h264-acceleration/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:00:06 +0000 othertech http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94496 Own a MacBook or MacBook Pro that doesn't have an Nvidia 9400M? Don't expect to use hardware acceleration for h.264 video decoding in Snow Leopard. Yup, a quick check of Apple's Web site shows that only the 9400M will be compatible with Snow Leopard's ability to hand off h.264 video decoding to the GPU. Tough break, kids. (Or you can get a Windows PC, which has had hardware-assisted h.264 decoding for some time now.)]]> ibook

Own a MacBook or MacBook Pro that doesn’t have an Nvidia 9400M? Don’t expect to use hardware acceleration for h.264 video decoding in Snow Leopard. Yup, a quick check of Apple’s Web site shows that only the 9400M will be compatible with Snow Leopard’s ability to hand off h.264 video decoding to the GPU. Tough break, kids. (Or you can get a Windows PC, which has had hardware-assisted h.264 decoding for some time now.)

In other news, OpenCL, the feature that offloads CPU cycles to the GPU, will work with a number of GPUs. And they are:

• NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GTS, Geforce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130

• ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870

I must say, the last time I was truly impressed with a new version of Mac OS X was Tiger, and that was seven years ago. Perhaps that’s why Snow Leopard is only $30?

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