Stone Circle Launcher

We’ve looked at several Application Launchers in the past few years and they are a genuinely useful way of quickly getting at your favourite and most frequently used programs so there’s always room for another. It’s called Krento and the 3D circular layout is supposed to resemble a stone circle – each app button is called a ‘stone’. Anyway, that’s really all you need to know about the design philosophy; using it is very straightforward too, simply drag and drop your program icons onto the circle, or create program groups, even multiple circles for a really busy PC. The launcher appears when you press the keyboard shortcut Winkey + C, or you can click on the ‘Pulsar’ icon that sits near the System Tray. I have to say Rocket Dock is still my favourite but if you fancy a change or just want to see if an application launcher really will make your life any easier then this one is worth trying.

Apple Keyboard Hack Proved Possible

Slashdot reports that Apple keyboards are vulnerable to hackers’ attacks due to the complexity of their inner workings, which include RAM and flash memory. According to the report, the hack can potentially place keyloggers and malware directly into the device’s firmware.

To make matters even worse, the author of this “proof of concept” has also published the presentation and code in a PDF that’s free to download for anyone on the planet. The vuln is undoubtedly enticing to hackers, some of which are likely to create one or more exploits for the flaw in question. To better understand how this discovery has turned into a potential security issue, we offer you a few excerpts from the published document.

For ethical reasons, the firmware modification we describe is benign. The firmware is modified so that the LED under the CAP S LOC K key of the keyboard will flash momentarily when the keyboard is first plugged into a system. However, malicious payloads can be developed by individuals with mal-intent. Read more

Is Your Keyboard Bugged?

No, not that sort of bug, we’re talking about the type that gives you nasty infections. If your keyboard is anything like mine it’s probably crawling with gems, but that doesn’t matter, they’re my germs and we’ve got used to each other. One place where germs are unacceptable is in hospitals, where doctors can carry all sorts of nasties around with them, tap in your details on a keyboard, and then the next person to use it picks them up on their fingers, you get the picture. Read more

Italian job Macbook Air

Italian computer manufacturer, 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebook Olidata introduced. “Conte ultraportable” The device name appears in two different versions: The first version of 16:10 in the form of a screen with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution offers support. The other is the screen in 16:9 format and 1366 x 768 pixel resolution offers. Core 2 Duo processors will be equipped with two model.

Optional integrated UMTS or WiMAX as provided. 16:10 ‘hood models other than their Intel Turbo Memory, fingerprint reader, illuminated from behind the keyboard and offers 3 GB of RAM. Read more

Smartfish Pro: The most intelligent keyboard!

Although many think the computer on which you buy, the keyboard is quite large in terms of users is never a matter we can not deny. Long-term computer use, especially in the hand and wrist pain in the majority of users do not use the appropriate keyboard is caused to them.

Users identified as the most suitable keyboard from the mission to get a keyboard manufacturer Smartfish called, late in the day, the world’s most intelligent and the most healthy ergonomic keyboard has announced the development Smartfish Pro. Users looking at writing style, the user himself can adjust Smartfish Pro, hosted by the Dynamic Positioning Controller system the status of keyboard height and angle can be determined by, and so users, user-friendly keyboard that does not have the close of the hand and wrist pain relief. Read more

Make Your Mouse Work Harder

Computer mice are pretty versatile these days but here’s a very neat little freeware program that adds even more functionality to your favourite rodent. It’s called AltMove and once it’s running you can quickly move, resize and hide windows with a simple keyboard and mousse key combination, and it even works on windows that do not normally support move and resize. If you have a centre mouse button, or clickwheel, pressing it opens a magnifier screen, and there are three simple ‘gestures’ with the right mouse button. Click and hold the right button and move the mouse down and the open window minimises, click right, hold and drag upward to maximise and click right, hold and drag right lets you change the windows transparency. Read more

Fruity PC Comeback

Those of you who have been around computers for a few years may well remember the Fruit Wars of the early 1980s, indeed one of the very first home computers I wrote about was the Tangerine, back in the late 1970’s. In fact it was little more than a very large printed circuit board, smothered in logic chips, and you had to add your own keyboard and light bulbs, but it was a start… Anyway, soon afterwards we had more useable machines from the likes of Apple, and Apricot, not to mention quite a few lemons, though to be fair I don’t remember anyone actually using that name. But the rest, as they say is history, with only one fruity PC maker managing to survive.

Anyway, this preamble is by way of reintroducing the Apricot brand, last owned by Mitsubishi though by the late 1990s it had all but disappeared. Read more

How to type faster?

Type a lot! Yup, there is no way you can type faster if you not punching the keyboard everyday.

When I was young, I want to type faster like the person in a movie that I watched. It would be very cool when you can type faster and don’t have to see the keyboard while you typing. Then, I thought I need a typing software to practice but that software does not really help me. I make a lot of errors if I use the typing technique. But in case you want to try the software, here is the link.

Then, after few years, I start blogging. From there, I type a lot because everyday I have new ideas for my blog. I did some researches and type what I have found. Read more

How to shop for a laptop

Are you looking for a new laptop computer to run Windows? You’re probably among the millions of people wondering where to begin. Laptops (also called notebook computers) come in many shapes, designs, and sizes, with a bewildering array of prices and technical specifications. If you aren’t sure how to choose the best laptop for your needs, here’s some information to help you make the right purchase.

Start by taking a close look at how you’ll use your laptop. Don’t focus on technical specifications before you’ve asked yourself some basic questions: Read more

$75 Laptop in the Pipeline?

We have spoken before about the laudable One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aims to supply laptops costing $100 to children in poor countries and which indirectly spawned the recent influx of cheap mini laptops, like the Asus Eee PC, Elonex one et al. Well. OLPC has now unveiled a mock-up of a future model, which could sell for as little as $75.

There’s no need to get too excited, the $100 target for the OLPC XO1 still hasn’t been achieved (it’s closer to $200…), but like its predecessor the XO-2, has some interesting features. These include dual touch and haptic (pressure) sensitive screens, both daylight (and indoor) viewable. Read more

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