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Aug 22
Microsoft’s PhotoSynth enables users to create navigable, three-dimensional visual “tours” by stitching together digital photos to recreate scenes that can be shared online.
It’ll cost a pretty penny for that plane ticket to Italy, lodging and other expenditures required to step into a gondola on the Grand Canal in Venice, look around, and have the gondolier take you closer to points of interest along the canal. But with Microsoft’s new PhotoSynth software and Web site, you can now take a free digital tour that consists not of video, but of an array of photos stitched together to recreate the scene in three dimensions.
“PhotoSynth allows users to combine an array of photos of a single location into a navigable, three-dimensional image called a “synth” and upload it to Photosynth.net to share with the world. The technology, which originated in a Microsoft Research project, is an altogether new way of putting photographs together.
Aug 20
Microsoft recently introduced their first ever Gaming specific Keyboard and Mouse Combo called the Sidewinder X6 Keyboard and Sidewinder X5 Mouse. From the pics you can see that it has a Detachable keypad which when not in gaming mode transforms into a full-programmable macro pad !
The X5 Mouse features 9 Buttons out of which 5 are User Programmable powered by a 2000 DPI laser tracking sensor.
The X6 Keyboard will cost US$ 79.95
The X5 Mouse will cost US$ $59.95
The Gaming Keyboard Mouse Combo will be available next month !
Check out the Official Press Release from Microsoft :
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Author: Tanmay
Aug 17
Check out his Video Tutorial on HOW to Slipstream XP Service Pack 3 onto Your Original XP Disk !
Author: Tanmay
Aug 16
Microsoft has improved its Web Reach with the introduction of its Live Services. Microsoft still is trying hard to improve its Live Services and has been working on what is known as Live Wave 3 which is the the next version of Microsoft’s Windows Live software and services and is expected to be launched for Beta Testers in coming weeks !
Live Wave promises improvements in all of Microsofts Live Services including the Live Common Installer and other popular Live Services like Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery are all undergoing a major improvement !
Author: Tanmay
Aug 16
Sony’s win over the Blu-Ray format was enough a reason for Microsoft to provide support for Blu-Ray in its Windows Operating System.
Microsoft has almost completed its work on a Feature Pack, focusing on the Storage aspect which will add Blu-Ray media and smart-card driver functionality to Windows XP and Windows Vista.
According to Official Microsoft Connect Site :
There are 3 technologies available for this Pre-Release-Each will have its own installer:
- Active Storage Platform: This pre-release package enables the Windows platform to restrict access to portable devices (such as a USB Flash Device) via a certificate or password authentication based on the IEEE 1667 standard specification.
- Image Mastering API update for Blu-Ray media: This feature enables the Windows platform to do master style optical burning on Blu-Ray media.
- Smart Card Driver: This release provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID.
Microsoft periodically releases Feature Packs specifying on certain aspects like the previous Feature Pack aimed at improving Wireless Support
Check out the Pre-Release WebSite for Windows Feature Pack for Storage : Click Here
Author: Tanmay
Aug 06
Tired of such messeges ? You’ve tried your best to free up space by deleting those old movies or games but are still wondering who’s eating up all that space ?
Check out these Simple 8 Steps to Free Up your Disk Space : (Courtesy : pc-washer.com )
- Empty the Trash
The first and easiest thing that you can do to clean up your hard disk is to empty the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin is a temporary storage place for deleted files. You can often gain quite a bit of extra space simply by right clicking on it and choosing the Empty Recycle Bin option. Remember that once you empty the recycle bin, you will not be able to retrieve any of the files because they are now permanently deleted. It is a good habit to occasionally empty the Recycle Bin even when you don’t do a full disk cleanup. - Remove temp files
Temporary files are created when you download and install software, open files in e-mail and instant messaging programs, or transfer files. In most cases, your computer only uses these files at the time they are created. Generally, they live in a folder on your hard drive called C:\Documents and Settings\[user account]\Local Settings\{Temporary Internet Files, Temp}. Usually the program that created the temporary files deletes them when it’s finished, but sometimes the files are left behind. This can happen for a number of reasons - the program might have been interrupted before it finished installing, or it crashed during a restart. Delete all files under these folder. You might get error messages telling files are being used. Just ignore them. - Compress infrequently used files
Compressing files that are not frequently used frees up disk space, but does not slow down the computer.- Compress old files: Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools and run “Disk Cleanup”, check all boxes including “Compress Files”.
- After you click “OK” this may run for many hours if it is run the first time…
Author: Tanmay
