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Outlook 2007: Changes to the e-mail rendering engine
Wednesday, 31 Jan, 2007 – 19:12 | No Comment

No longer does Outlook 2007 use Internet Explorer to render and view e-mail messages.  Microsoft took Word 2007 and used that as the sole engine to view and compose e-mail messages with.  Why did they …

Added two new headers
Wednesday, 31 Jan, 2007 – 8:34 | No Comment

I wanted to shy away from the plain ole template and tried something new.  It’s plain lettering with various Photoshop effects such as drop shadow and gradients.  I have the .PSD so I will make …

Hotmail + Outlook Express + IE7 = unknown error upon starting Outlook Express
Tuesday, 30 Jan, 2007 – 10:55 | No Comment

If you use Hotmail accompanied by Outlook Express 6 and you recently updated to Internet Explorer 7, you may encounter a problem where upon opening Outlook Express you receive an unknown error with the details …

Microsoft Vista upgrade process has completely changed
Monday, 29 Jan, 2007 – 20:41 | No Comment

If you or anyone you know received one of those upgrade coupons to Windows Vista, you should know something about the upgrade process.
With prior versions of Windows, if you had an “upgrade” version, you could …

Microsoft removed IE7 from Microsoft Updates
Monday, 29 Jan, 2007 – 14:13 | One Comment

Since last week I haven’t seen IE7 in the Microsoft Update catalog when doing a clean install.  Very strange as I thought it is actually better for most people who don’t know what they’re doing …

Downgrader for PSP v3.03 which enables homebrew abilities and more!
Sunday, 28 Jan, 2007 – 16:15 | No Comment

PSP owners with the 3.03 firmware can now rejoice that the Noobz team has released a downgrader which works on all firmwares including the latest, 3.03.
According to the Noobz website:

This downgrader is for v3.03 firmware …

Microsoft Vista: Can the OEM version be used on another computer?
Sunday, 28 Jan, 2007 – 9:56 | No Comment

Yes, the OEM can be used on another computer after you’ve already installed it onto one.  Will you be in compliance with the EULA?  No, you will not.  So, in order to get it to …

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor OEM
Saturday, 27 Jan, 2007 – 12:26 | No Comment

Above mentioned processor now looks to be available via Newegg.  This processor had a release date of sometime in February but somehow, someway, arrived a tad bit earlier.
Why is this so significant?  It is the …

Spyware on your computer? You’re going to JAIL!
Thursday, 25 Jan, 2007 – 22:07 | No Comment

A 40 year old substitute teacher from Connecticut [Julie Amero] is facing 40 years in prison for having spyware pop ups appear while she had her computer on during one of her 7th grade classes that she teaches.
Now …

Updated WordPress to 2.1 and k2 theme
Thursday, 25 Jan, 2007 – 21:25 | No Comment

I upgraded to WordPress 2.1.  I also updated the k2 theme to the newest available which says it is supposed to work with the new WP2.1.
How is it so far?  Good I guess.  I don’t …