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The brand new XBOX 360, which is a slim and sleek version of the old Xbox360, was announced today that it was released and will be in stores later this week!

It’s got a 250 GB hard drive, has a sleek black exterior, and a 801.11N Wifi connection, the fastest wifi connection for consoles.

The news was released on at E3, the largest gaming convention, after a series of Kinect demo games.

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Another awesome Windows keyboard shortcut.

by ryan on April 26, 2010

Previously I made a blog post about a very useful windows keyboard shortcut.

Heres another keyboard shortcut that I find incredibly useful as a computer repair technician.

Windows key + Pause Break

This will open up the Windows system panel. From here we can do many things

  • Check the computers amount of RAM, Processor type and speed, and Windows bit version (32 or 64).
  • Access Device Manager
  • Access sytem properties and adjust things for system performance (Visual effects, memory usage, etc).
  • Change logon settings
  • In Windows 7, change Windows Product Key

As a computer repair tech Im always accessing the System panel. This is the quickest way to get there. A lot easier than control panel or right clicking anything.

I hope that as a regular home user you will also find this useful.

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How to stream media to your PS3 from your computer

April 26, 2010

Welcome to an easy guide to stream media from your PS3 to your TV. This is the main reason I initially bought a PS3 apart from Netflix, the primary source of my media comes from my computer. I have a a lot of mp3 albums on my computer and videos that Id like to watch [...]

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Quickest way to increase computer performance in Windows Vista and 7

April 16, 2010

I was working on a clients computer last week and he had 512mb of ram on a Windows Vista machine. It’s one of those machines that was released right when Vista was released, and the latest technology then called for 512mb. My job was to increase the performance and speed, the client complained that it [...]

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Get free antivirus without popups Avira AntiVir 10 Personal

April 16, 2010

I’m going to show you guys how to get Avira AntiVirus 10 Free without the pesky advertisements that normally pop up by default. Step 1 – Download Avira 10 First, download the latest version of Avira AntiVirus to continue. Step 2 – Download NoNotifyAvira While thats downloading, download No Notify Avira here. Step 3 – [...]

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How to make any application portable

April 16, 2010

I’m going to show you how to create your own portable applications. This is really cool. I dislike installing applications with setup wizards because a lot of applications install shortcuts in various places, registry keys, and uninstallation wizards that can clutter a system. It’s so much easier to run an application executable (.exe) from a [...]

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My most useful windows keyboard shortcut

April 16, 2010

One keyboard shortcut that I use every day is something that I think a lot of people don’t know of. When I say every day, I mean every day. I’ve probably used it once or twice while writing this post. Windows Key + D For you noobs out there, the windows key is the key [...]

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