Tag Archive for 'software'

Windows 7 Discontinues Ultimate Extras

Users attempting to upgrade from Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition to Windows 7 Build 7100 (the unofficial RC1 release leak), are greeted with the following "compatibility warning" dialog:

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition’s "Ultimate Extras" have been a constant source of derision and anger from Vista users ever since its release 3 years ago. If the blog [...]

On the matter of Firefox and memory leaks…

Recently our original article/rant on Firefox’s legendary memory abuse has seen an increase in comments and views; and I had intended to post the following comment in light of the article’s rebirth and the ensuing discussions in the comments.
The reply turned out to be longer than I’d originally intended, so here it is as its [...]

Does it GTK/QT/Win32 Really Matter for Chrome?

A recent article on OSNews highlights the changes expected to come in Google’s Chrome 2.0 for Windows and the progress being made on the Linux and OS X fronts for Google’s new browser.
In the article, Ben Goodger, lead Chrome UI developer, states
[Google avoids] cross platform UI toolkits because while they may offer what superficially appears [...]

ToolTipFixer 2.0 Released!

NeoSmart Technologies first released ToolTipFixer to great acclaim last June, over a year ago now. Since then, the downloads have kept on pouring in – along with a number of suggestions that we’ve taken to heart and hopefully implemented in a way that will please our users.
You can now download ToolTipFixer 2.0 which has a [...]

Windows Isn’t For Gamers Anymore

For the past decade-and-a-half, “Windows” has been synonymous with “PC Gaming” – after all, no other PC platform has managed to satiate the undying hunger gamers are quite famous for. But now it seems that Windows is on the verge of losing its distinction as the gaming platform of choice – with nothing but [...]

Firefox 3 is Still a Memory Hog

One of the biggest “improvements” that Mozilla claims has made its way into Firefox 3 is improved memory usage, in particular, the vanquishing of memory leaks:
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an [...]

Want UAC-Free iReboot? You got it: iReboot 1.1 released!

Back in August of 2007, NeoSmart Technologies released iReboot 1.0 – a tiny application that sits quietly and unobtrusively in the taskbar and is used to select which OS you’d like to reboot into.
iReboot isn’t by any means a major application, but it’s gathered a pretty strong following over the months, mostly by people [...]

EasyBCD 1.7.2 Released

EasyBCD 1.7.2 has just been released, and is available from download from the official EasyBCD download page.
EasyBCD 1.7.2 has only two minor changes, both of which involve the installer. The more important of the two involves the installer UI: Windows Vista SP1 broke the EasyBCD installer (buttons’ text was no longer legible), making it [...]

Vista SP1 Doesn’t Kill Software, Bad Coders Do

You can always trust The Register to do what it can to twist the facts into a nice, juicy headline. This time, it’s about Windows Vista SP1, and the very short list of software that’s adversely affected by its installation.
Don’t get this wrong: we’ve got our own reservations about SP1 (between performance and usability – [...]

Windows Vista SP1 Pre-Slipstreamed DVD Images Available

Following the recent RTM of Microsoft’s long-awaited Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, Microsoft has created (for limited release) pre-slipstreamed installation media intended for the distribution of PCs with newly-installed copies of Windows Vista.
With Windows Vista, the process of slipstreaming a service pack is no longer as simple as it once was as a result [...]