Recently I bought a Sony Vaio laptop that runs Microsoft Windows Vista. When I try to open the Vista sidebar I get an error window saying that "Windows Sidebar is managed by your system administrator". Even when I tried to run the sidebar.exe (that launches the sidebar) as administrator, I was still getting the same … Continue reading How to: Enable Windows Vista sidebar when you get the message “Sidebar is managed by system administrator”
Mozilla Prism: First thoughts
Mozilla Prism is a project created by the Mozilla Foundation (Firefox and Thunderbird creators). Prism is dedicated to bridge Web apps with desktop apps. The project is based on Webrunner which moved to Mozilla code repository and took the name Prism. The first thing you may think is that "We have already Microsoft Silverlight and … Continue reading Mozilla Prism: First thoughts
The High Definition war is over!
Toshiba decided to give up its HD-DVD format. The company made this decision after the announcement of all major studios that they are going to support Blu-ray (last one to do so was Warner Bros. Studio). Shoppers now should not be confused and they should move to Blu-ray. Although Toshiba will offer support for owners … Continue reading The High Definition war is over!
MacBook Air is here
During Macworld 2008 keynote, Steve Jobs made some announcements for the forthcoming Apple products, itunes and some statistics for the previous year. First of all iTunes will offer from now on the opportunity to rent movies. Movies can be rented for 30 days (playback should be started up to 30 days after the rental) and … Continue reading MacBook Air is here
WordPress 2.4 admin interface preview
WordPress 2.4 is scheduled to be released on 24th of January! The changes in this version will be many and most of them on the backend (admin interface). The new interface seems to be much faster and uses much AJAX and caching! I think that its more easy-to-use as long as bloggers get used to … Continue reading WordPress 2.4 admin interface preview
Downtime due to WordPress update
Sorry for the little downtime (around 40 minutes), but I updated Typpz blog to WordPress 2.3.2! This update fixes a critical security bug and adds the ability to create a custom db error page that will apear if WordPress cannot connect to you database instead of the classic WordPress db error page. The official announcement … Continue reading Downtime due to WordPress update
Charge your ipod using onions and Gatorade!
Have you ever thought of how you could charge your ipod's battery when you are not near a computer with a usb port or (for those you have the power adapter) electrical power is not available? Here is the way: you can charge your ipod using onions and Gatorade energy drink! You will need: 1. … Continue reading Charge your ipod using onions and Gatorade!
Review: Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000
Microsoft Mobile Memory 8000 mouse is a pointing device designed for notebook users (I purchased it for my notebook as I dislike touchpads 🙂 ). This mouse features also 1GB flash memory, which can be used as a usual portable flash drive. Apart from this, this device features a rechargeable NiMh battery, so you do … Continue reading Review: Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000
Review: Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E
Recently I purchased a new notebook: a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E. FZ series come with 15.4" wide displays. VGN-FZ21E features: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 2Ghz processor, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB DD, WiFi (802.11 a/b/g), DVD RW and a Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT GPU with 64MB RAM. Its operating system is Windows Vista Home Premium. The … Continue reading Review: Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E
Social networking with PHPizabi
All of us nowadays visit and participate in social sites and networks. Practically a social network is a web site where users take action and not just read content. Digg.com and Facebook are perfect examples of such sites. PHPizabi is an open-source script written in PHP (like the name shows) which is aimed to help … Continue reading Social networking with PHPizabi