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Boost your wireless network signal with Windows 7

joex — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:43:33 +0000

No additional hardware needed! Say you have your wireless router in the office of your house, directly above or below the office the signal is great, but when you reach out to the far corners, there’s such a low signal or even no signal at all that you can’t even browse or check your email. [...]

A look at Google Chromium OS

joex — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:08:24 +0000

“Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.” A lot of people are looking forward to the final release of Google’s new operating system, based on it’s browser, Chromium [...]

External graphics upgrades for your laptop?

joex — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:27:33 +0000

Those of us that strongly rely on the use of laptops have always struggled with keeping up with the newest technologies, specifically in graphics power. It seems within a matter of weeks after buying a graphics card or laptop, the technology becomes obsolete as there are faster, more powerful products coming out every day. A [...]

Setting Up XP Mode on Windows 7

joex — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:34:06 +0000

One of the biggest hypes about Microsoft’s newest version of Windows is the new backward-compatibility features when using XP Mode. XP Mode (or XPM, for short), which is essentially a virtual machine running a separate, retail installation of Windows XP, allows users having difficulty running programs that aren’t fully compatible with Windows 7 or Windows [...]

Getting Johnny Castaway to run on Windows 7 x64

joex — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:39:24 +0000

For some of you, Screen Antics (aka Johnny Castaway) might be a little before your time. It’s even before my time, but it was introduced to me by my dad back when I was a little kid, and I thought it was the coolest screen saver ever. To this day, anyone who knows what Screen [...]