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Archive for January, 2007

Vista Crippled DRM output?

( PC )

I’ve found a good blog post from someone who has listed what will and what won’t be crippled by DRM, basically everything is fine besides when HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and the ICT is set, when Vista will display 540p, if ICT is not set then there’s no problem. Read the full post here: http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2007/01/25/519180.aspx

Install Vista Upgrade without installing XP first

( PC )

Just found this information on how to install Vista fully from the upgrade dvd, this could be an even cheaper method for getting Vista as you only need to buy the upgrade dvd! What you need is a copy of LegitCheckControl.DLL from any validated and activated copy of XP on a partition anywhere on your [...]

The Mad Dash To Run Vista

( PC )

Well Microsoft has finally released it’s latest operating system Vista, it comes in 3 billion different versions instead of just 3 which would have been a lot better for consumers, but Microsoft’s infinite wisdom decided more were better, creating more support problems for them and sys-admin due to multiple OS’s to support from the start. [...]

The 2007 Oscar Nominations

( Film )

A bit late but here are the main nominations for the oscars 2007: Best picture Babel The Departed Letters From Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Best director Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima Stephen Frears, The Queen Paul Greengrass, United 93 Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel Martin Scorsese, The Departed Best actor Leonardo DiCaprio, [...]

Wii news channel now available + Mario Cart 64!

( Wii )

The wii news channel is now available on european Wiis! Also mario cart 64 is available on the virtual console, thats my weekend sorted

PS3 European Launch Details – 30 Launch Titles

( PS3 )

Here are the launch details for the PS3: Launch Date: 23rd March 2007 Cost: £425 Resistance: Fall of Manâ„¢ – SCEE – Disc MotorStormâ„¢ – SCEE – Disc Genjiâ„¢: Days of the Blade – SCEE – Disc FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION – SCEE – Disc Ridge Racerâ„¢ 7 – SCEE – Disc Tekken®: Dark Resurrection [...]

Firefox Extensions

Here’s a list of my recommended firefox extensions: Adblock Plus – Blocks adverts and other annoying things, includes auto-updating block lists. British English Dictionary – Required for us Brits for the inbuilt spell checker in firefox 2.x Fasterfox – Tweaks the firefox network settings to get a bit more performance out of firefox Firebug – [...]

A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope

Some people might have read this on the Internet recently: A New Sith or Revenge of the Hope An attempt to piece together the Star Wars story lines from the films. Unfortunately, besides been a decent attempt at piecing things together, there are major assumptions (Chewie and Han and the falcon) which are completely wrong. [...]

Save money when buying books from whsmith

Although this seemed a bit silly to me, I’m not going to argue. If you want a book from whsmith, you can order a book online and get it delivered to a local whsmith store for free, so you get Internet prices at your local store. It does take a few days (about 5 or [...]

New Monitor

Well I’ve been using my new 22″ widescreen monitor for a few days and all I can say is I’m really impressed. If anyone is looking to upgrade to a widescreen monitor I can highly recommend the Benq FP222WA 22″ LCD Widescreen 5ms (1680×1050). I got mine from Ebuyer for 211.75 inc vat (once at [...]