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wp7 app marketplace, new apple stuff, IE9 nearing release

So app stores for mobiles seem to be the way to go now days, all the platforms seem to have them, Apple, Android, and Now MS are creating one, well, MS have always had a marketplace of sorts for the WM5/6 series of phone OS’s, but this one seems more intergrated because theyre adding it directly...

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Valve cancels e3 event, MS shows off new goodies

So i watched the E3 MS event the other day on the live stream, it was pretty good, the graphics looked /quite nice on some of the games they showed.

They showed a fair bit of stuff on the kinect (natal) too, i was actually pretty impressed with it, more than i thought i would be. it seems...

zimbra is a pain in the ass

to setup. seriously, the requirements are silly :p and DNS is annoying, but i guess thats because i have limited knowledge of setting up DNS on a linux system. once you get it going, its a great little app, ive found nothing like it, if i had, i probly would have tried it out already since zimbra...

Rsync tips

So ive recently been stufying rsync mauals and guides etc because im using it to backup up a webserver, so i thought i’d post a few tips that have helped me be less confused about the whole thing, when it comes to error messages etc :p

The destination folder on the remote server must...

72XP: disabling libraries and installing 3rd party themes

Welcome to what is probably the last article in this series. lets get started :p

So, so far so good, its mostly acting like XP :p next we’re going to disable and remove libraries intergration. I prefer real folders.

Download these reg tweaks and apply them, then logoff or reboot...

72XP: Modifying explorer and restoring the classic start menu

Hello! and welcome to the third installment of 72XP!

Today’s post is about hacking explorer and the start menu so lets get going :p 

It took me a REALLY long time to find a decent replacment for this, the ones i did find were either buggy, had hardly any features or cost a stupid...

72XP: Some GUI changes

Now for the next installment of 72xp, were going to make some GUI changes.

The superbar seems to be a pretty good idea, as in the idea of pinning items it, sortof like an advanced quicklaunch. pinning things to the start menu isnt really all that new though. now for me, i prefer my quicklaunch...

72XP: Allow permanent installation of unsigned drivers

So over the past couple of months ive been attempting to transition from xp to windows 7, but some parts of the interface just bug me, i guess im just used to doing it a certain way in XP. (upgrading from from Windows 98 wasnt a problem all those years ago because XP was a much needed improvement)....

A review of download managers

So recently, ive had a need to download a large file (around 3GB), I tried 8 download managers before i found one that worked well, how sucky is that :p so i thought i’d write a small review about them.

FlashGet

I added the file to the download list, it immediatly...

newly updated usb switchblade drive thingy

So I decided to revamp my usb switchblade after seeing this guide, I wanted to intergrate it with my current setup. so after doing that, it was actually pretty easy as I already had a WinPE source...