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I have been a Windows user from the time I was a little tot. I am still a Windows user (and am perfectly happy with it), but sometimes I look over at a Mac and wish I had just a few of their features on my Windows machine. After doing some searching, I have been able to find four applications that give me the few things that I wanted to have on my Windows PC but has traditionally only been available on a Mac.
Rocketdock

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IhavebeenaWindowsuserfromthetimeIwasalittletot.IamstillaWindowsuser(andamperfectlyhappywithit),butsometimesIlookoverataMacandwishIhadjustafewoftheirfeaturesonmyWindowsmachine.Afterdoingsomesearching,IhavebeenabletofindfourapplicationsthatgivemethefewthingsthatIwantedtohaveonmyWindowsPCbuthastraditionallyonlybeenavailableonaMac.
Rocketdock
Asyoucantell,Rocketdockisanapplicationlaunc...[閱讀全文]

Comodo Backup is an excellent backup utility from the creators of Comodo Firewall. It’s free, easy to use and have everything you might need. You can easily backup your local files and folders to anywhere on your computer, network, DVD / CD or even FTP server. Plus it can be set to run automatically on specified time intervals.

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Losingyourvaluablefilesasaresultofaharddrivefailure,virusattackorevenaccidentalfiledeletioncanbeverydevastating.Whetherit’syourphotos,giantmusiccollection,importantdocuments-datalossisalwayscostlyandstressful.Harddrivesalwayscrash,it’sjustamatteroftime,thereforeDOregularbackups.Especiallywhentherearesomanyfreebackupsoftwareoptionsthatcanrunregularbackupsautomatically.Justsetitoncetorunsc...[閱讀全文]

As you may realize, your internet speed does not only depend on your ISP, it also depends on the hardware and software used on your end of the line. If you are using hardware provided by your ISP, there shouldn’t be a problem. The bottleneck for speed often sits in the connecting computer. Here are a few tips to improve the overall throughput:

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DoesyourISPdeliverthespeedyoupayfor?It’srathereasytotestyourbroadbandinternetspeed.However,thereareafewthingstokeepinmind.Forone,ISPsusuallypromisean“upto”speed,soyoucan’texpecttopperformanceatalltimes,that’spartofthedeal.DuringhightraffictimesyourISPwillsufferfromhighloadsandwillcertainlynotbeabletodeliverthemaximumspeed.Thusyou’dbestperformdifferentspeedtestsatdifferenttimepoin...[閱讀全文]

As you may realize, your internet speed does not only depend on your ISP, it also depends on the hardware and software used on your end of the line. If you are using hardware provided by your ISP, there shouldn’t be a problem. The bottleneck for speed often sits in the connecting computer. Here are a few tips to improve the overall throughput:

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DoesyourISPdeliverthespeedyoupayfor?It’srathereasytotestyourbroadbandinternetspeed.However,thereareafewthingstokeepinmind.Forone,ISPsusuallypromisean“upto”speed,soyoucan’texpecttopperformanceatalltimes,that’spartofthedeal.DuringhightraffictimesyourISPwillsufferfromhighloadsandwillcertainlynotbeabletodeliverthemaximumspeed.Thusyou’dbestperformdifferentspeedtestsatdifferenttimepoints...[閱讀全文]

WindowsVista除了繼承Windows家族一些貫有的快捷鍵外，還新加入了一些新的快捷鍵。下麵這一份WindowsVista快捷鍵大全將幫助你輕鬆使用Vista的快捷鍵。
　　常規快捷鍵
　　這些快捷鍵能夠讓你的計算機更容易使用。
　　Alt+雙擊：顯示選中項目的屬性
　　Alt+Enter：顯示選中項目的屬性
　　Alt+Esc：當項目打開時按順序切換
　　Alt+F4：關閉當前活動項目或退出活動[閱讀全文]

圖1 駕車截圖　　上圖是我在印第安那波利斯“駕車”的截圖。　　Geoquake（打開主頁）上有一個很有趣的flash遊戲，將車輛與Google地圖結合在一起，你可以輸入任何地點，然後在那裏享受駕車的樂趣。這個遊戲是利用Google Maps的API做成的。因此，你也完全可以做一個這樣的遊戲。　　你可以選擇實地模式，如上麵的截圖，或者地圖模式，如下圖：
很牛X，利用Google地圖駕車環遊世界
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你或許經常用GoogleEarth“環遊”世界，看到了很多奇觀。你也或許經常玩賽車遊戲，例如極品飛車、拉力賽、F1等等。或許你會抱怨F1遊戲裏隻有不到20條賽道，極品飛車隻能在一個城市裏飆車，你想在全球任意一個角落飆車。顯然對於普通人這是不現實的。那麽，何不將賽車遊戲和Google地圖結合在一起呢？至少能得到精神上的滿足。[閱讀全文]

2. 蘋果iPhone




《PCWorld》網站日前評出了2008年最佳IT產品100百強，結果，蘋果iPhone手機、Facebook和WindowsXP等紛紛上榜。
　　該評選活動始於1983年，至今已進入第25個年頭。期間，盡管產品名稱或種類不斷更新，但獲獎產品始終是集設計、功能、性能和創新為一體，當然價格也要合理。
　　排在首位的是新聞集團與NBC聯合推出的視頻網站Hulu，蘋果iPhone位居第二，Facebook網站排名第三，微[閱讀全文]