Never knew anything wierder. Sony Playstation 3 seems to be a hub for all the softwares out there, whatever it may be. mopx0 has managed to install a Windows Vista OS on the Sony Playstation 3. Although the entire process is useless in the way that it takes 24 hours to install.

After the 24 hour install, it takes about 25 minutes for the Vista to boot. But still the system is damn slow, so think before you do something. You can also install windows xp on the Playstation 3 which is slightly faster.

Look at the video for more information.

Via PS3Scene

It has been 7 years since Windows XP was launched. During its lifetime it got many upgrades including 3 Service Pack releases (Service Pack 3 being the latest). The Service Pack added many new and useful features so as to increase the life shell of Windows XP.

After the release of Windows Vista many Windows Users wanted to shift to Windows Vista but could not because of the high system requirements of Vista. Soon after the release of Windows Vista many transformation packs were launched, which transformed the looks of Windows XP to Windows Vista giving the users of XP the feel that they were using Windows Vista.

Even though these Transformation packs were not able to provide the performance of Vista but they managed to copy the looks of Vista pretty well. These transformation packs were able to copy all the eye candies of Vista except one – the Start menu of Vista. There were many themes which copied the look of the taskbar of Windows Vista, but failed to provide the same functionality. Being a Vista user myself, I can easily say that I really miss the Vista Start bar in Windows XP.

So today Techunknown.com presents to you Windows Vista start menu for Windows XP!

Download it: http://vistastartmenu.com

As you can see from the above image, Vistastart menu provides functionality similar or better than Windows Vista start menu can provide.
The search box is similar to Vista’s start menu and it even saves your last search. When you search for any file/application via the search box given, the search begins instantly but it is little slow compared to Windows Vista Start Menu but not that slow to irritate you. When you search for a file/application via the search bar and you type the full name of the application for example “paint”, the application also shows applications or files with similar name like Printers etc.

As you can see from the image, it even shows system files and folder. Also unlike Start menu in Vista and XP where you have to click on “Programs” to show you all the installed programs which you have in your PC, VistaStart Menu opens the “Program” group or slide by default thus saving you one mouse click when you open an application from the “Programs” menu.
There is also a quick start group where you can put in all the applications which you access frequently. All the applications present in the start menu have a shortcut, if you would have seen the previous images properly you would notice that there is a small straight line passing through the applications menu after certain intervals. These straight lines divide the “Program” menu into certain groups. The first group has “A” assigned as its shortcut so if you will press “A” you will be automatically taken to the first group and then all the applications in the first group will have a number assigned to them, pressing that number either launches that application or takes you to the sub group of the application. These shortcuts work only when you use the “Windows” key to access the start menu and not when you used the mouse to access the start menu.

You can also move the Start Menu to another location! Yes you read it right to another location! You can even resize the start menu. Amazing isn’t it. To move the Start Menu all you got to do is hover your mouse near the “Get Pro Version” and then just drag the start menu to the location you want it to.

Now from the next time whenever you open Start Menu it will open from the same position where you had placed it earlier.

The Bad Side-

After the good side comes the bad side. Sometimes whenever I used to click on the start menu, VistaStartMenu just did not pop-up. I had to click multiple times before it used to pop out. Also as I said earlier, searching via the Search Box is a bit slow compared to Windows Vista Start Menu. Also just for the information of its users or the user who are going to download it, it eats up 11Mb RAM usually with the max going to 20Mb.

Conclusion-

In the end I would like to conclude that Windows XP users who can’t shift to Vista because of its high system requirements should download VistaStartMenu immediately but for Vista users I would say if you can cope up with the slow searching time and the extra “11Mb RAM” I will say it’s worth it.

TechUnknown Rating – Very Good

Pro’s – Finally an alternative to Vista Start Menu, and for XP users finally a Vista style Start Menu

Con’s – Slow in searching via search box, Sometimes the Menu just does not pop-up even after clicking the Start Button multiple times

Feeling helpless that you cannot download free software for your iTouch/iPhone, just because you don’t have an iTunes account at iTunes store? Most of the users cannot do all this because iTunes require essentially a credit card for sign up.
But You can now do it all by creating a free iTunes account.

Here are the steps you can follow to create a Free iTunes account without a Credit Card:

1. open iTunes and click on iTunes store from left panel.
2. At the bottom page select My store as “United States”, the first option.
3. When the page reloads completely, on the right hand side under Quick Links select “Redeem”.
4. Now goto this site http://www.tunecore.com/freealbum . You will get a free Redeem code from there.
5. Paste the Redeem code you got into the Redeem screen of iTunes. When you press “Redeem”, you will be asked to provide your Apple/AOL id. But in the bottom right of same window there will be an option to create new account.Click it.
6. Now in the new window Enter your details and in the Payment options select None.
   Note: While entering details you should note that you are being signed up as an United States citizen so you should provide your details according to that only .
   In the name and address area, fill out anything as your wish. But the city, state, pin code and telephone nos. should be correct. I simply googled about all these details (remember google is one of the best tools of a wanna-be hacker). You can fill out these sample details:
   CITY: CAROL CITY
   STATE: FLORIDA
   ZIP CODE: either 33055 or 33056
   PHONE: there are two separated boxes. The first one is area code. Fill 305. After that you have to fill phone no. Type any 7 random numbers.
7. Select the none option and click continue, and it’s done.

That’s how you hack your way into a totally FREE iTunes account without a Credit Card !

But Hurry Up as the FREE Redeem Coupon codes are being given away till 30th September only.

source: http://theappledaily.com/2008/08/04/create-free-itunes-account-without-credit-card/

I was browsing though a website when i saw this Google ad about exclusive discounts for technical students on Apple Notebooks in India.
Now this is an irresistible offer for technology enthusiasts like me. I clicked on the ad and was redirected to this website: http://macforstudents.netbiz.in/

To get the details of the offer, i had to fill in a simple contact form with details of my institution. Took me hardly 1 minute. After that i got a mail with the complete details of the offer, which can be seen in this screenshot:

But for those who want to avail this offer, hurry up as the offer is till 30th august only.

Customizing taskbar and Start Menu in Windows is very easy and comes in very handy, to make your PC look and work in the way you want.

To change these properties click on the Start button and then in the menu that pops up, choose properties.

Now in the window that comes there are two tabs for Taskbar and Start menu. By default Start tab is selected.

There are two display styles for Start menu. The new XP style Start menu and the Classic Start menu. You can choose anyone and further customize its features, look and feel by clicking on the Customize button next to it.

Next comes the Taskbar tab

From here you can choose and customize the appearance of the taskbar like: lock, auto-hide, quick launch, clock and inactive icons tec.

Select all the features that you like and click Apply then click OK. It is as simple as that.

Ever wondered what that particular processes like ‘jusched.exe’ in the Windows Task Manager does? Or want to find more details about the particular process? Look no more, ProcessQuickLink is here to help you. ProcessQuickLink is an application which searches the vast library about Windows’ processes and lets you know about it in simple language.

Install the software and goto the Windows Task Manager, just click any process and it lets you know about the task by searching Processlibrary. It recommends you whether to remove the process or not. When your computer runs like a turtle, ProcessQuickLink tells you which processes are unnecessary and you can remove it.

The freeware is available for Windows only. Head over here to download.

Via LifeHacker

Despite huge pleadings by users all over the world, for not discontinuing Windows XP, Microsoft officially announced:

“Monday, June 30 will be the last day Microsoft sells XP to the masses.”

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, stepped down from the company officially.

Gates leaves his full time duties as chairman of Microsoft.

According to Gates, he contributed whatever he can to the software giant company and now wants to spend most of his time in philanthropy. He will now be actively involved with the activities of philanthropic organization he founded with his wife in 2000 “Melinda Gates foundation”. The foundation boasts of being the biggest of its kind in USA in the financial report of 2007

This is in accordance with the Gates vision of creative capitalism.

Windows PC can be transformed into Mac (visually), without going into hassle of installing many visual themes, windowblinds, docklets….and the list goes on……
The solution is a simple all-in-one installer FlyakiteOSX.

“FlyakiteOSX is a transformation pack. It will transform the look of an ordinary Windows XP+ system to resemble the look of Mac OS X. The installer simply automates the process of replacing critical system files, setting registry tweaks, and installing extras such as cursors, sounds, visual styles, etc. FlyakiteOSX DOES NOT contain any spyware or ad-ware of any kind. All files needed for FlyakiteOSX are stored in the Windows directory in a folder named ‘FlyakiteOSX’ that is hidden by default. All registry values for FlyakiteOSX are written to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\FlyakiteOSX.”
All the documentation and FAQ’s about installer can be found at:

http://www.flyakiteosx.com/
http://osx.portraitofakite.com/

The installer is very simple, the whole visual system is light on the CPU, and is completely safe to install and remove.

Screenshots:

Download:

http://www.flyakiteosx.com/files/FlyakiteOSX%20v3.0.zip

I found an infosheet, for complete linux shell commands….worth look for a Linux user, be it a pro or a newbie:

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