Yod’m 3D 1.4

Yod’m 3D is a small application that turns your desktop into a 3D cube. I have used this application in one of my presentations where I could switch to different programs with STYLE It’s also a good thing to show to your friends who uses Linux and Mac …although the effects [...]

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Google Calendar and D40x

I was at the Oamaru Fuji Film a few days ago, helping my friend to put all his 2007 schedules on his Google Calendar so he can share his Cal with his customers and let them know when he is free.

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iTunes just got updated! The latest version is 7.3!

Right now its just hours away from the launching of Apple’s iPhone. Apple updated its iTunes software to support the iPhone…the new version also have some updates related to Apple TV. Here is what’s new:
What’s New in this Version
—Activate your iPhone service
—Sync iPhone with your music, movies, TV shows, and more
—Wirelessly share digital [...]

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Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.0.125 Beta

The latest version of Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS for short) just came out two days ago. If you are a big Kaspersky fan and you want to try the latest beta products…why not give the latest beta a try
From my experience, KIS is quite “aggressive“, so normally I don’t install all the [...]

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FlashGet V1.9.0

Just noticed that there is a new version for Flashget.  The latest one is 1.9.0.  For some reason, the latest versions doesn’t work very well on dial up, the speed indicator doesn’t show you the right speed.  I will download the latest one and see whether they have fix the problem.  Or maybe they just [...]

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Two NEW iPhone videos on Apple.com

Just had a look on apple.com this morning and discovered that Apple had two new videos on iPhone. There are also news (from Appleinsider) that people have started to queue up for iPhone:

Good luck to the guys who queue up since Monday (iPhone is out on Friday), and hope they will get what they [...]

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Eight new updates for Windows Vista

I was checking out the new software on neowin.net (also one of my favorite sites for new software) today and found that they had a post with all the links to the newly released Vista updates!  It’s really handy for people (like me) who wants to update their friend’s computer as well.  It also saves you time [...]

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Two Photo Applications just got updated!

Adobe Lightroom and Google’s Picasa just got updated recently. If you are a professional photographer, you might want to check out Adobe’s product:

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ software is the professional photographer’s essential toolbox, providing one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs so you can spend less time in front [...]

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DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2007)

Just found the new version of the DX9 runtimes, if you are serious about gaming on PCs and you want to stay up to date, you should check out: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b406cf67-d926-463b-99e8-27199d6626b5&DisplayLang=en
 
Download: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/5/e/55ec0e96-a046-42c6-b6c8-2cd5742a073a/directx_jun2007_redist.exe
 
I am not a gaming person myself, but I do try to stay up to date for things like this

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腾讯QQ2007BETA3 飘云4.1 下载

QQ可以说是中国最普及的通信软件。 QQ的版本很多，我也试过好几种，其中飘云给我的印象不错，非常稳定。 前阵子他们刚刚推出了最新版（4.1):
飘云 4.1
1.增加IP信息字体自定义颜色的功能
2.增加自动去除聊天窗口侧边栏的功能
3.修改IP信息字体,更美观
4.修正首次登陆有可能出现崩溃的问题
5.升级到纯真IP数据库06.20
http://bbs.piaoyun.net/read-htm-tid-60673.html
下载：http://fswinway.cn/upload/QQ2007BETA3PY41.EXE
如果你觉得你的QQ不是太稳定 / 版本有点旧 / 想试试新东西的话，不妨下载飘云QQ来试试

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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 2.2.5

Are you the kind of person that uses the computer regularly?  Do you care about the new software that comes out everyday?  If you do, then you can check out: http://fileforum.betanews.com  This is one of my favorite website for new software.  Instead of spending a lot of time checking which software of yours has been [...]

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Firefox’s Google Toolbar

Never thought the Google Toolbar could be something that is useful…but I changed my mind today. Here are some of the key features:
It can save your bookmarks online so you can download them when you use another computer somewhere else
It can check your Gmail for you
[...]

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WWDC 2007 download

I have been searching for the download version of WWDC.  Steve Jobs is really good at doing presentations…it would be nice if I can find all the WWDC / MacWorld so I can learn from him.  I gave up the search after an hour or so because Apple only offered the streaming option…you can’t really [...]

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Back to Oamaru

I went back to Oamaru this afternoon.  The weather in Dunedin was quite bad when I left.  Lucky I left early, or else they might close the road soon.  I txt my friend this morning and he told me a website that tell you whether the road has been closed or not: http://www.aaroadwatch.co.nz/
 
I also met [...]

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Why I sold my XBOX360…

A few of my friends ask me why I sold the XBOX 360 that I got from the Imagine Cup Competition…its such a awesome console and a great multimedia center.   Well, there is a reason behind it…and I hope you will understand my choice:
 

The prizes given by Microsoft were great, I love the XBOX 360,but I [...]

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Dunedin Weather Forecast

I am suppose to go home (Oamaru) tomorrow, but one of my friends told me the weather will be quite bad on Monday   So I googled “Dunedin weather” and found a great page by Yahoo NZ: http://yahooxtra.net.nz/weather/0,,14788-0-Dunedin,00.html
 
I love the flash animation they did, and I think I will use this site to checkout the weather from now [...]

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Download links for the latest iPhone videos

Apple posted quite a few iPhone videos on their website recently, if you are interested in the iPhone, you can take a look of the videos below:
A guided tour:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/2007/welcome/apple-iphone-welcome_848×480.zip
New Ads:
Surprised (YouTube on iPhone): http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/2007/ads/surprised/apple-iphone-surprised_848×496.mov
iPhone tour:
YouTube:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-youtube_20070619.mov
Multitouch:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-multitouch_20070619.mov
Mac OS X:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-osx_20070619.mov
Accelerometer:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-accelerometer_20070619.mov
Proximity:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-proximity_20070619.mov
Safari:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-safari_20070619.mov
Mail:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-mail_20070619.mov
Maps:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-maps_20070619.mov
Widget:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-widgets_20070619.mov
Calls:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-calls_20070619.mov
Voice Mail:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-voicemail_20070619.mov
SMS:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-sms_20070619.mov

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JkDefrag 3.16

Remember I said JkDefrag gets updated quite often? Well, they just updated their app (application) and now its 3.16. The changes are:
JkDefrag v3.16 (June 22, 2007)
Changes:
- Changed the message in the docs about the screensaver under Vista, it works if User Account Control is turned off.
- Bugfix in “-a 3″ (fast optimize). It [...]

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Wallpaper of Microsoft NZ Headquarters

One of the photos I took turned out to be quite good (at least that’s what I think) and I used it as my wallpaper ever since I took it. If you like the photo and wants to use it as your wallpaper, feel free to drop me an email or leave a comment [...]

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Imagine Cup New Zealand Final @ Auckland

Just came back from Auckland yesterday at around 21:30. We managed to get the 2nd place in the final. The team from Waikato got the 1st place; the team from AUT got 3rd.
We began our trip to Auckland at 8:30 on Thursday morning. Mark took us to the airport in his car.(thanks [...]

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