| Working Games List For 64 Bit 32 bit system – Windows 7, Windows Vista Games
Some unfortunate souls have to repent for unknowingly buying the 32 bit system games, and they have vista 64 bit operating system installed on their laptop or PC. However, this can be avoided with a simple web search, search for the games with the string "64 bit" on search engine along with your game name to see if that particular game works on 64 bit windows vista or not. List of working Games For Vista, Windows 7 I've gathered the list from forums that have tested the games as 64 bit games aren't officially supported by most of the gaming industry. Please, if you've been using any popular games that works on Windows 7 or Windows vista 64 bit machine then let me know, so the list keeps getting bigger and better 64 Bit Game list For Windows 7, Windows Vista OS
Both 64 Bit and 32 Bit Games And, I have also uploaded an text file that contains the compatible games on both 32 bit and 64 bit vista machine. I believe that the games working on windows vista will definitely work on windows 7 as well (correct me if I am wrong). Check out the file and do read the bit description.. use ctrl+f to search for the game in this huge list. Hopefully they will suffice your needs.  |
| Fix Bad DirectSound driver. Error code 88780078 in Windows XP
On one of my friends computer, the error code 88780078 was seen while using winamp. So, I did a research on the web on how to fix it and came up with couple of working solutions. Hopefully, this would fix your bad directsound driver error on windows xp as well.
Note that the reason may or may not be because of Winamp media player. However, in my case and most of the cases, it is because of the winamp player. The whole message that appears on the windows screen is Bad DirectSound Driver. Please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration. Fixing Winamp Bad Direct Sound Driver Errors Solution 1: Check your soundcard Go to Control Panel and click on the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. Navigate to the Audio tab Solution 2: Restart the Audio Sound
Open the services shortcut that allows you to start, stop or configure any windows services. Shift to the standard tab (at the bottom) and search for Windows Audio. Right click and restart the services. Should make your winamp sound work now! Solution 3: Winamp configuration Open your winamp media player, and right click on it which displays numerous list of functions. Click on options and navigate to preference, this opens an window as shown. Go to the plug-ins option and then to click on the output (or directly click on the output). The above screenshot should make it clear for you. In the output box, you will find soundcard settings. If you've made changes in soundcard then they are not reflected here, configure depending on your settings and this solution should work on windows vista, xp or windows 7. Hopefully the bad sound drivers are no more seen on your screen. Also, make sure you do update your sound drivers. Although this wasn't the case with me, but sometimes, an outdated soundcard drivers can reflect such errors.  |
Working Games List For 64 Bit 32 bit system – Windows 7, Windows Vista Games
Fallout 3
This has worked for me several times whenever there is no sound on my windows xp machine. Head over to the control panel and visit the Administrative Tools where you will find the shortcut named services.
- webOS 1.4 now available for the Palm Pre and Pixi on Sprint, O2, Movistar, but not Verizon
- Grooveshark app now available for the iPhone … if it’s a jailbroken one
- Verizon to launch 4G in up to 60 markets by mid-2012
- Nexus One for Verizon takes one big step closer to reality, clears the FCC
- Symbian^4 shown off on video, seems.. uninspired
- Sprint Pre and Pixi owners: Expect Palm webOS 1.4 today with video recording and Flash 10 in tow
| webOS 1.4 now available for the Palm Pre and Pixi on Sprint, O2, Movistar, but not Verizon Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST Good news, Palm fans! If you’ve taken a break from jamming on the “Update” button, it’s time to go tap it one last time: the rollout of webOS 1.4 has just begun. The catch: it seems that it’s only for Sprint handsets right now (Update: In the US, that is – it’s also available on O2 UK, O2 Germany, O2 Ireland, and Movistar in Europe), with the Verizon Pre Plus and Pixi Plus still reporting that 1.3 is the latest release.
We knew it was coming in February thanks to Palm’s announcement at CES — and thanks to the rumor mill, we were all lead to believe it was coming a few weeks ago. All false starts and false hopes aside, it’s available now. We’re seeing reports (thanks Twitter!) that it has gone live on Sprint handsets. Curiously absent, however, are any reports of the update hitting Verizon Pre/Pixi Pluses. With the update going out this late in the evening (a bit after 10:30 pm PST), I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there were some last-minute snags; might the Verizon update have been held at the last minute? The biggest new feature in webOS 1.4 — at least, of those available right this second — is its new found ability to record and edit video. webOS also lays all the necessary foundation for Adobe Flash support, though that bit will come as a download from the App Catalog at a later time. There are other smaller features and bug fixes throughout — for those, check out the full change log below. (Update: Palm has just released an even bigger, more in-depth change log here)
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| Grooveshark app now available for the iPhone … if it’s a jailbroken one Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:51 PM PST  When Jason Kincaid tried out the iPhone app online music streaming startup Grooveshark built and showed off in July 2009, he wrote that it was great but that he "wouldn’t expect this to pop up in the App Store any time soon". He was right on both counts. Grooveshark now says it has given up on its ambitions to get approved for the official App Store, claiming that Apple has been "ritually rejecting" the app for "primary selfish reasons". We've heard that song before. |
| Verizon to launch 4G in up to 60 markets by mid-2012 Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:25 PM PST Everything moves at a lightning pace in the mobile world – everything, that is, except network rollouts. Where as handsets can go from announced to old news in the blink of an eye, network upgrades.. can’t. Take Verizon’s upgrade to 4G technology, for example: they announced the move to LTE in February 2009, and began testing in one small market nearly half a year later. They’ll be firing it up for commercial use for the first time later this year, with plans to launch in 30 markets before the year is out. Fortunately, things seem to be speeding up. Verizon has just disclosed plans to double their LTE footprint, just a bit over 1 year after launch.
In an interview with Network World (as first noted by the guys at FierceWireless), Verizon CTO Tony Melone says that their LTE network should be up and running in 60 markets 15 months after the initial launch. As we mentioned above, the initial launch should go down sometime in late 2010 – and by our count, “15 months after” that means some time around mid-2012. Alas, they’re not specifying exactly which markets they’re talking about here, though it’s probably safe to assume that major cities are pretty close to the top of the list. Interestingly, some areas that currently lack 3G will get bumped directly from the super-slow and pretty dang old 1XRTT network up to LTE. That’s like going from not having fire to being able to shoot magma out of your hands. |
| Nexus One for Verizon takes one big step closer to reality, clears the FCC Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:05 AM PST Google has made it absolutely no secret that the Nexus One is heading to Verizon. They announced it the very same day they announced the T-Mobile version that’s already floating around, and have had it listed as “Coming Soon” ever since. Alas, neither Google or Verizon is willing to spill the beans on when it’s coming. “Spring 2010!” they say, as if that satiates our desire for mundane details. But wait! There’s good news: the VZW Nexus One just took a huge step toward hitting retail.
Earlier today, a CDMA-friendly Nexus One (model PB99300, where the GSM version is PB99100) successfully fought its way through the FCC’s testing labs. Somewhere out there, there exists a fully functional, Verizon-compatible Nexus One, just waiting to be stuffed in a box and thrown on the shelves. FCC clearance isn’t a surefire indication that a launch is near, but we rarely ever see it more than a month or so before sales begin. If the CDMA Nexus One launches any time soon, it ought to be Verizon’s first Android phone powered by a 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor. Excited? You should be. FCC Clearance Doc: |
| Symbian^4 shown off on video, seems.. uninspired All around the world, the Symbian-loving chunk of the population is waiting on the edge of their seats for Symbian^4 (pronounced “Symbian Four”). Intended as a complete overhaul from Symbian past, it could very well slingshot the visibly aged Operating System into modern times. The first videos of Symbian^4 have just been released for public consumption, and we can’t help but notice that they seem very.. uninspired. Actually, perhaps that’s inaccurate. They’re very inspired. Directly inspired. By the competition.
I’m never one to shout that such-and-such handset is a clone of another, but the influences here are undeniable. The widget screen/mechanism is similar to that of Symbian^3, but nearly identical to Android’s. The photo screen looks damn close to the iPhone’s, though they did come up with a fairly slick way of switching from photo to photo. It’s certainly a big step up for Symbian — it’s just less revolution, and more emulation. Hopefully they’ve got some tricks up their sleeves planned for the next year of development. |
| Sprint Pre and Pixi owners: Expect Palm webOS 1.4 today with video recording and Flash 10 in tow
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- Palm CEO talks about disappointing sales
- Review: Motorola Devour
- Adobe Flash 10.1 holds out for Windows Phone 7, 6.5 devices can haz upgrade to WP7?
- Official list of webOS 1.4 changes and bug fixes leaked?
- LG hopes to launch their first Windows Phone 7 handset around September or November
- iControlPad iPhone game controllers in production, one features extended battery
- Quake 3, Android style
- Palm Says Revenue Will Be Lower Than Expected, Cites Slow Sales
| Palm CEO talks about disappointing sales Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:27 AM PST
The letter is over at WSJ but here's an excerpt.
What's holding things up? Three things: Android, Android, and Android. Palm used to be the alternative to monolithic mobile phone manufacturers like RIM and Microsoft. With the iPhone grabbing the hipster market and Android grabbing the nerds – and RIM still runs the business roost – Palm has no home in this world anymore. My prediction? The next company to face these problems is, in fact, RIM. If Windows Mobile 7 figures things out, they'll have both the casual and business markets buttoned up. Smartphones can now do everything RIM does and better. |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:40 PM PST
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Review: As if there were any doubt as to whether the Droid was from Mars and the Devour was from Venus, just think about last Devour commercial featuring an unclothed Megan Fox taking pictures of herself in a tub. Here, let me show you it: The Droid, if you recall, is a man's phone. It is everything the Devour isn't: thin, lithe, ready to cut, and mean like a snake. The Devour is the MacBook of the Motorola line, clad in soft, soothing aluminum and graced with an elegance that haven't seen out of Motorola since the RAZR. The Phone The keyboard is extremely usable but very cramped. I had some initial trouble hitting the right keys because the space bar is crammed in between the V and the B, thereby putting off my sense of key balance when typing. The case is the real draw, here. The extruded aluminum is extremely rugged and the screen slides up like a tank shell getting ready to lock and load. While it's elegant, it also means business. MotoBLUR I was pleased to note that MotoBLUR, Motorola's special UI, ran very well on the 600MHz processor. I had used Blur before on the Cliq and it was bogged down and slow. Here I found a strong and quick window into messages and social networks. The best thing? If you already have a MotoBLUR phone, you can log into your BLUR account and bring over all of your previous Facebook, GMail, Twitter, Tooter, and Pooter accounts. Calling and network Price Android can be all things to all people, and that's what's happening here. The Devour is, in the aggregate, a phone for those less interested in high tech and more in high art. However, with the Droid and this launch, it's clear that Moto has got its groove back. Product Page: Motorola Devour   |
| Adobe Flash 10.1 holds out for Windows Phone 7, 6.5 devices can haz upgrade to WP7? Posted: 25 Feb 2010 11:29 AM PST Just the other day, hearts were broken all over the world when Microsoft said that current Windows Mobile 6.5 devices won't be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7. The good news is that might not entirely be true as Microsoft said on Twitter that it's entirely up to hardware manufacturers. Way to confuse us! Another area where WinMo 6.5 gets no love? Adobe Flash 10.1. So far, it seems that Adobe is content to have Flash 10.1 sit around for a while for Windows devices until WinPho 7 hits. However, the HTC HD2, which will eventually be upgradeable to WinPho 7, will be getting Flash 10.1. It makes sense since the HD2 is high up on the spec range and part of the reason why most current WinMo 6.5 handsets won't be getting WinPho 7 is because of hardware incompatibilities. Late 2010 is looking good for Microsoft's mobile efforts. Windows Phone 7 will come out in one of three different chassis, LG may beat it to the punch, and now, Flash (love it or hate it) will definitely be coming to WinPho 7.   |
| Official list of webOS 1.4 changes and bug fixes leaked? Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:59 AM PST If the most recent whispers from the webOS rumor mill hold true, we just might be seeing webOS 1.4 ship out to Pres and Pixis around the nation some time today. We know it'll bring video recording support, and it'll have a few UI enhancements tucked throughout — but what else? We want the details! Fortunately, it looks like Palm's own changelog might have just leaked out, jampacked with more details than you could ever want.
An anonymous tipster sent the log over to the guys at PreCentral. There are a handful of typos and oddities which make the whole thing seem a bit shaky – but then again, this could just be a rough draft. What are you most excited about in webOS 1.4? For us, it's definitely gotta be the "Time Zone bug fix". I friggin' love Time Zone bug fixes. Change log:
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| LG hopes to launch their first Windows Phone 7 handset around September or November
When Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 just a few days ago at Mobile World Congress, the only sort of time frame they'd give for release was "by the Holidays". As it turns out, they may have meant Labor Day.
Engadget Chinese met up with LG during some sort of Chinese New Year celebration, and got hit with a nice little knowledge bomb: LG's hoping to launch their first Windows Mobile 7 phone by September. Alas, they also said that it might slip back as late as November — which is about the time we're expecting much of the first batch of WP7 phones to launch.
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| iControlPad iPhone game controllers in production, one features extended battery Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:30 AM PST  Oh my, does this look nice. If you've got a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch and you've been wishing/hoping/praying for some sort of tactile controller to come along so you can use your favorite emulators as the gaming gods intended, the wait may soon be over. The iControlPad (previous coverage here) has gone into mass production. |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:30 AM PST  Quake 3 has been ported to Android. It looks slick, too (see video demo below). The project is called "kwaak3" and is based on Quake 3 ports to the iPhone and Nokia N900. The developer got everything up and running on a Motorola Milestone (a GSM Motorola Droid with multi-touch, basically) and makes use of the phone's keyboard, "so it won't work on your Nexus One or other phone at this point," according to the project page. |
| Palm Says Revenue Will Be Lower Than Expected, Cites Slow Sales Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:20 AM PST  Handset manufacturer Palm has updated its guidance this morning, indicating that revenues for the quarter and full year will be "well below its previously forecasted range of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion". The company expects that revenues for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 will be in the range of $285 million to $310 million on a GAAP basis. In a statement, Palm says disappointing sales are due to "slower than expected consumer adoption" of its products, resulting in lower than expected order volumes from carriers and the deferral of orders to future periods. |
Nexus One hitting Verizon on March 23rd?
| Nexus One hitting Verizon on March 23rd?
We reached out to our Verizon contacts and none of them could confirm this date. But the rumor doesn't originate from a Verizon source, but rather someone within Google. The March 23rd date does fit within the Spring 2010 launch window and also happens to be during the CTIA wireless conference. So even though this is purely a rumor at this point, you may wanna hold of on your phone buying decisions a bit longer as the rumored launch date is less than 30 days away. The Nexus One is noice. |
How To ‘One Click Download’ From File Hosting Websites?
| How To 'One Click Download' From File Hosting Websites? For Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire, Depositfiles, Sendspace and many, many more.. Most of the file hosting services have a very annoying procedure for free users to download a hosted file on their servers i.e users are made to wait for minutes before the download could actually start. While plenty of cheats are available in the WWW to deal with such annoyances, most of them are crap or involve a ridiculously lengthy procedure. SkipScreen is one of the easier ways to deal with the counter annoyance. This is a tiny firefox extension (also available as a separate windows application) which works as expected, it skips the counter screen and thus leading you to the page where you can click and begin your download the very moment! SkipScreen has been around for a while and it works great. It's easy to use and probably you wont need a tutorial for using the extension but, you can get your queries sorted on FAQ This is where you will be skipped-to while downloading from rapidshare with SkipScreen
Fact: Mediafire has requested Mozilla.com to take down the SkipScreen extension from their server but Mozilla seems to have ignored the request. While this cheat is still active and no one is in a pursuit to bring it down, you can enjoy skipping screens!  |
Getting the most out of your Netbooks
| Getting the most out of your Netbooks So you've caved into the corporate marketing machine and got yourself a fancy little netbook which looks like a smaller notebook and behaves exactly like one, just slower and more annoying to use due to the small keyboard and screen. Well, you get what you paid for, so what can you do to get the most out of your new expensive toy? Most netbooks are sold with terribly poor processors that struggle to do even the most basic of tasks. Web surfing (non-Flash intensive sites only, mind you), listening to music and watching movies are about the only things these things can do competently. A lot of them come equipped with minimum RAM, hard disk space and comes bundled with Windows XP, which Microsoft has phased out in commercial sectors, but kept alive because these netbooks won't be able to handle more demanding OS like Vista or 7. But to the netbook's defense, it is very portable and small enough to slip into a small bag without weighing you down. The battery life of most netbooks are quite decent, due to the low performance parts used in them. 4 hours and above is the norm, making it perfect if you are traveling around remote areas with no proper power points. With so many netbooks out there, the only distinguishing factors are the physical design (such as keyboard, inputs, etc) and battery life, so just go with one that gives you the best of both worlds and live with the fact that netbooks can literally be used only to surf the net, and not much more. The first thing you should is upgrade your netbook's RAM to at least a 2GB. On Windows XP, this will make your life much easier. For the more tech savvy (or even if you aren't so good at computers), check out the various Linux distributions that are available. Linux is a great alternative to Windows XP, because it brings a host of enhancements (both graphically and in terms of usability) that are absent in XP and nowhere else does it shine more than in netbooks. My personal favourite is the popular Ubuntu Netbook Remix, which you should check out even if you're not a fan, or are scared of, running Linux. It is a truly amazing replacement for XP and should give your netbook a new breath of life. Finally, ensure that you have CCleaner installed and running on your netbook once a week to clean up junk from your computer. These files may slow down your desktop computer or laptop, but on a netbook it can make a very big difference towards the efficiency of your computer. Enjoy using your netbook!  |
