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Friday 27 May 2011

Top 10 iPad Games Review Cost You Less Than $10 Each

Today we will talk about the iPad New Games, costing you less then only $10, the Top 10 picks of the PC Mag Editor�s Choice. iPad with on display keyboard

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There are hundreds of iPad Games to make you play with, So, which one is the best, and little hard for PC Supporter to where to start? Here are our Top 10 picks for your iPad. If you already have some of these, you should enjoy your weekends, and if not, then go for it less than $10 at all.

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Angry Birds

$0.99

Ponder it the most addictive game to come along in a long time. Whether you are a hard-core gamer into first person shooters or more of a Solitaire player, Angry Birds is vital downloading. There are walkthroughs of every level on YouTube if you get jammed.

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Babylonian Twins HD

$4.99

This side-scrolling action title puts gamers in the role of twin princes who must setback evil wizard that has wrinkly the land. In a single twist, you control both princes, though not concurrently; switching characters is a dynamic game play element for opening blocked passageways and solving puzzles.

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Dungeon Hunter

$6.99

This Diablo moved dungeon crawler lets you construct a character from warrior, rogue, and mage classes, and select one of the five fairies that will accompany you on your quest to rid the land of Gothicus of evil.

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Frogger

$4.99

Konami�s port of the arcade classic springs onto the iPad, just like in the days of yore, proud rights come by claiming the high score, but this new version offers further incentives to keep you dodging traffic, such as issuing awards for achieving certain in-game goals.

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Geometry Wars: Touch

$0.99

This fast-paced action game feels like a jacked-up mixture of Robotron and Tempset and uses the multitouch screen as a huge dual controller; your left finger onctrols the ship, while your right finger aims the rapidfire laser cannon. Super-fast animation and 90�s techno style music added to the trippy effect.

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Minigore HD

$3.99

John Gore is a literal block head who braves the huge filled Hardlands with a machine gun and unlimited ammo in this upgrade of the original Minigore. Later levels get pretty intense as the giants get larger and their swarms get bigger, but new weapons (such as the shotgun) help balance the challenge.

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Mirror�s Edge for iPad

$4.99

This port of EA�s solid PS3, Xbox 360, and PC free running game takes improvement of the iPad by featuring fast animation, precise multi touch motions, and a very smooth frame rate. The single player campaign features 14 levels, a head to head mode, and more�

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N.O.V.A.

$6.99

Gameloft�s N.O.V.A. bears more than a passing likeness to Bungie�s hit Xbox 360 first person shooter with its space marine vs. alien invader storyline, and combat armor that enters Halo territory. But being a clone doesn�t mean that the game�s second-rate; this action-packed title will catch mobile FPS fans.

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Plants vs. Zombies HD

$9.99

If mobs of brains-craving zombies ambling across your front lawn sounds like your idea of a good time, Plants vs. Zombies HD should be your next download. Colorful HD graphics, a enjoyably weird soundtrack, fun sound effects, and 50 Adventure Mode levels, including day, night, swimming pool, and rooftop boards, makes this title a must-buy.

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Real Racing HD

$9.99

Real Racing HD possesses the purest sense of speed, accurate physics, and the smoothest frame rate out of the current yield of iPad racers. It�s also more of a racing sim than Need for Speed or Asphalt HD, as it highlights accuracy control on tightly rendered racetracks, as opposite to open-ended driving in cities or other locales.

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Thursday 26 May 2011

Top 5 Social Networking Applications for your new iPad

As we know all, there are thousands of iPad apps to help you work, play, communicate, or get informed. So, where to start? Here are the top 5 social networking applications for iPad.

iPad apps tend to run higher in price than their iPhone counterparts, but I still try to list many of free social networking iPad apps, or cost less than $1.

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AIM for iPad

Free

AIM for Ipad has a few social networking matters namely; you can�t retweet or direct message friends when using the built-in Facebook and Twitter clients, but it�s a frozen app for those with contacts who for the most part use AOL�s messaging service.

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Friendly for iPad

$0.99

Facebook still hasn�t released an iPad app, but Oecoway�s Friendly, which features an excellent layout redolent of the Facebook Web site, is a fine alternate for social networkers who don�t want to upload tons of photos or video.

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Flipboard for iPad

Free

If it endures the potential wrath of content owners, Flipboard, which collects links posted to Facebook and Twitter and formats the content in a slick, magazine style format, could be the birth of the personal newspaper, and Rupert Murdoch�s nightmare.

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Twitter for iPad

Free

Crafting new tweets may prove irritating due to an overcrowded screen, but the Twitter for iPad is the best mobile Twitter client around.

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TweetDec for iPad

Free

It may not support social networks such as Facebook or location based services such as Foursquare, but TweetDeck for iPad is a respectable Twitter reader with an intuitive interface and accurate geo-tagging.

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Friday 20 May 2011

How to Buy a Netbook?





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Source: PC Magazine (Apr 2011 edition)


With fast processing, impressive features, and an attractive price, notebooks are hard to resist. Here�s how to pick a model that suits your needs.


PC makers have shifted their attention from netbooks to tablets. Competition has grown fiercer, too. The choices, meanwhile, are coming from all sorts of household names, like Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Dell, and HP. As a category, netbooks are such a diverse group that it�s hard to come up with a single, all-encompassing definition. The best indicators that you�re dealing with a netbook are a low price, light weight, and also low-powered components. Netbooks vary in screen size, typing experience, and specialty features. And now the war is heating up between Intel and AMD at the component level. Luckily, this netbook-buying guide does just that.














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HP Pavillion dm1z

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With AMD Fusion APU.


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Samsung NF310-A01

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With the latest dual-core Atom processor, high-resolution scree, and a great user experience.


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 Asus EeePC 1015PEM

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Asus doesn�t raise the price of its 10-inch EeePC 1015PEM netbook, even though it now runs on a dual-core Intel Atom processor.


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 HP Mini 210-2070nr

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HP Mini 210-2070nr netbook�s looks and performance is the same, but it�ll give you a full day�s worth of battery life and comes with a fast hard drive.


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HP Mini 5103

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HP Mini 5103 with its dual-core Atom CPU, touch screen, big battery, and 2GB of RAM, the HP Mini 5103 is the most tricked-out netbook money can buy, but it doesn�t come cheap.


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Asus EeePC 1215N

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The Asus EeePC 1215N is updated with a dual-core Atom processor and Nvidia Optimus technology, trumping all other netbooks in speed and graphics power.


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Asus EeePC 1201N

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The Asus EeePC 1201N is the best 12-inch netbook in the market, even thought it only has 4 hours of battery life.


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Lenovo ThinkPad X120e

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The Lenovo ThinkPad X120e, with its AMD Fusion APU, is arguably the best netbook for business, but it comes at a premium.


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Lenovo IdeaPad S12 (Ion)

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The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 (Ion), Lenovo�s Ion netbook, comes with smooth HD playback, but not without some sacrifices.


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* All the ratings are given by �PCMAG�





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Monday 16 May 2011

45 Windows 7 Wallpapers HD

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Do you know, how to share a link or update your status on FB..? Of course.. Good, and that's why I think you Like FB, like me,,, :)

But one thing I don't like on FB,,, which is the little text �Like� Sad smile because when you don't like something, you don�t have anything to click Baring teeth smile what is that.???.. why there is no Unlike button on FB.. ??? does it meant that you should except or like every think that your friend share with you...??? Ohhh GOD�. Sleepy smile

Now you should click the Like button in both manners, you Like it or Dislike � Hot smile



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10 Most Ever Violent Games

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Video games repeatedly have been answerable for rousing violence. And while the latest studies imply that violent video games are not hurtful to most kids, the Supreme Court will make a decision in June if selling violent games to minor should be against the law.

Several titles over the years have possibly short of the limits of courtesy. Here is list of the 10 most violent video games of all time:

1. Dead Space (2008)

2. God of War III (2010)

3. Soldier of Fortune (2000)

4. Splatterhouse (2010)

5. Manhunt (2003)

6. MadWorld (2009)

7. Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

8. Mortal Kombat (1992)

9. Postal (1997)

10. Call of DutyModern Warfare 2� (2010)

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Sunday 15 May 2011

How to Update Drivers in Windows 7?

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This is one of the very common question to a PC owner, that �How he update drivers in Windows?�
Answer is that you might need to perform a driver update in Windows for all kinds of reasons. Usually, a driver update is used as a solution to an issue with how Windows works with a piece of Hardware.
Updating a driver can also enable new or updated features for the hardware, which doubles the role of a hardware in a PC.
PC Supporter answering for this question in these words �Drivers are updated in Windows by using a driver update wizard from within Device Manager, which is available under the right click menu by clicking on �Computer� or �My Computer� icon on your Desktop. The driver update wizard walks you through the entire driver update process, making updating drivers a fairly painless task.�
Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP all have slightly different ways and processes to complete driver updates:-
Driver Update in Windows 7:  Updating drivers in all versions of Windows is necessary when a hardware device doesn�t install automatically, as well as in Windows 7.
When the hardware is having some kind of problem, or as part of some other troubleshooting with the hardware. Updating a driver is many times the solution to a Device Manager error code, and also updating drivers for a piece of hardware will also sometimes enable additional features for the hardware.
Follow the steps to update drivers from within Device Manager in Windows 7:
1. Download the latest drivers from the hardware manufacturer�s website. Drivers from the manufacturer will be most current but there are several other driver download options.
As part of this driver update process, you can choose to update drivers from a hardware installation disc or from Windows Update but updating drivers manually (as described below) is usually more effective.
Before going to read the steps below, Note one thing that many drivers come integrated with software that automatically installs the driver. The manufacturer�s website will tell you if the driver download is packaged this way and if so, the steps below aren�t usually necessary.
2. Open Device Manager from the Control Panel or right click on Computer icon in windows 7.
3. With Device Manager open, locate the hardware device that you want to update the drivers for.
4. After finding the hardware you�re updating drivers for, right click on the hardware�s name or icon and choose Properties. In this Properties window, click the Driver tab.
5. Click the Update Driver button.
Note: The Update Driver Software wizard will begin.
6. On the �How do you want to search for driver software?� window, click the Browse my computer for driver software.
7. In the next window labeled Browse for driver software on your computer, click on Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, located at the bottom of the window.
8. Click the Have Disk� button located under the text box.
9. Click the Browse� button on the Install From Disk dialog box that appeared. In the Locate File dialog box that appears next, navigate to the folder that you extracted as part of the driver download in Step 1 above. There may be multiple folders within the extracted folder so be sure to work your way to the one for Windows 7 if it exists. Don�t worry if you don�t find one labeled for Windows 7.
10. Click any INF file that displays in the file list and click the Open button.
Note: INF files are the only files that Device Manager accepts for driver setup information. See the tips at the bottom of the page for some INF file troubleshooting.
11. Click the OK button back on the Install From Disk dialog box.
12. Choose the newly added hardware in the text box and then click the Next> button.
If you are prompted with a message warning you about how the device driver may not be compatible with your hardware, click the Yes button to continue installing the driver. Many drivers are not Windows 7 certified but are still perfectly safe to install and use.
Important: If you are installing a driver obtained from anywhere other than the manufacturer of the hardware, click the No button instead and obtain drivers from the manufacturer directly.
13. The Windows 7 Update Driver Software wizard will now use the instructions provided in the INF file from Step 10 to install the updated drivers for your hardware.
14. Follow any additional instruction on screen to complete the drive update.
15. You may be prompted to restart your computer after the driver update is complete.
Make Sure:- Not all driver update require a restart of your computer. Even if you�re not prompted, I always recommend restarting anyway. The driver update process involves changes to the Windows Registry and other important areas of your computer and restarting is a good way to confirm that updating drivers hasn�t negatively impacted some other area of Windows.
If a driver update causes a problem, you can always roll back the driver.
Tips:
a. Couldn�t find an INF file in a folder from your driver download? Try looking in another folder.
b. Couldn�t find an INF file in any folder from the extracted driver files? The driver download itself may have been damaged. Try downloading and extracting the device drivers again.
c. Find multiple folders with INF files? Try each folder until you find the drivers for your specific hardware.




Wednesday 11 May 2011

Google Chrome laptop $20 a Month �Student Package�?

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Source engadget

By Richard Lai

Just as we're covering up day one of Google I/O 2011, Forbes received an exciting section of information about Chrome OS. According to an unnamed senior Google executive, tomorrow's keynote will see the launch of a Chrome laptop sold as an striking $20-per-month "student package." If true, this will make a convincing option for laptop-seeking students surrounded by a limited budget (booze before books, right?), and Forbes speculates that a similar enterprise offering will follow soon -- makes sense bearing in mind Google's already cozying up to businesses with its $50-a-year Google Apps suite. Anyhow, all will be unveiled soon enough -- keep an eye out for our Google I/O day 2 liveblog tomorrow for the full Monty.


By: Charbax

Here are the prices that I am expecting:

At retail without subsidy:

ARM Cortex-A9 Powered Chrome OS notebooks:

- $99 (10.1?, 2GB RAM)

- $149 (12.1? or 13.3?, 4GB RAM)

Intel Atom Powered Chrome OS notebooks:

- $149 (10.1?, 2GB RAM)

- $199 (12.1? or 13.3?, 4GB RAM)

Subsidized on 2-year subscription plan:

ARM Powered Chrome OS:

- 10.1?, 2GB RAM, Free with $10/month/100mb or $20/month/1GB 3G/LTE data plan.

- 12.1? or 13.3?, 4GB RAM, $49 with $10/month/100mb or $20/month/1GB 3G/LTE data plan.

Intel Powered Chrome OS:

- 10.1?, 2GB RAM, $49 with $10/month/100mb or $20/month/1GB 3G/LTE data plan.

- 12.1? or 13.3?, 4GB RAM, $99 with $10/month/100mb or $20/month/1GB 3G/LTE data plan.

How the 2-year subscription works:

- The $10/month/100mb or $20/month/1GB 3G/LTE data plans can easily get more bandwidth added to them through one-click bandwidth increase option in settings at a rate something like $1/100mb or $10/2GB type of increments, such extra bandwidth could be added and be used during a month after being added for example. Bandwidth addicts might spend a lot of money on a lot of 3G/LTE bandwidth this way.

- Google could sell these Chrome OS plans to Gmail.com and Google Apps users. The ARM Powered Chrome OS notebook might get 1 free hardware upgrade/exchange per year (with 2-year subscription contract extension), the Intel Powered Chrome OS notebook might allow hardware upgrade/exchange per year for a $99 payment (with 2-year subscription contract extension).

- Google might include a bunch of online storage with this subscription, for example 100GB, storage space usable for Gmail, Docs, Picasaweb and other upcoming Google Cloud Storage services. All data on a Chrome OS notebook (as well added through SD card or even USB hard drive) can automatically get synchronized with the Google cloud storage services. More storage can also easily be purchased in a one-click process.

- Also part of this subscription system, Google takes a consumers payment informations, either credit card or even direct bank account informations, and provides one-click shopping solution as well across all Google Checkout services. Thus monetizing more online sales and also making it easier for consumers to buy things online.

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Casio Tryx (EX-TR100) review by PC Supporter

Source: engadget

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By Darren Murph

Given the sheer quantity of marketing muscle that Casio put behind the Tryx, you'd think the company was gearing up to rival Nikon and Canon in the DSLR space. Instead, out popped the outre device you see above. Without qualification, this is one of the strangest, most bizarrely designed cameras we've ever seen, featuring a pop-out display and a grand total of two buttons for operation. At 4.8- x 2.3- x 0.6-inches, it's certainly one of the slimmest, easy-to-carry point-and-shoots on the market, but is the absence of an optical zoom and a removable battery enough to tank an otherwise radical idea? Head on past the break for our two pennies.

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Let's be crystal clear here -- Casio's playing up the design angle hard on the Tryx. And unsurprisingly so, might we add. The chassis is undoubtedly the differentiating factor that separates this shooter from a myriad others that are currently cluttering store shelves, but the real question is this: does it matter? We've seen pop-out displays emerge on DSLRs -- where they're seen as helpful for budding video makers who need to shoot low-angle clips -- but Casio's taking a leap of faith by assuming the same theory will translate in the compact realm.

The outer "rim" that surrounds the optics and the 3-inch touch panel is constructed of a markedly robust metal. We did out best can-crunching pose, and the frame barely flexed. All that's needed to separate the LCD from the frame is a solid shove, and things click back into place automatically once swung back around. Once exposed, the LCD is surrounded by an SDXC / SDHC / SD card slot, a mini HDMI output and a USB charging port. Each of those are covered by flimsy plastic clips, which we're guessing won't last a year given the assumption of normal wear and tear. The bezel is home to just two physical buttons: an on / off switch and a shutter trigger.
After you've moved the LCD out into the open, you can swivel it 360 degrees -- perfect for shooting low-angle video and self-portraits. The hinge does an excellent job of holding the LCD where you put it, yet it's smooth enough that it doesn't require the assistance of the Old Spice Guy to return it to its default position. The 12.1 megapixel
CMOS sensor that dominates the face of the device is encased in a protective layer, and while we weren't able to scratch it during our recent jaunt to Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest and Joshua Tree National Parks, we're still leery that one or two tumbles could render all of your future photos a bit less idyllic.

As clever as the design is, we found ourselves struggling to unearth a purpose even after using it for a week. If you attempt to pop the LCD out and set it on a table for a timed group shot, you're foiled by the fact that it'll sit cockeyed on whatever surface you place it on. If you consistently shoot low-level video, the swiveling LCD is an obvious boon, and if you're a fan of filming your rollercoaster escapades, the handle (read: exposed rim) will certainly come in handy. Outside of that, though, we found no compelling reason to handle this thing unlike any other point-and-shoot. Compounding the problem is the fact that the entire rim is slick as glass, so you're taking quite the risk by holding the device in a closed fashion.

We also found the inability to zoom (optically, anyway) to be a huge downer. Sure, there's a digital zoom, but considering that you aren't a fan of heavily pixelated images, you might as well consider the EX-TR100 to be zoomless.

Casio Tryx NYC Sample Movies (1080p)

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Battery Life

You're probably wondering why an atypical point-and-shoot deserves a battery section, so we'll just cut to the chase: the longevity of the Tryx is startlingly poor. 50 still images and 20 minutes of capturing 1080p footage had our review unit hanging on for dear life, and we aren't confident that a full charge is capable of lasting through a solid hour of filming. That may be forgivable if a few other things were true, but they aren't.

Those "other things" include a removable battery and a conventional micro-USB port. For whatever reason, Casio decided to completely encase the Li-ion here, making it impossible to access, remove or replace. We couldn't rely on this guy to carry us through the daytime hours at a National Park, which led to us carry yet another camera as a backup -- there goes the advantage of being mobile, eh? To make matters worse, Casio threw a proprietary USB charging port on here, which makes absolutely zero sense to us.
What's so irritating about this decision isn't the requirement to carry around yet another cable in your pack; it's that Casio came so close to including a feature that we'd love to see on every single point-and-shoot from here on out. Had this camera been able to recharge via a standard micro-USB port (you know, like your Android smartphone, PND, portable media player, and 14 other gadgets you've got sitting around), it would have instantly become one of the most stress-free charging experiences to ever hit the P&S world. As it stands, we're flabbergasted with the design choice to select something other than a standard port -- there may be an awesome reason from an engineering standpoint, but if we can charge a Nexus One and a
Columbia heated jacket through the aforesaid port, why not this?