Mac-like Theme for Windows®

Have you ever wanted to customize your PC to look like that of the sleek and beautiful Macintosh OS X Snow Leopard? If you’ve seen a Mac, then you’ve probably noticed its elegant and simple UI. Bringing the Mac-style experience to the Microsoft Windows® desktop environment is a bit tricky. As you probably already know, the two operating systems are designed differently. Apple tends to make their software simple to the common user, while Microsoft has their own ideas about simplicity. Now don’t get me wrong, both OSs have their pros and cons. I am merely stating that Macs have a beautiful UI. If you want to bring that look over to your PC, the...

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Create a Digital Certificate for Email

Now-a-days, it is most convenient to send and receive letters and documentation through the use of email. Unfortunately, important emails containing sensitive information can be stolen or read by someone unintended. Though this is rare, it does happen. Big businesses go to strict measures to insure that their data is kept safe. They resort to embedding digital certificates into sent emails, which insures that emails are not tampered with during transit and that the message is authentic. Digitally signed messages can even be encrypted to prevent unauthorized people from seeing it. I recently stumbled upon a website called Comodo. It specialized...

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Yahoo! Mail vs. Gmail vs. Hotmail

The flow of information these days is overwhelming. With the use of cell phones, netbooks, and that magical thing called “Wi-Fi”, you can easily access tons of information at your fingertips while staying in touch with your family on-the-go. A useful piece of technology that is used by almost everyone is email. It’s the fast and easy way to send and receive messages, pictures, documents, and files to anyone. Now, you have probably heard of the “Big Three”, which are Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and Windows Live Hotmail. Maybe you want to get a new email so your wondering which provider will benefit you the most. Take a look below at the comparison chart,...

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Windows 7 Allows Logon UI Change

Microsoft’s newest operating system came with a lot of enhancements “under the hood”. One of those enhancements is the ability to change the logon screen without the use of third-party software. For most users, this may or may not be a welcomed change as this feature was specifically made available for OEMs. This means OEMs can place their logo as the background image of Windows 7’s logon screen. This feature is primarily set through the use of a registry key. If you bought Windows 7 off-the-self, this key maybe inactive or nonexistent. OEM copies of Windows 7 are more likely to have that key existent and active. In order to successfully change the background to the logon screen, you need to determine whether the required registry key is active. Open the registry editor and go to the following...

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Auto-Tune Your Voice

Have you ever wanted to auto-tune your voice? If your a person who has listened to popular singers such as T-Pain, you’ve probably heard this effect in action. Surprisingly, this technology was originally created to make minor corrections to a singer’s pitch, which allowed them to sing perfectly tuned tracks. Most people don’t see it that way and assume Auto-Tuning is just “skewing” a person’s voice, making a robotic sounding effect. I have to admit, auto-tuning your voice in order to distort it is quite entertaining. Since I am not a good singer I have no reason to correct my horrible singing voice. That leaves my with entertaining myself by...

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WavePad Sound Editor - Voice Effects

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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta

With the release of the Microsoft® Office 2010 beta many people have been looking forward to the new changes and enhancements. Although it is too early to tell what Microsoft has planned for the final release of Office, a preview of the beta gives us a hint. The most noticeable changes made to the popular office suite are seen in the interface. Microsoft® Office 2010 features a new animated splash screen while starting any of the Office products. The ribbon toolbar has also been slightly modified, but it still looks much like that in Office 2007. The only distinct difference seen is the addition of the “File” tab, which replaces the Office button seen in Office 2007. Clicking on the “File” tab opens up a new view in Office 2010 called Microsoft® Backstage. It allows users to more easily find...

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♪Can’t Do That♪ – Vista Error Remix

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Sound Editing and Compilation

In my last post I showed off the WavePad Sound Editor application. It allowed for the editing of anything from music to your very own voice. Let’s say that you want to create a song, but you can’t get the timing quite right. Maybe you want to add additional sounds and/or voices. What do you do? If you are like me and you don’t want to pay for expensive software to get the job done, why not try using freeware. I recently found this cool program called Sony Acid Xpress that allowed for the compilation of multiply sound events. In layman's terms it means you can overlay one or more sounds overtop of another. Sony Acid Xpress was actually designed...

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Sound Editing

In my last post I showed off the Windows Movie Maker 2.6 Enhancement Pack 2010. It gave users more flexibility went it came to creating custom-made videos. Although video is an important aspect in creating short films and movies, the other is the sound that goes into it. Without music or the enhanced voices of characters, a video can be really boring. Just take a good look at YouTube. There are a lot of the videos posted that are either boring or really dumb, no offense. You can make your videos more spiffy with a sound editing application. One of my personal favorites is the WavePad Sound Editor by NCH Software. You can download a...

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Windows Movie Maker 2.x Enhancement Pack 2010

Have you ever wanted to make an awesome video? You know, something eye-catching that can be used for a school project or that big presentation you are supposed to do. Maybe you are a YouTuber looking to spice up your videos. Well, wait no longer. Introducing the Windows® Movie Maker Enhancement Pack 2010, bundled with hundreds of new video effects, transitions, and credits. For those of you that don’t know, Microsoft created Windows® Movie Maker 2 with the ability to handle custom-make effects, transitions, and titles. If you search the web you can find authors of many custom-made effects to expand your effects library. The problem is they can...

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