Archive for October, 2007


Xbox 360 HD DVD drive bundled with Heroes Season 1 (for free)

Published on Oct 31st, 2007 in interesting links, hardware, deals | 2 Comments »

Ever since we started discussing the differences between Blu-ray and HD DVD, I always thought and assumed that when time came, I would jump to the Blue team bandwagon. After all, Sony’s format offers a larger technological leap and seems to be more data (PC) friendly…
Almost two years later, neither format dominates the market and […]

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New MacBook update on its way

Published on Oct 30th, 2007 in blog, hardware, apple, rumor mill | No Comments »

Update: This didn’t take too long, the minor MacBook update has been confirmed. No word on LED backlighting unfortunately.
Whether you are a Mac user already or are planning to give one a try, it’s only obvious that any plans for upgrading or getting a new machine revolved around the release of OS X Leopard. We […]

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TV on the web & the GigaOm show

Published on Oct 28th, 2007 in blog, the web, interesting links | 1 Comment »

One of the reasons that drove me to relaunch the TS blog was that I wanted to share with our site community a variety of things, many of them even PC/tech related, that departed from the core coverage offered on the frontpage and in our usual reviews and articles.
Take for example the current revolution of […]

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Crysis single player demo is out…!

Published on Oct 26th, 2007 in software, gaming | No Comments »

If you thought the release of Mac OS X 10.5 was the big news for Friday, think again. In the wider PC world, or in PC gamers’ world for that matter, the release of the eagerly awaited Crysis sounds like more exciting news. The demo came unannounced after a delay early this month, but it’s […]

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The popular TechSpot user gallery

Published on Oct 22nd, 2007 in blog, techspot, the web | 1 Comment »

There are a number of semi-hidden features on TechSpot that unfortunately go unnoticed by many. It’s likely that frequent readers of our news coverage or reviews have yet to visit the forums and see how thousands of users stop by every week helping and sharing their knowledge with fellow TS members.
Other two (even more buried) […]

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Fix for running Bioshock in Windows 2000

Published on Oct 18th, 2007 in gaming, tips & tricks | 1 Comment »

This little tweak has been available from our forum for a few weeks now thanks to Per who apparently is still running the old trusty Win2k (and you thought you were being conservative keeping XP for a while longer). It has been confirmed by users this should work for both demo and full versions of […]

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Away visiting Orlando, FL

Published on Oct 17th, 2007 in blog | 1 Comment »

While my plan for the blog is to keep a constant flow of posts, at least one per day, this week I’m out of the office visiting Orlando, Florida with my wife, so with the limited amount of time left to work on TechSpot, I’m forced to dedicate it to the main site using a […]

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Make Firefox look like (the old) Netscape

Published on Oct 13th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks | 1 Comment »

Many of you probably remember the earlier days of the web when the browser dominance wars took place between Netscape (which enjoyed a majority share) and Internet Explorer.
One of the many things I remember is how I used to prefer Netscape which was a more elegant browser and hands down the better overall program on […]

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So, what is Exposé?

Published on Oct 12th, 2007 in software, apple, video | 4 Comments »

Missing from my Switcher 2.0 post yesterday was an explanation of what Exposé is. I guess some people are just too lazy to follow some links, but then again that’s not uncommon, after all why should you care?
In the particular case of Exposé I believe some movies are worth more than a thousand words…
Here’s an […]

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Switcher 2.0: Finally an Exposé like app for Windows that works!

Published on Oct 11th, 2007 in windows, software, tips & tricks | 7 Comments »

Mac fanboys and even some so-called Windows fanboys will praise OS X like there is no tomorrow… all while bashing Vista in the process, of course.
In my personal experience Vista is not as bad as some people say, while XP with its rocky past, today seems to be solid enough. Apple’s OS X offers a […]

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