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Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD 2: Slideshow Photo Editor Software – Slideshow Maker

10/14/2010 By 3 Comments

Slideshow Photo Editor Software - Slideshow Maker BoxAshampoo Slideshow Studio HD 2: Slideshow Photo Editor Software – Slideshow Maker.

Revitalize your photos

Take from your digital camera and copied onto the hard drive … So here’s the countless photos of parties, family reunions, births, class trips, holidays or those made during a thousand other occasions.

What will you do with these precious snapshots of memorable moments? Leave them hovering in the digital nirvana? No way! Get your hands on Ashampoo Slideshow Studio 2 HD, import your images and create a digital slide in no time. Take discover your slideshow on a TV or projector lens (beamer) using a PC, a DVD player or Blu-ray ™ or even a PlayStation ®. Choose from the impressive array of amazing transition effects when changing from one photo to another, equip your picture comments, and add background music to inspire sentimental friends, family members and acquaintances and … all in the finest qualities in HD. [Read more...]

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Windows Tips: How to Lock Windows 7 When You Step Out

10/07/2010 By 2 Comments

Windows LockedWindows Tips: How to Lock Windows 7 When You Step Out.

Do you want a computer or notebook that you use automatically locked (lock windows) with a password when you left? Here we explain how to quickly change the screen saver settings in Windows 7 for doing automatic locking when you leave.

Right click on the desktop and continue with the click Personalize. After that will come out the window of Personalization Settings.

Click the Screen Saver that is under the theme to change the screensaver settings.

If you want to quickly open the windows screensaver, you can do it by click the Start button and type in the Screen Saver on the “Search Box” and select the Change Screen Saver. [Read more...]

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CD – DVD Burning: How to Burn ISO Files In Windows 7

10/02/2010 By 2 Comments

Burn ISO Windows 7CD – DVD Burning: How to Burn ISO Files In Windows 7. One more feature of Windows 7 which is not owned predecessor, burning an ISO file on a piece of a CD or DVD without having to use third-party software such as Nero Burning Room or other software. With these tips, you no longer need to bother to find another software for burning to CDs or DVDs.

Apparently, Microsoft is really serious about improving the Windows 7 operating sytem for better and have more features than its predecessor operating system. Evidenced by the many additional built-in applications that you can use without having to install the software again to do so.

So if you are still using the old operating system, try to switch to Windows 7 is more powerful and reliable for all aspects.

to burn the ISO file to CD or DVD is very easy, just right click an ISO file that you want to burn and select Burn disc image. [Read more...]

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How to Disable Autorun or Autoplay Feature on Your Windows 7 OS

09/25/2010 By 2 Comments

How to Disable Autorun or Autoplay on Your Windows 7 OS. For those of you who do not know what it is AutoPlay (AutoRun other term is), is a window that will come out when you connect a portable storage such as Flash Disk, Memory Card, Card Reader, External Hard drive to a computer or notebook. This also applies when you insert CDs or DVDs to CD Rom or DVD Rom drive.

AutoPlay feature in Windows it will facilitate you when you open the contents of the Flash Disk or CD you just have. If you want to disable these feature in Windows 7, follow the brief instructions below.

First way

  • Open the Control Panel.
  • Locate and click Hardware and Sound and then click AutoPlay.
  • If you want to disable, uncheck “Check Box” on the Use AutoPlay for All Devices and click Save.
  • If you want to re-enable AutoPlay, please mark “Check Box” on Use AutoPlay for All Devices and click Save.

If you’d like further explore how this trick works, you can try the second way. At first this way, you also can choose which one by one device to activate the AutoPlay feature and which device you want disabled. [Read more...]

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Video Cards: DirectX 11 – ATI vs nVidia Video Cards Review

09/24/2010 By 1 Comment

Graphics Card Review: DirectX 11 – ATI vs nVidia [CHIP Editor]

nVidia GeForce GTX 480

Chip ATI nVidia again outperformed the benchmark Crysis (84 versus 79 FPS FPS), PT Boats: Knights of the Sea (53.1 versus 48.7 FPS FPS), and World in Conflict (57 versus 54 FPS FPS). The advantages of ATI nVidia GF100 new Cypress evident on the game Unreal Tournament III (168 FPS versus 121 FPS) in high resolution. Exceptions occur in the benchmark Quake Wars, where the GTX 480 subdued in HD 5870 (117 FPS versus 123 FPS).

Similar results were obtained in the PCMark benchmark graphics tests. GTX 480 reached 28,257 points, while the HD 5870 reached 29 475 points. Referring Raw Computing Power (apart from gaming graphics performance), more powerful HD 5870 2700 GFLOPS (giga floating point operations per second), with double accuracy (vital in scientific calculations) almost reaches 550 GFLOPS. The GTX 480 brings the power of GLFOP 1345 and 672 GFLOPS (at double accuracy).

Another aspect under consideration is power consumption and noise level graphics card. GTX 480 requires 6 and 8 pin connections are not always included in each PSU (Power Supply Unit). GTX 480 can consume 50 watts power only for standard Windows operation. In load mode, consumption is even up to 300 W. ATI HD 5870 is more efficient in terms of this one because it only requires two 6 pin connections with power consumption 20 Watt (Windows Aero) and 190 Watt (load mode). [Read more...]

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Graphics Card Review: DirectX 11 – ATI vs nVidia

09/24/2010 By 3 Comments

ATI Radeon HD 5870

[CHIP Editor] In addition to faster, detail drawings and color is even more superior. After a long delay, nVidia graphics card finally comes to seize the throne as king in the high-end Direct X 11.

Competition ATI (AMD) and Nvidia in GPU graphics cards dominate the market has taken place in recent years. Temperature competition between the two re-heating, especially in carrying the best graphics card supporting API (Application Programming Interfaces) latest Microsoft DirectX 11 graphics. Both ATI and nVidia are both optimistic to achieve major gains in the new field of graphics card. So you do not completely swallow “round object” claim both, CHIP try to see objectively what is offered by GPU-based graphics card to their latest high-end, ATI Radeon HD 5870 and nVidia GeForce GTX 480.

As an early start, CHIP technical data comparing two reference card, such as size, transistors, and clock speed. For a long card, plus points awarded on the nVidia GTX 480 (26.7 cm) is shorter (although not much different) than the ATI HD 5870 (28.2 cm). Both are manufactured using 40 nanometer manufacturing technology (nm). ATI graphics chip (Cypress) measuring 334 mm2, while the nVidia (GF100) measuring 530 mm2. Because the size of the chip can be used as an early indication of the relatively high temperature and less economical production costs (resulting product price is more expensive), plus points awarded for ATI with the Radeon HD 5870. [Read more...]

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