Several screenshots of Vista’s successor, Windows 7 M3 Build 6780 were published on Zhou Blue’s website this morning. The appearance resembles Vista in most aspects but as you would expect, Microsoft will polish the appearance on Windows 7 and bridge a few inconsistencies that were evident on Vista. Ribbon style windows which started with Office 2007 can be seen employed on ...
Ubuntu is probably the most popular distro among Linux operating system users. Installing peripherals have been a challenge on Linux and although there have been improvisations to make the OS user-friendly, getting some devices up and running still remains a challenge. HPLIP is developed by HP to enable Linux users to get connected to its printers. The software driver package is ...
Hewlett Packard is in a mood of taking on a giant in a territory that it is not familiar with. The printing major has shown signs of discontentment with the clunks emerging out of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Vista. It is rumoured that HP has hired professionals to develop an operating system that sits on Vista but bypasses certain modules, similar ...
When we started this blog a year and a half ago, we had discussed a printer that printed on bread toasts. It was an experiment with real equipment and obtained moderate results. Today, we harp on a bread toast printer concept presented by Electrolux. Designer Sung Bae Chang has given rise to a printer that can download content such as images, ...
This is a question that my graphic designer flat-mate used to ask me. I had no idea initially until I dug for clues and it asserts that Googling does help, really. Here are some reasons why a Mac user might find it difficult to locate a printer shared on Windows: - Mac has the limitation of not locating printers with printer names longer ...
Don’t be limited by how fast your hand can move to the mouse! Check out these shortcuts for nine ways to get your hands up to speed with your brain. There’s actually a lot more than nine, but it’s always good to under-sell and over-deliver! 1. The Control key Holding Ctrl plus a direction arrow will jump you to the extremities of ...
Google has the Midas touch. Its browser in Beta stage, Google Chrome which hit the stands yesterday has taken the geek world by storm, and the company has recorded over a million downloads so far. Several thousand opinions and feedbacks are going across the web already and in a matter of days, it will multiply infinitely. Chrome is a competitor mainly ...
On this blog, we have used the term OCR software at times during scanner application reference. The term OCR abbreviates for Optical Character Recognition and quite a few readers have pinged me to know what it means. We will throw some light on the term OCR which is relatively new in concept but great for usability. As most of us ...
Many users around the world have complained that their printer prompts a cartridge change when they felt that the cartridge had enough to fuel a lot more prints. This claim has been proved before and Farhad Manjoo, a writer at Slate.com narrates his side of the story and how he overcame the lying vultures. Manjoo bought Brother HL-2040 laser printer a ...
Polaroid has sent out vibes that they are looking forward to launch a new PoGo for paper sizes greater than the current 2” X 3”. The company has initiated a survey on a popular photography website requesting feedback/suggestions from photographers to help them model a new printer targeted at professional and business customers. The new PoGo in pipeline is capable of ...
