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Deep Zoom Technology

PinoyWebSurfer left a message in my chat widget about a website that uses deep zoom technology. Deep Zoom allows you to zoom almost arbitrarily large images in Silverlight in a performant manner. With this technology, images can be displayed at very small and very large scale without affecting quality. The performance of the program that [...]

File Extension QTL Problems?

There are times when files just refuse to open. When this happens to you, the first thing that should come into your mind is the Registry. The registry is the database where all the settings and options for Windows are stored. When there is a corrupted or missing registry file, the computer may fail to [...]

Photoshop Text Effects

I have been dabbling with WordPress theme creation lately and I have created a number of theme already. As of now I can only produce simple themes but I know that if I will keep at it I will be able to see improvement in my creations. The most difficult part in theme creation is [...]

How To Find The Best Web Hosting for Your Site

So, it has finally dawned on you that owning a space in the web is one of the best things that you can do today. The internet has ceased to be just a niche technology, it has become the new mass media and now is the best time to cash in on what it has [...]

Two New Features Added to Google SERP

Have you noticed some changes in the Google SERP lately? Google has announced in its blog that they have added two new features to the Google SERP. The first feature added is the expanded list of useful related searches. The second is the addition of longer search result descriptions. Here’s what Google said: Starting today, we’re [...]

Driver Problems?

Most computer users do not know about device drivers because they do not really see these in action; device drivers or software drivers work in the background. The drivers in your computer are as important as the hardware and the many important software you know about. A driver communicates with the device through the computer [...]

Youtube’s Upload Status Bar (Part 2)

I have posted about the “missing” upload status bar in Youtube a few days back and told my piece about how important that feature is. A while ago, I started a video upload to Youtube and was surprised to see the upload status bar. I also noticed that the upload now seemed faster. I guess [...]

File Extension Problems?

Every now and then we experience problems like conflicts with file extensions. To the techie ones this is not a big deal but for the regular computer users file extension problems are quit intimidating and could look very complicated. Almost all of the file extension problems we encounter can be traced back to the registry. The [...]

Perform Multiple Actions Automatically In Windows with WinMacro

If you are using Mac don’t bother reading this.  If like me you frequently do the same set of actions or commands again and again in your daily job, you’d be happy to meet WinMacro, a free software that monitors your mouse and keyboard events, then play them for you. With this software you can [...]

Ronseal Power Sprayer

I have been looking for a quick and easy way to treat our old fence. I have been thinking about it in the last few weeks but hasn’t really put some time for it because of my busy schedule. But summer is here and this is the best time to do things like treating fences. [...]