Even many of the bookworms among us would confess that videos — especially in the age of the Internet, serve a pretty broad number of purposes. Videos can be used to instruct others, clarify points, document daily life, entertain, convey information with nuances lost in the written word, solve crimes, plan art museum heists, keep a clandestine eye on your belongings when you’re away, and the list goes on. Online streaming services like YouTube and Ustream have taken off like gangbusters over the past few years, and their popularity shows no sign of stopping. Since we don’t (yet) have holodecks or truly 3D, interactive television, videos are the next best thing to being there. The quality of video has improved vastly since Thomas Edison’s day, but its ability to delight the child in all of us has never diminished.
And as most of us are consumers of video, there are those who must create that video. And those people who frequently work with videos may have noticed that the Windows 7 Start menu does not include a link to the Videos folder. The Start menu only includes links to the Pictures and Music folders. Not very convenient if you create, save or watch a lot of videos.
If you use the Start menu to access these folders, you can add a link to your Videos folder using the steps described below.
Right click on the Start menu button and click Properties. Verify that the Start Menu tab is active. Click the Customize button. Under the Video section, select either the Display as a link or Display as a menu option. Click OK to close the Customize Start Menu dialog box. Click OK.
The biggest irony of all? There’s no video to accompany this post. Somehow, you’ll manage. We have faith in you, Gnomie! Carry on.
One of the great features of the Windows 7 taskbar is that when you hold your mouse over any of the application icons on the taskbar, Windows 7 shows thumbnail previews of all open Windows. One thing you will notice when you hover over a taskbar icon, there is a slight delay before the thumbnails appear. A simple tweak within the registry though can speed it up.
Click Start and type regedit in the search field. Press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Mouse
In the details pane, double click MouseHoverTime.
The default value is 400 milliseconds. Type in a smaller value such as 100.
One of the great features of the Windows 7 taskbar is that when you hold your mouse over any of the application icons on the taskbar, Windows 7 shows thumbnail previews of all open Windows. One thing you will notice when you hover over a taskbar icon, there is a slight delay before the thumbnails appear. A simple tweak within the registry though can speed it up.
Click Start and type regedit in the search field. Press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Mouse
In the details pane, double click MouseHoverTime.
The default value is 400 milliseconds. Type in a smaller value such as 100.
It’s only been a few days since the iPad came out, and though most of us are barely over our iPad hangovers, Steve Jobs hosted a big event today to announce OS 4.0 iPhone features. OS 4.0 iPhone is based on seven “tentpole” features, each of which is supposed to make the iPhone better. However, only the iPhone 3G or 3rd generation iPod Touch models will be able to support OS 4.0 for the iPhone. You might otherwise have to get some same day loans if you want the operating system.
OS 4.0 iPhone Feature 1: Multitasking
It’s what many, many people were hoping OS 4.0 iPhone features would include – and now it’s here. It isn’t going to be true multitasking on the iPhone. Instead, OS 4.0 iPhone multitasking will be based on “pausing” or “minimizing” the processor load of applications. Games, VOIP calls, and Pandora may continue to run in a dock that will be at the bottom of the screen while applications quickly switch from one to another. There will be no conversations such as Twitter or IM, as a part of the OS 4.0 iPhone operations just yet.
OS 4.0 iPhone Feature 2: Folders
Folder management was one of the most simple and popular hacks for unlocked iPhone and iPad systems. Now users of the OS 4.0 will be able to organize all of their applications into folders without hacking them in the iPhone.
The third OS 4.0 feature is enhanced mail
First and foremost, the enhanced mail in OS 4.0 iPhones will have a unified inbox. You can choose whether you want all of your emails to end up in the same box or in separate folders no matter what e-mail they come from. Also, the OS 4.0 iPhone will sort messages according to conversation.
The iBook is the fourth OS iPhone 4.0 feature
Now users of the OS 4.0 iPhone will be able to, just like the iPad, use the iBook application. Buy, read and enjoy books on your iPhone. It is simple although it could be dangerous to any debt management plan.
Enterprise features are the fifth OS 4.0 iPhone features
80 percent of 100 companies that use the iPhone are really the targets of the fifth OS 4.0 iPhone feature. You will have more VPN options, app distribution, mobile device management, and data protection. Your IT guy can help if you need it breaking those down.
OS 4.0 iPhone Feature 6: Game Center
Currently the iPhone has more than 50,000 game titles in the app store. The OS 4.0 iPhone will have a social gaming platform not unlike the kind Xbox users use. Achievement tracking, leaderboards, and matchmaking, as well as all the games you could want while wasting time on the bus ride to work.
The seventh OS 4.0 iPhone feature, iAd
Steve Jobs didn’t pull any punches when he talked about the advertising platform on OS 4.0 iPhones. To put it bluntly, he said “we think most of this kind of advertising sucks.”The point of iAd is to give 1 billion advertising opportunities each day – when using your applications for 30 minutes you should see at least 10 advertisements a day. The ads on iAd, though, look more like apps that run in apps. {Jobs promises “interactive” and “emotion-filled” ads}. Those app developers who take part in the iAds as a part of their applications will get a 40% split from advertising profit.
When is the OS iPhone 4.0 going to be available?
OS 4.0 iPhone kits are available today for developers. This is to ensure that when OS 4.0 iPhone sales start – in the summer – that there are lots of applications available. The OS 4.0 iPhone will be released in the fall to iPad users.
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Even many of the bookworms among us would confess that videos — especially in the age of the Internet, serve a pretty broad number of purposes. Videos can be used to instruct others, clarify points, document daily life, entertain, convey information with nuances lost in the written word, solve crimes, plan art museum heists, keep a clandestine eye on your belongings when you’re away, and the list goes on. Online streaming services like YouTube and Ustream have taken off like gangbusters over the past few years, and their popularity shows no sign of stopping. Since we don’t (yet) have holodecks or truly 3D, interactive television, videos are the next best thing to being there. The quality of video has improved vastly since Thomas Edison’s day, but its ability to delight the child in all of us has never diminished.
