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There are several ways to ensure your machine can play most files you can throw at it; codec packs are the simplest. The Mega Pack includes codecs, Real & Quicktime Alternatives (so you no longer need install either of them) and MediaPlayer Classic, the K-Lite is the codecs only with reductions in the number filters as indicated…

Clearly they also provide a Win 7 64 bit version here, note that this supports 64 bit applications and comes with limited codecs.  You CAN run this in parallel with the 32-bit version for fuller support.

Downloads

• 32-bit
• 64-Bit

The rather good and free CCleaner which removes the gash files smothered all over your hard drive has been updated with the following changes:

•  Added Firefox Plugin and Extension management.
• Optimized architecture for 64-bit builds of Windows 7 and 8.
• Improved Firefox Aurora cookie cleaning.
• Improved Chrome Canary Saved Form Information cleaning.
• Added cleaning for AVG AntiVirus 2013, 4Sync, Copernic, DVDFab, Inkscape and PKZip.
• Improved cleaning for Windows MRUs.
• Faster automatic updating for Pro version.
• Minor GUI improvements.
• Minor bug fixes.

Something I totally agree with…

We love Windows 7: That’s the message loud and clear from people this week at the TechMentor Conference held at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash. With Windows XP reaching end of life for support in April 2014, the plan for most organizations is to upgrade — to Windows 7.

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I’ve had an Android phone for almost 2-years and I have pretty much settled on the software I use on it, I think I have reached the point where it does certain  jobs for me and that’s it.  In alphabetical order they are:

• Angry Birds Whatever – clever and entertaining.
• Assistant for World of Tanks – Stats & news on the move.
• Dropbox – Access files on the road.
• ES File Explorer – file manager, gets more use on my tablet than the phone tbh.
• FireFox – Syncs with my main PC so a no-brainer.
• Hungry Shark 2 – funny game, still makes me laugh.
• London Underground -Tubemap & travel planner.
• Moboplayer – excellent video player, didn’t like the HTC player.
• MyMovies Pro – DVDProfiler never got ported from Pocket PC so I ditched it.
• Shazam – Name that tune!
• Stupid Zombies – Another entertaining puzzle/timewaster.
• Sodoku Free – When I feel like scratching my head.
• Tank Wiki for World of Tanks – Tank porn.
• UK & World News – BBC website news feeds in a neat interface best suited for your phone.  great on the road.
• Wifi Analyser – Poor signal or the neighbours using the same channel?  Easy way to sort issues and site kit correctly.
• Winamp Pro – Music! didn’t like the HTC one.

I have tried quite literally hundred of apps, but these are the ones currently present and worth having, though I would like to find something a little less quirky than ES File Explorer tbh.  These are NOT the same as the apps I use on my Android tablet, where there is a considerable divergence due to screen size, chipset (Tegra 3) and ease of use.  I’ll cover these another time.

At least for sales on Steam, not that i plan on installing 8 or filling MS coffers more than I already do…

“Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space.”

The arrival of Windows 8 would be likely to drive some PC makers and others out of the business because it put so much pressure on their sales margins, Mr Newell added.

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I was going to write a little something about Instagram, but I cant…

As of 11:21 PM EST Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud in North Virginia went down, due to severe thunder storms in the area. The Washington Post reports torrential rains, “scary winds and lightening” and massive power outages in the D.C. area.

Amazon EC2 runs many major websites and services. Netflix, Instagram, and Pinterest have all been taken out of service during the outage.

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Apart from the frankly retarded changes with save & export, the later simply saves in whatever file format you chose to for is useless unless you are saving in .xcf, 2.8 is a nice upgrade to GIMP, especially the single window option which should remove the vanishing tools problem.  Plenty of changes to this rather nice free programme.

Windows Installer Versions.

This ought to wake up Mac users…

Apple has said it is developing a tool to “detect and remove” a Trojan that is said to have infected more than half a million Mac computers.

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My son runs an ATI card and the February drivers have just made it out the door.  You can get the 12.2 here…

I’m running a GTX590 so the news that R295 driver improves SLI as well better support for DX11 inBatman Arkham City means it’s a must for me…