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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/asus-r50a-umpc-review/ ] So, I got new branded Asus R50A UMPC for test. This ultra mobile machine with 5.6" WSVGA (1024x768) screen, based on Intel US15W chipset, comes with Intel Atom Z520 (1.33 Ghz, 533Mhz) processor, 1Gb of RAM and 20GB SSD. Also it has 3.5G mobile unit, integrated 802.11b/g network card and GPS. First impression was very cool. Slick design, big screen build in...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/programming-for-windows-7/ ] Well, Windows 7 is going to be released by the end of next year. This is great news, because it seemed, that Microsoft finally understand how to get the best of Windows Vista and make it to work not only on monster machines . It even works on new brandy my wife's pinky machine. And if it works there and my wife is happy with it, this OS going to be very...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/backup-and-restore-your-wireless-networks-settings-by-using-wirelessmigrator/ ] I had to reinstall my working notebook, so I begun to backup all it’s settings. I almost finished, when recognize, that Windows Vista has no tool for backup and restore wireless networks settings (tnx to Daniel Petri ). You can manually add or remove it. You can even change the priorities, but you cannot backup...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/action-required-battery-tracker-download-new-version/ ] Less, then 12 hours and more then 2500 downloads - that's the verdict for this tool . Awareness, there are some critical bugs found in Battery Tracker. Please download the new version (from the same location) and replace the version on your computer. This is required action, due the version from August, 29th has number of bugs...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/battery-tracker-power-management-and-battery-tracing-tool/ ] A lot of people ask me about how to measure power charging or discharging rate. How to know the quality of your battery and power needs of operating system. How to be sure, that Vista Battery Saver really helps to prolong your battery life and detect exactly how it prolongs it. Two evenings and I wrote small utility, that helps...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/italian-locale-for-vista-battery-saver/ ] Grazie to Andrea Dellamonica from Tisource for Italian translation of Vista Battery Saver . Get latest installer from CodePlex (some minor fixes there) I want to purchase Code Signing Digital ID for VBS to sign code and pass Certified for Vista. There are more, then 500K installation of this software. All we need is 99$ (simple certificate) or...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-battery-saver-beta-2-r1-refresh/ ] New minor release of VBS. In this release - fixes of grammar in English strings (tnx to John Guin ), German and French localization +bug with German version fixed (tnx to Muty and Vista french community ), changes in default power plans and installer. Thank you, contributors, keep doing great job - we're very close to RC1 - Features will be...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-drain-a-battery-and-vista-battery-saver-is-very-useful/ ] Yesterday, I posted a beta version of Vista Battery Saver . It made a lot of wind over the statement, that Vista Aero Interface together with Windows Sidebar drain your laptop battery. The same day at night, Nick White from development team wrote, that he has a hesitation about this statement in Windows Vista Blog. Even Jeff...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-battery-saver/ ] It's not a secret, that cool WDM (Aero user interface), announced in Windows Vista eat laptops' battery as hungry animal eats it's victim. But what, actually, "eat" your battery - mostly three things: Aero, Sidebar and your wide laptop screen. We have nothing to do with screen, but we can disable either Aero UI and Sidebar, while working on...