Ever gone to the movies, sat in the front row, and decided that it was waaaay too close, and you couldn’t see the entire picture?
Ever had that problem with a new desktop monitor?
Ailienware is showing off a new curved backlit LED monitor.
-Its curved.
-Looks to be 3-4 feet wide.
-2880×900
-Supposed .02ms response time
-Debut at CES.
Curving the monitor from left to right gives a more realistic viewing experience, and a better impression of being in the thick of onscreen action. Real life isn’t flat. it doesn’t matter how big you make the monitor. If you want to be surrounded by what you’re seeing, it’s gotta be curved.
Photo and a cool video here.
http://kotaku.com/341435/pc-gaming-looks-better-curved
You know how sometimes, you’re helping someone fix a computer problem and the person just can’t tell you want you need to know. Example:
You: ok, so, move your mouse to the bottom of your monitor and tell me what you see.
Person: I see…a cow…a blue background, an X, a window that says Not Responding, some word documents, an IE button, a powerpoint button…
You: OK….do you see anything that says “Your Computer Will reboot in 15 seconds?”
Person: OHHHh, well….theres a window that says Your Computer Will reboot in 10 seconds…does that count?
You: *Bangs head on table
Yes…so, this of course is usually the way it goes 
So much could have been solved if you had just been able to see what their screen looked like. In some times, remote desktop wont work, remote assistance is just impossible to do…
Remote screenshot grabber lets you do that to a remote computer provided you have administrative rights on it and someone is logged on. Its a nifty tool and free too Check it out: Remote screenshot grabber
From the same group who made remote screenshot is someone who made remote interactive executer. This little tool lets you run programs with parameters on a remote computer provided you have administrative rights. This…now this…is a holy grail of remote installation 
You don’t even need to walk over to the other computer to start installing, or running pings, or doing anything of the sort. Check it out: Remote interactive executer
You know how your finger twitches to press ctrl shift esc whenever ANYTHING happens on your computer. And how its just oh so easy to kill a frozen program there. Well, theres a more ahem…advanced/expandable version of taskmanger, called System Explorer. This has detailed information about not just processes, but what explorer is doing, IE, drivers, connections, etc. Theres even a history of processes activities. One function that makes me like it nearly instantly is the registry/file snapshots, which lets you compare changes in your configuration. Of course, with this many functions, it ought to be purchased..but nope. Its free
Check out SystemExplorer.
If you have an email or blog post that HAS to be delivered at some time, or..you want to send it tomorrow, but you’ve already written the email or post and don’t want to forget it?
LetterMeLater is a service that lets you write your emails or blog posts and then set a date for it to be sent. You can do quick emails free and quickly too, while more complicated things with rich text, etc, you need to create an account for. Check it out:
LetterMeLater.com
One of those days…you’re going to catch those evil kids who take a screenshot of your icons, delete your icons and then mount the screenshot as your wallpaper. One of those days…..
But, for now…to hold back the rather painful exercise of redoing your desktop, Shock desktop lets you save and recover icons.
Shock Desktop
So, if you’re tired of the default windows defragger and want a new one that works great, try out Defraggler. The makers of CCleaner and Recuva has released a new version of the software. Defraggler lets you defrag individual files or folders. It allows 64 bit machines, usb drive support, and its portable (single .exe)
Try it out, its free Defraggler
We all know how booting up your computer takes a long time, mainly for Windows users…but, just in general it takes a while. Well, for people who count their seconds, mini OS’es could get you a few seconds of use.
HyperSpace is a mini OS that allows you to use browsers, instant message, word process, within 4 seconds. Interestingly, while you are doing your thing on the mini os, windows is botting in the background. To be completely honest, except for my old laptop, these extra few seconds wouldn’t really be worth much, but if you have a computer that takes AGES to load…like mine took atleast 7 or 8 minutes to fully be functional…this could help pass the time. Of course, you could just walk up and get something to drink, etc Another use for this kind of software…movie watching. Up and running in 4 seconds. Or, if your a compulsive email checker, who wakes up at night thinking, “damnit maybe i got important email” this could help hehe. Hyperspace is being worked on at the moment, but be sure to check it out and maybe follow its progress: Hyperspace
Rejoice, for gmail talk now includes aim functionality!
Sign into gmail, go to settings, chat, setup aim. Done!
That is all 
Quite a simple update hehe
Takes a bit of time to realize I can start blogging
I found an interesting dictionary, which has in fact turned out quite useful.
Its an online dictionary thats dynamic. As you type, it gives you suggestions, like the google toolbar provides search suggestions. It then tells you the definition.
While this may seem kind of trivial, if you kind of know how to spell it, this can help alot. Or…if you’re just lazy and don’t want to type out all the letters
Check it out, it has a nice clean interface too: definr; incredibly fast dictionary
Okay, having dealt with one small instance of this, I can’t really speak to the effectiveness of these suggestions, but for a lot of low-level problems and annoyances, I’d say that they should all work pretty well. My only real comments to go with this is that it’s not always a good idea to go around some of these features. Some of them are designed to prevent exactly what you’re trying to do to go around them. Just simply think about what it is you’re trying to go around, and why. Know that there are risks, and know that some are much greater then others. Otherwise, good luck.
I’ll also add that I’ll accept suggestions for better/alternate ways to do these things, as I’ve heard most of them before.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/103320/Ten-Things-Your-IT-Department-Will-Not-Tell-You